To plan for the operation the BBC ran a competition for French beach holiday photographs. It was actually a way of gathering intelligence on suitable beaches. D-day is simply a standard armed ...

June 6, 1944, is a special date in American history. It is synonymous with D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, which took place 80 years ago. History As It Happens takes its annual look back ...

There are no showtimes for this date. June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through ...

Operation Neptune, also known as D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944. It was a hugely significant military operation that saw Allied forces invade Normandy. This historic event is remembered as the ...

Paddy the Pigeon, who was hatched in Co Antrim, was the fastest of the flock when he was released on June 6, 1944, to deliver the news of the successful D-Day landings back to England. Paddy ...

On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Mehzebin Adam-Suter, Curator, British Red Cross Museum and Archives, spotlights the vital role played by British Red Cross volunteers. On 6 June 1944, the Allied ...

On the Allied invasion of France, following the D-Day landings ... ... by the end of the day, 150,000 men had managed to get ashore, and a firm foothold had been ...

My first impression of the beach is that there were very few people there. Then, on landing, I could see hundreds of soldiers scattered out and lying flat. Every now and then a few would get up, run ...

Ten years ago, Angus Hui Chong-yin read a news story about a diary found in a Hong Kong building that was about to be torn down. The document was from 1944, and it was written in Chinese.

The name Barnstormer captures the essence of adventurers, pioneers, heroes, and dreamers-those who dared to reach for the ...

On June 6, 1944, allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France to fight Nazi Germany Who Was the Real Cleopatra? Fact or Fiction? The Legend of the QWERTY Keyboard What Does a Cowboy ...

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