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The sun was shining on the beaches of Normandy on Thursday morning as a Canadian ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day got underway in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France.
“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. He said the world owes it to the veterans who sacrificed so much for our collective freedom to continue standing up for democracy every day.Around 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches that fateful day 80 years ago to begin an effort now remembered as the beginning of the end of the Second World War.June 6 marked just the beginning of the bloody 77-day Battle of Normandy and the start of the Allied liberation of France.
The region’s cemeteries are also the final resting place for more than 5,000 Canadians, including 359 who were killed on D-Day. The two leaders and the prince took a few moments to chat with each of the Canadian veterans following the ceremony, crouching or bending over to get closer and clasping their hands.William asked him what his role was on D-Day and he didn’t quite hear, so his family member repeated the question for him.
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