The longest day
On the 80th anniversary of D-day, Giles Milton tells the moving tale of individual soldiers – and the piper – who landed on the beaches
Grumpy Oldie Man
Dawn was breaking in the English Channel when a young infantryman named Lionel Roebuck struggled onto the deck of his landing craft. It was Tuesday 6th June 1944, and he and his comrades had been pitched and tossed through the waves for the past 12...
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