Some of the 4,600 headstones lit up during the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Great Vigil to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, at the Bayeux War Cemetery in Normandy, France. 4,600 graves ...
Living History events take place all over Normandy to commemorate the 6th June 1944 and the Commando March is just one of those. It was an incredible experience to wear the correct uniform and ...
RAF bombers, beach assaults and balls of yarn have come together for a "bonkers" D-Day exhibition dreamt up by a woman born ...
June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most ...
Veteran Scott Barker is one of them. Erin Jenkins has more of his story and his connection to Normandy and D-Day. Thousands of American and Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy ...
The names of 13 veterans from 12 allied countries are being added to the Normandy Memorial Wall to mark 100 days until the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
“I am honored and proud to be standing on the beach with him 80 years later ... went to France for the 75th D-Day anniversary in 2019. WAC returned to Normandy Connie Jamison, 82, of Lincoln ...
Narrated by New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, the documentary D-DAY: OVER NORMANDY focuses on the personal stories of those who served in the Second World War. The modern-day aerial ...
Mr Dennett recalled the "unbelievable" sight of the ships sailing to Normandy on D-Day and remembered thinking ... "I never thought I would have 80 years of freedom when I came back.
The Normandy town was at the heart of D-Day drop zones in 1944 ... “It’s the same doorway and it’s the same countryside from 80 years ago, and it’s like, ‘Oh my God, I’m so thankful ...
Across the channel in France, hundreds of paratroopers landed on the fields of Normandy, recreating a jump made in the dead of night 80 years earlier ... one in which D-Day veterans will be ...
80 Native delegates have been asked to take part in the official commemoration of D-Day. Their responsibilities include offering ceremonies at American cemeteries and memorials in Normandy to ...