(4 Jun 2024)
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Omaha Beach, Saint Laurent Sur Mer, France – 4 June 2024
1. Wide of French Navy landing crafts approaching Omaha Beach as part of rehearsal ahead of D-Day commerations
2. Wide of the Omaha Beach and its Les Braves Statue
3. Mid of French soldiers jumping out from inflatable boat
4. Wide of soldiers taking position on beach
5. Wide of landing crafts arriving
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Major Yoann, French Navy commander of the rehearsal:
"I’m really proud of the embarkment on this symbolic beach, Omaha Beach. Because a long time ago American people gave their lives for the freedom of France.”
7. Pan of French solders running to shore
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Major Yoann, French Navy commander of the rehearsal:
"And it is very important to remind (people) what happened 80 years ago to never forget.”
9. Wide of French solders running on shore
10. Wide soldiers on beach
11. Wide of French Navy landing crafts
12. Various of soldiers taking position on beach
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Major Yoann, French Navy commander of the rehearsal:
"Actually it is not difficult just to learn, but it is very difficult and very complex to prepare and to plan this kind of operation.”
14. Pan of French Navy personal returning to their inflatable boat
15. Pan of soldiers marching towards the Les Braves Statue
STORYLINE:
Two French Navy landing craft arrived at Omaha Beach on Tuesday during an amphibious assault rehearsal ahead of the June 6th commemoration event remembering the 1944, D-Day invasion.
The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a hole in Adolf Hitler’s defences in western Europe and change the course of World War II.
At the D-Day invasion, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944.
Of those, 73,000 were from the United States and 83,000 from Britain and Canada. Forces from several other countries were also involved, including French troops.
A total of 4,414 Allied troops were killed on D-Day itself while fighting around 50,000 German forces.
"I’m really proud of the embarkment on this symbolic beach. Because a long time ago American people gave their lives for the freedom of France," French Navy commander of the rehearsal, Major Yoann said.
In the upcoming days veterans and world dignitaries are gathering in Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the landings targeting five code-named beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.
AP video by: Bela Szandelszky
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