Day landings began on the Normandy beaches of France during World War Two.  June 6, 1944, was an important turning point during World War Two and is one of the biggest seaborne invasions in history.

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Learn how American inventions that helped the Allies invade Normandy on D-Day gave way to equipment being used decades later ...

Royal Navy D-Day veteran John Dennett, 101, at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer to mark the 81st anniversary of the landings (Gareth Fuller/PA) Early in January 1944, Prof FR Fraser ...

Veterans sit in the front row during a wreath laying ceremony at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, France, to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings. Picture: Alamy “The heroism, ...

Allied divisions began landing on the five beaches at ... According to the Royal British Legion, the phrase ‘D-Day’ was used fairly often before the Allied invasion in June 1944.

Most British doctors did not know how to issue penicillin ... “File MH 76/184 gives a glimpse into the extraordinary levels of preparation undertaken in advance of the D-Day landings. “Only six weeks ...

Most British doctors did not know how to issue penicillin ... “File MH 76/184 gives a glimpse into the extraordinary levels of preparation undertaken in advance of the D-Day landings. “Only six weeks ...

Slapton Sands is the British beach that was used to simulate ... craft during the landing exercises in preparation for the D-Day landings, off the coast of Slapton Sands, Slapton, Devon, England ...