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Updated Jun 6, 2019

In photos: Trump joins other world leaders in France for D-Day anniversary

Rebecca Falconer
Trump (C-L) and US First Lady Melania Trump (C-R) stand with WWII veterans.

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump with WWII veterans at a ceremony in Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer. Photo: Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images

President Trump joined French President Emmanuel Macron and other world leaders in Normandy, northwest France, Thursday for commemorative ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Details: Commemorative events took place in locations including the region's beaches, where Allied troops landed 75 years ago. It led to the Nazis being forced out of France and changed the course of the Second World War.

President Donald Trump (L) meets with WWII veterans during a French-US ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.
Trump meets with WWII veterans at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
A WWII veteran points to US President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump during a French-US ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer.
The Trumps during a French-U.S. ceremony at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
French President's wife Brigitte Macron (L) and US First Lady Melania Trump walk on the red carpet during a French-US ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery.
French First Lady Brigitte Macron and Melania Trump at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and US President Donald Trump walk on the red carpet.
Trump and Macron at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
US army veterans and guests attend a French-US ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery.
U.S. Army veterans and guests at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. Photo: Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images
Canadian veterans attend prior the international ceremony on Juno Beach in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, northwestern France.
Canadian veterans attend the international ceremony on Juno Beach in Courseulles-sur-Mer. Photo: Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty Images
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump after disembarking from Air Force One at Caen-Carpiquet Airport in Carpiquet, Normandy. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
The Trumps after landing at Caen-Carpiquet Airport in Carpiquet, Normandy. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
D-Day veteran Leonard Jindra, 98, at Normandy American Cemetery on June 06, 2019 near Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.
D-Day veteran Leonard Jindra, 98, arrives for the main ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day at Normandy American Cemetery. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
A visitor walks among graves at the Normandy American Cemetery on the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied D-Day invasion on June 06, 2019 near Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.
Normandy American Cemetery near Colleville-Sur-Mer contains the graves of over 9,600 U.S. soldiers killed on D-Day and in the Battle of Normandy. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
A bagpiper plays on a vestige of the atlantic wall on the beach of Arromanches on June 6, 2019.
A bagpiper plays on a vestige of the Atlantic Wall on Arromanches beach. Photo: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images
Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May greets Prince Charles, Prince of Wales outside Bayeux Cathedral on June 06, 2019 in Bayeux, France.
British Prime Minister Theresa May greets Prince Charles outside Bayeux Cathedral in Bayeux. Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Guests arrive at the Bayeux Cathedral, France, for the Royal British Legion Service of Remembrance, as part of commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Guests arrive at Bayeux Cathedral for the Royal British Legion Service of Remembrance. Photo: Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty Images
French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Theresa May lay a wreath together at the Inauguration of the British Normandy Memorial site in Ver-sur-Mer, France.
Macron and May at the inauguration of the British Normandy Memorial site in Ver-sur-Mer. Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May lay a wreath of flowers during a ceremony to lay the first stone of the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Macron and May during a ceremony to lay the first stone of the British Normandy Memorial. Photo: Philippe Wojazer/AFP/Getty Images
Collevillette: The British D-Day veteran, Roy Maxwell (M, 97), stands together with French soldiers on the beach of Collevillette.
British D-Day veteran Roy Maxwell, 97, stands with French soldiers on the beach of Collevillette. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images
Danish World War II veteran Antoinette Melgaard (C), 97, and Danish World War II resistant Poul Hoeg (L).
Danish World War II veteran Antoinette Melgaard (C), 97, and Danish World War II resistant Poul Hoeg (L) on Utah Beach in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Photo: Jean-Francois Monier/AFP/Getty Images
French President Emmanuel Macron greets British Prime Minister Theresa May.
Macron greets May in Ver-sur-Mer. Photo: Philippe Wojazer/AFP/Getty Images
Military vehicles line the beach at Arromanches in Normandy, northern France, ahead of a day of events to mark the 75 anniversary of D-Day.
Military vehicles line the beach at Arromanches in Normandy. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images
US soldiers look at the sunrise on Utah Beach in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, northwestern France, on June 6, 2019.
U.S. soldiers on Utah Beach in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Photo: Jean-Francois Monier/AFP/Getty Images
D-Day beachside celebrations in Normandy, France.
The American 1st Infantry Division monument overlooking Omaha Beach near Colleville-Sur-Mer, France, Thursday. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
A picture taken on Utah Beach in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, northwestern France, on June 6, 2019.
Utah Beach in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Photo: Jean-Francois MonierO/AFP/Getty Images

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