Utah Beach Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, ...

DAN SNOW: 7 miles off the coast of Normandy France, 6,000 ships wait for the signal, 145,000 troops prepare to storm five beaches. Four years after a humiliating retreat at Dunkirk the allies are ...

The barges have road spans longer than football fields that could enable rapid deployment beyond heavily defended beaches.

Retelling of the events of D-Day, focused on the story of Sword Beach, drawn from the accounts of those who were there.

Mr Churm, who served as a Royal Navy medic on landing craft, moving tanks from Newhaven to Sword Beach on D-Day, said his main memory was the fear of not knowing what was about to happen.

Winning D-Day - The Sword Beach landings. videoWinning D-Day - The Sword Beach landings In this short film for secondary schools veterans recall what it was like to be part of the D-Day landings ...

June 6, 2009 sees the 65th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and to mark this occasion we are offering three lucky winners and their guests a fantastic four-day escorted Battlefield break ...