of the dam back injune. this was a reservoir about the same size of the salt lake in utah. this floated a huge region. talk about the environmental impact of the destruction of that damn. impact of the destruction of that damn- impact of the destruction of that damn. actually, it s the size. the that damn. actually, it s the size. the one-year - size. the one year anniversary of the destruction of the kakhovka dam. it happened on the 6th ofjune, 2023, where they polluted water, the toxic water, flooded 80 settlements, i think. i water, the toxic water, flooded 80 settlements, ithink. i have to check my notes to be precise. yes, it was 80 settlements. they polluted water and destroyed natural habitants. it was flooded into the black sea. the human
very touching as well, how the 6th ofjune had in many ways been ordered every day and the baker had got up and started breaking his day and suddenly all this noise and confusion and everything changed. ordinary day. arromanches is the town close to all that was to remember d day and it is close to mole beach and is also where the harbour was built, this vital piece of infrastructure which allowed materials to pour in in the weeks of the normandy campaign that followed and since then there have been commemorations and it is a town heaving with people that have come to rememberfrom heaving with people that have come to remember from all over heaving with people that have come to rememberfrom all over europe, many brits but i have seen dutch and belgians, many dressed up in their costumes, with their enthusiasm for dressing up in world war ii out which seems to keep on unabated if not to get more and more popular and
against russia. so veterans they are ahead of commemorative event, which is close to omaha beach, where the americans landed. it has been a day where we have also seen king charles talking of the supreme test of d day and the generation that did not flinch when the moment came to face that test. and we are seeing some of the veterans there with the canadian prime minister. but back on the 6th ofjune 1940 prime minister. but back on the 6th ofjune1940 tens of thousands of soldiers landed on those five beaches, canadian, us troops. the landing the start of the campaign to liberate nazi occupied north western europe. here is mr zelensky meeting another of the veterans. dressed in
normandy for the commemorations, this yearjust 23. so it is a dwindling band but clearly, there is a sense that it is very important to keep remembering what happened this day on the 6th ofjune in 1940 41 tens of thousands of soldiers landed on those five beaches of normandy. the longest day, as it was called. omaha beach, utah beach for the americans, gold beach and sword beach for the british and juno beach for the canadians. 156,000 allied troops landing. and huge enemy fire of course from the germans although the germans were largely taken by surprise by the attack. but it did mark a turning point in the second world war because it was the beginning of the end of the nazi
captive and free, waited. finally, eisenhower s forecaster said there was a window in the weather. it would open briefly on tuesday the 6th ofjune. the general weighed up the options and give the order, at dawn, the allies would strike. the great crusade to free europe from cherny would begin. that night, general eisenhower drove to the english town to visit paratroopers, 301st airborne, from all over america, it was estimated that 80% of them would be killed within hours, that was the estimate. but they were brief, they were resolute, they were brief, they were resolute, they were brief, they were resolute, they were ready, one soldier told