D-Day commemorations held around the world on the 77th anniversary of the invasion
A man stands next to a headstone of a World War II soldier during a ceremony in US cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, Sunday, June, 6 2021. Several ceremonies took place on Sunday to commemorate the 77th anniversary of D-Day that led to the liberation of France and Europe from the German occupation.
French soldiers stand on Juno Beach after the official opening ceremony of the British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer in France, Sunday June 6, 2021, on the anniversary of the D-Day landings. On June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 Allied troops landed on code-named beaches, carried by 7,000 boats.
