Battleship Texas is hosting tours in May and June based around the ship's role in helping Allied soldiers in the Normandy ...

When victory in Europe was announced, he was sent to Belgium with the view to being shipped out ... was just 20 when he landed on Sword Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944. 'There were thousands ...

He sits at home in St John’s, Worcester, surrounded by his books and magazines. A Bible lies on the table before him and over his shoulder you ...

THE wind swirls sand around my boots and gulls bounce overhead as I read the 47 Royal Marine Commando Memorial at the viewpoint in Port-en-Bessin, the site of a daring raid following D-Day.

New polling shows how people in different nations view the war’s end — and the chances of a new war.

A handout picture of an aerial view of Normandy beach on D-Day on 6 June 1944, provided by the Ministry of Defence. Low tides and quiet weather were vital to getting such a huge number of troops ...

In a speech to a joint session of Congress in March, President Donald Trump took direct aim at diversity, equity and ...

A 99-year-old veteran who fought in the Normandy campaign after lying about his age has spoken of his “relief” at learning the war in Europe had come to an end. Born in London in 1925, Donald Turrell ...

When the Forest Service’s Fireside Lectures began in 1962 at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center attendees gathered around a ...

The greatest global conflict the world had ever suffered through ended 80 years ago. World War II is now remembered in books, movies, museums – like USS LST 393 Veterans ...