The Musée du Débarquement, located on the seafront where one of the most incredible achievements of WWII happened, shows how the prefabricated Mulberry Harbour was constructed. An engineering feat, ...

Those still alive in England and Wales range in age between 98 and 110 ONLY 8,000 World War Two veterans are still alive out of the five million British forces who fought for the nation. And a new ...

A commemorative plaque has been unveiled by Gold Beach in Arromanches to mark the role of Surrey veterans in the D-Day landings A plaque unveiled at Gold Beach in Normandy to remember Surrey's D-Day ...

Wave au revoir to England and float along the French Rhône, Seine and crystal-clear waters of Provence next spring and autumn. With powder Normandy beaches, classic French architecture and vineyard ...

When the war started in 1939, I was 14 and living in kent, I had experienced air raids, being bombed, and saw the battle of britain taking place in the summer skys. I joined the royal navy in 1943 and ...

It’s been 80 years since June 6, 1944, a date recorded in the history books as D-Day. One of the most important events of the 20th century, the Normandy landings, with their incredible deployment of ...

16:45, Thu, Jun 6, 2024 Updated: 17:33, Thu, Jun 6, 2024 Prince William provided an update on Kate Middleton's health during his poignant D-Day appearance. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT As the ...

KING Charles made his second powerful D-Day speech today as he joined its heroes for an emotional 80th anniversary. Charles, 75, praised D-Day veterans at the UK's commemoration event in Ver-sur-Mer, ...

The piper who began commemorations in Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day said he was “totally humbled” to lead the tribute. Pipe Major Trevor Macey-Lillie played the lament Highland Laddie as ...

Royals and world leaders join veterans in Normandy to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day The King and Queen will be joined by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and French ...

Bob Fagan was a 21-year-old private from Texas when he plunged from his assault craft into the cold sea off Utah Beach in Normandy, under the rattle of Nazi machinegun fire and air bombardment. “The ...

One of the first people to arrive at the beaches on D-Day, Jack Quinn was coxswain on an amphibious craft dropping off frogmen who blew up enemy mines and obstacles ahead of the Navy bombardment and ...