In Photos: Two days of D-Day anniversary observances in England and France
Canadian Armed Forces Band plays on Juno beach during D-Day commemorations in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, northwestern France, on June 6, 2019.GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/Getty Images
Canadian veterans attend an international ceremony on Juno Beach June 6, 2019.GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/Getty Images
Canadian veterans stand for the National Anthem during the international ceremony on Juno Beach in Normandy.GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/Getty Images
Canadian World War II veteran Bill Tymchuk, looks at headstones at Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Reviers, France.David Vincent/The Associated Press
French WWII enthusiasts plant red roses in the sand and release white balloons in tribute to US soldiers who died on Utah Beach in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP/Getty Images
Artillery is fired after a French-US ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer.MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
An English flag and crosses areplanted in the sand of the beach in Arromanches.JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images
A portrait and an American flag planted in the sand commemorate Staff Sgt Charles Franck Simon, 4th Infantry division, wounded on D-Day at Utah Beach.JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP/Getty Images
Children hold torches next to pictures of war victims during a ceremony to pay tribute to French resistance fighters at the Caen prison.FRANCOIS MORI/pool/AFP/Getty Images
HMS Belfast's guns are fired in London June 6, 2019. HMS Belfast supported the British and Canadian assaults on Gold and Juno beaches on 6 June 1944.DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images
A spectator shakes the hand of a British veteran leaving the Bayeux Cathedral after a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.Francisco Seco/The Associated Press
Veterans salute on stage duing a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day, in Portsmouth, Britain.CARLOS BARRIA/Reuters
Poppies blossom as 280 paratroopers drop onto fields at Sannerville, France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Canadian Armed Forces Sergeant G. Cotton holds the standard during a ceremony for Canadian World War II soldiers at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Reviers, France.David Vincent/AP
Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau reads the Victoria Cross citation of Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Merritt in Portsmouth, Britain.POOL/REUTERS
Native American of several nations attend a ceremony on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, western France.LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images
U.S. World War II paratrooper veteran Tom Rice, 97 years-old who served with the 101st Airbone, lands during a commemorative parachute jump over Carentan.PASCAL ROSSIGNOL/Reuters
A WWII enthusiast wearing a period nurse uniform sits on a US army vehicle in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, north-western France.ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images
Performers are seen on stage during an event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day, in Portsmouth, Britain.TOBY MELVILLE/Reuters