The success of D-Day depended on more than just the landings at Utah and Omaha Beach - it hinged on securing key inland objectives to prevent German counterattacks. One of the most important of these ...

The last surviving dreadnought, which reopens as a museum in its new Galveston home next year, reminds visitors of its link ...

Bath Iron Works has started building its next Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, laying out the keel for the new ship this week.

Bath Iron Works took a big step Tuesday as it works on a new ship. The shipyard celebrated the keel laying of the future USS Quentin Walsh (DDG 132), an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided ...

The keel for the future destroyer USS Quentin Walsh was officially laid Tuesday in a ceremony at Bath Iron Works in Maine. It ...

Peter Wellman made a final visit last year to see the abandoned coastal village, where he was born and brought up. Tyneham in ...

Louis Marius Prevost, the father of Pope Leo XIV, served on a D-Day landing ship during World War II and later became a ...

Pope Leo XIV's father, Louis Marius Prevost, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Prevost Snr. was born on July 28, ...

If you’re already based in Normandy, refer to our Full-Day D-Day and Normandy Beaches Tour. You will meet your expert-guide at the Caen train station and end at the Bayeux train station. The exact ...

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The village, part of 'the Scottish Riviera', was a key site ahead of one of the most infamous World War II moments.

Ken Cooke on the beaches of Normandy ahead of VE Day 80 commemorations Aged 99, D-Day veteran Ken Cooke has outlived almost every comrade but refuses to be called a hero. To mark the 80th ...