D-Day

On June 6, 1944, Bill Purdy was a young Royal Australian Air Force pilot flying a Lancaster heavy bomber as...

Reenactors and world leaders converge this week for World War II commemorations in Normandy, where Ukraine looms large.

Among the 80-year-old sunken D-Day wrecks, wildlife is thriving on the wreckage of war.

Codenamed Operation Neptune, the D-Day landings involved 7000 Allied warships, vessels and landing craft manned by over 195,000 naval personnel from eight ...

Veterans and world leaders attend ceremonies to mark 80 years since allied troops landed in France during the second world war.

On 6 June 1944, allied troops took part in Operation Overlord, a combined naval, air and land assault on the beaches of Normandy, which led to the ...

The Normandy landing was the largest seaborne invasion the world has ever seen and triggered the beginning of Europe's liberation from the fascist regime of ...

The United Kingdom has paid tribute to those who took part in D-Day, promising to "always remember" the sacrifices made by the Allied soldiers who invaded ...

In 1944, German forces controlled much of Western Europe, including France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. While the Russians were pushing the Germans out of ...

Today we honour the service and sacrifice of Australian veterans who took part in the D–Day landings in Normandy, as we mark the 80th anniversary of that ...

The British Royals have commemorated D-Day in England, with King Charles paying tribute to World War II veterans on the 80th anniversary of the Normandy ...

Two days of events are taking place in the UK and France to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, when troops from the UK, ...

Eighty years ago members of allied forces were storming the beaches of Northern France, the first step towards ending World War Two and defeating Nazi ...

American troops storm the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. Robert F. Sargent/Getty Images. The D ...

Meg Anderson's family was among those who left their homes near Moray beaches used for secret training.

Australian Jim Grebert was deployed to New Guinea, fighting the Japanese. American Steve Melnikoff landed on the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day — 6 June ...

On the evening of June 6, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast a prayer for the Nation. At the time, war was raging in Europe, ...

I'm pleased to inform the House that the Governor-General, David Hurley, and Mrs Hurley are in France representing Australia at the commemorations. D-Day was an ...

On this day, the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings, we remember Sub-Lieutenant Richard Pirrie who was part of the first wave of landing craft to reach ...

The seaborne invasion, which was the largest in history, saw more than 150,000 allied troops invade Normandy in a turning point of the second world war.

This is the story of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of the 26th president of the United States, who was the oldest and highest-ranking soldier in the invasion. On ...

There were many turning points in the Second World War. But one thing is certain: victory against the German war machine, the defeat of Nazi tyranny, ...

The US, French, UK and Canadian leaders are in France for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings during World War II – and so is Volodymyr Zelensky.

A few days before US President Joe Biden arrived on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a smaller war erupted on GZERO's ...

Watch and follow live as events take place across northern France and the UK to remember the Normandy landings.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's remarks at the British Normandy Memorial for the 80th anniversary of D-Day [6 June 2024].

US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were among state heads who travelled to northern France to commemorate the 80th ...

This year's commemoration of the key turning point in WWII carries special resonance with war still raging in Ukraine.

The King marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, saying free nations must oppose tyranny.

Servicemen and women involved in landings joined by royals and politicians at 80th anniversary commemorations.

The 2024 celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of D-day are the latest in a long line of commemorations in honour of the allied landings in Normandy, ...

US President Joe Biden has drawn parallels between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and World War Two, in a speech commemorating the 80th anniversary of the ...

Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France. 2:01 P.M. CEST THE PRESIDENT: The hour had nearly come. Monday, June 5th, 1944.

Democracies of the world must again stand firm against aggression and tyranny and uphold the spirit of D-Day, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said ...

President Joe Biden greets U.S. World War II veteran Victor Chaney after French President Emmanuel Macron awarded 11 veterans the Légion d'Honneur at the ...