On the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat, echoes of tyrannies past shake a continent that is trying to find its ...

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.

The invasion date was initially set for 5 June. But the army's Chief Meteorologist, Group Captain James Stagg spotted a ...

The route took me from beach to clifftop and back again, through quiet villages to the sobering Normandy American Cemetery, where 9,000 US soldiers are buried. The next morning, I continued ...

New polling shows how people in different nations view the war’s end — and the chances of a new war.

Battleship Texas is hosting tours in May and June based around the ship's role in helping Allied soldiers in the Normandy ...

American P-47 Thunderbolts launched a critical strike over German supply routes in France. As they dropped bombs and launched ...

A brave young man from Crewe had one hell of a secret to keep during World War II and it was no ordinary secret but frontline ...

“I ran into the living room and I said ‘there’s a war, there’s a war on’. I was quite excited,” said Ruth, now 98. “I had no idea of the horror in my mother’s face, because she had been a nurse in the ...

He sits at home in St John’s, Worcester, surrounded by his books and magazines. A Bible lies on the table before him and over ...

As the 80th anniversary of VE Day approaches, a study reveals a surprising gap in knowledge about this pivotal moment in ...