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Normandy to host D-Day celebrations
23 Apr 2009
Special events and celebrations will be held in Normandy, France on 6 June this year to commemorate the date in 1944 when Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy during World War II.
The occasion is celebrated every year but the 2009 commemorations will be particularly special as they will mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day.
American president Barack Obama will be among the people visiting Normandy for the event, along with some 800 British veterans who fought in the war.
The celebrations will include 25 simultaneous firework displays from one end of the landing beaches to the other on 5 June, followed by a glider demonstration and parachute drop in the early hours of 6 June.
Bayeux, the first French city to be liberated by the Allies, will host a World War II vehicle procession on 7 June, while various other events, concerts and entertainment will be arranged at other sites in Normandy.
The Normandy landings were the first stage of Operation Overlord, the invasion of north-west Europe by Allied forces that eventually led to the German retreat from France.
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The occasion is celebrated every year but the 2009 commemorations will be particularly special as they will mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day.
American president Barack Obama will be among the people visiting Normandy for the event, along with some 800 British veterans who fought in the war.
The celebrations will include 25 simultaneous firework displays from one end of the landing beaches to the other on 5 June, followed by a glider demonstration and parachute drop in the early hours of 6 June.
Bayeux, the first French city to be liberated by the Allies, will host a World War II vehicle procession on 7 June, while various other events, concerts and entertainment will be arranged at other sites in Normandy.
The Normandy landings were the first stage of Operation Overlord, the invasion of north-west Europe by Allied forces that eventually led to the German retreat from France.
Opodo cheap flights, hotels and car hire - let the journey begin!
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