D-Day veterans emotional as they return to Normandy for 80th commemorations



Some of the last surviving veterans of the D-Day landings have arrived in France for the 80th anniversary commemorations.

Four of the veterans returned to Sword Beach, one of the landing areas for the invasion, evoking emotional memories of the comrades they lost.

The D-Day landings were the largest military naval, air and land operation ever attempted and signalled the beginning of the end of World War II.

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36 thoughts on “D-Day veterans emotional as they return to Normandy for 80th commemorations”

  1. No one in my family was there in Normandy, but the men who fought were heroes, and liberated France, and all of Europe, from the threat of Nazism. I salute them, and hope their memory will be remembered.

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  2. My grandfather was a young RN Captain who was in command of an LCA (Landing Craft Assault) on the D-Day landings. He was a remarkable man who experienced much during the landings etc.
    His brother was on mine sweepers in the Atlantic and later D-Day.

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  3. Those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not honor the memory of their ancestors are doomed to extinction.
    The unconditional act of surrender was signed by Marshal of the USSR Georgy Zhukov, who led the army that liberated all of Europe and all of humanity from fascism and erected the Soviet red flag on the Reichstag, on May 8, 1945 in the suburbs of Berlin and the witnesses were signed by the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, Marshal Arthur Tedder (Great Britain), General K. Spaats (USA) and General J. de Lattre de Tassigny (France).

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  4. Zničit Spojence který nesl Nejtěžší zátěž v boji proti Nemeckému fašismu je neskutečný příběh kam "západ" NATO se vyvinulo od 2. S. V. Kdo jsou Vítězové ? Ti co čekali jak dopadne bitva na Východě v čele SSSR ?💦

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  5. I was shocked Europe will fall. Was it wrong to tear down the Berlin Wall ? Is the EU no longer able to help eastern European countries modernize ? ✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

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  6. Of the many lost men on that day, and the days following, King Solomon said as a wise old man: “I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.” There were many stories of miraculous deliverance among them. Only "in the judgment" will "the saints" come to understand the rules of engagement between Christ and Satan that allowed GOD to intervene for some of those men as He did for Desmond Doss on Okinawa.

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  7. Cool, I'm amazed to see anyone actually made it back at this point. I'm sure many would like to be there but just are so old to make the trip.
    I remember one vet saying: "It was an amazing time, but I would never want to do it again!!!"

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  8. Ich hatte das große Glück. Dieses Jahr unter gewesen zu sein . Und das große Glück mit einen der Veteranen zu reden und ein Foto zu machen. Für mich ein Moment den ich nie vergessen werde. Mir sind die Tränen gekommen. Also er mich umarmte hat.

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  9. Honours and all the respect be for all the Army, Navy and Air Force (men and ladies) who prepared for and fought in the Overlord Operation, the famous D-Day in France (Normandy)! Even with sacrifice of their own life, all began the invitation for all Europe people to give hands, for the peace forever and in order for democracy, as all, of us, must be like brothers!God accept, in the eternity, all them. And to be never forgotten their nice and admirable examples, let us pray, nowadays and very often, for God! D-Day was, is and will be, always, a remarkable and unforgetable date! Here, just a portuguese and christian family, in Portugal. Respectfully. L+E

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  10. Comemorando e exaltando os heróis da II Guerra Mundial ao mesmo tempo que preparam-se para III Guerra Mundial…

    Alguns especialistas e intelectuais afirmam que é absolutamente normal visto que as Guerras fazem parte da humanidade de forma indissociável.

    O problema com tal afirmação é que alguns cientistas dizem que a devastação causada por uma eventual III Guerra Mundial exterminaria a humanidade da Terra. Se isso acontecer, qual terá sido o real legado da I e da II Guerras Mundiais? Seria apenas o de capacitar a humanidade com armas capazes de finalmente extingui-la da Terra?

    É estranho tal lógica!

    Quem poderia impedir a humanidade de se autodestruir?

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