D-Day 81st Anniversary Commemoration

Veterans and dignitaries gathered in Normandy, France, to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, a pivotal moment of World War II. The commemorations included various ceremonies and reenactments, attended by tens of thousands of onlookers. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and French Minister for the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu were present, with Hegseth emphasizing the continued need for the United States and France to be prepared to confront threats. The D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, involved nearly 160,000 Allied troops, primarily from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, breaching Germany's defenses in western Europe.