President Joe Biden looked to summon Americans to defend democracy from threats at home and abroad — and draw an implicit contrast with Donald Trump — by highlighting the heroism of troops who scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc in the D-Day invasion 80 years ago. The same spot was etched in the nation’s […]
Days before he left on a flight to Europe to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Robert Persichitti climbed a flight of stairs at the East Rochester Memorial Day parade, faced a crowd of veterans like himself, and led them in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. The American flag held significant meaning to him. Decades […]
LONDON — Eighty years after Sir Winston Churchill helped mastermind the D-Day landings, a British prime minister was under fire Friday for leaving anniversary events early to return to the campaign trail of an election he looks likely to lose. Already embattled and unpopular, Rishi Sunak cut short his time in Normandy to fly back […]
OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — An American veteran and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared an emotional moment at a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion to liberate France in World War II, each praising the other as a hero. Retired Staff Sgt. Melvin Hurwitz, 99, and other veterans were introduced to […]
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized Friday for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early to fly home for an election campaign television interview. Sunak said that, “on reflection” the decision — which has drawn wide political condemnation — was a mistake. Sunak was not alongside leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden, French […]
British prime minister Rishi Sunak has apologised after skipping a major international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day in order to carry out an election TV interview. Mr Sunak said “it was a mistake” not to stay in France for the international event after he had attended the earlier British ceremony in Normandy. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A contingent of U.S. lawmakers from the House of Representatives is preparing for a commemorative parachute jump at Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the historic assault that launched the end of World War II. Organized by Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., the bipartisan group is […]
PARIS (Reuters) – British paratroopers recreating an airdrop behind German defences to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day were met by French customs officials at a makeshift border checkpost. Moments after the paratroopers had hit the ground and gathered up their chutes, they formed an orderly queue and handed over their passports for inspection by […]
Between the villages of Vierville-sur-Mer and Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes in Normandy, France, is a 5-mile stretch of beach that was once called Côte d’Or, or “golden coast.” Since June 6, 1944, however, this beach has borne a different name: Omaha. Eighty years ago, on a day now known as D-Day, thousands of Allied soldiers crossed the choppy […]
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — For the most part, Joe Biden’s address marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day sounded like a familiar ode to a historic war victory — but tucked into the speech was a warning to Americans. Biden name-checked the World War II veterans who sat behind him on stage in wheelchairs, blankets draped over […]
By Janis Laizans ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS, France (Reuters) – With a single piper playing bagpipes on deck, a restored World War Two amphibious vehicle landed on Gold Beach in Normandy on Thursday, exactly 80 years after the allied landing that started the liberation of France from Nazi occupation. The son of a World War Two soldier, British […]
By Jeff Mason, Elizabeth Pineau and John Irish OMAHA BEACH, France (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden made an impassioned call for the defence of freedom and democracy at the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy on Thursday, urging Western powers to stay the course with Ukraine and not surrender to Russian tyranny. […]