As Twitchy told you earlier today, veterans are marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion with extraordinary events across Europe — like 93-year-old WWII vet Jim Martin’s commemorative parachute jump. Here are 13 amazing photos marking the occasion. Share them with your kids now and make sure they remember and honor the sacrifices of their forebears.
9000 bodies etched into the Normandy sand to represent the dead on the first day of the landing #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/7ykixDnE0W
— ???? (@davesleney) June 4, 2014
2/2 They are the first paratroopers to begin Operation Overlord #dday70 pic.twitter.com/xGDALqOfD0
— CBC D-Day Live (@CBCDDayLive) June 5, 2014
Fred Glover, 88, a 9th Para Battalion veteran during a parachute drop outside Ranville #DDay70 #gettyimages pic.twitter.com/E9X14v8cdn
— Chris Jackson (@ChrisJack_Getty) June 5, 2014
In pictures: #DDay70 marked by veterans, world leaders & royalty http://t.co/ymv3838EDc & pic.twitter.com/DboTjpXRA7
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 5, 2014
Normandy becomes a living museum on anniversary, take a moment to remember those who didn't return #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/la3AUSgHfa
— Steven Gardner (@steven_gardner) June 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/Carlislef1/status/474441033452126208
Pegasus Bridge waiting for Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/M9wD7O3vEF
— Mark Cuthbert (@markacuthbert) June 5, 2014
10 things you didn't know about the D-Day landings http://t.co/YoyHorBYal (Pic: Roger-Viollet/REX) #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/ozloTJ9gPZ
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 5, 2014
US Army troops waiting for rendezvous to begin the invasion of France.#DDay70 #GCI exhibit: http://t.co/zXJ0jJoqJY pic.twitter.com/SDWPCmB0k9
— US National Archives (@USNatArchives) June 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/mpuigdomenech/status/474628192368869376
Royal Marine armoured vehicles come ashore in #dday70 commemorations in #Portsmouth pic.twitter.com/tCZblOHhEb
— The D-Day Story (@TheDDayStory) June 5, 2014
“@Telegraph: D-Day veterans meet for first time in 70 years http://t.co/9FWlQG3Cfd (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty) pic.twitter.com/jisVLxVl71” #DDay70
— Paul Reed (@sommecourt) June 3, 2014
Never forget:
From the Embassy’s archives: a woman celebrates as Allied planes fly over Paris. #DDay70 #FranceWillNeverForget pic.twitter.com/OwZP5trv9I
— French Embassy U.S. (@franceintheus) June 3, 2014