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so today shell be presented with frances highest honour, the legion dhonneur. im just amazed, really. im not expecting that sort of thing. president macron will give christian her medal here in ver—sur—mer, so she says shes brushing up on her french. i spent the morning trying to go through my french dictionary to find some really polite things to say in french, because i used to be absolutely bilingual when i was young and i lived in france for a whole year, and now ive forgotten ...

as well as king charles. there will be about 200 veterans mostly from the us, britain, canada and france. this 80th anniversary is focusing minds on the need for unity in the face of new conflicts. 0ur europe editor katya adler reports. les america... the americans are back in town. and its feeling like the 1940s. from all over europe, the young and a little less young, clad in world war two allied military uniforms, celebrating and commemorating soldiers who landed here on d—day to ...

the world. exactly 80 years ago, tens of thousands of allied troops mounted the greatest seaborne invasion in military history. one that would change the course of the second world war. today, d—day veterans and world leaders are taking part in major commemorations in northern france. at a new memorial above gold beach, where british troops landed, the king has laying a wreath. close to where american forces encountered the fiercest german resistance, presidentjoe biden has given a s...

house. we are going to stay here. there we go, lets have a listen to resident biden. —— president biden. mundy during the fifth 1944, the evil third reich was devastating the world, nancy germany had subjugated the once free nations of europe through brute force. lies, and twisted ideology of racial superiority. millions ofjew, in the holocaust, millions of others killed by bombs, bullets, bloody warfare. hitler and those with him fought —— thought democracy was weak and the fu...

as frank gardner reports. war planes from another time. memories from 80 years ago. today, a chance to honor those men and women who took part in d—day, the operation that helped end the second world war. service chiefs, prime ministers past and present, the royalfamily and of course, the veterans. roy haywood was 19 on that day, a trooper in the sherwood rangers. i landed in on the evening of d—day, and three weeks later i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my leg...

These are live pictures we are receiving this morning from normandy, where of course all of these events took place. 80 years ago. now, lets cross live to normandy to speak to alex fitzgerald—black — executive director of the juno beach centre association. thejuno beach centre in normandy is where the canadian military landed on d—day. canadas prime ministerjustin trudeau will be there today among other world leaders. talk us through the canadian element to today. us through the canadian e...

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Some of the veterans memories were read out. "i was 19 when i landed but i was still a boy." the actor martin freeman recounted the words ofjoe mines from the 2nd battalion of the essex regiment, on his first return to normandy. "so why would i come back? "well, this is the last and only opportunity for me. "the last there will ever be, and its because of the lads. "i want to pay my respects to those who didnt make it. "may they rest in peace." six miles away onjuno beach, prince william joined ...

Commemorated in this way. on the 6th ofjune 1944 troops from the uk, canada, france and the us attacked german forces on the coast of northern france, where you see the ceremony happening. it was the largest military seaborne operation ever attempted and mark the binning —— marked the beginning of the campaign to liberate nazi occupied north west europe. it involved the simultaneous landing of tens of thousands of troops on five separate beaches on normandy. we saw canadian troops landing on...