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Remembering the invasion that turned the tide of WWII

Clip: 6/6/2014 | 5m 27s

World leaders and veterans honor the invasion that turned the tide of WWII

It was a military assault unlike anything the world had ever seen: In 1944, well over 150,000 allied troops landed in France to fight the Nazis. On the 70th anniversary of D-Day, President Obama and other world leaders gathered at Normandy to salute the U.S. troops who stormed the shore and changed the course of the second World War. Judy Woodruff reports.

06/06/2014 | Rating NR

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