World leaders attend commemoration of D-Day, France and the U.S. President will address

Francois Hollande and Barack Obama will give a speech on the anniversary of D-Day

World leaders attend commemoration of D-Day, France and the U.S. President will address

World leaders joined hundreds of veterans in Normandy on Friday (06/06) to mark the 70th anniversary of the allied landings known as D-Day.

They will meet in Ouistreham, one of the five beaches where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944.

French President Francois Hollande will give a speech, followed by President Barack Obama.

Queen of England and President of Russia Vladimir Putin are also scheduled to attend the memorial.

A reconstruction of key events Click the last 70 years will be one of the major events of the memorial service.

Ceremonies will take place in northern France, seventy years later when Allied troops landed and invaded on land and sea in the history.

Friday events begin at midnight with a guard at the Pegasus bridge that marks the exact time when the first attack was launched.

American soldiers have held a parade on Friday morning at the beach Omaha beach which was invaded by U.S. forces in 1944.

In addition to the speeches, the leaders of the world will also pay tribute to the thousands of soldiers, sailors, and airmen who died to liberate the beaches of Normandy from German forces. BBC