D-Day

The King said it was "our duty" to never forget the sacrifice made by the wartime generation in what was his first public speech since his cancer diagnosis.

Private Emile Cortiel is buried with his para-dog Glen after the pair were killed on D-Day.

Among the 80-year-old sunken D-Day wrecks, wildlife is thriving on the wreckage of war.

Jim Baxter was a tank driver who was in the first wave of troops to land on Gold Beach – I sought him out while pedalling along the coast.

Candles are lit on each tombstone of the Commonwealth war cemetery of Banneville-La-Campagne, Normandy, France, during a ceremony as part of the 80th ...

Eighty years ago, an attorney's French Jewish grandparents were on the run and on the verge of deportation when the Allied forces liberated Paris.

Royals, politicians and military leaders begin two days of events to mark 80th anniversary of Normandy landings.

The 80th anniversary this week of D-Day brings mixed emotions for French survivors of the Battle of Normandy.

Reenactors and world leaders converge this week for World War II commemorations in Normandy, where Ukraine looms large.

As world leaders gathered to celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the thousands of civilian victims of ...

A Windsor-based military captain is overseas to demonstrate how soldiers dropped from parachutes to fight in the D-Day invasion 80 years ago.

Approximately 120,000 Irishmen fought alongside the Allies in the Second World War, and many of them were part of the D-Day landings on the beaches of ...

American troops storm the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. Robert F. Sargent/Getty Images. The D ...

Memorials in England and Normandy were curated in the knowledge that it may well be the last opportunity to thank the former soldiers in person.

Eighty years ago, the liberation of Europe from the horrors of the Nazis began with Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy.

First Minister Vaughan Gething will represent Wales at an event in France today to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Meg Anderson's family was among those who left their homes near Moray beaches used for secret training.

They are living history. Testaments to the greatest generation. Six Tampa Bay area veterans who served in World War II are guests of the Florida Elks ...

Before D Day, a massive training operation took place along the Moray Firth coast to prepare troops to help liberate France from the Nazis.

He paid tribute to the troops from the UK, the US, Canada, France and other places. Britain's wartime prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill, called it "the most ...

On the evening of June 6, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast a prayer for the Nation. At the time, war was raging in Europe, ...

Western leaders will meet in Normandy in the afternoon to hold talks, with the sight of veterans, beaches and long lines of war graves fresh in their ...

Summary · Events are taking place in France and the UK to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France · US President Joe Biden and King Charles III ...

The King and Queen will be joined by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron to pay tribute to ...

This is the story of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of the 26th president of the United States, who was the oldest and highest-ranking soldier in the invasion. On ...

A few days before US President Joe Biden arrived on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a smaller war erupted on GZERO's ...

World leaders and veterans meet in Normandy today to mark the 80th anniversary of 6 June 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150000 Allied soldiers arrived ...

How a secret World War Two military unit nearly died in a self-inflicted rocket onslaught on D-Day.

As grim memory of world war fades, many people are anxious amid rise of nationalist, country-first rhetoric.

Watch and follow live as events take place across northern France and the UK to remember the Normandy landings.

They were there on D-Day, on the beaches and in the skies. This is what they saw ... American soldiers huddle inside a landing craft approaching Utah Beach during ...

While the U.S. president's speech will be directed at a global audience, it comes against the backdrop of a fierce domestic political battle with Donald ...

On June 6, 1944, Allied troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Canada landed on five stretches of the German-occupied French ...

Commemoration events such as memorial services and beacon lighting will happen in a number of locations, including Plymouth, Falmouth and the Isles of Scilly.

Allied forces invaded the beaches of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 in what became known as D-Day.

President Joe Biden walks next to a French honour guard after arriving at Orly airport, south of Paris, on June 5, 2024. Evan Vucci/AP.

You've seen the black-and-white D-Day photographs taken under fire on the Normandy beaches during Operation Overlord, the pivotal World War II invasion that ...

In France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Allied forces' pivotal D-Day landings in Normandy, President Biden honors WWII troops who freed Europe ...

Today marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, during World War II. Ireland - and, indeed, Cork - did so much on that day, writes John Dolan.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's remarks at the British Normandy Memorial for the 80th anniversary of D-Day [6 June 2024].

US President Joe Biden has made an impassioned call for the defence of freedom and democracy at a ceremony in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the ...

This year's commemoration of the key turning point in WWII carries special resonance with war still raging in Ukraine.

CNN's Melissa Bell reports from an amphibious vehicle in Normandy as France marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

Veterans and world leaders meet in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6th, 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied ...

World leaders attend international commemorative ceremony after US president says struggle between dictatorships and freedom is unending.