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Allies honor D-Day veterans

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Alex Footman
June 6, 2024

Leaders of the Second World War allies have come together in northern France to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The biggest seaborne invasion in history eventually liberated western Europe from Nazi tyranny. The leaders honored surviving veterans and recalled the huge cost in human lives of the Normandy landings.

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