As grim memory of world war fades, many people are anxious amid rise of nationalist, country-first rhetoricTwenty-two British D-day veterans, the youngest nearly 100, crossed the Channel on Tuesday to mark this week’s 80th anniversary of the landings in Normandy, representing a thinning thread to the heroics of two or three generations ago when about 150,000 allied soldiers began a seaborne invasion of western Europe that helped end the second world war.Ron Hayward, a tank trooper who lost his legs fighting in France three weeks after D-day, told crowds assembled in Portsmouth on Wednesday why he and other soldiers were there: “I represent the men and women who put their lives on hold to go and fight for democracy and this country. I am here to honour their memory and their legacy, and to ensure that their story is never forgotten.” Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/06/d-day-80th-anniversary-conflict-carelessness
Author : Dan Sabbagh
Publish date : 2024-06-07 08:19:18
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