77 esztendő telt el a D-nap óta
77 esztendő telt el a D-nap óta
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CARENTAN, France (AP) — In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applause broke the silence to honor Charles Shay. He was the only veteran attending a ceremony in Carentan commemorating the 77th anniversary of the assault that helped bring an end to World War II.
In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applause broke the silence to honor Charles Shay.
Pandemic restrictions limit memorial ceremonies.
Veterans of the Normandy landings are gathering in advance of the commemoration of D-Day on Sunday, when the Allies landed in France to fight Nazi Germany. This year only a few veterans of the D-Day landings have travelled to Normandy to honour their fallen comrades on June 6th. A new memorial to the British veterans who died has been put in place. Its pillars are engraved with the names of the 22,442 British men and women who died in the landings and in the Battle of Normandy that followed in 1944. The new one also pays tribute to the 20,000 or so French civilians who died as their country w...