the world. exactly 80 years ago, tens of thousands of allied troops mounted the greatest seaborne invasion in military history. one that would change the course of the second world war. today, d day veterans and world leaders are taking part in major commemorations in northern france. at a new memorial above gold beach, where british troops landed, the king has laying a wreath. close to where american forces encountered the fiercest german resistance, presidentjoe biden has given a speech warning that democracy in europe and around the world remains fragile. this is in the wake of russia s invasion of ukraine. the prince of walesjoined russia s invasion of ukraine. the prince of wales joined the prime minister of canada. and alongside the solemn ceremony, it has also been a chance for attendees, including the king, to meet and speak to the guests of honour, the veterans themselves, each of whom played such a crucial part in one of the defining days of european history. as you
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
A fun time at the embroidery circle, war in Europe, the county s first Sessions Court judge dies and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.
in the event of a full-scale invasion, so vladimir putin taking the whole country over, we could see in the neighborhood of 25 to 50,000 ukrainian civilians killed and wounded in that eventuality. those are sobering numbers. give us your take on what you ve just heard but also we ve got that new video in this morning of u.s. troops landing in poland and whether you think that could be significant and play into any possibility of a diplomatic solution to this? yeah, i mean, chris, naul what courtney is describing is vladimir putin can mount a full-scale attack and can still do a lot of other more minor things they re not minor when
collect people, family and friends, so people are going to family and friends in poland and other countries but there are also people who do not have anywhere to stay and they are having to be put up in reception point is that the polish government has organised. there are nine of those and they are having to be put up in places like primary schools and sports centres and having to stay on camp beds and given a hot meal and any medical assistance, should they require it. if these numbers continue as they are, then clearly this is a very difficult problem for the polish authorities to deal with. they simply do not have the capacity to deal with these large numbers of people. deal with these large numbers of ”eole. deal with these large numbers of eole. , ., deal with these large numbers of eole. ,., ,, ., people. some reports on the russian interfax people. some reports on the russian interfax news people. some reports on the russian interfax news agency, people. some reports on