Gold Beach
Normandy Landings 6/6/1944: Everything you need to know
When northern Europe was in the clutches of Nazi control 70 years ago, 156,000 allied soldiers were there to fight for liberty.
The date these soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy – June 6, 1944 – would from that day forward be remembered as D-Day in the World War II conflict.
How D-Day was ‘invented’ with Gallipoli inspiration? Here is an answer in 3D
A 3D simulation at Dassault Systèmes virtually constructs the Arromanches artificial harbor as a tribute to the engineers who played a role in World War II As I stand on the beach of Arromanches, a small town in northern France, I watch hundreds of soldiers rigorously working aboard warships and scores of tanks slowly moving on platforms that link the military vessels to the land, float