RANVILLE, France — More than 20 British World War II veterans gathered Sunday near Pegasus Bridge in northwestern France, one of the first sites liberated by Allied forces from Nazi Germany, for ...

Anna Mae Krier, also known as a Rosie the Riveter, center, poses during a service at the Pegasus Bridge memorial in Benouville, Normandy, France, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. World War II veterans from ...

More than 20 British World War II veterans gathered Sunday near Pegasus Bridge in northwestern France, one of the first sites liberated by Allied forces from Nazi Germany, for commemorations honoring ...

While Allied paratroopers seized Pegasus Bridge, a different first victory was unfolding in the skies over Normandy. At 0147 hours on June 6, 1944, a De Havilland Mosquito of No. 605 Squadron made ...

Ahead of her visit, Ms Brotheridge (right) said she was also doing that "for everybody else who never came home” The daughter of the man widely regarded as the first soldier killed on D-Day, has paid ...

One of Britain's last surviving D-Day veterans, who took part in the allied invasion when he was just 19, has died at the age of 99. Tributes have poured in for World War Two hero Walter Bigland, who ...

A new bridge is being erected in a Hampshire village for the return of a popular Second World War event. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the ...

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PEGASUS BRIDGE, FrancePEGASUS BRIDGE, France — When the 5,000th B-17 bomber built after Pearl Harbor rolled out of its Boeing factory, teenage riveter Anna Mae Krier made sure it would carry a message ...

British veterans attend the ceremony at Pegasus Bridge, in Ranville, Normandy, Sunday, June, 5, 2022. (Jeremias Gonzalez/AP) RANVILLE, France — More than 20 British World War II veterans gathered ...