one day. we forget, i think, the huge _ one day. we forget, i think, the huge air— one day. we forget, i think, the huge air battles taking place in the months _ huge air battles taking place in the months leading up to d—day and the 77 days— months leading up to d—day and the 77 days that followed, but it was incredibly— 77 days that followed, but it was incredibly bitter fighting, right up to the _ incredibly bitter fighting, right up to the very end and right up to the liberation — to the very end and right up to the liberation of paris on the 25th of august — liberation of paris on the 25th of august it— liberation of paris on the 25th of au . ust. , liberation of paris on the 25th of au~ust. , ., ., ., august. it is one memorial here which we waited _ august. it is one memorial here which we waited a _ august. it is one memorial here which we waited a long - august. it is one memorial here which we waited a long time - august. it is one memorial here which we waited a long time to | august. it is one memorial here - which we waited a long time to see. and there's many names on 160 columns represent three months that followed d—day. and as james has reminded us, the the standing with joints statues around us, the 1475 silhouettes represent the service men who lost their lives on the 6th ofjune as well as 50 french resistance fighters, and nurses, molly evershed and dorothy field, sisters.