you are about to embark upon a great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. the eyes of the world are upon you. the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. across the english channel, the allied armada of ships and crafts steam. these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped create continent. these are the heroes who helped end a war. the beaches of normandy were consecrated by the blood of our heroes, british, canadian, polls, free french, and can canadian. allied forces move forward and were eventually victorious. and then swept across europe. over a stretch of 60 miles, the battles raged. on these beaches, the forces of freedom turned the tide of the 20th century. never relenting even as comrades died all around them. when they had reached the top, the rangers radioed back the code for success. praise the lord. 80 years ago today more than 73,000 courageous americans join allied
a.m. eastern. right now president biden and the first lady are visiting omaha beach in france. today s gathering especially poignant as it could be the last major milestone for the last remaining veterans who stormed the beaches back. he invoked the ballotslines of eastern ukraine and linked it to the ultimate sacrifices 80 years ago. their hour of trial, the allied forces of d-day did their duty. now, the questions for us, in our hour of trial, will we do ours? we re living in a time where democracy is more at risk across the world that at any point since the end of world world ii, since these beaching were stormed in 1944. will we tapped against tyranny, against evil, against brew taught of the iron fist? when we stand for freedom, when we defend democracy. my answer is yes, and only can be yes. joining us now from normandy france is peter alexander, also with us is commander peter, just kind of take us take us there today. you re in one of the most sacred, extraordin
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Of the duchess of cambridge. Prince george was one of the pageboys while his Sister Charlotte was a bridesmaid. Now on bbc news. Its time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday. With me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and jessica creighton. The headlines this evening. Exeter Dash Saracens dreams of the double double as a late try puts the chiefs into the premiership final. They will meet wasps at twickenham after they beat leicester in a thriller at the ricoh arena. What a difference a year makes. After Play Off Heartache last season, millwall are promoted to the championship. And how britains top surfer luke dillon is aiming for a place at the 2020 olympics without even having a coach. Plenty coming up this evening. Including rugby leagues Magic Weekend, the Womens Super League, and england beating argentina in the u205 world cup. But well start with rugby union. And exeter chiefs are through to the final of rugby unions aviva premiership. They beat the two time European Champions Cup w