anniversary of d-day and right now president biden is in normandy, france with veterans and world leaders to commemorate the turning point in the war. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. today the world will pause to honor u.s. and allied forces who stormed the beaches of normandy in 1944, leading to defeat of nazi forces and liberation of western europe. lucas tomlinson will walk us through today s ceremony. lucas: president biden and first lady just arrived on the beaches of normandy, 80 years ago, troops landed to begin to defeat berlin and nazi germany. here is president biden, he will be meeting some of the last surviving members and biden says, today we remember all the americans who laid down their lives on d-day to end tyranny and ensure flame of liberty would burn bright around the world. 73,000 of those who landed in france were young american soldiers, they faced 50,000 germans. the battle began with paratroopers j
british historian andrew roberts says the commanded commander dwight eisenhower was smoking 80 cigarettes per day. if it would have failed it would have postponed western europe by a year, guys. carley: that is amazing, so many brave allied service members posed as nazi sympathizers and convinced hitler d-day would be four hours north near belgium and it was going to be in normandy, france. this is 80th one, last major com com commence commencement, it is a final thank you and farewell, as well.