A week after the D-Day landings on Normandy, in a small French village, disaster struck the Allies. A lone commander of a ...

Francis ‘Jim’ Grant joined the Royal Marines aged 18 in 1943 and served until 1946, patrolling beaches and escorting allied ...

One of the last D-Day heroes has fulfilled his final wish, being granted a medal recognizing his role in the historic ...

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

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

Jim Grant joined the Royal Marines as a fresh faced 18-year-old in 1943 and served for three years, patrolling beaches and ...

Plans have been submitted to place a D-Day 80 beacon next to the Landing Craft Tank on Southsea seafront. The beacon would sit on land between the Landing Craft Tank and the entrance to the D-Day ...

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

The blast consumed everyone near the bow. No witnesses survived to explain what triggered the detonation. A fireball erupted ...