But the key part of winning WW II was the invasion of France, hence the planning of the greatest sea and air invasion in history: Operation Overlord. Written and Hosted by Colin D. Heaton.

Winston Churchill said that Operation Overlord was 'undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult' ever undertaken. With nearly three million troops involved, it was an incredible feat of ...

All history enthusiasts—or at least those particularly interested in military history—remember a date that marked a before ...

After much of Europe had been occupied by the Axis powers for four years, the Allies finally launched their campaign to liberate Western Europe, codenamed Operation Overlord, on 6 June 1944.

A 'true hero' Second World War veteran who landed in France on D-Day ahead of the Allied liberation of occupied Europe has ...

Jim Glennie - now 99 - was an 18-year-old soldier when he took part in Operation Overlord on 6 June 1944 to liberate Europe from Hitler's Nazi regime. It was the largest air and sea invasion in ...

Ex-Scots Guard Ted Davidson, from Padiham, faced the horrors of D-Day as a 17-year-old, landing on Sword Beach and battling his way to Caen in his Churchill tank. He would later recall how troops were ...