Paratroop landings were also planned for Rouen (3) and Havre and Honfleur (4). 2. Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches ...

Thanks to its proximity to Paris, Normandy makes for an ... Situated about 6 miles from the D-Day beaches, Bayeux was the first city liberated after the D-Day landing. It's also the closest ...

The BBC has come under fire for a D-Day mapping blunder on the Antiques Roadshow. On Sunday night, a special episode filmed in Normandy and the D-Day Museum in Portsmouth was broadcast to ...

Over three million service personnel were involved and it all hinged on the success of the Normandy Landings on D-Day. If the German troops were able to prevent the initial landings, the campaign ...

Historian Dan Snow uses aerial photographs and maps to explain the ambitious ... videoThe Battle for Omaha Veterans of the Omaha Beach landings in Normandy recall their memories just before ...