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D-Day landings: 8 stories of Somerset's heroes who risked their lives in Normandy Brave soldiers from Somerset were among those who went to France on June 6 1944 These are the men and women who risked their lives on D-Day to turn the tide during World War II (Image: Copyright various) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscri...

Best Via Ferrata Routes In Europe From via ferrata in the Dolomites to via ferrata on the Spanish coast, when it comes to the "iron way" Europe has so many good routes to choose from Share Europe is the homeland of via ferrata. It’s where it all began, back in the early 1900s. Even the term via ferrata, now used pretty much worldwide, came from here: it’s Italian for “Iron Way” (you’ll still see Germanic countries using Klettersteig). Via ferrata in Europe stretches from the highest peaks to the coast, from the Dolomites to the Julian Alps to the Costa Brava. With over a thousand ro...

Battle for Hill 112: The Allied "Key To Victory" in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel declared that whoever held Hill 112 would hold the key to all of Normandy. It would become the scene of one of the fiercest battles of the campaign. Here's What You Need to Know: Although the British failed to secure the summit of Hill 112, they succeeded in denying it to the Germans. The Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, produced a bitter struggle for control of the invasion beachhead. Slowly, the Allies expanded and reinforced, fighting all the time in dense bocage country dominated by hills...