President Biden is in France for the rest of the week for D-Day celebrations and meetings with ally leaders.
President Biden and key U.S. allies are visiting Normandy on Thursday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that propelled the end of World War II.
Mr. Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are together marking the most significant victory of the western allies in World War II, as well as the largest seaborne invasion in history. Mr. Biden is in France through the weekend for D-Day anniversary commemorations, planning to meet with key allies along the way.
« 73,000 brave Americans landed at Utah and Omaha beaches in Normandy on June 6, 1944 and the president will greet American veterans and their family members while in France to honor their sacrifice, » White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in announcing the president’s trip.
