There are no showtimes for this date. June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through ...

Gen. Aqa Noor Kintuz was hired as provincial chief of police in the northeastern Afghan province of Badakhshan and charged with destroying its plentiful poppy fields. "After I finished one of the ...

They still do flourish: that poem became a sensation and the poppy became a symbol of remembrance. From the end of October, poppies—sold by the Royal British Legion ( rbl) to raise money for veterans ...

Camilla, 77, pulled out of an Olympic and Paralympic reception at the Palace and the opening of the Field of Remembrance at ...

King Charles, who is still having treatment for cancer, led the nation in paying tribute to fallen soldiers by laying a wreath at the Cenotaph in the annual Remembrance Sunday service ...

Col. John McCrae, described them in the poem “In Flanders Fields.” The organization’s American corollary, the American Legion, also uses the red poppy as its official flower, and has ...

Poppy Fields sees historic photographs, documents and artworks relating to the First and Second World Wars projected onto the inner walls of the Tower for nine evenings in November, including ...

The Princess of Wales is set to carry out two consecutive days of public official engagements for the first time since the ...

The best time to visit Normandy is June to August. Though this is the height of the peak tourist season – which can last from May to mid-October – this period also promises the most pleasant ...

A British citizen, he has been a journalist since 2000, reporting on a wide range of financial, economic and political subjects that led him as far as the poppy fields of Afghanistan, the copper ...

This Remembrance Sunday members of Falkirk Soroptimists will especially be remembering three women who served during D-Day ...