Editorial photo #11307941 Human Interest

D-Day: 80th Anniversary Of The Normandy Landings

The crowd is gathering in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, northwestern France, on June 5, 2024, as part of the ''D-Day'' commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. John Steele is hanging helplessly from the church steeple before being taken prisoner by German troops, after his parachute entangles on the structure as he lands on D-Day in the early hours of June 6, 1944. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year are marking the 80th anniversary since the launch of 'Operation Overlord', a vast military operation by Allied forces in Normandy, which is turning the tide of World War II, eventually leading to the liberation of occupied France and the end of the war against Nazi Germany. (Photo by Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #11307941
Date taken: 5 June 2024
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Photographer: Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto
Category: Human Interest

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