Tag: DDay
The British tell their D-DAY
During the Allied landings in Normandy in June 1944: 73,000 British soldiers were engaged alongside many others; it was from England that this vast operation to liberate Europe was orchestrated.…
relive D-Day, hour by hour
Navigate by keyboard Previous Following Early June 1944 – Off the coast of Weymouth, these British rangers are training for Operation Neptune. This is the assault phase of Operation Overlord.…
immersed in D-Day “reenactors” in Normandy – L’Express
The shots are deafening. On the heights of Crasville, a small town of 220 inhabitants on the coast of the English Channel, five men in American military uniforms aim at…
World leaders in Normandy for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings
Veterans of June 6, 1944 and leaders from around the world are meeting this Thursday in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, when more than 150,000…
80 years after D-Day: ‘It’s up to us to tell their stories’
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Published Jun 05, 2024 • Last updated 14 hours ago • 3 minute read Bob Ion of the Canadian Military Heritage Museum with a…
80 years since the landing: how does Normandy maintain D-Day?
This episode of News witnesses is part of the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the landing. On this occasion, we speak with Valentin Hugues, journalist in the France department…
Emmanuel Macron puts Ukraine on the agenda for D-Day commemorations
80 years ago, Allied troops landed on the Normandy coast, in the northwest of France, to liberate the country and western Europe from German occupation. Many heads of state will…
D-day for Bassirou Diomaye Faye, at the dawn of great challenges for the country
In Senegal, while the youngest president in the history of the country and the African continent, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, is to be inaugurated today, the expectations of the Senegalese…
D-Day for the immigration law at the Constitutional Council
Partial censorship of the controversial immigration law could be pronounced by the Constitutional Council this Thursday. The Constitutional Council, chaired by Laurent Fabius, will deliver its opinion this Thursday on…
Niger: “D-Day” for a potential armed intervention “has been decided”, according to an ECOWAS commissioner
After two days of meeting in Accra, Ghana, the chiefs of staff of the ECOWAS countries took an additional step in view of a potential military intervention in Niger, “with…