President Joe Biden took some heat Monday for failing to recognize the 78th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France.
The invasion, which began on June 6th, 1944, saw nearly 160,000 Allied troops (most were Americans, but a number of British, Canadian, and Australian troops were among them as well) advance along a 50-mile stretch of the French coastline. Because the beaches and the surrounding cliffs were so well fortified by Nazi occupiers, thousands were killed the first waves of the attack — but the Allies eventually took the beaches and then pushed further inland, marking a decisive victory and a turning point on the European front.
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