D-Day 75 commemorations in Normandy

A visitor attends a cross at the Normandy American Cemetery on the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The cemetery contains 9,600 graves where US soldiers were buried. The Normandy landings on June 6, 1944 were the beginning of an Allied advancement towards Germany that saw the war's culmination less than a year later.

The presidents of France and the United States embrace at the American cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer. Emmanuel Macron thanked allied nations for their sacrifice and praised "shared values of democracy and liberty." Donald Trump touched on the ongoing unity between the United States and France, saying "our bond is unbreakable."

Military reenactors walk along Gold Beach on the morning of the anniversary of the D-Day landings. 156,000 troops from allied countries including the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada joined forces in the audacious attack.

Pipe Major Trevor Macey-Lillie of the Scots Royal artillery stands on a Mulberry harbour near Arromanches Les Bains as he plays a replica set of Millin-Montgomery pipes on the morning of the anniversary.

A Union Jack is seen here on Gold Beach on the morning of the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings. British troops embarked here on the morning of June 6.

Utah was the westernmost of the five beaches where the troops landed. It was one of two where US forces came ashore.