THE Royal Family and Prime Minister David Cameron were among those to pay their respects on the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings yesterday.
They visited the town of Bayeux, in northern France.
Allied troops stormed Normandy beaches in the largest amphibious assault in history – described by wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill as "undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever taken place".
The invasion plans were kept under such secrecy that troops didn't know where they were being posted to until the night before.
D-Day is considered the turning-point of the Second World War and marked the beginning of an 80-day campaign to liberate France from Nazi rule.
