The success of D-Day depended on more than just the landings at Utah and Omaha Beach - it hinged on securing key inland objectives to prevent German counterattacks. One of the most important of these ...

The last surviving dreadnought, which reopens as a museum in its new Galveston home next year, reminds visitors of its link to the Normandy invasion.

Over 80 years ago, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in a bold assault that changed the course of history and set ...

The first life-size statue has been unveiled at the National Memorial of Military Ascent, honoring the assault on Pointe Du Hoc.

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

In an interview with the PA news agency organised by the Royal British Legion, Mr Kennett remembered working on one of the aircraft after landing in Normandy when “one of the lads” came up and ...

In an interview with the PA news agency organised by the Royal British Legion, Mr Kennett remembered working on one of the aircraft after landing in Normandy when “one of the lads” came up and ...

A D-Day hero who survived the Normandy landings and being shot three times has died aged 101. Cecil Newton, a trooper with the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, died peacefully in his sleep on ...

The plaque, which was laid in 1994 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Normandy landings, had been called "shabby" and "a mess" by retired headteacher Dennis Richards, who put out an urgent call for ...

Mullins, who served as a staff sergeant in the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne, participated in the historic invasion of Normandy, landing at Utah Beach, and fought in the ...