D-Day marked in a French town grateful for US war fighters

This year, the annual June 6 celebrations of D-Day, which marked the beginning of the end of WWII, are taking place against a backdrop of transatlantic uncertainty. Nevertheless, when Deutsche Welle’s Lisa Bryant visited the village of Baupte in Normandy, US flags were hanging from buildings in a region that hasn’t forgotten the day the Americans landed.

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