The village, part of 'the Scottish Riviera', was a key site ahead of one of the most infamous World War II moments.

We needed to visit the D-Day landing sites in Normandy. We also travel with two ... the 30m high limestone cliffs of Pointe du Hoc. The location was important as a look-out to keep watch against ...

The location was the ... 1944, Allied landings that helped rid Europe of Adolf Hitler's tyranny. Like other towns and villages across the Normandy coast where nearly 160,000 Allied troops came ...

Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most important location in the world. Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, D-Day: ...

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 ...

Cecil Newton, of Marlborough, Wiltshire, was one of more than 6,000 troops who left Lepe for the Normandy landings in 1944. He sadly passed away yesterday, Thursday, May 1. The 101-year-old ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The Normandy landings, also known as D-Day, were a series of air- and seaborne landings in continental Europe by ...

TASS/. Russia has not received an invitation from France to participate in the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings on June 6, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said ...