British veteran of D-Day landings in France dies aged 104 Don Sheppard was among troops which liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Normandy museum shows the power of UK-France cooperation Musee No 4 Commando in Ouistreham pays tribute to the French commandos who landed on Sword Beach on D-Day
'Live each day like it’s your last', says D-Day veteran from Normandy Veterans arrived in London cabs driven by volunteers from the Taxi Charity. The Connexion was there and spoke with naval hero John King
news Why US President Biden is going to Aisne this weekend ‘We’re delighted that an American president is coming here’ says a resident near the war memorial site
Key quotes from King Charles, Macron and Biden at D-Day commemorations Heads of states and veterans gathered in Normandy to pay their respects for the sacrifices made on D-Day 80 years ago
PHOTOS: 48 American veterans land in France for D-Day commemorations They were welcomed by school children and the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte Macron
Frenchman honours grandfather with tattoo of D-Day across whole back ‘I now have a page of history on my back,’ he said ahead of the 80th anniversary of the landings
How a Frenchman became a GI on Omaha beach in WW2 'All he could think about was getting safely to his mother, terrified that he might die so close to home'
Last Native American US veteran of D-Day landings marks Memorial Day The 99-year-old tribal elder made Normandy his home in 2018
WW2 veterans need your help as French hotels full for D-Day events Can you provide suitable accommodation near the landing beaches?
Normandy prepares for last major D-Day commemorations The small town of Carentan has been especially busy, organising poppy cascades and a display of knitted soldiers
D-Day 80 years: France to send a ‘Liberty flame’ to UK and USA The flame has already been welcomed at a memorial ceremony in France, and will be received at similar events in the UK and USA to remember the pivotal 1944 landings
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 British D-Day veteran Bill: I want to honour fallen comrades in France Plans for 80-year D-Day commemorations in Normandy and Provence
Thanks! Volunteers found to help D-Day knitted soldiers reach France However donations of plywood and mini sandbags still needed for the 80m display in Normandy Tiny knitted soldiers need help to get to France for D-Day anniversary Tiny Normandy commune to mark crucial role in D-Day landings US veteran, 100, to marry in Normandy on 80th commemoration of D-Day Should Nazi defences be preserved or forgotten along French coast? Tributes made as last known Royal Navy Dunkirk veteran dies
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 Many Canadian soldiers lost their lives on June 6, 1944. Experts say the film will pay tribute to the role they played in the landings
D-Day: French archaeologists launch research ahead of 78th anniversary The dig at a manor house four kilometres from the infamous Utah Beach is expected to reveal more details about the behaviour of US soldiers there
British soldiers killed in D-Day landings finally get fitting memorial The first British memorial to all the soldiers who died in Normandy officially opens on June 6 in France, the 77th anniversary of the D-Day landings
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 French veterans have come out against a planned project to launch an “immersive” tourist experience in France, that would recreate the 1944 Normandy embarkment and battle.
Church bells to ring around world to mark D-Day Bells will be rung around the world tomorrow to mark the 76th anniversary of D-Day in an initiative started by history enthusiasts from France.
French church bells to mark D-Day With museums and other D-Day commemorative sites likely to be closed on June 6, one museum director is arranging for bells in churches across France to ring out instead.
D-day hero Frank has died aged 95 One of the last D-Day heroes, Frank Mouqué, died aged 95 on Saturday.
Armentières still remembered by D-Day hero Chelsea Pensioner and former bomb disposal corporal Frank Mouqué, 94, is one of the few surviving British D-Day veterans who will honour their fallen comrades in Normandy on this month’s 75th anniversary.
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