British and French troops stormed the beaches of North Devon together as they honed amphibious warfare tactics during two ...

Exercise Catamaran is a two-week training operation spilt between north Devon and the Bay of Biscay, involving 11 warships, ...

The detained crew of the Gaza-bound aid ship that was intercepted by Israel on Monday morning was taken to the Israeli port ...

The Israeli defense establishment has been preparing for the arrival of the "Freedom Flotilla" ship "Madleen," which is ...

He joined the French navy in 1940 and, when France fell in June ... On D-Day, Mr. Gautier and his comrades in the Kieffer Commando unit were among the first waves of Allied troops to storm the ...

At 17, he joined the navy in 1940. When France fell ... British and Canadian soldiers, French Capt. Philippe Kieffer’s commandos ensured that France had feats to be proud of too, after the ...

Image Mr. Gautier was 17 when he joined the French Navy. Of his 177 fellow commandos who took part in the D-Day invasion, only about two dozen escaped death or injury.Credit...Agence France-Presse ...

Gautier joined the French Navy against Nazi Germany in 1940 at the age of 17. He fled to London when German forces captured much of France, and hs became part of the elite unit of the "Commando ...

Safran Electronics and Defence has developed the NAVKITE position, navigation, timing (PNT) system for use by French Navy commando forces on semi-rigid boats. At the SOFINS 2023 event in Bordeaux, ...