Tank Ace poster boy for the Panzers - Michael Wittmann served in the Waffen SS during WW2 and became one of the most talked about tank ace's of the war. Well known for his actions at Villers-Bocage on ...

Plan Ahead: Since some of Normandy's D-Day beaches sit roughly 200 miles northwest of Paris, you're in for a full day, but ...

A South Tyneside man has shared the story of how he got his name - and how it originated on the beaches of Normandy. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields Gazette, you can get ...

There are no showtimes for this date. June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through ...

On this day, Operation Overlord began as Allied forces lined up against the Axis powers and began an invasion of Normandy ... similar aircraft used in World War II saved thousands of lives.

A World War II-era plane is set to fly over a veteran’s funeral Saturday. Eighty years ago, elite paratroopers were leaping out of similar aircraft on a secret mission called Operation Firefly.

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday. U.S. Army Air ...

Whistler went ashore, leading his troop of tanks into the fierce battles raging in the Normandy bocage – the dense hedgerow country that proved so challenging for armoured warfare. Whistler's ...

Around 170 people — but no WWII veterans — took part in last year’s ceremony on the island, the Marine Corps said at the time. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected there Saturday as ...

On 14 April 1945, an American Douglas C-47 brought Grand Duchess Charlotte back to Luxembourg after her exile in London ...