Veterans and war reenactors return to Normandy, after 2 years of limited activity due to COVID-19 restrictions, to honor Allied soldiers who liberated Europe from Nazis

160 standing stones are inscribed with the names of 22,442 men and women who lost their lives during the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France in 1944

For 2nd year in a row, anniversary events marked by travel restrictions that prevent veterans or families of fallen soldiers from making trip to France

Comments come hours after Turkey launches air and ground assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria

US president attends 75th anniversary event where French President Emmanuel Macron tells him 'America is never as big as when it is fighting for the freedom of others'

With nonagenarian ex-soldiers taking center stage, UK, France launch 'unprecedented commemorations' of history's largest amphibious attack, the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany

Former soldier, whose family has Jewish origins, left France in 1938 for an internship in the US and enlisted after seeing France's Vichy leader shake hands with Adolf Hitler