keep talking they re not a hero. i just did my job the real heroes laying here on a cemetery deja heroes she d never forgive them 46 president in the united states of america, joseph r. biden jr. here biden, junior nearly calm monday june 5 5, 1944 the evil fairly third reich was devastated the world nazi germany had subjugated and wants three nations of europe through brute, force lives and twisted ideology of racial superiority millions of jews murdered in the holocaust millions of others killed by bombs molars bloody warfare. hitler and those with them thought democracies were week at the future, belonged to dictators here the coast of normandy. the battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined here on that june morning, the testing was at hand president macron mrs. macron, secretary austin, secretary blinken, distinguished guest most of all our honored veterans who met that test, the ages a test of ages to that moment. 80 years ago 80 years ago today we have
to launch just as soon as the weather turned across, the chopping and chopping and english channel the supreme commander of the allies, dwight d. eisenhower, awaited the largest forced ever of its kind, built by 12 nations. men. guns, planes, naval craft of every description waited. the world captive and free, waited finally, eisenhower s forecasters said there is a window in the weather it would open briefly. on tuesday. 6, june the general wade the options and gave the order at dawn, the allies was strike the great crusade to free yourself from tyranny would begin that night.