Dday News
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By AFP
Bayeux -
Marcel Deschateaux waited over an hour Thursday to applaud dozens of British veterans as they walked through his town of Bayeux, after one of dozens of ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France.
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Paris -
The June 6, 1944 landings by Allied forces on five Normandy beaches were the biggest naval operation ever in terms of the number of ships deployed to bring over troops, equipment and supplies.
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By AFP
Paris -
June 6, 1944 is known as "the longest day". By its end 156,000 Allied troops and 20,000 vehicles had invaded Nazi-occupied northern France in a defining moment of World War II.
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By AFP
Carentan -
A US veteran who was parachuted into France during D-Day in 1944 defied his age on Wednesday as he recreated his courageous feat of 75 years ago as part of ceremonies to mark the famous landings.
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By AFP
Southsea -
US President Donald Trump and Queen Elizabeth II joined 300 veterans in paying tribute to their fallen comrades at a poignant ceremony on Wednesday marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
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By AFP
London -
Marie Scott vividly recalls the horrifying sounds of D-Day as she relayed orders down the line to the troops storming the Normandy beaches.
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Paris -
A British soldier in France as part of a contingent participating in ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings has died after trying to swim across a canal in Normandy, according to media reports Sunday citing local officials.
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Paris -
When Allied troops hit the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, some now-legendary reporters and photographers were on hand to produce the first draft of history.
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By AFP
Paris -
When world leaders gather for D-Day commemorations, Vladimir Putin's absence will be a sign of how Russia's huge sacrifices in World War II have gone missing in most French minds.
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By AFP
Paris -
For a sign of how far Western politics and transatlantic relations have changed, look no further than this week's D-Day commemorations in Britain and northern France.
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Cast members from the popular World War II drama, ‘Band of Brothers’ are planning a reunion in Normandy, France during 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of World War II.
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By AFP
Hove -
An 89-year-old veteran who ran away from his care home to join the D-Day commemorations in France returned to Britain Saturday, hailed as the embodiment of World War II fighting spirit.
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Hove -
A 90-year-old war veteran who wanted to go to northern France to commemorate the 70th D-Day anniversary, went missing from his care home in Hove, near Brighton, was found safe and well in a hotel in the Basse-Normandie region of France.
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By AFP
Bayeux -
"It's wonderful as an old man of 91 - it's like coming home."As he was pushed in his wheelchair past the white gravestones of the Commonwealth war cemetery in Bayeux, Australian Bob Cowper was transported seven decades back in time.
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When many of us get up in the morning and switch on our PCs and laptops, we expect a Google doodle to be there commemorating someone or some noteworthy event, assuming there is a special day to commemorate.
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Mayenne -
Today, the bustling town of Mayenne, situated on the river of the same name, in north-west France, gives little clue that, almost 70 years ago, it was the backdrop for one of the bravest acts of valour of the Second World War.
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By AFP
Caen -
US President Barack Obama and Russia's Vladimir Putin will be among leaders joining veterans in Northern France to mark 70 years since D-Day on Friday, with the Ukraine crisis casting a pall over the commemorations.
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By AFP
Caen -
D-Day veterans marched back to Normandy's beaches and villages Thursday in an emotional return to mark 70 years since the launch of the invasion that hastened the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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By AFP
Caen -
Seventy years to the day after the first planes set off for the invasion of France, veterans gathered in Normandy on Thursday to remember the dead and be honoured for risking their lives on D-Day.
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By AFP
Paris -
Broadcast images of events marking the D-Day landings will be made freely available to news agencies and media outlets across the world at the request of the French presidency, broadcasters announced on Wednesday.
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By AFP
Caen -
The flags are up, the medals have been polished and the veterans have begun to arrive: Normandy is ready to deliver an emotional salute to the heroes of D-Day.
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By AFP
Lisieux -
"Here we are at the start of a new Normandy invasion!" Don Sheppard announced over the loudspeaker as the coach carrying British D-Day veterans pulled out of the rain-soaked car park.
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By AFP
Paris -
Tens of millions of viewers around the world could be deprived of live images of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day because of a decision by the French presidency to allow host broadcasters to charge international news agencies for access.
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By AFP
Paris -
News of the Allied invasion of Normandy quickly spread across Europe, fuelling hope even among those languishing in Nazi concentration camps.
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Washington -
From inside his tank, the young soldier could see "practically nothing" on Omaha Beach. Seventy years later, William Gast still wonders whether he rolled over his comrades sheltering from German gunfire that day.
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Wootton Bassett -
Scared stiff but with nowhere to hide, Ken Scott tried to block out the sight of his comrades being gunned down as he pushed up the Normandy beach on D-Day.
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French organisers of the annual commemorations of the World War II, D-Day Normandy landings have launched a protest and petition after six local tourist boards unveiled a new D-Day tourist initiative which ignores Sword Beach, one of the Normandy Beaches.
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Mars One wants to create human settlements on the Red Planet. A Digital Journalist photographs a D-Day memorial event in Toronto. An Indian village is overrun by giant venomous spiders. These are the top stories from across the world.
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Toronto -
On Jun. 6, 1944, more than 150,000 allied forces invaded Normandy in Operation Overlord. Thousands of American, British and Canadian soldiers died and were wounded, their efforts changed the course of World War II. They shall be remembered and honoured.
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Toronto -
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and several members of City Council commemorated the 67th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, otherwise known as D-Day. Hundreds gathered at Nathan Phillips Square to honour the fallen heroes.
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Members of Toronto's Police, Firefighters, emergency medical services, Armed Forces, Toronto Transit Commission and others take part in a military parade during the D-Day commemoration at city hall.
Members of Toronto's Police, Firefighters, emergency medical services, Armed Forces, Toronto Transit Commission and others take part in a military parade during the D-Day commemoration at city hall.
A daughter of a retired military veteran delivers a speech honouring her father at the annual D-Day commemoration in Toronto.
Members of Toronto's Police, Firefighters, emergency medical services, Armed Forces, Toronto Transit Commission and others take part in a military parade during the D-Day commemoration at city hall.
Toronto Transit Commission Chief Operating Office Andy Byford.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (R) speaking with veterans
The memorial to Pvt. James McRacken who died the Saviour of Mayenne in his birthplace of Red Springs, NC. Les Fleurs de la Memoire
Members of Toronto's Police, Firefighters, emergency medical services, Armed Forces, Toronto Transit Commission and others take part in a military parade during the D-Day commemoration at city hall.
Members of Toronto's Police, Firefighters, emergency medical services, Armed Forces, Toronto Transit Commission and others take part in a military parade during the D-Day commemoration at city hall.
Members of Canada's military and city council applaud during the annual D-Day commemoration.
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