WWarII: 70th anniversary of D-Day

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Visitors read plaques at the British memorial in Port-en-Bessin, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
Visitors read plaques at the British memorial in Port-en-Bessin, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
A close-up shows plaques of the British memorial in Port-en-Bessin, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
A close-up shows plaques of the British memorial in Port-en-Bessin, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
A visitor takes pictures of graves in the British military cemetery of Ranville is pictured in Ranville, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
A visitor takes pictures of graves in the British military cemetery of Ranville is pictured in Ranville, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
Visitors look at a grave in the British military cemetery of Ranville in Ranville, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
Visitors look at a grave in the British military cemetery of Ranville in Ranville, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
Visitors walk in the British military cemetery of Ranville is pictured in Ranville, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
Visitors walk in the British military cemetery of Ranville is pictured in Ranville, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
Visitors look at cross-Channel guns in bunkers in Longues-sur-Mer, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
Visitors look at cross-Channel guns in bunkers in Longues-sur-Mer, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
Visitors take pictures of cross-Channel guns in Longues-sur-Mer, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
Visitors take pictures of cross-Channel guns in Longues-sur-Mer, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
The British military cemetery of Ranville is pictured in Ranville, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
The British military cemetery of Ranville is pictured in Ranville, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
Visitors pass by the Memorial of Caen World War II memorial and museum in Caen in Caen, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
Visitors pass by the Memorial of Caen World War II memorial and museum in Caen in Caen, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
A picture taken in Benouville, western France, shows the Pegasus Bridge, four days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
A picture taken in Benouville, western France, shows the Pegasus Bridge, four days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
People take pictures of the Memorial of Caen World War II memorial and museum in Caen in Caen, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
People take pictures of the Memorial of Caen World War II memorial and museum in Caen in Caen, northwestern France, some days ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day with world leaders. AFP
French and American flags are seen in front of a tombstone at the American War cemetery ahead of Memorial Day ceremonies in Colleville-sur-Mer, file picture. REUTERS
French and American flags are seen in front of a tombstone at the American War cemetery ahead of Memorial Day ceremonies in Colleville-sur-Mer, file picture. REUTERS
A gardener trims the grass near a tombstone in the American War cemetery ahead of Memorial Day ceremonies in Colleville-sur-Mer, file picture. REUTERS
A gardener trims the grass near a tombstone in the American War cemetery ahead of Memorial Day ceremonies in Colleville-sur-Mer, file picture. REUTERS

The American War cemetery ahead of Memorial Day ceremonies in Colleville-sur-Mer. A crowd of 10,000 guests is expected to descend on the American cemetery in Normandy for D-Day commemorations next week where perfectly spaced white marble headstones mark the 9,387 American soldiers buried here who fell 70 years ago during the Normandy beach landing campaign. International leaders will gather to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings along the beaches in Normandy.

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Bhavani
Jun 01, 2014 12:49pm
It was a rich man's war- fought with utmost savagery using the poor slave nation soldiers as cannon fodder and minesweepers and conveniently forgotten by the white man and the history written by him!
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