(Wikimedia Commons) What the "D" in D-Day actually stands for has been a source of debate almost from the time that the Allies first landed on the French coast. It is one of the most frequently ...

A Second World War veteran says French children know more about D-Day than their British counterparts. Henry Rice, 98, of Cranleigh, Surrey, a former signalman who arrived off Juno Beach five days ...

A French town in Normandy has apologised for not flying the Union Jack in its D-Day decorations. Pictures from previous years show flag bunting depicting all the nations involved in the Allied ...

To plan for the operation the BBC ran a competition for French beach holiday photographs. It was actually a way of gathering intelligence on suitable beaches. D-day is simply a standard armed ...

She joined the French Resistance when she was 14, and helped treat the wounded on D-Day. She worked as a nurse in a make-shift hospital with no medical training. She has spoken to the BBC about ...