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David Dunsmuir was sent to patrol to North Sea during World War Two. The temperatures dropped so low off the coast of Iceland ...
"You want to know the price of freedom? Come here to Normandy," said Biden, who, at 81, was just a toddler on the day of the D-Day landings. Eighty years ago, some 160,000 troops from the United ...
A South Tyneside man has shared the story of how he got his name - and how it originated on the beaches of Normandy.
Omaha beach is located about 40 minutes by car from Caen in Normandy. 34,000 American soldiers landed there on D Day during ...
Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D brings this monumental event to the world's largest screens for the first time. Audiences of all ages will discover from a new ...
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.
John Roberts has spoken to the BBC about his memories of D-Day and said he "wouldn't have missed it for anything". Mr Roberts ...
“The 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in Normandy will be a very special opportunity to honor WWII Veterans through various events, and also to pass the torch of remembrance to the next ...
For Steve the memories of landing here ... are held in Normandy every five years, meaning that sadly, there is every chance that this will be the last one in which D-Day veterans will be in ...
What is particularly significant, however, is that the Shuiqiao offers capabilities along similar lines to the Mulberry harbours built for the D-Day Normandy landings. The specialised nature of these ...
Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, including animation, CGI and stunning live-action images, “D-Day: Normandy 1944 ... a new perspective how this landing changed the world.