Walking the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, imagining the unlived lives of the D-Day dead.

Admiral Bertram Ramsay’s final diary entry reflects all that was at stake on the night before D-Day.

The sands of Omaha Beach keep the memory alive of those who fought on its shore to restore freedom.

In Izieu, France, Gestapo official Klaus Barbie crossed a final threshold of criminality.

The drama of D-Day inspires historian Stephen Ambrose to greater ambitions.