France prepares to commemorate D-Day's 80th anniversary


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  • Wednesday, 17 Apr 2024

A drone view shows the World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Colleville-sur-Mer, situated above Omaha Beach, Normandy region, France, April 11, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS, France (Reuters) - Eighty years on, Normandy's beaches and fields still bear the scars of violence that erupted during World War Two on D-Day, history's largest amphibious invasion on June 6, 1944, drone footage shows.

Commemorations in June will mark the day when more than 150,000 allied soldiers invaded France to drive out Hitler's forces.

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