D-Day

"We are eternally in their debt," the King told an 80th anniversary commemoration. He was speaking in Portsmouth, one of the key departure points for the ...

Jim Baxter was a tank driver who was in the first wave of troops to land on Gold Beach – I sought him out while pedalling along the coast.

The King has paid tribute to D-Day veterans at the commemorative event in Portsmouth ahead of the 80th anniversary.

Hundreds of military personnel have parachuted into a historic D-Day drop zone to commemorate the airborne role of the Normandy Landings 80 years ago.

Events across the county borough are planned to mark June 6, 2024, the 80-year anniversary of D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in history.

Among the 80-year-old sunken D-Day wrecks, burgeoning wildlife is thriving on the wreckage of war.

NCAP has become the leading repository for managing aerial photographic collections, continuously acquiring imagery from various survey and research projects ...

Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, where allied forces landed in Normandy. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history, it marked the ...

The King said it was "our duty" to never forget the sacrifice made by the wartime generation in what was his first public speech since his cancer diagnosis.

Sombre letters and testimonies from D-Day soldiers were read out to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings - leaving one actor visibly ...

The Right Honourable Patricia Scotland KC, Commonwealth Secretary-General reflects on the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.

Reenactors and world leaders converge this week for World War II commemorations in Normandy, where Ukraine looms large.

"We are eternally in their debt," the King told an 80th anniversary commemoration. He was speaking in Portsmouth, one of the key departure points for the ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of D Day, three Atlas C1 (A400M) aircraft have dropped paratroopers over Sannerville, mirroring the actions of RAF Dakota ...

First Minister Vaughan Gething will represent Wales at an event in France today to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, there are now only about half a dozen surviving Welsh veterans. Bill Davies, 101, from Porthcawl, Bridgend county, ...

Colourful events are taking place to commemorate D-Day, but the ongoing conflict in Ukraine casts a shadow of war over Europe.

American troops storm the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. Robert F. Sargent/Getty Images. The D ...

Summary. Events are taking place in France and the UK to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France; US President Joe Biden and King Charles ...

On the evening of June 6, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast a prayer for the Nation. At the time, war was raging in Europe, ...

As grim memory of world war fades, many people are anxious amid rise of nationalist, country-first rhetoric.

The King and Queen will be joined by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron to pay tribute to ...

A few days before US President Joe Biden arrived on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a smaller war erupted on GZERO's ...

Harrisons Homes has created a 1940s-themed branch window at its office in Sittingbourne to mark the 80th anniversary of D Day.

A military piper has begun commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy by playing a lament at sea at the exact moment of the beach invasion in 1944. Royals and world leaders are set to gather with veterans in the northern French region to ...

They were Special Constable Alfred John Went (Welch Regiment) and Police War Reserve Constable William Vincent Jones (Welsh Guards), both of the Glamorgan ...

How a secret World War Two military unit nearly died in a self-inflicted rocket onslaught on D-Day.

Charles and Camilla are amongh those paying tribute to fallen soldiers alongside the prime minister, French president Emmanuel Macron and US President Joe ...

A coastal battery dating back more than 100 years will hold a commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Blyth Battery, in Northumberland, ...

Commemoration events such as memorial services and beacon lighting will happen in a number of locations, including Plymouth, Falmouth and the Isles of Scilly.

We will be commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 by lighting the Civic Offices in red and flying a special D-Day ...

A local historian says it has been emotional learning about the D-Day soldiers from her village.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's remarks at the British Normandy Memorial for the 80th anniversary of D-Day [6 June 2024].

Council offices across North Northamptonshire will be taking part in the Lamp Light of Peace tribute with lamps being displayed in our Corby, Thrapston, ...

On June 6th 1944, a lone Scottish piper played his comrades ashore as they stormed the beaches during the Normandy landings of D-Day.

In France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Allied forces' pivotal D-Day landings in Normandy, President Biden honors WWII troops who freed Europe ...

World leaders attend international commemorative ceremony after US president says struggle between dictatorships and freedom is unending.

Speaking just steps away from where 9,388 members of the US military who participated in the landings are buried, Mr Biden warned democracies across the globe ...

As the country commemorates the anniversary of the D-Day landings, we look back at the life of Ernest Mather, a Cheshire Police Officer and army Commando, ...