On the 6th of June 1944, D-Day commenced. The largest amphibious operation in history marked the start of the liberation of Europe from the Nazis. That day, over 130,000 Allied soldiers stormed the ...

At 22.15 on the evening of Jun. 5 1944, the first engine on the first plane spluttered into life announcing the biggest airborne operation ever undertaken: delayed by 24 hours due to poor weather ...

That night, the sight of vast swarms of troop-carrying aircraft must have been impressive. Their overpowering numbers gave the Allied forces the upper hand. At 22.15 on the evening of Jun. 5 1944, the ...

An 80th anniversary service has been held in memory of 23 men who died in a WWII glider crash. On 17 September 1944, an RAF Airspeed Horsa glider broke apart in mid-air, minutes after taking off from ...

A military museum is appealing a wider range of D-Day stories and childhood memories from 1944. The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (SOFO) in Woodstock will commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day by ...

D-Day involved the largest aerial operation in history, with approximately 13,000 Allied aircraft participating, despite challenging weather conditions that hampered many aspects of the operation. The ...

On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied soliders arrived on the beaches of Normandy, France for the largest seaborn invasion in world history. "D-Day," as it's now referred, was a major tactical victory ...