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Village pays 'emotional' tribute to D-Day soldiers
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 minutes agoShe discovered Mr Harris, who was part of the Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) 471 Crew, was attacked by German U-boats, and a number of seaman on his vessel...
Pat Owtram used her language skills to listen in on German U-boats during WWII
KFDX Wichita Falls· 6 days agoLONDON (AP) — Pat Owtram didn’t need to go to war. It came to her. As the Nazis took control of ...
How America captured a German submarine right before D-Day
Task & Purpose· 1 day agoThe concept of capturing a German submarine was hatched after a Navy hunter-killer team named the...
St. Augustine's Ed Trester commemorates D-Day
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoLife at sea for was dangerous as the convoy travelled to North Africa and Marseille France. “Two ships behind us were torpedoed by a German U-boat ...
‘Nobody told us where we were going,’ recalls D-Day veteran Alec
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe allies knew any invasion of Normandy could be seriously jeopardised by German U-boats, so Mr...
Woman who was key wartime code-breaker commemorated with blue plaque
Press Association News via AOL· 7 days agoA code-breaker who played a key part in decrypting German messages during the Second World War will...
Veteran visiting Normandy on D-Day anniversary to ‘pay respects to shipmates’
Press Association News via AOL· 5 days agoD-Day veteran JAlec Penstone, pictured at the age of 20 (Blind Veterans UK/PA) After the war...
Christian Lamb made maps to guide the crews landing crafts at Normandy on D-Day
Associated Press· 6 days agoWorking alone in a tiny office in London, Christian Lamb tried to make sure British troops were in exactly the right place when they scrambled onto Normandy’s beaches under enemy fire during ...
D-Day 80-Year Anniversary: How meteorology impacted this historical day
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoPersonnel of W-2 Party, Royal Canadian Navy Beach Commando "W" outside a German fortification in the...
D-Day: the biggest seaborne invasion in history
Press Association News via AOL· 5 days agoThen, at 5.50am, as dawn broke over the coast, British and American warships opened up a massive bombardment of the Normandy beaches where the invasion...