FRANCE-HISTORY-WWII-D-DAY-ANNIVERSARY

France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his wife Brigitte Macron (R), flanked by Bernard Duval (C), a survivor of the 1944 Caen prison massacre react following a ceremony to pay tribute to French resistance fighters at the Caen prison in Caen, northwestern France, on June 5, 2024, as part of the "D-Day" commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. As news of the Allied D-Day landing spread, the Gestapo chief operating Caen prison ordered the execution of all allied prisoners incarcerated there. 87 prisoners were shot in the prison courtyard on June 6, 1944. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year mark the 80th anniversary since the launch of 'Operation Overlord', a vast military operation by Allied forces in Normandy, which turned the tide of World War II, eventually leading to the liberation of occupied France and the end of the war against Nazi Germany. (Photo by Benoit Tessier / POOL / AFP) (Photo by BENOIT TESSIER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)