But first it's been 80 years since today and for people who don't understand just

picture this. Hitler's Germany, Nazi Germany was dominating the European

continent. It had the UK, the United Kingdom, Great Britain on the ropes,

threatening an invasion any day.

Somehow, some way they had to get the US involved.

We were not budging.

But then after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, were in we not only declare war in Japan

We declare war on Germany. We joined the Allies but now the hard part getting in to Europe

We had to have a massive invasion had to be led and scripted by General Dwight

D Eisenhower and Omar Bradley and they would do it. Then they picked June 5th for the

day but it would be the weather was too bad, too they couldn't get ashore they couldn't

storm those five separate beaches on June six was the day and they did

thousands who'd lose their lives more Germans though would lose theirs

as paratroopers got behind enemy lines they'd

push their way through and in the matter of three months Paris would be

liberated there was a very emotional moving ceremony there the president was

there uh... makrone obviously was the hopes. You saw

Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg and countless veterans who are in their late 90s

early 100s were there just about just just over 100 they got awards flyovers it's

really special here's a little of Joe Biden's speech which is pretty strong cut

one from the sea and sky, nearly 160,000 Allied troops descended on Normandy.

Many, to state the obvious, never came home.

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