Tributes remember Stan Ford him as a man of ‘profound service and courage’ who ‘dedicated himself to keeping alive the memory ...

Stan Ford survived the D-Day landings and sinking of HMS Fratton off the coast of Normandy in 1944.

On June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France became the largest amphibious military assault the world has ever seen. The success of the operation, called Operation Overlord and most ...

The Normandy beaches became a battleground in the struggle to free France and Europe at large from the hold of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion, which included land, sea and air forces, was ...

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

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by ...

June 6, 1944 is often considered the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe. On this day, 156,000 Allied troops successfully stormed the beaches of Normandy in occupied France. At 6:30 on the ...

D-Day veteran and ambassador Stan Ford dies aged 100 - Tributes remember him as a man of ‘profound service and courage’ ...