Peeps’ recent series on Victoria Cross recipients has prompted an intriguing query from a reader about a decorated D-Day hero who gave his life in the bitter fighting just a week after the landings.

To commemorate his father’s service in World War Two, Nigel Stoate and his son sailed the Channel – and back – in their 1944 ...

4. Loading Operations and Cross-Channel Voyage -- Ch. 5. D-Day: 6 June 1944 -- Ch. 6. Allied Buildup and Consolidation: 7 June - 15 June -- Ch. 7. Chbourg -- Ch. 8. Aftermath -- Ch. 9. Epilogue -- The ...

Whenever Britain faced conflict - from early invasions by the Celts and Romans to WWII when skies were criss-crossed with ...

The 9th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army activated for service prior to U.S. entry in World War II in August of 1940 at ...

To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of its founder, the late John Robert “Bob” Slaughter, the National D-Day Memorial ...

The 101st Airborne’s Brave Fight in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont 🪂⚔️ June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the liberation of France, and the 101st Airborne Division was at the heart of it. This video ...

Storming the D-Day beach, Hollis didn’t take cover. Instead, in a moment of extreme courage, he stood up and ran zigzagging ...

At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...

landed on D-Day with the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry and was badly wounded in the Battle of Normandy. The regiment had gained such a high reputation in North Africa that it was selected as one of ...

The film debuted with a promising Rs 12.15 crore on its first day. The weekend saw a significant boost, with collections nearly doubling to Rs 22 crore on Saturday and hitting a high with a Rs 28 ...

Located near the cemetery is the Normandy Visitors Center, which highlights the D-Day timeline, the French resistance and many stories of the men and women who fought and contributed to the Allied ...