As Robert Capa's photo editor at Life Magazine, John G. Morris describes June 6, 1944 and the nerve-wracking wait for the first pictures from the D-Day landing.
Bill Millin landed on the beaches of Normandy playing the bagpipes, an act of heroism immortalised in the 1962 film "The Longest Day". His death, aged 88, has touched hearts in the Normandy town he helped liberate.
In The Week in France: The French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand has released his film "Home", a cry for help to save the planet. Also, ecology parties' results in the European elections and the D-Day commemorations.
US President Barack Obama praised WWII veterans who took part in D-Day landings in 1944, saying their struggle for "a slice of beach" had changed the course of history, as leaders gathered for the 65th anniversary of the landings.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US President Barack Obama have warned Iran and North Korea against developing nuclear weapons in a show of unity ahead of the commemorations for the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
US President Barack Obama joins French and British leaders and World War II veterans to mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. The eagerly awaited star guest of the commemorations will deliver a speech before 9,000 people.
US President Barack Obama arrived in France on Friday where he is to attend international ceremonies marking the 65th anniversary of the World War II D-day landings. His wife and daughter earlier visited the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
US President Barack Obama will join his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy for the annual commemoration of D-Day. An African-American veteran will receive the Legion of Honour, recognition of his all-black unit's role in the 1944 operation.
Britain's Prince Charles will attend D-Day commemorations in France after an apparent diplomatic faux pas in which Queen Elizabeth II, who was a member of the British armed forces during the war, was left off the guest list.
On his second visit to France since his election, US President Barack Obama joins his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, at the D-Day commemorations marking the 65th anniversary of the largest single-day amphibious invasion in history.
