This week marks the eightieth anniversary of the D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, bursting through German coastal defenses to ...

Thousands of American and British paratroopers were dropped behind German lines in one of the largest airborne operations in history to kick off the Normandy invasion These soldiers were dropped into ...

U.S. Gen. Mark Milley, left, his wife Hollyanne Milley, 2nd left, veteran Sgt. Andrew Negra, center in wheel chair, and his family pose for a group photo during a gathering in preparation of the 79th ...

By 1944, Pujol’s efforts became critical to Operation Fortitude, the Allies’ massive deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the location of the D-Day invasion. Using radio messages, ...

Visiting the D-Day beaches in Normandy is one of the most powerful and sobering experiences you can have in France. Scattered along the coast are remnants of the largest amphibious invasion in history ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tributes have been paid to a West Country war hero after his death at the age of 100. Cyril Stanley ‘Stan’ Ford took part in the ...

14:36, Mon, Feb 2, 2026 Updated: 14:36, Mon, Feb 2, 2026 Strangers answered an SOS and provided a guard of honour for a D-Day hero’s final journey. Rifleman Jim Justice, one of the last surviving ...

Tributes have been paid to a West Country war hero after his death at the age of 100. Cyril Stanley ‘Stan’ Ford took part in the Normandy invasion and was injured for life when the ship he was on was ...

ONE of Britain’s last Normandy invasion heroes who survived his tank being blown up has died aged 101. After fighting in France, Richard Aldred, of Callington ...