A rare World War II 'pigeon parachute' used to carry messages to the French resistance in Normandy ahead of D-Day landings has been found in a tatty old shoebox. The artifact was donated by a ...

Less than 24 hours after this image was taken, the unit would arrive on shore at Sword Beach, one of five landing areas ...

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France - Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies ... of fireworks shows, parachute jumps, solemn ...

Across the channel in France, hundreds of paratroopers landed on the fields of Normandy, recreating a jump ... For Steve the memories of landing here remain vivid. "The weather was not good.

Two days of events to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings in Normandy began on Wednesday in Portsmouth - from where much of the 1944 invasion force sailed. More than 500 veterans ...

A gospel choir performed as part of the moving service to remember those who gave their lives for their country ...

He was speaking in Portsmouth, one of the key departure points for the Normandy landings in June 1944 ... to watch a large-scale parachute re-enactment of the Allied liberation of the region.

Don Sheppard, who has died aged 104, took part in the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6 1944 while serving as a Royal Engineer with the 51st Highland Division. Sheppard embarked in a convoy of ...

TASS/. Russia has not received an invitation from France to participate in the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings on June 6, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said ...

All along the Normandy coastline — where then-young ... Part of the purpose of fireworks shows, parachute jumps, solemn commemorations and ceremonies that world leaders will attend this week ...