D-Day: Normandy commemorates 77th anniversary of allied invasion
By Sylvie Corbet
Aerial footage shows British Normandy memorial
Drone footage shows the scale of a new memorial that was formally opened in Normandy, France, on June 6, the 77th anniversary of D-Day. (Credit: britishnormandymemorial.org via Storyful)
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) - When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by Allied soldiers on June 6, 1944, landing on the Nazi-occupied Normandy shore.
Several ceremonies are scheduled Sunday to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and western Europe from Nazi control, and honor those who fell.