Remembering D-Day

'This Tiny Sliver Of Land... Changed The Course Of Human History': The Queen And Obama Leads Tributes To D-Day Heroes As World Leaders Join Veterans For Emotional Return To Normandy Beaches -- Daily Mail

* World leaders gather in Normandy today to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day - June 6 1944
* Veterans saluted on the beaches at dawn and downed Calvados at 6.30am - the moment the landings started
* Day of remembrance and celebration started at 12.16am at Pegasus Bridge, where the first troops landed
* Queen meets veterans and salutes the 'immense and heroic' endeavour of them and their comrades 70 years ago
* Barack Obama speaks at U.S. war cemetery and speaks of how 150,000 fought at time of 'maximum peril for the world'
* For many veterans, now in their 80s and 90s, this could be their annual pilgrimage to honour the 156,000 Allied troops

The Queen has led tributes to the 'immense and heroic endeavour' of the 150,000 Allied troops who stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France on D-Day 70 years ago today.

Surrounded by thousands of war graves Her Majesty bowed as she laid a wreath during a poignant service of remembrance in Bayeux, the first town in Normandy to be freed from Hitler's grip after the invasion on June 6 1944.

The Queen thanked the gathered veterans at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery and said it was 'an opportunity to reflect on their experiences and the incredible sacrifices that were made'.

Ten miles away U.S. President Barack Obama spoke at the American War Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer where almost 10,000 U.S troops who died in the Second World War are buried.

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More News On Today's D-Day Celebrations

D-Day 70th anniversary LIVE UPDATES -- RT
70th Anniversary of D-Day and the Invasion of Normandy -- US Department of Defense
How D-Day unfolded in 1944 -- The Telegraph
D-Day anniversary: 'World-changing' day remembered -- BBC
Obama, Putin join veterans for D-Day anniversary -- Times Live
D-Day Anniversary: Veterans, Obama, Other World Leaders Gather to Remember -- WSJ
D-Day: the day that changed the course of World War II -- Euronews
Leaders gather for 70th anniversary of D-Day -- Al Jazeera
D-Day Anniversary: Barack Obama Joins World Leaders, Vets at Omaha Beach -- NBC
Transcript of Obama's speech on 70th Anniversary of D-Day -- CNN
Obama honors D-Day sacrifices at Omaha Beach ceremony -- Washington Post
Obama Honors D-Day Veterans on Anniversary -- VOA
Obama Honors Moment of Liberation in Normandy -- New York Times
President Obama Honors Sacrifices of D-Day Veterans -- Time
Obama: D-Day vets' stories should remain 'seared' into memory -- CNN
Putin arrives in Normandy for D-Day celebrations -- ITAR-Tass
Putin, Merkel discuss situation in Ukraine on margins of D-Day commemorations -- Voice of America
D-Day: France Remembers the Longest Day, Salutes its Liberators -- Huffington Post
Video: PM David Cameron pays tribute to 'brave' D-Day veterans -- Belfast Telegraph
Harper begins D-Day sojourn in Normandy, will meet vets at Juno Beach -- Globe and Mail/Canadian Press
'A battle for life or death is in progress': Read the first breaking news of D-Day as it was reported 70-years ago -- Daily Mail/AP
All the young people: Your memories of D-Day -- Sally Taft & Richard Irvine-Brown, BBC News
D-Day tribute: Rare images of bravery and sacrifice -- RT
In pictures: D-Day assault remembered -- BBC