Schroeder to lay wreath at D-Day soldier's grave

Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will lay a wreath at the tomb of an unknown German soldier during this weekend’s 60th anniversary commemorations of the Allied D-Day invasion in Normandy.

Schroeder, the first German chancellor to take part in D-Day commemorations, will on Sunday visit a military cemetery in Ranville where 322 Germans are buried alongside some 2,200 fallen Commonwealth soldiers.