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A memorial to almost 22,500 servicemen and women under British command killed during D-Day and subsequent battles was unveiled in northern France on Sunday, a tribute to their sacrifice seen as long overdue. The British Normandy Memorial, inscribed with the names of 22,442 men and women who lost their lives during the invasion of Nazi-occupied France in the summer of 1944, is situated on a hillside in the Normandy village of Ver-sur-Mer. Opened on the 77th anniversary of the landings, it overlooks Gold Beach, one of three beaches where British forces landed on the morning of June 6, 1944 to begin the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a ceremony at the British World War II memorial in Ver-Sur-Mer, Normandie, to commemorate 75 years since the D-Day landings. IMAGES
Several dozen British soldiers from the 47th Royal Marine Commando disembark from barges on Gold beach to the sound of bagpipes before a large crowd of spectators who have come to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. IMAGES
To mark the 79th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy, French Defence Minister, Sebastien Lecornu, welcomes British Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Bayeux. IMAGES
In the southern French city of Nice, a restaurant defies the government and opens for the day, in a symbolic message of protest against anti-Covid government measures which have decimated the hospitality industry. IMAGES
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