Photos: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings
Images of recent events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Allied forces’ D-Day landings on June 6, 1944
For the past week, sites in England and France have been hosting a number of events leading up to today, the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944. Veterans, families, dignitaries, and visitors have gathered at former battlefields and cemeteries to commemorate the World War II Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy, which turned the tide in the war, leading to the liberation of occupied France and the defeat of Nazi Germany. Gathered below, images of some of these events, and of some of the few remaining veterans who took part in that costly invasion eight decades ago.
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