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You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months…” With these iconic words ...
Now, a liberal- and moderate-leaning coalition of about 70 law professors, attorneys and former Florida Supreme Court ...
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II The second longest reigning monarch in history was the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II, ...
1981: Israel shocks the world by destroying the Osirak nuclear plant near the Iraqi capital Baghdad for fear it would be used to make atomic bombs. On the same day, Bjorn Borg wins his 11th and final ...
Charles met Richard Brock, who served in the D-Day landings, at the Ceremony of the Keys at Lancaster Castle on Monday and ...
World War II veteran Wally King speaks at the D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, ...
which was first taken by King George VI in 1947 and subsequently by Queen Elizabeth II from 1952. The King, on his debut visit to the Royal Regiment of Artillery, met military personnel from the 21 ...
Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed Operation ...
The best time to visit Normandy is June to August. Though this is the height of the peak tourist season – which can last from May to mid-October – this period also promises the most pleasant ...
Picture shows C.D Adamson, engineer correspondent of the BBC War Reporting Unit, with a midget Recorder of the type used in Normandy. When Operation Overlord – to reclaim mainland Europe from ...