2024-06-06 08:39:27
On June 6, 1944, hundreds of troopers in hundreds of ships landed on the coast of Normandy, going through a German response. The crossing of this channel made it doable to push the German enemy again and free France. 80 years later, France celebrates the Touchdown.
After a primary day on Thursday, between Morbihan and Calvados, commemorations will proceed all through the day to pay tribute to the allied nations that participated within the D-Day operations.
Plan of the day?
On the identical time, a celebration at Juno Seashore, positioned in Courseulles-sur-Mer (Calvados), can be chaired by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with his French counterpart Gabriel Attal.
The President of america, Joe Biden, will take part within the ceremony on the American Cemetery at midday, within the presence of Emmanuel Macron. Dozens of American veterans have crossed the Atlantic for the event, the primary girl Brigitte Macron additionally welcomed them at Deauville airport this Monday.
The spotlight of the occasion is Omaha Seashore
The excessive factors of the commemorations will happen at 3:30 pm at Omaha Seashore, one of many 5 touchdown seashores that run alongside the districts of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes, Colleville-sur-Mer, Saint-Laurent-sur – Mer and Vierville-sur-Mer, in Calvados. Nicknamed “Bloody Omaha”, it was the seashore on which the allies confronted the heaviest losses throughout Operation Overlord.
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