It involved the simultaneous landing of tens of thousands ... The "D" simply stands for "day". D-Day is a military term for the first day of an operation Airborne troops were dropped behind ...

D-Day veterans Bernard ... three US and British airborne divisions, more than 23,000 men, took off to secure the flanks of the beaches. Myriad naval vessels and landing craft gathered at a ...

Troops from the 101st Airborne with full packs and ... use a lifeline to rescue several men from a landing craft sunk by enemy fire on D-Day All pictures subject to copyright, courtesy Marina ...

June 6 marks 80 years since the the D-Day landings began on the Normandy beaches of France during World War Two. D-Day in 1944 was an important turning point during World War Two and to this day ...

June 6, 2009 sees the 65th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and to mark this occasion we are offering three lucky winners and their guests a fantastic four-day escorted Battlefield break ...

PARIS, May 30. /TASS/. The French authorities do not consider inviting Russia to participate in the events to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Reuters reported citing two ...

The D-Day invasion ... The initial airborne assault faced navigational errors, scattering paratroopers across the Normandy countryside. Similarly, the amphibious landings encountered stronger ...

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester will attend ‘D-Day 80: Remembering the Normandy Landings’, an evening of music-led, multi-generational storytelling, reflecting on the Second World War at ...

Don Sheppard, who has died aged 104, took part in the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6 1944 while serving as a Royal Engineer with the 51st Highland Division. Sheppard embarked in a convoy of ...

Staten Island, N.Y. — On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Faith United Methodist Church hosted a commemorative event to honor veterans on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy—a pivotal ...