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D-Day: The politics involved in how war should be memorialized and remembered

Villages and towns along the Normandy coast will fill with visitors this week to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6. Flags will fly to welcome and acknowledge those who fought in the Great Crusade. Over the summer, hundreds of commemorations will take place to mark…

The Conversation

World War II veterans honored a day before D-Day anniversary

More than 20 British World War II veterans have gathered near Pegasus Bridge for D-Day commemorations in Normandy

The Independent UK

Defrauded by SGFI, school students & parents protest in Delhi over visa delay for Normandy World Gymnasiade

NEW DELHI: Duped of hard-earned money and false promises of participation at an international event, hundreds of school students and their parents had a harrowing time at a city hotel in the national capital when their visas for France didn’t arrive on time for participating at the 19th ISF World…

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‘Enticed through the gates of heaven’: readers’ best French beaches

Rockpools, pine trees, sand, surf and sunshine … our tipsters recall gorgeous beaches from Normandy to the Côte de Vermeille

The Guardian - UK

D-Day Fighter Who Was In Normandy Landings Passes Away 2 Days Before 98th Birthday

Frank Gibbins was the last surviving member of Canterbury's Normandy Veterans’ Association.

Zenger

Nephew of hero journalist who died in WW2 'emotional' as he visits new memorial

Ian Fyfe was a Daily Mirror reporter who volunteered to travel across the English Channel in a glider to cover the first exchanges of the D-Day landings. He died on June 6, 1944

Daily Mirror

Derecognised SGFI uses govt emblem to collect money from students for World Gymnasiade

NEW DELHI: The School Games Federation of India (SGFI) seems to have courted a new controversy. Despite being derecognised by the Union sports ministry in December 2020, the school sports body, allegedly, has continued to use the emblem of the Government of India as well as the logo of the…

The Times of India

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Mourners gather to pay tribute to D-Day veteran who spent life raising money for charity

Harry Billinge passed away aged 96 following a short illness last month. He spent his life raising money for charity and ensuring the sacrifices made by his fallen comrades were never forgotten

Daily Mirror

Hundreds line streets for funeral of D-Day veteran Harry Billinge

The funeral of Mr Billinge, who died earlier this month aged 96, was held in his home town of St Austell on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Funeral to take place for D-Day veteran

Harry Billinge, who died aged 96, was just 18 when he was one of the first British soldiers to land on Gold Beach during the Battle of Normandy

The Independent UK

'Animals at war' honoured in all-schools ANZAC event

Students highlighted the contribution of animals in conflict zones - including horses at the battle of Beersheba, Simpson and his donkey at Fromelles and carrier pigeons at Normandy.

Newcastle Herald

4 convicted in Islamic State killing of French priest

Four men have been convicted in Paris of terrorist conspiracy after the murder of a Catholic priest in a Normandy church in 2016, an attack claimed by the Islamic State group

The Independent UK

Magical La Manche is northern France’s oft-overlooked masterpiece

Fast-changing landscapes, sumptuous gastronomy and true underdog appeal – this Normandy outpost will get under your skin, says Rachel Ifans

The Independent UK

The Glasgow canal dock that built the D-Day landing craft used in Normandy

It's hard to imagine a starker contrast between the serenity of the Maryhill canalside and the abject horror of the D-Day landings, yet the two places share a very real connection.

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Paris trial of 4 in priest's IS-claimed murder begins

Four people are being tried on charges of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act in connection with the murder of a Catholic priest in a Normandy church in 2016

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