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D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary

  • On June 6, 2025, veterans came together in Normandy to commemorate 81 years since the D-Day landings during World War II.
  • The commemoration remembered the June 6, 1944, Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France that began Operation Overlord to liberate Western Europe.
  • Approximately 160,000 Allied soldiers came ashore across five designated beaches with the assistance of about 11,000 aircraft and 7,000 naval vessels, incurring 4,414 fatalities on the day of the invasion.
  • The Battle of Normandy caused approximately 73,000 Allied deaths, about 20,000 French civilian fatalities, and estimated German casualties of 4,000 to 9,000 men.
  • The anniversary events included ceremonies and flyovers honoring the sacrifices of veterans and underscored the ongoing responsibility to preserve freedom.
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After conquering much of Western Europe in the early years of World War II, Nazi Germany devoted an enormous effort to protecting what it had invaded.Once the U.S. entered the war on the side of the Allies in late 1941, the threat of invasion from the sea went from a clear possibility to a certainty.To prevent it, hundreds of thousands of forced workers – some of them Russian prisoners captured on the Eastern Front – began to build walls, tank t…

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AJC broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
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