The morning after D-day the police raided a brothel, which French women had set up in a wrecked landing craft. Dan Snow will be sharing more facts and sending live updates about the veterans he ...

June 6, 1944, is a special date in American history. It is synonymous with D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, which took place 80 years ago. History As It Happens takes its annual look back ...

Field Director, American Red Cross D-Day. 80 years later, it brings up strong feelings and, for some, strong memories. D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion in history. On 6 June 1944, over 150,000 ...

“But major landmarks, like last year’s 80th anniversary of D-Day, and this year’s VE and ... “We shall go down in history and it is vital that what we all did is remembered forevermore.

On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Mehzebin Adam-Suter, Curator, British Red Cross Museum and Archives, spotlights the vital role played by British Red Cross volunteers. On 6 June 1944, the Allied ...

In 1944, 17-year-old Marie Scott found herself at the heart of history, unknowingly shaping the world from a secret bunker.

DAN SNOW: There aren’t many days that can be said to have changed the course of history, there aren’t many days like the 6th of June 1944. I think D-Day was the single greatest military ...

On June 6, 1944, allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France to fight Nazi Germany Who Was the Real Cleopatra? Fact or Fiction? The Legend of the QWERTY Keyboard What Does a Cowboy ...

He studied the documents with another history lover, John Mak Hiu-fai. The diary is the only known first-person account from a Chinese officer who took part in the D-Day landings. This historic ...

Paddy the Pigeon, who was hatched in Co Antrim, was the fastest of the flock when he was released on June 6, 1944, to deliver the news of the successful D-Day landings back to England.