Spectre of European war stalks D-Day 80th anniversary
“There are things worth fighting for," said one World War II veteran. "Although I wish there was another way to do it than to try to kill each other.”
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00:00U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in Normandy to attend ceremonies marking 80 years since
00:09D-Day.
00:12On June 6, 1944, at the break of dawn, Allied forces began the largest amphibious operation
00:19in military history, opening a new front that significantly accelerated Adolf Hitler's fall.
00:28Joe Biden kicked off his visit by paying tribute to the fallen at the American cemetery of
00:34Colleville-sur-Mer.
00:35He is going to be joined by other world leaders, including U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,
00:42as well as World War II veterans.
00:45Russia, also part of the Allied forces in the war, didn't get invited by host country
00:51France.
00:52Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will instead be there.
00:57D-Day ceremonies are taking place on the backdrop of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
01:04Biden is expected to reassure Zelensky on America's military commitments, as Kiev's
01:10forces go through the toughest phase of the war yet.