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Commemorations of the Landings: Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden pay tribute to the fighters, 80 years later
Commemorations of the Landings: Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden pay tribute to the fighters, 80 years later
(franceinfo)
Friday June 7, Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden gathered in Calvados to commemorate the Landings, which occurred 80 years earlier. The American president took the opportunity to draw a parallel with the situation in Ukraine.
Paul Leterrier, 102 years old, is the last survivor of the Battle of Bir Hakeim. Friday June 7, he laid a wreath alongside Emmanuel Macron on the Cherbourg base (Manche), before hugging some American veterans, present for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Earlier in the day, the president went to Bayeux (Calvados), following in the footsteps of General de Gaulle. “Since 1940, General de Gaulle has inspired hope. In Bayeux, from one month of June to the next, he embodies the rebirth“, did he declare.
“It is very moving. We feel that we are all united and that we remember what we owe to those who landed“, confides a young man. Like his predecessor Ronald Reagan 40 years earlier, American President Joe Biden visited La Pointe du Hoc (Calvados). “Rangers would have wanted America to stand up against Putin’s aggression in Europe today“, affirmed the head of state. At this location, 225 American rangers stormed the cliff. 135 of them lost their lives.
