Sunday, June 7, 2009

The leaders of four countries noted the anniversary of disembarkation in Normandy.

Western leaders, along with veterans of World War II noted the 65 anniversary of D-Day - Allied troops disembarking in Normandy, reports Sky News. Memorable service at a military cemetery in France, visited British Prime Gordon Brown, Prince Charles of Wales, Premier Stephen Harper, U.S. President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy.
The service was held on Saturday, June 6, at the cemetery in the village Kolvil-sur-Mer, where the fallen U.S. soldiers are buried. In his speech, President Obama has called the success of planting, which was attended by Americans, Britons and Canadians, "incredible" and explained his view that the purpose of the Allies - defeat Nazi Germany - had a "universal".
Ceremony was preceded by a scandal: the government, Sarkozy had invited to the ceremony for Queen Elizabeth and the French were accused in an attempt to diminish the merits of British and Canadian soldiers. To make the conflict, the invitation was hastily sent to the heir to the throne of Great Britain - Prince Charles.

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