Reenacting U.S. paratroopers' D-Day plunge into Normandy, 80 years later
On June 6, 1944, some 13,000 U.S. paratroopers plunged down onto the bloodied beaches of Nazi-occupied France. They helped change the course of WWII.
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On June 6, 1944, some 13,000 U.S. paratroopers plunged down onto the bloodied beaches of Nazi-occupied France. They helped change the course of WWII.
President Biden landed in France on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more details on what's in store for the president's trip.
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Just ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, hundreds of U.S. veterans made the jump over France from three C-47 World War II-era planes in remembrance of the 13,000 American paratroopers who, on June 6, 1944, were met with a hail of German gunfire when they dropped into France. Charlie D'Agata, who also took part in Wednesday's special parachute jump, reports.
President Biden is in France marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza rage on. Susan Glasser, staff writer at The New Yorker, joins CBS News to discuss what she's watching for on the trip.
President Biden is in France to mark 80 years since D-Day. He'll meet World War II veterans, attend a state dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, and discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe spoke with Laurent Bili, the French ambassador to the U.S., about the wars abroad.
CBS News' Charlie D'Agata trained and prepared to honor the paratroopers who landed in Normandy for the D-Day invasion. Jumping from 2,000 feet for a test flight in the Netherlands, D'Agata got a peek at the journey many soldiers took to fight with the Allies during World War II.
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D-Day, the allied invasion of the Normandy Beaches, began a monthslong campaign to liberate France from Nazi Germany. This week, leaders from the allied nations are marking 80 years since this historic day. CBS News' Anne-Marie Green has a look at what exactly happened during the operation. And for more on the significance of the day, CBS News was joined by U.S. Army veteran Michael Bell, the executive director of the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy at the National WWII Museum.
President Biden arrived in Paris Wednesday morning as he and other world leaders mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has a look at the president's itinerary during the trip.
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Three C-47 transport planes, a workhorse of World War II, dropped three long strings of jumpers, their round chutes mushrooming open in the blue skies with puffy white clouds.
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France will hold a series of ceremonies this week to commemorate 80 years since the D-Day invasion. While the remaining living Americans who participated in the attack are mostly too old to make the trip, those that could traveled to France for the occasion. Elaine Cobbe shares their stories.
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