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Gen. Montgomery wrote his entire D-Day invasion battle plan on a single piece of paper — here it is
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoGen. Bernard "Monty" Montgomery addressing British troops.AP The D-Day invasion of Normandy was a...
King and Queen hear moving recollections from D-Day veterans at Palace
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoThe King and Queen have hosted four D-Day veterans at Buckingham Palace, hearing moving personal...
D-Day veterans recall sad memories as they gather at invasion planning HQ
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoVeterans have spoken of their “sad memories” as they gathered at the headquarters where D-Day was...
A weekend of remembrance brings S. Korean dignitaries to the Peace Region
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoTo commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy and D-Day, the Veterans Memorial...
‘Monty’ impersonator dons the beret to prevent D-Day heroes being forgotten
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoA Field Marshal Montgomery impersonator has described his craft as a means of honouring and...
UK defence chief doubts Russia wants war with NATO as he marks D-Day anniversary
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoRussia's Vladimir Putin does not want a direct war with NATO and he does not want a nuclear war, the...
D-Day: the biggest seaborne invasion in history
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoEarly on the morning of June 5 1944, General Dwight D Eisenhower, the supreme allied commander in Europe, finally gave the order to go ahead, telling his...
The US secretly sent communist-friendly Coca-Cola to a Soviet general in a bid to maintain good ties...
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoBritish Gen. Bernard Montgomery, left, US Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, center, and Soviet Gen. Georgy...
First nitrogen execution was a 'botched' human experiment, Alabama lawsuit alleges
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoAn Alabama death row inmate filed a lawsuit Thursday that challenges the constitutionality of...
Christmas in Ortona: Remembering a legendary 1943 Canadian WW II battle
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoEighty years ago, as some Canadian troops enjoyed a Christmas dinner that included roast pork,...