In response, the Navy began forming specialized demolition teams in 1942. These early units were created from experienced ...

We trace the Allied hunt for the invasion coast, then step onto the cliffs at Longues-sur-Mer to tour Widerstandsnest 48, the ...

Lomell, who grew up in Point Pleasant Beach and later lived in Toms River, gained worldwide acclaim in the 1990s when his ...

The date of Operation Overlord was among the most closely guarded secrets of the war. Even many senior officers were ...

Raise the Colours was given a tacit endorsement by the prime minister when it raised flags across the country last summer.

At the Verville Draw on Omaha Beach, the Americans faced one of the most lethal choke points of D-Day - a paved exit trapped ...

A Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile being test-fired from a StrikeMaster variant of the Thales Bushmaster armoured vehicle in Norway in October 2025. (Kongsberg) Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace announced ...

Coastal erosion in a village which does not qualify for sea defence funding is slowing down, a council said. This year, two homes were demolished in Thorpeness, Suffolk, due to the issue. Karen Thomas ...

There have been a great many books written about the 6 June 1944 invasion of Normandy by allied forces. Sir Max Hastings made ...

ST. LUCIE COUNTY — A World War II-era mortar washed ashore on a beach on the first weekend of the new year. Deputies went to ...

Francis "Jim" Grant, a Royal Marine and one of the last surviving British D-Day soldiers, died last week at 101.

A display of MBDA SmartCruiser and SmartGlider weapons at the Paris Air Show in Paris on June 16, 2025. (Matthieu Rondel/Bloomberg via Getty Images) PARIS — The European Defence Fund plans to allocate ...