York today comes together to wish a happy 100th birthday to much-loved hero Ken Cooke - who as a teenage private stormed the ...

And it was. Through a combination of deception and tight security, the invasion force achieved complete surprise. An immense fleet of 5,000 ships, plus hundreds of smaller boats and landing craft, ...

Hundreds of veterans are gathering on June 2009 in Normandy to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. The building now known as Queen's Own Rifles House is at left.

Canada House, the first building liberated by Canadian troops on the beach at Normandy on June 6, 1944. Jacquard said the owner of the home took his family on a tour. (normandie-tourisme.fr) ...

Watch as the sun rises over Normandy beaches on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Royal family members and world leaders gathered with veterans in the northern French region to mark the ...

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, CanadaA World War II veteran just married his bride near Normandy’s D-Day beaches. He’s 100, she’s 96 By: John Leicester, The Associated Press Posted: 6:17 ...

When the boys from Canada hit the Normandy beaches 78 years ago on that overcast morning of June 6, 1944, their goal was to help free western Europe from Nazi tyranny.

Becoming a sensation on TikTok, World War Two veteran Jake Larson, also known as Papa Jake, who avoided machine gun fire when storming the beach on D-Day, has died aged 102 ...