French soldiers hold D-Day re-enactment as 80th anniversary nears

French soldiers participated in a re-enactment of the D-day landings on Omaha Beach, as the world prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the operation, when more than 150,000 allied troops landed in France to drive out Nazi Germany's forces in history's largest amphibious assault

Across Normandy, where beaches and fields still bear the scars of the fighting that erupted on June 6, 1944 and the weeks that followed, preparations were underway for the ceremonies. World leaders from U.S. President Joe Biden to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will attend.

Nearly 100 soldiers from France's army and navy disembarked on the shores from barges that left from the Mistral helicopter carrier.

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[LancashireLad]

Balls bigger than king kong.
Respect to the lot of em who went to war for us 🙏

[Sotsufferer]

They re-enact d-day yet only 200 French soldiers actually landed on the real d-day out of 200, 000 soldiers.

[alandyson]

This is not a reenactment this is a instructional video for the migrants

[Rc]

How did it go from this to forward 80 years and we can't stop migrant boats

[RobertOtoole-jobg]

2 of my great uncles from ireland 🇮🇪 were killed as soon as they landed in France. Fighting for the british army in ww2. So left the uk, and dead a couple of minutes after hitting the french beach ❤🙏🙏🙏🙏☘🙏💚

[stephen.]

There were 200 french soldiers the 6 june 1944 but there were french soldiers landing the 15 august 1944 in the south of france with soldiers allieds
There were not enough boats to organize 2 landings at the same time.

[garyk]

Now they've remembered where the beaches are is it too much to ask them to stop the invasion ?

[alaasad]

If it was up to the French, Europe would still be occupied Thanks to British and Americans

[jimbo-yvjh]

There were not many French soldiers stormed the beaches on D day.

[musiqueetmontagne]

At least the French finally remember the thousands of people who layed down their lives to liberate their country and the rest of Europe, twice in the 20th century. Remember and bless those brave souls...

[raoulduke]

Were there any French boats that landed on D-Day? I was sure it was just UK, US and Canadian troops (maybe Aus/NZ too).

[rogerwood]

SO HOW COME THEY CANT STOP THE DINGHYS?

[robertkirk]

Can we have a re-enactment of the French surrendering?

[Hogan]

My Great Uncle was a paratrooper in the U.S. Army.

[aminullah]

bravo bravo l'Armée de France, vive Légion étrangère

[TropicalBison]

despite how small this action may seem, its great to know that people are wiling to do that for us

[fakereality]

Nice to see such a historically accurate re-enactment!

[mikeymikeFType]

The dinghies usually go the other way with the assistance of the French authorities

[findlay]

The time between opening the door to the landing craft and the troops getting out and spreading out... wow... happy machine gunner that day.... then having a nice tea break on the beach... dear lord. not a reenactment... no idea what it was...

[E_Rex_Sean]

*_If the British soldiers of WW2 could see what their country has became, they wouldn’t have placed a single foot on that beach._*