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Biden hails Ukraine, NATO in D-Day commemoration in NW France

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US President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed Ukraine and NATO in a D-Day commemoration in northwestern France.

D-Day and the Battle of Normandy 80 years in the past have been a “powerful illustration that alliances” make international locations stronger, Biden instructed an viewers of veterans, troopers, and political delegations on the American cemetery within the French city of Colleville-sur-Mer.

“We established NATO, the greatest military alliance in the history of the world. … Today, NATO stands at 32 countries strong, and NATO is more united than ever, and even more prepared to keep the peace, deter aggression, defend freedom all around the world,” the president added.

“Isolationism was not the answer 80 years ago and is not the answer today,” he harassed, including that the world continues to be going by challenges.

“The struggle between a dictatorship and freedom is unending. Here in Europe, we see one stark example. Ukraine has been invaded by a tyrant. … Ukrainians are fighting with extraordinary courage, suffering great losses, but never backing down,” Biden slammed.

The president vowed steady assist for Ukraine.

“We will not walk away. Because if we do, Ukraine will be subjugated and it will not end there. Ukraine’s neighbors will be threatened. All of Europe will be threatened,” he emphasised.

Democracy these days is in danger, and should be defended, Biden additional stated.

French President Emmanuel Macron, for his half, hailed the fallen troopers and the veterans.

“You left all behind and took all the risks, for our independence, for our freedom. This we do not forget. Thank you,” he stated.

“The free world needed each one of you, and you answered it,” Macron added, and awarded the veterans the Legion of Honor, the nation’s highest award.

Macron earlier held a binational ceremony with King Charles III to mark the eightieth anniversary of D-Day.

He will lead a 3rd worldwide ceremony on Omaha Beach.

On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed Omaha Beach to defeat Nazi forces who had taken maintain in lots of cities and villages within the northern area. Some 160,000 troops in 7,000 boats landed there, in addition to on the close by seashores of Utah, Juno, Sword, and Gold, as they have been dubbed within the Allies’ plans.

Known formally because the Normandy Invasion, it left 4,414 troops killed on that day, together with over 2,500 Americans, and a few 5,000 wounded. A complete of 9,843 troops from the US, Britain, and Canada have been killed in motion on June 6 and within the few days thereafter.

German troops have been prepared for the invasion, nevertheless, with weapons positioned at strategic excessive factors across the almost 10-kilometer (6-mile) seashore because the forces landed. The ocean waters, in addition to the seashore, have been additionally closely mined by the Germans.

Source: www.anews.com.tr

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