<picture class="article__media"> <img src="https://img.lemde.fr/2024/06/05/0/0/7517/5012/664/0/75/0/1fb3b4d_5689880-01-06.jpg" alt="Images Le Monde.fr" width="100%" height="auto"> </picture> <noscript> <img src="https://img.lemde.fr/2024/06/05/0/0/7517/5012/664/0/75/0/1fb3b4d_5689880-01-06.jpg" alt="A white crosses marks the grave of private George M Harris, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, one of 9,388 graves at the American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer, near Omaha beach, northwestern France."> </noscript> <figcaption class="article__legend" aria-hidden="true">A white crosses marks the grave of private George M Harris, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, one of 9,388 graves at the American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer, near Omaha beach, northwestern France. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP </figcaption>

Thursday, June 6, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. The program for the day includes ceremonies on most of the five landing beaches: Utah, Omaha, Juno, Gold and Sword. The main international ceremony will take place at 3 pm on Omaha Beach.

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<picture class="article__media"> <img src="https://img.lemde.fr/2024/06/06/0/0/4862/3241/664/0/75/0/151730a_516e991985944848ab7b48e8c35143da-0-f24eca08ce384d818afbe54f95b4535c.jpg" alt="Images Le Monde.fr" width="100%" height="auto"> </picture> <noscript> <img src="https://img.lemde.fr/2024/06/06/0/0/4862/3241/664/0/75/0/151730a_516e991985944848ab7b48e8c35143da-0-f24eca08ce384d818afbe54f95b4535c.jpg" alt="Participants march during a ceremony at Utah Beach near Saint-Martin-de-Vareville Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)"> </noscript> <figcaption class="article__legend" aria-hidden="true">Participants march during a ceremony at Utah Beach near Saint-Martin-de-Vareville Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez) JEREMIAS GONZALEZ/ AP </figcaption>

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Aged between 96 and 104, coming from the US, UK or Canada, roughly 200 WWII veterans have arrived in Normandy to commemorate that day, in which most of them participated.

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Hundreds of surviving WWII veterans will be joined by world leaders on the Normandy beaches on Thursday for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.{ai:summary}The 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings brings WWII veterans back to Omaha Beach for ceremonies. Foreign troops gather for a joint US-French landing operation. #history

D-Day: 80th anniversary in pictures

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