D-Day

Row over sale of warships to Russia and US fine for French bank have cooled relations ahead of presidential meeting on Normandy beach.

Soldier Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac wrote up the invasion instructions for the French people that were broadcast via the BBC.

The inhabitants of Merville, where British paras fell storming a key German gun battery, had long prepared for Prince's 70th anniversary visit.

The British monarch will attend commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy in north-west France.

François Hollande travelled to the British military cemetery at Ranville to honour soldiers who died during the June 6th 1944 D-Day Normandy landings.

As commemorations are held in Normandy for the 67th anniversary of D-Day, this article from the BBC explains the events and what the campaign was all about.