The French countryside inland of the D-Day beaches provided some of the toughest fighting terrain of WWII. The 'bocages' ...

THE wind swirls sand around my boots and gulls bounce overhead as I read the 47 Royal Marine Commando Memorial at the ...

VE Day. In the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of Canadian troops fought and thousands of them gave their lives ...

Sir Winston Churchill’s victory speech, a military procession, a flypast and street parties are part of the build-up to 8 May ...

As France prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces, World War II survivors reflect on painful memories shaped by the German occupation of the country and the deport ...

Georgina Turnbull pulls a black-and-white photograph out of her carrier bag and carefully removes it from a wooden frame.

A special Service of Thanksgiving took place in St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast today as 80th anniversary VE Day celebrations ...

As France prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces, survivors of World War II reflect on painful memories of fear, deprivation and persecution shaped by the German ...

Actor Timothy Spall will open VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations in London on Monday when he recites some of Winston ...

Four days of national events commence on Monday including military processions, a fly past and extracts read from Churchill's ...