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D-Day 80th anniversary in Normandy
- Events are taking place in France to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
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- On June 6, 1944, Allied troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Canada landed on five stretches of the German-occupied French coastline.
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- It was the largest amphibious invasion in history and launched a campaign that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
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- US President Joe Biden is among 20 heads of state in Normandy on Thursday at a D-Day ceremony at Omaha Beach, where US forces suffered substantial losses.
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- Biden and other world leaders linked Ukraine's fight against a Russian invasion to the D-Day operation, warning that "democracy is not guaranteed."
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