D-Day veterans emotional as they return to Normandy for 80th commemorations

Some of the last surviving veterans of the D-Day landings have arrived in France for the 80th anniversary commemorations.

Four of the veterans returned to Sword Beach, one of the landing areas for the invasion, evoking emotional memories of the comrades they lost.

The D-Day landings were the largest military naval, air and land operation ever attempted and signalled the beginning of the end of World War II.

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