Portsmouth (AFP) – World War II veterans gather in southern England ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings into northern France at the site where Allied commanders set the stage for the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. The landings on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, were one of the main military operations that led to the end of World War II.
British veterans commemorate D-Day, 80 years on
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