World War II

The Museum at "Dead Man's Corner", a single house on the historic intersection between Carentan and Saint-Côme-du-Mont...

We remember the Battle of Saipan lasting from the 15th of June to the 9th of July 1944...

Canadian forces made up less than 10 percent of the total troops landing on beaches in Normandy, however they made a big impact on the battle...

On the 7th of May Australian and US forces banded together to oppose a Japanese threat that was building strength in by capturing the Philippines, Burma, Malaya and the Dutch East Indies and looking towards New Guinea and the Solomon Islands...

Also known as Operation Overlord, this was the largest amphibious invasion in world history...

Today it was announced that there will be a memorial erected in honour of the Cockleshell heroes in France...

Also known as the battle of the Ardennes. It is the largest battle fought by the Americans in World War II lasted from December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945...

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise bomb strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the morning of December 7, 1941.

As the Notting Hill Carnival approaches at the end of August, it is a celebration of Britain’s connections with Africa and the Caribbean.

It's been 66 years since the Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy on 6 June 1944 and we're expecting big things for the 66th Anniversary commemorations...