Stranded veterans taken to memorial event thanks to Royal Navy Merlin crews
Czech veterans Charles Strasser and Jirí Pavel Kafka were stuck in Jersey on their way to France, but the Royal Navy was on hand to help.
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Politics PM leaving D-Day events early completely wrong, Penny Mordaunt says
Ms Mordaunt, who is also a Navy reservist, said it was right Rishi Sunak apologised not only to veterans but to the public.
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D-Day Sitrep: Could the amazing D-Day deception be repeated by our forces today?
General Sir Richard Barrons, former head of Joint Forces Command, discussed deception in warfare on this week's Sitrep podcast.
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D-Day Biden salutes D-Day veterans at 80-year anniversary ceremony near Omaha Beach
"The Allied forces of D-Day did their duty. Now the question for us is, in our hour of trial, will we do ours?" he asked, referring to Putin
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Opinion Quantity not quality tipped to be the winning factor in modern conflict, not just WW2
Is there a future where Britain prioritises quality over quantity?
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D-Day Princess Anne pays tribute to D-Day veterans at commemorative service in France
Princess Anne andher husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, joined veterans and their families at the RBL's service at Bayeux War Cemetery.
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D-Day Piper marks D-Day landings on Gold Beach as Royal Marines yomp to commemorative service
A piper started proceedings before Royal Marines came ashore to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.
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D-Day Sidney Bates: Hero who charged enemy head-on with a machine gun, earning him Victoria Cross
Corporal Bates exemplifies the extraordinary heroism and sacrifice that defined the generation that fought in World War II.
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D-Day Normandy veterans given a heroes' welcome as they cross Pegasus Bridge
The veterans are also attending a commemorative service in the gardens of the Pegasus Memorial Museum.
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D-Day Veterans reflect on storming the beaches in largest amphibious assault in history
Forces News spoke to a number of veterans, some now no longer with us, who described what it was like to serve on D-Day.
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D-Day Ten things you may not know about Operation Neptune and D-Day
Operation Overlord was the name of the operation to seize Normandy, while Neptune was the amphibious landing phase of 6 June 1944.
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Feature The liberation of Rome, a big achievement of WW2 that was overshadowed by D-Day
Coming just two days before D-Day, Rome was uncontested and was seized without any fighting.
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D-Day Mervyn Kersh, the D-Day veteran who wore his Jewish dog tags despite threat of capture
Many Jewish service personnel listed their religion as Church of England on their identity discs in case they were captured by the Nazis.
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D-Day Band of Brothers actors to honour D-Day soldiers with charity Normandy parachute jump
Any profits made from a documentary about the jump will support veterans' support organisations and other associated charities.
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D-Day Bayeux War Cemetery: The largest resting place for WWII Commonwealth soldiers in France
The Bayeux War Cemetery contains 4,144 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, with 338 of them remaining unidentified.
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Football WW2 Lancaster navigator surprised with tickets to EFL Championship Play-Off Final
Leeds fan Leslie Bray was surprised with tickets to Wembley to watch his team take on Southampton in the EFL Championship Play-Off Final.