COURSEULLES-SUR-MER — The sun was shining on the beaches of Normandy Thursday morning as a Canadian ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day got underway in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his French counterpart Gabriel Attal and Prince William were among dignitaries visiting Juno Beach, where flags bearing the maple leaf fluttered in a gentle breeze.
"There are no words to describe the immensity of the debt we owe you," Trudeau told them as he delivered an address noting the remarkably important role Canada was given in the Allied effort. "Democracy is still under threat today. It is threatened by aggressors who want to redraw borders. It is threatened by demagoguery, misinformation, disinformation, foreign interference."
It was, Prince William said during a speech at the ceremony, the most ambitious campaign in military history.In the end, the toll was enormous: 73,000 Allied forces were killed and 153,000 wounded. Around 20,000 French civilians were also killed, many as a result of Allied bombings of French villages and cities.
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