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.
Many more soldiers followed, and their efforts helped lead to the defeat of German Nazi forces. The president plans to give a speech Friday from Normandy's Point du Hoc cliffs that will highlight the men who scaled those cliffs, democracy and the 'dangers of isolationism,' said national security adviser Jake Sullivan. In his speech, the president will draw a line from World War II to the formation of NATO to today, as war again haunts Europe, Sullivan said.
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