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It was the fight to clear normandy and make sure we had a foothold. that was 73,000 killed and 153,000 wounded. there had been nothing like it in history. the complexity, the risk of this operation. >> when you think about general eisenhower, he had written the letter of apology should it have failed. taking all of the responsibility on his own shoulders. >> yeah. it was such an important moment in history. what would have happened if we had been repulsed at the beachhead, if the germans had been able to focus on the soviets who had done the preponderance of the fighting and knocked them out o...

From the retreat at dunkirk to the assault on the normandy beaches, the uk and its allies had to build a war machine that was capable of defeating nazi germany. and there are echoes of that today. yes there are improvements, spending as a proportion of output is increasing, but there is a long way to go. especially here — the number of british army troops has just fallen below 73,000 for the first time since the napoleonic era. troop numbers have been cut by 27,500 since 2010. when labour left office, the army had more than 100,000 soldiers. in the 12 months to april this year, the number of...

Facing ashore which they had never seen before and which perhaps would be the last thing they would ever see. the united states was there, 55,000 americans were heading for utah beach and omaha beach. the bloody omaha. they had crossed the ocean to save a continent which was not theirs but because they share in the cause of europe. the united kingdom was there with 73,000 soldiers of all colours. they were heading towards gold beach and sword beach and with them the piper from scotland bill miller who had his bagpipes and played it to galvanise the attack. canada was there, 21,000 men all of t...

>> 80 years ago today more than 73,000 courageous americans join allied forces to storm the beaches of normandy. the largest amphibious invasion in history where the world honors those brave soldiers for more than 10 nations who both their lives to drive out those forces of nazi germany. hello and welcome everyone. i am sandra smith. live here in new york. but a look back that was. >> john: more solemn ceremonies being observed today. this is "america reports." earlier today in france, president biden stood by world leaders to commemorate the anniversary. a full day of ceremony. gun salute and...

>> the missing man formation flying over normandy brands at america and the world were members d-day and the invasion that went and started 80 years ago today. 156,000 allied troops storming the beaches of normandy pack more than 4000 would diet at day including 2500 americans. in the end, more than 73,000 allied forces would die the battle that would drag on for more than 70 days. today cackles freedom fighters and survivors of the war honored by president joe biden. the world is much different place today is antiquity what we learned them and still learn now. welcome everyone i'm neil