D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy to Mark 81st Anniversary of Landings

Pictures as veterans gather to honour D-Day anniversary in Newcastle city centre

The former servicemen and friends of the armed forces got together at Old Eldon Square to mark 81 years since the Normandy landings took place

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D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy to Mark 81st Anniversary of Landings

Along the coastline and near the D-Day landing beaches, tens of thousands of onlookers attended the commemorations, which included parachute jumps, flyovers, remembrance ceremonies, parades, and historical reenactments.

D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France -- Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings -- a pivotal moment of the Second World War that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler's regime.

D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary

Veterans are gathering on the beaches of Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment during World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler’s regime

Gen. Eisenhower and the D-Day invasion

David Eisenhower, grandson of the general who commanded the greatest military operation of history's most terrible war, talks with David Martin about the legacy of D-Day, and of the decisions made and responsibilities borne by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, who led nearly 160,000 Allied troops into Normandy 75 years ago.