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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...

And sacrifice of the canadian troops who gave so much 80 years ago. on during the sixth 1944 as part of the 150,000 allied troops that landed or parachuted into normandy, 14,000 were from canada. farfrom home, they stormed these very sand dunes behind me. shoulder to shoulder with thousands of british troops. standing here today, in peaceful silence it is almost impossible to grasp the courage it would have taken to run into fury and battle that very day. that was prince william a little earlier...

That normandy is completely isolated. the tanks could have returned was it not for the women leading the french resistance trips, a trip that should have taken three days to three weeks for the armed divisions and when they had to go over, when the germans had to communicate over radio instead of telephone wires, the allies had decrypted the enigma code. they can anticipate where the german army would be. this work, training, recruiting and reading was done in part alongside the men, by women, b...

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 speech warn...

Prince of walesjoined russias invasion of ukraine. the prince of wales joined the prime minister of canada. and alongside the solemn ceremony, it has also been a chance for attendees, including the king, to meet and speak to the guests of honour, the veterans themselves, each of whom played such a crucial part in one of the defining days of european history. as you look back now, our correspondent has this report. remembering the dawn on the 6th of june 191m that changed the second world war and...

Correspondent. hello. i and sacrifice. lets beat our correspondent. hello. lam in the seaside town where hundreds of people are gathered. this seaside town sits on a stretch of coast known as gold beach. it was one of the first towns to be liberated on d—day. it has become a hub of annual celebrations. earlier on, we had a royal visit. celebrations. earlier on, we had a royalvisit. prince celebrations. earlier on, we had a royal visit. prince william came here and met some of the british veter...

German counterattack, and infantry battalions, attacked the fields above the reg. he told us that basically the germans attacked en masse and he took part in destroying that attack and shot and killed germans. at that point he went very quiet. his voice broke and that wasnt the end of it. it carried on for ten weeks after that. they were subjected to serial attacks by the germans. suffered really heavy casualties. more than half of his commando unit were killed or wounded, before he was actually...

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