Day and the Shermans trying to swim to the shore of Omaha Beach is legendary. The 741st Tank Battalion would suffer extreme losses off the coast of Omaha Beach due to a combination of rough seas and ...

Following a three-month deployment, the USS Normandy (CG-60) will return to Naval Station Norfolk on Thursday.

Four brave veterans who fought for our freedom reveal what it was really like when the Second World War was finally declared ...

THE wind swirls sand around my boots and gulls bounce overhead as I read the 47 Royal Marine Commando Memorial at the ...

D-Day and the liberation of Europe was a momentous task consuming the energies of millions. The tens of thousands of combat ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. One of York’s last remaining Second World War veterans is returning to Normandy for VE Day – meaning the 99-year-old has had to turn ...

Battleship Texas is the last remaining Allied battleship from the invasion ... at Omaha Beach. It also participated in the Battle of Cherbourg on June 25, 1944, off the Normandy coast.

Mullins, who served as a staff sergeant in the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne, participated in the historic invasion of Normandy, landing at Utah Beach, and fought in the ...

A MAP has revealed the sunniest locations in the UK today with hundreds of Brits heading to the beach. The Met Office predicts temperatures of up to 27C this coming week as the nation heats up.

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Crimea is not just some abstract territory on a map (Picture ... wouldn’t calmly hand back Normandy, 81 years after thousands of our allies died on their beaches to liberate Europe.