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Nearly calm monday june 5 5, 1944 the evil fairly third reich was devastated the world nazi germany had subjugated and wants three nations of europe through brute, force lives and twisted ideology of racial superiority millions of jews murdered in the holocaust millions of others killed by bombs molars bloody warfare. >> hitler and those with them thought democracies were week at the future, belonged to dictators here the coast of normandy. >> the battle between freedom and tyranny would be join...

And today and just the framing and looking toward the future, kayla. and thank you very much. president biden actually began and the speech on january 5th? yes. 1944, poised looking forward to the events on d-day in ended it. i think on the eve of this new fight for democracy around the world poise to how the united states in the world will make decisions looking forward, i want to bring in tim naftali, who has been watching this along with us right now. in these moments in history, tim are very...

Sitting in the corner with four different women mostly from delta and two family members helping fly him to atlanta and on to france. talking louder than everybody out there but he was so happy. you could tell that he realized this was a moment for him as well. karl, he was 20 years old on that day. 20 years old in 1944. >> unbelievable. and we need to remember them, honor them. i treasure the moments. i interviewed them on a boat between portsmouth and i couldnt stop weeping listening to the st...

Perfect word to describe it. >> and looking at kind of the politics domestically, you can also look at it cynically and wonder the idea of shared sacrifice, the idea of collective purpose that we can see, that we see a know is what we looked at, what we saw, and what history saw on d-day and beyond the meaning of freedom and what its worth is that different from 1944 to today well, this scale of the undertaking then was very, very significant. >> and fascism literally was threatening the entire ...

Arrived on the same sands on this day in 1944. >> you look at your watch and you are like okay, its 6:30, utah beach, 80 years later. it just doesnt get more surreal than that. >> bill: right at sun-up. parachuteists paying tribute who landed behind enemy lines by name. the next ceremony at omaha beach. it will go on for some time and well watch each part of it together when it gets underway. president biden is in attendance for this one as well and other key leaders in northwestern france today...

American, canadian and french soldiers began landing on sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches, taking the enemy by surprise in what was the largest ever amphibious invasion — leading to the liberation of france from nazi occupation. last night, a candle—lit vigil was held at the bayeux war cemetery. 4,600 headstones were illuminated in honour of the fallen troops. today there will be a series of events attended by world leaders, including frances president macron, germanys chancellor 0la...

Died was part of war. margaret brotheridge never knew her father. she was born just 19 days after he was killed leading the first attack just minutes after midnight on d—day. he was chosen to go first, and i understand he got drunk as soon as he was chosen because he knew hed probably be potted first. but if youre in the army, you are trained to do a job, arent you? born in smethwick, lieutenant den brotheridge was one of 181 hand—picked soldiers who packed into six gliders late on the night...

That day marked a major turning point that led to germanys defeat the following year. in normandy, president biden and other world leaders gathered to honore the service and sacrifices those troops made on d-day earlier, he met with some of the last remaining us veterans who were actually there in normandy on d-day. and later he attended a somber ceremony that included a flyover the president also delivered remarks stressing the importance of defending democracy we live at a time when democracy ...

Has gone missing while on holiday on the greek island of symi. and its lift—off as spacex launches its latest rocket, the biggest in the world. hello and a warm welcome. you are watching bbc news with me, frankie mccamley. world leaders and some of the last surviving veterans havejoined in france, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d—day. on 6june 1944, along sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches, tens of thousands of troops took part in the largest ever seaborne invasion. it helped ...

Argument — they havent seen that solution and theyd havent seen that alternative. they have theoretical arguments about theoretical arguments about theoretical things, and we are all in the situation where that theory may become reality — in fact, its already a reality for people in ukraine and bosnia. its something we will have to learn to deal with and stop talking about as an ideology and come together. butt ideology and come together. but i think, martin. — ideology and come together. ...