The story of D-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 ...
More than 800 tank landing craft took part in Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944 The last surviving D-Day tank landing craft will touch down on Southsea Beach to mark the 75th ...
China is reportedly constructing “D-Day style” barges which could be used in an invasion of Taiwan. At least three of the new ...
The last surviving D-Day tank landing craft has been moved on to dry land following its final journey on water. LCT 7074 was renovated with a National Heritage Lottery fund £4.7m grant ahead of ...
In less than 24 hours, more than 5,000 ships crossed the English Channel, along with thousands of tanks and landing craft ... share their harrowing stories, "D-Day's Sunken Secrets" unfolds ...
A veteran tank crewman who lost both his legs after landing on Gold Beach on D-Day has died at the age of 99. Roy Hayward went from basic training at Bovington Camp in Dorset to landing in ...