World Leaders Join Veterans to Mark D-Day Landings

5th June 2019

Jehan Ashmore

Veterans at the D-Day 75th anniversary at Southsea Common, Portsmouth where world leaders joined the commemorative event today from those nations that formed the Allied Forces that fought in Normandy, France. Credit: VisitPortsmouth-retweeted RN - facebook

Veterans in their hundreds,RTE News reports, have joined world leaders and royalty to honour those who fought in the D-Day landings 75 years ago at a commemoration ceremony in the UK.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth was joined by Prime Minister Theresa May and US president Donald Trump alongside 300 veterans in Portsmouth to mark the anniversary.

Some 60,000 members of the public are expected to attend the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on Southsea Common for the event which marks the 75th anniversary of the biggest amphibious invasion in military history.

Considered a turning point in World War II, Operation Overlord saw thousands killed and injured after it launched on 6 June 1944.

Mrs May is making her final official appearances as prime minister during the D-Day commemorations which continue tomorrow across Normandy.

Meanwhile, hundreds of veterans are travelling to northern France and Portsmouth as well as to events around the UK to mark the occasion.

Mrs May is hosting 15 world leaders and representatives in Portsmouth today.

For more click here including the Naval Base in Portsmouth where on the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK Prime Minister and Defence Secretary will wave off crowds of veterans who are set to retrace the journey (tonight) across the English Channel which took place 75 years ago.

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Jehan Ashmore is a marine correspondent, researcher and photographer, specialising in Irish ports, shipping and the ferry sector serving the UK and directly to mainland Europe. Jehan also occasionally writes a column, 'Maritime' Dalkey for the (Dalkey Community Council Newsletter) in addition to contributing to UK marine periodicals.

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