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D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary of landings
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a ...
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Veterans mark 81st anniversary of D-Day landings in Normandy
Aged veterans gathered in Normandy on Friday to mark the 81st anniversary of when Allied forces embarked on French beaches in ...
D-Day: WW2 Veterans gather in Normandy on 81st anniversary to remember the landings
A handful of veterans will join thousands of people in Normandy today to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings.
D-Day veterans gather in Normandy to mark 81st anniversary of historic landing
Thousands of people joined army veterans in Normandy on Friday to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, in which ...
What is D-Day? How the Normandy landings led to Germany’s defeat in World War II
Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
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‘We remember our friends who never came home’: Veterans commemorate D-Day landings in France for 81st anniversary
The June 6 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France used the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to ...
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What is D-Day? How the Normandy landings led to Germany’s defeat in World War II
Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed Operation ...
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Walking in the footsteps of heroes: A visit to Normandy 81 years after D-Day
Members of an American landing unit help their exhausted comrades ashore during the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944. The ...
'Underage' D-Day hero dies aged 102: Tributes paid to WWII commando who signed up at 17 before helping to capture Pegasus Bridge during Normandy la…
Roy Cadman landed at Sword Beach at Normandy on June 6, 1944. He was part of the relieving force for Major John Howard's 6th ...
Churchill documents reveal D-Day landings boosted by import of ‘wonder drug’ from America
The documents were released ahead of the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 ...
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In pictures: How the D-Day landings unfolded on June 6, 1944
Allied forces take Omaha Beach in Normandy, France during the World War Two D-Day landings in1944. (Picture:Getty Images) June 6, 1944, was an important turning point during World War Two and is ...