Seventy years after the D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France, President Barack Obama hailed WWII veterans and a new generation he said was upholding their legacy.
World leaders and veterans were marking the anniversary at a commemoration colored by the challenges Europe faces over the bloody conflict in Ukraine, an unexpected distraction from the memorial for those who stormed the beaches of Normandy in the surprise allied invasion that changed the course of the war.
"Whenever the world makes you cynical—stop and think of these men," Mr. Obama said in a keynote address at the American Cemetery at Omaha Beach.
Thousands of people returned Friday to the site of that pivotal battle "to remember why America and our allies gave so much for the survival of liberty at its moment of maximum peril," Mr. Obama said.
D-Day commemorations have served as a reminder of the shared sacrifice of American, Canadian, British and other Western forces to free Europe from the threat of totalitarianism with history's largest amphibious offensive.
This year's commemorations could mark the last for the veterans who survived the invasion to tell their story. With every year that passes, fewer and fewer veteranscan muster the strength to return
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