# @cgtneurope on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZQBcsVjKJF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66441938-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-06T16:00:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

Veterans and state officials from across the world have attended an international ceremony in Normandy to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.⁣
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On June 6, 1944, during World War II, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy, northern France, as they launched Operation Overlord to liberate German-occupied Western Europe.⁣
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The huge operation had British, American, Canadian, and other allied troops storm five beaches along the Normandy coastline.⁣
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More than 4,400 Allied troops were killed.⁣
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D-Day is often considered by historians to be the turning point of World War II because it opened a major new battlefront in Western Europe.⁣
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By successfully launching the largest amphibious invasion in history, the Allies forced Nazi Germany to fight a grueling two-front war, hastening their ultimate defeat.⁣
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#news #DDay #military #history #WW2

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