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 ...

The Normandy landings, also known as D-Day ... Despite there being an all African-American battalion involved in the D-Day airborne forces, US units overall were segregated, as segregation ...

Mr Churm, from Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, was a medic on landing craft on D-Day, moving tanks from Newhaven in Sussex to Sword Beach, one of the five landing areas for the Allied ...

Discover the gripping story of the 101st Airborne Division on D-Day, from the infamous misdrops to fierce firefights at Marmion Farm (formerly Stopka’s Stronghold).

When the largest-ever combined airborne and amphibious ... Scott was only 17 years old on D-Day. Her job was to use equipment that was directly connected to the forces landing in France.

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 ...

Two days of events to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings in Normandy began on Wednesday in Portsmouth - from where much of the 1944 invasion force sailed. More than 500 veterans ...