80 D-Day Veterans will gather at the Historic Dockyard where restored D-Day boats will be moored. They will have their first look at the restored boats before they travel to France for the 70th ...

The barges have road spans longer than football fields that could enable rapid deployment beyond heavily defended beaches.

Higgins’ amphibious boat designs allowed for the mass delivery ... operation in the European and Pacific theaters, including ...

Local companies were also a major supplier of boats and materials. Culture councillor Andy Martin said: "Poole played a pivotal role in the D-Day landings as the third biggest embarkation point ...