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Prevent— rougher on d—day but this was to prevent a — rougher on d—day but this was to prevent a repeat of what happened in operation _ prevent a repeat of what happened in operation husky, when naval forces had opened fire on allied air forces coming _ had opened fire on allied air forces coming over. applause now, we are looking here atjoe mines, his first trip back here since he was 19. he is in all of what happened here. he says that the memories in his mind met he felt that he never...

Never ever been more stark than it is today. thats because of thousands of miles away from our shores, president biden today marking the 80th anniversary of the d-day invasion that pivotal turning point in the fight against the nazis in world war ii. he did so with more than two dozen heads of state and government leaders. president biden making the case that we must honor the legacy of those who laid down their lives in the fight against fascism by today supporting ukraine in its war against an...

Joe mines, 2nd battalion essex regiment, landed here on gold beach 80 years ago today. he joins us and allowed me to share these memories with you: applause "ive never been back here for 80 years. "ive often thought, what do i go back for? "after all the terrible things ive seen. "its like a picture book up there. "i can visualise everything. "i landed onjune the 6th, 1944 at a place called ver sur mer. "the germans pulled back, so it allowed us to clear "the mines on the beach. "that was the fi...

This morning d day veterans and world leaders are taking part in major commemorations in northern france. atjust before 6.30 on the morning ofjune 6th, 1944, british, american, canadian and french soldiers began to land on sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches — assaults that would lead to the eventual liberation of france from nazi occupatio. this morning the new british normandy memorial in ver sur mer above gold beach has been used for its first major commemorative event. the king laid ...

Lets get the audio up. our religion. — lets get the audio up. our religion. to _ lets get the audio up. our religion, to set _ lets get the audio up. our religion, to set free - lets get the audio up. our religion, to set free humanity, give strength— religion, to set free humanity, give strength to — religion, to set free humanity, give strength to their— religion, to set free humanity, give strength to their arms, _ religion, to set free humanity, give strength to their arms, stoutness...

To liberate nazi—occupied europe. but they were individuals — sons, brothers, husbands and fathers. i am theo�*s daughter, anthea. i was nine years old in 1944. i always thought that when the war was over and we had peace, he would come back to us. but of course, he never did. as over 4,000 headstones were individually lit up, honouring those that

Fiancee. — had to plot the ship of your own fiancee. a — had to plot the ship of your own fiancee, a commander on a royal navy destroyer— fiancee, a commander on a royal navy destroyer engaged in a battle with some _ destroyer engaged in a battle with some 40 _ destroyer engaged in a battle with some 40 german u—boats, and the british— some 40 german u—boats, and the british destroyer rammed and sank a u-boat_ british destroyer rammed and sank a “boat and _ british destroyer rammed...

Colette marin—catherine, teenager in 1944, herwords spoken by antonia de clarc. alan corlett stands, who wants to meet the person who read her words, antonia, who read them so beautifully. and here we see the president of the french republic arriving, president macron. and the first lady of france, brigitte macron.

Its about pop list strong arm right wing authoritarianism lurching forward, and so it is a new threat. it is a new kind of authoritarian threat, and you have to be careful when you echo world war ii with hitler, youll see biden being very cautious about that, but hes not cautious about saying we have to learn to treasure what a democracy is and fight for it and in that way hes taking a page out of fdrs famous prayer to the nation at the original june 6th, 1944. >> were looking at images for anot...

If they saw what i saw, they would want to celebrate, they wouldnt want to celebrate, they wouldnt want to celebrate, they wouldnt want to remember and then go and sit down somewhere quiet and forget about it. this is it. theyre on the beach, plunging waist deep into the sea. and this is what he remembers. the 6th ofjune, 1944. d—day. the moment allied forces arrived in normandy, nazi occupied france, and began the liberation of western europe. it was the largest sea and airborne invasion the ...