D-day
The latest news, comment and pieces from the archive on the D-day landings
June 2026
‘A point of resistance’: the Normandy village that said ‘non’ to Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity’
May 2026
Pressure review – Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser can’t save lower-tier D-day drama
A behind-the-scenes second world war drama focused on the importance of weather is too stodgy and repetitive to work as anything but a so-so TV movie
August 2025
- Other livesCecil Newton obituaryOther lives: One of the last surviving British Army amphibious tank soldiers of D-day, in the second world war
July 2025
‘Papa Jake’ Larson, D-day veteran and TikTok star, dies aged 102
Larson, who survived Normandy landings, gained 1.2 million followers on social media platform by sharing second world war stories
November 2024
‘A vivid distillation of a deeply fractured country’: a history of the United States in nine photographs
As a landmark book, Magnum America, is released, we chart pivotal moments for the US via key images from the past 90 years
September 2024
‘Now I owned a private war’: Lee Miller and the female journalists who broke battlefield rules
Whether evading detention, stowing away or sweet-talking soldiers to get to the frontline, Miller – celebrated in a new drama – and her cohort were able to deliver some of the most striking reporting of the second world war
August 2024
Foreign Office officials said Rishi Sunak should attend D-day event, book reveals
Department twice provided written advice to No 10 before mistake that came to define Sunak’s election campaign
June 2024
- The best original photographs from the ObserverOriginal Observer Photography
- Politics live with Andrew SparrowSunak refuses to say if aide who bet on election date knew about timing – as it happened
D-day, Rishi Sunak and the eastern front
Adrian ChilesThe Adrian Chiles columnI feel squeamish talking to Germans about the war. Is it a British thing?
Rishi Sunak apologises to ITV interviewer after D-day event 'ran over' – video
Cut Rishi Sunak some slack – his D-day blunder is hardly the worst thing he’s done
Simon Jenkins
Larry ElliottEconomics viewpointAfter Rishi Sunak’s D-day disaster Labour need not worry about Tory tax claimsD-day deserter Rishi Sunak didn’t do his duty, so why should gen Z be expected to do theirs?
Martha Gill
The Observer view on D-day furore: Rishi Sunak is driving Tories over an electoral cliff edge
- Observer comment cartoonDavid Simonds on Rishi Sunak’s failing campaign manoeuvres – cartoon
Sunak dodges questions from press amid criticism for D-day exit
- Politics live with Andrew SparrowBBC election debate: Penny Mordaunt says Sunak’s D-day snub was ‘very wrong’ in seven-party clash – as it happened