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World War II veterans gather to commemorate D-Day Normandy landings

On 6 June 1944, Allied troops landed on the five beaches carried by 7,000 boats. On that single day, 4,414 Allied soldiers lost their lives and more than 5,000 were wounded.

People

Watch this man tightrope walk across France's most iconic landmark

French tightrope walker, Nathan Paulin just broke his own world record as he crossed 2.2km of slackline to Mont Saint-Michel.

France

Four convicted in trial over Islamic State killing of French priest

The defendants were convicted of conspiring to kill 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel in his Normandy church in 2016.

France

France marks 77-years since D-Day landings in Normandy

Only a small number of veterans were able to attend due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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France

Veterans prepare to remember fallen comrades in D-Day landings

Veterans of the Normandy landings are gathering on the eve of the anniversary of D-Day, when the Allies landed in France to fight Nazi Germany.

Travel News

France's famous monument, Mont-Saint-Michel is cut off from the world

In just a few hours the mount, topped by its world-renowned Benedictine abbey was surrounded by water which rose as fast as it receded.

Destinations

Exploring historic Normandy in château style

Visitors flock to Normandy each year to see for themselves the D-Day landing beaches and Bayeux tapestry. We mixed history with the high life.

World

Veterans share their heartbreaking memories of the D-Day landings

Veterans of the D-Day landings have shared their heartbreaking memories of what was the largest seaborne invasion in history.

France

D-Day heroes return to Normandy 75 years after the D-Day landings

75 years after the Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, some of the heroes of D-Day departed from Portsmouth to make the journey once more

France

Hear how D-Day was broadcast to the world 75 years ago

Legendary broadcaster George Hicks was calm and deliberate while doing a radio report at the frontlines of the Normandy invasions in June 1944.

World News

'The daunting noise it made': Witness recalls D-Day carnage

"I remember watching a dead soldier on the road and two tank columns were advancing and driving over the corpse... the noise it made, a daunting noise."

France

Key facts and figures to know about D-Day

D-day in numbers.

France

Eight human stories from D-Day, 75 years on

Euronews takes a look at eight human stories from D-Day, 75 years on.

United Kingdom

Meet the D-Day survivor hoping to top Ed Sheeran in the UK charts

The youngest-known participant of the allied invasion at just 15 years old, Jim Radford has now unexpectedly found fame summiting the UK music charts.

France

US president to visit the Normandy American Cemetery

The former American president lost two of his son's in the first and second world war and both are buried at the Colleville sur Mer Normandy American Cemetery.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Ballad of a D-Day Dodger ǀ View

“I’m not bitter about the D-Day celebrations at all,” said Ivor Gaskill. “I just wish they’d give us the same recognition because if hadn’t been for us there probably wouldn’t have been a D-Day, at least not on 6 June.”

USA

Watch: D-Day plane saved from scrap returns to Europe for anniversary

The C-47 had a lucky escape after being found in a restoration yard in Wisconsin. It would have been stripped for parts had its tail number not been checked.

United Kingdom

Watch: Art installation on UK beach marks little-known WWII attack

The US 4th Infantry Division lost 749 men in the attack, four times as many as they did on D-Day.

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