Harriet's findings center on the events of 25 November 1120, when the White Ship struck a rock near Barfleur, Normandy, drowning nearly all aboard, including King Henry I's heir, William Adelin ...
When Allied forces landed on the Italian coast at Anzio 81 years ago, they began a four-month battle that left some 7,000 of ...
Traveling by ship across the English Channel the night of June 12, 1944, my father was below deck with the vehicle he would soon drive ashore at Utah Beach to face combat in World War II at last ...
Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western Europe from Nazi Germany. The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany ...
“The barges are reminiscent of the Mulberry Harbours built for the allied invasion of Normandy during World ... platform that can allow other ships or landing craft to dock.
China is reportedly building a fleet of landing ships that could be used in an invasion of Taiwan. The barges have been likened to "Mulberry harbours" that were built for the Normandy landings in ...
Across the channel in France, hundreds of paratroopers landed on the fields of Normandy, recreating a jump ... For Steve the memories of landing here remain vivid. "The weather was not good.