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France: Veterans mark 82th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy
- Only six veterans are attending the D-Day anniversary ceremony in Normandy this year.
- The annual Ceremony of Remembrance takes place at the British Normandy Memorial.
- French schoolchildren walked across Juno Beach to mark H-Hour during commemorations.
- The Jedburgh Pipe Band participated in the D-Day anniversary events at Juno Beach.
- D-Day is remembered as the Allied landing on June 6, 1944, in Normandy.
- The operation Overlord led to the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control.
- Estimates place German casualties on D-Day between 4,000 and 9,000.
- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth linked immigration to the D-Day legacy in Colleville-sur-Mer.
- Hegseth warned that Europe faces an invasion of dangerous ideologies.
- The Pentagon chief's remarks echoed criticisms about Europe failing to control immigration.
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