US Govt. shutdown effects stretch across the Atlantic- Tourists enraged at US D-Day Cemetery site in Normandy
Photo story: (Clockwise from top left) (1) American troops wade ashore on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France (2) Ships protected by barrage balloons landing supplies at…
Canadian Soldier May Have Been Buried In German War Cemetery
Family of a Canadian soldier who died in World War II feat may finally get the closure that they have prayed for more than six…
D-Day Dummy found in a Garden Shed
One woman was going and cleaning through her grandparents’ belongings in a garden shed when she chanced upon a rare find – a parachute…
Battle of Normandy: Witnesses Relive D-Day Landings with Never-Been-Heard-Before Accounts
The aspiration of the Normandy Veterans’ Association (NVA), supported by The Independent and its many readers, is finally coming into realization. An appeal to create…
Looking Down On War – THE NORMANDY INVASION: JUNE 1944 review by Mark Barnes
Looking Down On War – THE NORMANDY INVASION: JUNE 1944 Imagery from WWII Intelligence files By Colonel Roy M Stanley II, USAF (Ret.) Published by Pen…
5 Picks of D-Day Paratrooper Militaria
Warstuff.com SO FAR IN our news we’ve resisted writing about D-Day Airborne relics largely as they seem to be well covered everywhere else. We’ve…
PRESS RELEASE: D-Day Piper Bill Millin – unveiling ceremony: 8th June 2013
The unveiling ceremony of the D-Day Piper, Bill Millin Statue is scheduled to take place on Saturday 8th June 2013 and will be organised by…
SO FEW GOT THROUGH WITH THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS FROM NORMANDY TO THE BALTIC
First published in 1946, this book is very much of its time but can genuinely lay claim to be a classic. Martin Lindsay was a…
COMBINED OPERATIONS MEMORIAL
COMBINED OPERATIONS MEMORIAL The first stage of a memorial to WW2 Combined Operations has been completed at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire at…
ASSAULT ON NORMANDY SWORD BEACH
I’ve been to Normandy four times and have always had memorable adventures on the history trail. The great omission has been a close look to…