POINTE DU HOC, France (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday summoned Americans to defend democracy from threats at home and abroad — and cast an implicit contrast with Donald Trump — as he drew on the ...

From the promontory, German guns could pummel landing crafts as they bobbed toward shore and then swing their barrels to rake the beaches with high explosives. Allied infantrymen would die in the sand ...

President Biden’s itinerary for commemorating D-Day’s 80th anniversary in France includes giving a speech on Friday at a Normandy site called Pointe du Hoc. The 100-foot cliff juts out over the Omaha ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. POINTE DU HOC, France (AP) — President Joe ...

Pointe du Hoc on Normandy's northern coast was D-Day's "high ground." The promontory's 30-meter high cliffs overlooked two long and relatively flat "beach zones" capable of handling large amphibious ...