British servicemen and women killed in D-Day landings have been honoured with war memorial in Normandy
As the sun rises over the French village of Ver-Sur-Mer, British piper Steve Black plays to commemorate them
The names of the 22,442 men and women serving under British command who lost their lives are now inscribed on the pillars of the British Normandy Memorial
D-Day: Normandy commemorates 77th anniversary of allied invasion
By Sylvie Corbet
Aerial footage shows British Normandy memorial
Drone footage shows the scale of a new memorial that was formally opened in Normandy, France, on June 6, the 77th anniversary of D-Day. (Credit: britishnormandymemorial.org via Storyful)
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) - When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by Allied soldiers on June 6, 1944, landing on the Nazi-occupied Normandy shore.
Several ceremonies are scheduled Sunday to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and western Europe from Nazi control, and honor those who fell.
Several ceremonies are scheduled on Sunday to commemorate the 77th anniversary of D-Day that led to the liberation of France and Europe from the German.