Normandy today marked the 62nd anniversary of the D-Day landings that changed the course of the Second World War with a military ceremony and veterans’ talks to schoolchildren.

Normandy today planned to mark the 62nd anniversary of the D-Day landings that changed the course of the Second World War with a military ceremony and veterans’ talks to French schoolchildren.

A MONUMENT at a French cemetery to Jewish soldiers who died in the Battle of Verdun was damaged overnight by vandals, authorities said.