RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: D-Day is cancelled… everybody back on the landing craft! 

They won’t be fighting them on the beaches next month to mark the anniversary of D-Day. A planned re-enactment in Devon has been cancelled — on the orders of elf’n’safety. It was scheduled to take place on Saunton Sands and the dunes at Braunton Burrows, where 10,000 troops trained for Operation Overlord in 1944. But … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: D-Day is cancelled… everybody back on the landing craft! 

They won’t be fighting them on the beaches next month to mark the anniversary of D-Day. A planned re-enactment in Devon has been cancelled — on the orders of elf’n’safety. It was scheduled to take place on Saunton Sands and the dunes at Braunton Burrows, where 10,000 troops trained for Operation Overlord in 1944. But … Read more

D-Day re-enactment on Devon beach where US troops trained is axed for health and safety reasons

A D-Day re-enactment on a beach where American soldiers trained for the Omaha landings has been cancelled for health and safety reasons – after ‘blown sand’ and ‘surface water’ were deemed ‘too dangerous’. The annual event on Saunton Sands, Devon, is one of the biggest World War Two battle re-enactments in the UK. The shore, … Read more

D-Day re-enactment on Devon beach where US troops trained is axed for health and safety reasons

A D-Day re-enactment on a beach where American soldiers trained for the Omaha landings has been cancelled for health and safety reasons – after ‘blown sand’ and ‘surface water’ were deemed ‘too dangerous’. The annual event on Saunton Sands, Devon, is one of the biggest World War Two battle re-enactments in the UK. The shore, … Read more

The ghosts of Normandy: Images of the D-Day landings are superimposed onto modern day scenes

Spectacular pictures of the D-Day landings have been superimposed onto modern day scenes for a new book titled ‘Ghosts of Normandy.’ Black and white landing ships are seen speeding towards Omaha Beach as it appears today, with green shrubbery on the sand dunes where 77 years ago Nazi machine-gunners rained bullets on US troops. In … Read more

One of France’s last D-Day heroes, Hubert Faure, dies aged 106

One of France’s last surviving D-Day commandos who was among the first troops to land in Normandy dies aged 106 Hubert Faure was one of 177 French-led commandos who land in Normandy  By the end of June 6, 1944, ten of the men led by Lt Philippe Kieffer were dead  They achieved their objective of … Read more

‘Tower of strength’: 101-year-old D-Day veteran and royal bargemaster pays tribute to Prince Philip

A 101-year-old veteran and former Queen’s Bargemaster hailed the late Duke of Edinburgh as the ‘tower of strength’ that supported the monarch for decades as he recalled his ‘happy memories’ of serving the royal family. Major Ted Hunt, who commanded landing craft on to Gold Beach in Normandy in June 1944, spent 12 years leading … Read more

‘Tower of strength’: 101-year-old D-Day veteran and royal bargemaster pays tribute to Prince Philip

A 101-year-old veteran and former Queen’s Bargemaster hailed the late Duke of Edinburgh as the ‘tower of strength’ that supported the monarch for decades as he recalled his ‘happy memories’ of serving the royal family. Major Ted Hunt, who commanded landing craft on to Gold Beach in Normandy in June 1944, spent 12 years leading … Read more

D-Day for Alexei Navalny as he faces being jailed for three-and-a-half years

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appeared in court this morning where he faces up to three-and-a-half years in jail for ‘violating probation.’ Dozens of his supporters were rounded up by riot police outside the gates of the Moscow court and another 20 were detained at a nearby metro station.  Only his wife Yulia was allowed … Read more