The most gripping war film hitting theaters right now does not feature a single beach landing. ‘Pressure,’ the new WW2 drama from director Anthony Maras, builds its entire climax around a weather map ...

Just ahead of Remembrance Day on November 11, a travelling exhibition called When Daylight Comes: The Canadians on D-Day will be on display at the Little Claybelt ...

The Battle of Normandy is visualized from above using Google Earth, compressing the D-Day invasion and its movements into a rapid one-minute overview. The map provides a different perspective on one ...

The D-Day landing at Utah Beach is visualized through Google Earth in just 15 seconds, offering a rapid map-based look at one of the Allied landing areas during the Normandy invasion.

A retired meteorologist has helped filmmakers tell the story of the D-Day landings from a new perspective. Martin Young was ...

While the D-Day landing’s historical significance during World War II is well-known, Brendan Fraser admits that he still learnt a lot preparing to play the American commander of the Allied Forces, ...

Be it a daily morning commute or a long road trip, most of us spend a surprising amount of time looking at Google Maps even without realizing it. Beyond the usual in-car navigation, it is my go-to ...

Follow WTOP’s Matt Kaufax as he explores hidden gems, local landmarks and unique stories across the D.C. area every week. New episodes of WTOP’s “Matt About Town” segment are released each Tuesday and ...

Today's best weather computers would still have struggled to accurately predict the weather for the D-Day landings, University of Reading research shows. The new research, published in the journal ...

On his inauguration day in 1961, John F. Kennedy asked departing president Dwight D. Eisenhower what gave the Allies their crucial edge over the Nazis on D-Day. His answer? "We had better ...

Meteorologist James Stagg gave what many regard as the most important weather forecast in history in June 1944. The fate of more than 150,000 allied troops preparing to invade the Normandy beaches on ...