Saturday, June 6, 2020

Pandemic makes for lonely D-Day observance in Normandy

Virus Outbreak France D-Day

Compared to last year, when many tens of thousands came to the northern French beaches of Normandy to cheer the dwindling number of veterans and celebrate three-quarters of a century of liberation from Nazi oppression, the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions turned this year's D-Day remembrance into one of the eeriest ever.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pandemic-impacts-d-day-observance-1.5601942?cmp=rss

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