Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, it was the westernmost beach of the five Normandy landings. Despite the challenges, the troops faced less resistance here than on other beaches. The beach now ...

THE wind swirls sand around my boots and gulls bounce overhead as I read the 47 Royal Marine Commando Memorial at the ...

Plan Ahead: Since some of Normandy's D-Day beaches sit roughly 200 miles northwest of Paris, you're in for a full day, but ...

Cecil Newton, from the village of Aldbourne in Wiltshire, served in 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards during World War 2 and was in the thick of it as the allied forces stormed the beaches at Normandy.

I trudged up the Normandy beaches with British Army veterans who had done the same—under fire—over half a century earlier.

But even at its hottest, Normandy usually only sees an average of about 70 degrees Fahrenheit. If you're visiting the D-Day Beaches in June, know that your visit may coincide with the annual ...

Mr Keir, who was part of a crew ferrying US troops onto Utah Beach in Normandy during the D-Day invasion in June 1944, is among more than 30 Second World War veterans attending celebrations in ...

or the thousands of tourists and real-world service members from modern-day allied nations who flocked to Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. They even stopped off at Utah Beach to visit ...

Omaha beach is located about 40 minutes by car from Caen in Normandy. 34,000 American soldiers landed there on D Day during the Second World War. But I want to take you beyond the history books ...