On June 6, 1944, the first report of the D-Day landings arrived at Thorney Island's Royal Air Force base near Portsmouth, England. The winged messenger who relayed the news at 1:46 p.m. was a ...

D-Day was the largest military seaborne operation ever attempted, and marked the start of the campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied north-west Europe. It involved the simultaneous landing of tens of ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. Photos of Offutt Air Force Base air shows through the years Petty Officer 3rd Class Seth Shephard’s heart beat faster as he ...

A Royal Navy veteran who serviced his country during the D-Day landings has celebrated his 100th birthday on Hayling Island.

Roy Hayward lost both his legs in Normandy aged 18 after his Sherman tank came under attack [PA Media] A veteran tank crewman who lost both his legs after landing on Gold Beach on D-Day has died ...

A D-Day veteran has celebrated turning 100 with a surprise birthday party organised by a local navy association. Joe Bullock, ...

Zanuck achieves a solid and stunning war epic. From personal vignettes to big battles, it details the first day of the D-Day Landings by the Allies on 6 June 1944. Darryl F. Zanuck achieves a ...

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 ...

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“The landing was the first time I performed this manoeuvre in real life,” Czepiela explains of his record-setting landing on March 14. “I imagined it, trained on a simulator, but never used ...

A Second World War veteran who lost both his legs following the D-Day landings at Gold Beach, has died aged 99. The adored Isle of Wight resident Roy Hayward received a heartwarming standing ...

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 ...