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Northern Ireland D-Day links connecting young people to the past
BBC News· 18 hours agoOne of the secrets to teaching history is finding a way of connecting pupils to that past. When it...
King gives 100th birthday card to D-Day veteran
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNext week King Charles and other royals will be taking part in commemorations in the UK and France for the 80th anniversary of theJune 1944 D& ...
Normandy family serves farmhouse cider, plus D-Day history, from medieval castle at Omaha Beach
Fox News· 13 hours agoThe Bernard Lebrec family farmhouse distillery sits between D-Day battle sites Omaha Beach and...
Book Review: 'When the Sea Came Alive' expands understanding of D-Day invasion
San Antonio Express-News· 4 hours agoFrom books by historian Stephen Ambrose to films like Steven Spielberg's “Saving Private Ryan," there's ample works chronicling the June 6, 1944, landing ...
Rangers led the way in the D-Day landings 80 years ago
Stacker via AOL· 1 day agoGalerie Bilderwelt // Getty Images Among the 150,000 soldiers who landed on and fought across the...
What was the role of Northern Ireland soldiers on D-Day?
BBC via AOL· 2 days agoAlmost 200 RUR soldiers died between D-Day and the end of August 1944. Where did other Irish...
Charles's rare show of emotion in incredibly moving meeting with D-Day veterans
Daily Express· 2 hours agoThe 75-year-old monarch even shared some memories of his own, reading an excerpt from King George...
Remembering D-Day: Key Facts and Figures About the Invasion That Changed the Course of World War II
US News & World Report· 2 days agoThe June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever ...
D-Day memorial trees to honour city's fallen
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe D-Day landings on 6 June 1944 brought together the land, air and sea forces of the allied nations in the largest ...
'I wouldn't have missed it' - Normandy veteran
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"I look smart," he says, lost in the image; a 98-year-old face reflecting back off the glass frame. "I wouldn't have... his jacket lapels, around his...