World leaders, including US President Donald Trump, have
joined the Queen in Portsmouth to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day
landings.The countries represented at the event have agreed to make a joint
statement pledging to ensure the "unimaginable horror" of World War
Two is not repeated.Theresa May is hosting 15 world leaders to honour the
largest combined land, air and naval operation in history.Figures from every
country that fought alongside the UK are attending.Coming to the end of a
three-day state visit to the UK, Mr Trump said he was looking forward to
marking what "may have been the greatest battle ever".
D-Day: The military term for the first day of the
Normandy landings was the largest amphibious invasion ever undertaken and laid
the foundations for the Allied defeat of Germany in World War II.It paved the
way for Allied success on the Western Front in World War II, turning the tide
of the war against the beleaguered Axis powers.The invasion took place on June
6, 1944, and saw of tens of thousands of troops from the United States, the UK,
France, Australia and Canada landing on five stretches of the Normandy
coastline codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches.
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