Russia - but not Putin - to be part of D-Day commemorations in France Russians who contributed to the Allied victory should be honoured without ‘outcast’ president, a Russian history expert says
Silhouettes of D-Day soldiers erected at British memorial in Normandy The 1,475 two-metre tall statues will portray British soldiers who died on the beaches on the day of landing
British D-Day veteran Bill: I want to honour fallen comrades in France The centenarian planned to return to Normandy this June - driven over by a London cab charity. He was just 20 at the time of the invasion and shared his memories of the day with Connexion during one of his interviews Plans for 80-year D-Day commemorations in Normandy and Provence Thanks! Volunteers found to help D-Day knitted soldiers reach France Tiny knitted soldiers need help to get to France for D-Day anniversary
Tiny Normandy commune to mark crucial role in D-Day landings 80th anniversary events will remember how allied forces and local French people all played their part in 1944
US veteran, 100, to marry in Normandy on 80th commemoration of D-Day The man, who participated in the 1944 landings, says ‘positivity and love’ are the secrets to his longevity
Should Nazi defences be preserved or forgotten along French coast? The WW2 bunkers in Normandy are linked to D-Day and victory, but Atlantic fortifications divide opinion in coastal towns
Tributes made as last known Royal Navy Dunkirk veteran dies Lawrence Churcher died just days before his 103rd birthday
Last survivor of French D-Day commando unit dies aged 100 Léon Gautier’s unit was among the first wave of liberators on June 6, 1944
Make the 80th anniversary of D-Day a national holiday, urges French MP Next year is one of the last major anniversaries when World War II veterans will likely still be alive and able to pass on their stories to children
Rising tides and sand dune erosion threaten French D-Day museum The building on the Normandy landings site is at risk if local authorities are refused permission to keep adding sand to the dunes
Career change in France: ‘I never tire of talking about World War Two’ From graphic designer to D-Day tour business - we speak to a Dutch woman who turned her passion for history into a new life
French man finds bracelet of American WWII soldier in a field The bracelet has been loaned to D-Day Experience, an immersive museum that already had some of the soldier’s possessions in its collection
American D-Day pilot buried with honours in France - 78 years on Lt. William McGowan was shot down and declared missing - research by family and organisations means he now rests at the Normandy American Cemetery New film to honour Canadian D-Day soldiers who died freeing French D-Day: French archaeologists launch research ahead of 78th anniversary British soldiers killed in D-Day landings finally get fitting memorial
Hubert Faure, French hero of D-Day landings dies, aged 106 Soldier was a member of Kieffer Commandos who stormed Sword Beach on June 6, 1944 French veterans against ‘immersive’ D-Day tourism project Church bells to ring around world to mark D-Day French church bells to mark D-Day D-day hero Frank has died aged 95 Armentières still remembered by D-Day hero
French ‘D-Day Land’ could be a fitting tribute Memorial tourism is one of France’s biggest industries, even though it is inevitably centred on groups of people who died in horrific circumstances.
French honour for teen who wired D-Day's radio control A model ship led to youngster's wartime recruitment to MI6
Macron marks France's 'second D-Day' in Provence Southern invasion of France started in the evening of August 14, 1944, two months after the Normandy landings
Royal welcome for our Frank Chelsea Pensioner Frank Mouqué made the most of what could be his final trip to France to commemorate D-Day (see more: Armentières still remembered by D-Day hero)
Mystery Irish D-Day plaque finds resting place A D-Day memorial stone which two military antique dealers bought at a fair in the UK has been presented to a museum after detective work by them and Connexion .
‘Banksy’ war art is actually by French brasserie owner A piece of street art found near the D-Day beaches in Normandy - which had been rumoured to be a Banksy - has been revealed as the work of a local brasserie owner.
Wartime lovers who met before D-Day reunited in France A French woman and an American World War Two veteran who first fell in love in France in 1944 have been reunited 75 years after they last met.
Memorial will be symbol of links between UK and France President Macron joined British Prime Minister Theresa May this morning for a private ceremony with veterans to lay the first stone in the first permanent memorial to the 22,442 servicepeople who died under British command in the D-Day landings and Battle of Normandy.
Last chance to honour D-Day veterans There will be plenty to see and do in Normandy this June on the occasion of what will be the last ‘big anniversary’ of the D-Day landings for some of the historic day's veterans.
Letter shows D-Day training plans of Nazis in Normandy Firing exercises were planned on the Normandy coast on the day of the Allies' invasion of Europe
US artist's wartime works on display in France Norman Rockwell's famous Four Freedoms quartet among the works in exhibition in Normandy
Vital role of 177 French commandos on D-Day Most Free French forces did not land in Normandy until after June 6 - but one commando unit performed heroically from day one
D-Day and 1945 film by Oscar winner now in colour A film created by an American soldier and Academy Award-winning director who filmed at the Normandy Landings of 1944 and a Nazi concentration camp is now available in colour, 75 years later.
Poignant event may be last for many old soldiers Professional photographer Sabina Lorkin has covered several of the D-Day commemoration events in Normandy but fears this will be the last where veterans will take part.
Parachute drop is highlight of series of events This year’s commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy are expected to be the last ‘big anniversary’ for many of the old soldiers who were there in 1944.
A choir is required in France The Military Wives Choir hopes Connexion readers can help them find a choir to sing with when they tour the Normandy Beaches in October, as part of ongoing commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Britain’s D-Day dead get their own memorial The centrepiece sculpture for the first permanent memorial to the 22,442 British men who died in the D-Day landings and Battle of Normandy will be unveiled near Arromanches on the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6.
Hermione’s new crew heads for the Channel Dozens of new recruits will take to sea this month on the first leg of a three-month journey to sail the replica frigate Hermione to Normandy for the 75th anniversary commemorations of D-Day.
Hermione set to lure millions to Normandy in 2019 Replica 18th century frigate organises voyage to major Channel ports
Memorial to wartime bomber crews unveiled Mayor honours 11 air crew killed as British and American planes shot down