In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, it seemed as if the Second World War was all but over. On Dec. 16, with the onset of winter, the ...

In the early hours of the 6th June 1944, these huge guns opened fire on the coast of northern France. It was H-Hour, on D-Day. Nowadays, this vast ship, HMS Belfast, is moored by the banks of the ...