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 ...

June 6 marks 80 years since the the D-Day landings began on the Normandy beaches of France during World War Two. D-Day in 1944 was an important turning point during World War Two and to this day ...

Digital colourist Marina Amaral has transformed a number of photographs taken during the D-Day landings by using digital techniques to add colour to the black and white pictures. Here we present a ...

Dan Snow examines how the Allied Forces planned and executed the D-Day landings, as surviving veterans tell the story of one of the most dramatic military operations in history. George 'Jimmy ...

As D-Day approached he was ordered to water-proof weapons and vehicles at a holding camp in Weybridge, in preparation for a beach landing. June 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day ...

Nevertheless, soldiers' words relay the many emotions experienced by the men who fought on D-Day. Many of the details of the landing were only learned by friends and relatives long after the ...

Marie was aged just 17 when she worked as a switchboard operator in an underground bunker that served as an operational hub for the D-Day landings. The bunker was deep in the tunnels beneath the ...

Yorkshire Remembers On D-Day's 75th anniversary, Laura Drysdale and Neil Hudson report on the courageous veterans who fought in the Normandy Landings. For many it will be the final milestone ...