Like the rest of the D-Day force, the Rangers prepared ... famous for its grueling hill runs and use of live ammunition, spent weeks practicing amphibious landings along the English coastline ...

air and naval operation in history - the D Day landings. Day two of state visit in pictures Day one of state visit in pictures Here are pictures of some of the events on Wednesday. Photos are ...

The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II. Start Over Share Slideshow Published on ...

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester will attend ‘D-Day 80: Remembering the Normandy Landings’, an evening of music-led, multi-generational storytelling, reflecting on the Second World War at ...

It does live in history. Freedom was restored to ... Honouring the British servicemen who fell in the D-Day landings. But on 6th June the great majority of people will, I believe, speak with ...

Mr Churm, from Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, was a medic on landing craft on D-Day, moving tanks from Newhaven in Sussex to Sword Beach, one of the five landing areas for the Allied ...

Two days of events to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings in Normandy began on Wednesday in Portsmouth - from where much of the 1944 invasion force sailed. More than 500 veterans ...