(6 Jun 2024)
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Arromanches – 6 June 2024
1. Various of a military piper playing lament to mark 80 years since the exact moment the first UK personnel landed on Gold Beach
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A military piper played a lament Thursday morning in Arromanches, France, to mark 80 years since the exact moment the first U.K. personnel landed on Gold Beach on D-Day.
World War II veterans are joining heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
The Allied invasion, which began on June 6, 1944, led to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of the war.
The assault began with Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normandy, followed by around 1,200 aircraft that carried airborne troops. As dawn broke, Allied forces started bombing German coastal defenses and shortly after that vessels began putting troops ashore on five codenamed beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. By the end of the day, nearly 160,000 Allied troops had landed in Normandy, although there were thousands of casualties.
AP video shot by Bela Szandelszky
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