as well as king charles. there will be about 200 veterans mostly from the us, britain, canada and france. this 80th anniversary is focusing minds on the need for unity in the face of new conflicts. 0ur europe editor katya adler reports. les america. the americans are back in town. and it s feeling like the 1940s. from all over europe, the young and a little less young, clad in world war two allied military uniforms, celebrating and commemorating soldiers who landed here on d day to liberate nazi occupied france. these men changed the course of history. 99 year old donald cobb s modesty is humbling. i don t feel like a hero. i mean, wejust did what we were told. i m happy that we were able to help. 80 years on, they are still huge heroes here. it is really a lot of emotion for me. brave french men and women played their part in d day too. katharine s father and brother were members of the resistance. this street, now named after them. translation: the allies i is needed detail
astronauts on board. hello, i m sally bundock. very one welcome to the programme. let s go live to normandy and see the pictures we are receiving from the beaches where world leaders and veterans will gather later today to mark the 80th anniversary of the d day landings on the 6th ofjune i944, when more than 150,000 allied soldiers invaded france in a major turning point of world war ii. us presidentjoe biden, who s on a state visit to france, will be among the 4,500 guests expected.
afterwards. but this isjust reconciliation of what happened afterwards. but this is just a little bit of the build up to the 6th ofjune, where we are seeing this parachute drop. normandy will forever be marked by the d day landings and the battle of normandy, which went on to lead to the liberation of france and europe from nazi occupation. sojust some liberation of france and europe from nazi occupation. so just some of those events. and i can say, we are going to have special coverage of the date itself, the 6th ofjune, with a lot of events marked and we know that troops from the uk, from the united states, canada and france attacked the german forces on this area on the coast of northern france 80 years ago on the 6th ofjune i944. 80 years ago on the 6th ofjune 1944. these will be milestone commemorations because of course so many of the veterans are now