A D-Day commando whose unit landed in Normandy without helmets has died aged 100 ...

Around 5,500 Canadian soldiers were killed in the Battle of Normandy and 381 died on D-Day. The Juno Beach Centre was opened by Canadian D-Day veterans in France to commemorate Canada's ...

In addition, Canadian forces established themselves on another beach - Juno - and the British got ... along the carefully selected stretch of the Normandy coast. The landings would not have ...

Peter Smoothy was just 19 when he found himself one of 99 crew on tank landing ship HMS LST 215 heading over over the English Channel to Juno Beach, Normandy, carrying vital military vehicles.

A D-Day commando whose unit landed in Normandy without helmets has died aged 100. Dennis Donovan served with 48 (Royal Marine) Commando and was part of a force that landed at Juno Beach on June 6 ...

Today this piece of coastline, which includes Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches ... groups commemorating the anniversary. Thanks to Normandy's unpredictable weather, you'll want to ...