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How East troops fought and died on D-Day
BBC News· 3 hours agoA 23-year-old corporal who landed in Normandy with a Norfolk regiment, on 6 June 1944, died weeks later in a hail of bullets and was awarded a posthumous...
Why the British story of D-Day must be properly told
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 19 hours ago“It’s crucial to ensure that the British story of D-Day is properly told,” says General Lord Dannatt, former Chief of the General Staff, the chairman of...
Stan Hollis: D-Day hero's letters unearthed for the first time
BBC News· 16 hours agoA letter has emerged that has shed more light on the life of the only soldier to be awarded a ...
'My dad nearly died on D-Day but in Essex, not Normandy'
BBC News· 2 hours agoOn the day troops from Britain, the US and Canada were landing on beaches in northern France during...
Pigeons and parachuting dog decorated as D-Day heroes
Press Association News via AOL· 5 days agoTheir heroics have been immortalised through the PDSA Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the ...
'My father fought on D-Day beaches - one unearthed interview left me in tears'
Daily Express· 2 days agoEyewitness accounts leave us in no doubt about quite how brutal June 6, 1944 was for so many. Marine...
The King’s D-Day commemoration speech in full
Press Association News via AOL· 20 hours ago“The 1944 Victoria Cross roll of honour includes Sikh, Muslim and Hindu soldiers – a reminder that events that year shaped our world then, and the...
What To Eat, See And Do In Halifax, Canada
Forbes· 3 days agoNova Scotia, in eastern Canada, has the well-deserved reputation of being one of the most welcoming and friendliest provinces. Halifax harbor has been...
D-Day education centre will ensure sacrifices of Normandy won't be forgotten
Daily Express· 3 days agoOn Thursday, exactly 80 years after D-Day, the last surviving warriors of the fabled 1944 campaign...
The Forgotten Hero of D-Day
Politico· 3 days agoAll told, the U.S. suffered around 3,700 casualties at Omaha Beach, including about 800 dead, meaning that if that estimate is approximately accurate, Woodson personally helped treat somewhere ...