THE wind swirls sand around my boots and gulls bounce overhead as I read the 47 Royal Marine Commando Memorial at the viewpoint in Port-en-Bessin, the site of a daring raid following D-Day.

Cecil Newton, from the village of Aldbourne in Wiltshire, was in the thick of it as the allied forces stormed the beaches at ...

Plan Ahead: Since some of Normandy's D-Day beaches sit roughly 200 miles northwest of Paris, you're in for a full day, but the rolling hills and lush pastures of the French countryside create a scenic ...

With the 80th anniversary of D-Day one year away, Mark Dapin visits the sites - on both sides of the English Channel - that commemorate this world-defining event. Thousands of Australians sailed ...

Omaha beach is located about 40 minutes by car from Caen in Normandy. 34,000 American soldiers landed there on D Day during the Second World War. But I want to take you beyond the history books ...

Analysts have likened the purpose-built barges to the floating Mulberry Harbours used by allied forces during the D-Day landings in June, 1944. At least five of the mobile bridges will soon be ...

Soar above the iconic beaches of Normandy with this drone footage, revealing the historic sites where the D-Day landings shaped the course of World War II. French far-right leader Le Pen barred ...

She was 17 and working in a top secret underground bunker passing coded messages from military commanders to soldiers landing on the D-Day beaches. Marie was with the Women's Royal Naval Service ...

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The diary is the only known first-person account from a Chinese officer who took part in the D-Day landings. This historic event was in France during the second world war. The discovery shows the ...

The trio attended the event alongside veterans, including some involved in the D-Day Landings, and spent some ... commemorative ceremony at the Juno Beach Centre in Courseulles-sur-Mer tomorrow ...

The Prince of Wales will attend the Canadian commemorative ceremony at the Juno Beach Centre ... of Gloucester will attend ‘D-Day 80: Remembering the Normandy Landings’, an evening of music ...