Before 150,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy for the military operation that would later be known as D-Day, few people outside the military knew what was in the works. One of the rare ...

June 6, 1944. The seminal event of the “Good War,” fought by the “Greatest Generation.” The beginning of what General Dwight Eisenhower called the “Great Crusade” to defeat the Nazi Reich, free the ...

Mr Glennie, who turned 100 in August, was awarded the degree by the University of Aberdeen. Mr Glennie hopes future ...

Eighty years ago this month, British and American military leaders were making final preparations for what was to become the largest seaborn operation in history: Operation Overlord, popularly known ...

Motor Machinist's Mate First Class William F. Trump was a Coast Guardsman and steeled veteran of amphibious landings long before departing for Normandy. He landed troops at Sicily in 1943 and Salerno ...

Operation Tiger, often called the forgotten chapter of World War 2, was a secretive mission so massive that an entire English coastal town was evacuated to prepare for it. The Allies were planning ...

As I write this week’s column, it is June 6th and the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. On June 6th, 1944, Allied troops landed on five French beachheads that had the code-names Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword, and ...