D-Day Veterans return to Normandy 80 years on 

We owe these men so much.

The Greatest Generation.

Cheers lads, you did us proud, I'm so grateful

These men saved the world when it needed saving. Will a generation save it again? I don’t know.

I have been in a very teary state leading up to this Ann. Now watching the clips. I am worse I am Canadian. My Dad landed on Juno Beach that day at the age of 20. He never talked about it. We watched the specials on TV but he never spoke about it He had a good life when he came home. Worked hard and had a good life. My parents raised us to be appreciative and strong. We offered to take him to the 50th Ann celebrations but he didn't want to go. Seeing some of these gentlemen in the beach band their emotions. I understand now. My Dad lived to be 89 and would have been 100 this past March. All I can say is....Thank You Dad....Thank you Gentlemen God bless you all. 😘🇨🇦

My Father and 4 of his brothers were all WW2 veterans. My Dad took part in the invasion of Normandy! He was 23 yrs old at the time. I can't even imagine what was going through his mind that day! Thank God he and his 4 brothers all survived the war and made it home. Tomorrow will be the 80th anniversary of the invasion. Thinking of that I get very emotional! My Father passed away July 17th 2011 at the age of 92. Since then his 4 brothers have all died! I just want to say Love you Dad and miss you very much. Thank you for your service and sacrifice!

My great uncle Jim was a British tank commander during D Day. He was sitting on top of the lead tank with the top hatch open when a German anti aircraft gun, with its barrel lowered, sent a shell directly into the front of his vehicle. He was blown 30 foot in the air suffering extremely bad burns and landed in a ditch. His life was saved when a platoon of African / American soldiers found him later that day. He was so badly burnt and blackened from his injuries that the African American soldiers assumed he was one of their own and he later regained consciousness in an American field hospital! Amazingly he survived and subsequently lived well into his 80’s. Heroes

I get a tear in my eyes every time I see these great men going over for the D DAY memorial week. My own father was there a week after D DAY. Thank you everyone who fought 80 years ago for the freedom of the world. RIP all those who died for the freedom we have today 🙏🙏

History we can never forget

It is great to see some of the guys still making the trip over. Thank you all for your service.

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Thank you for your service, for being there! And may our honorable dead rest in peace! 🙏 From the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇲

No one could help being mkved to tears by these remarkable old people❤🥺

never before in the history of mankind has so much been owed to so few. the greatest generation that has ever seen the light of day is almost gone. i will never forget them and my kids will hear the stories i have heard from them. may they all live forever in the history of the free world. never forgotten, never dying in our racial memory. true heroes all.

gives me chills watching these brave veterans

The best generation the world has ever seen crossed the channel for our survival god bless them all

God bless you and thankyou for what you all did ❤❤❤❤

I salute every single one of these men, I wouldn't be here without them.

AT 56 YR OLD IT ALWAYS BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYE WHEN I SEE THESE OLD BOYS ! OUR YOUTH HAVE'NT A CLUE HOW GOOD THEY HAVE IT THESE DAYS BECAUSE OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND MILLIONS MORE WHO DIED FOR US ? WE SHALL NEVER FORGET GUYS ! GODBLESS 🙏👊🇬🇧

We must never forget.

Never forget this historic day

A ship full of Heroes may we never forget the Fallen.

The debt we owe these heroes, who gave everything, to ensure we enjoy the freedoms we enjoy today. You have my total respect and gratitude.

Heroes ! ❤❤❤❤

What a world we've wasted. These men are owed so much

All I can say is thank you. Thank you for my life and freedom. Thank you for the life I have now. My grandad and men like you gave me everything. My grandad was a white cockney for East London and I would not be here if it wasn't for you. God bless

thanks for your service .R.I.P to all who gave their life for the World's Democracy .

THANK YOU

Thank you all from that era.. We all owe you so much , yet you never complain or ask for anything . .. ❤

As a German, I am deeply touched by these images. My family, town, sorroundings lost not only countless lifes in WW1 and WW2 but also took so many... I had relatives that were standing on the other side of those veterans. Sitting here and watching this, in our Europe, our home - is so deeply touching. My deepest respect to those brave men and those who left their lives for freedom. We must defend it at all cost.

These men don’t have PTSD……they have nostalgia

My Dad was there.....

God bless them all for the sacrifice they made for all of us .

They died and fought for us. We should remember this. They were a selfless generation. God bless them. 🙏🌺

Ignored by the media circus, eighty years ago today Rome was liberated and the British Indian Army was getting stuck in out in Burma. In far worse conditions than Normandy. No media hype for them I’m sad to say. Let’s remember all theatres and a little recognition for them wouldn’t go amiss. Fergal Keane, hats off for the brilliant work you did for the 14 th Army out East.

This is so moving. I am dropping a little tear, like the nice gentleman said.

Deepest respects to these courageous heroes and thank you for saving our parents and grandparents here in Europe. There are not enough words to express how grateful we are. 🇧🇪🇪🇺💖🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸

So many gave there lives to keep UK a free & democratic country. It must be so sad for those still alive to see what the UK has become & what those brave men did for us. Most of UK now must now be ashamed of what we have now become.

God Bless all veterans everywhere. And RIP to those who are waiting for their friends. Never forget. 🙏🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏❤️🫡

Those brave men. We should never forget.

Made me think about my Daddy who was in all 5 invasions in Europe.God Bless all of the Veterans❤❤❤

❤ Respect ❤

Thank you for the freedom Sir, Cheers!

Hats off to you boys and thankyou .🫡

Their incredible heroism is surpassed only by our even greater debt of gratitude to them.

One day my spirit will rise from grave and the world will see I was right " Based Uncle.

It was so moving to see these old soldiers, each with their own personal memories of comrades they lost, and the exspirinces of being in a fierce battle where death could come to you at any moment on that momentous day in history, June 6 1944.

Respect

Our greatest generation. The country's in a real mess today and I hate to think what these heroes think of it.

I am French and I m very grateful for what those guys done for France and Europe, and even if they were not here, I don't forget neither the Russians who paid a huge sacrifice too! and also the poor forced Germans, Romanians, Ukrainians who were forced to fight for the nazis! to all Thanks you and hope war never comes back again , even if we ve never been so close to WW3

Thank you!

how amazing is Albert

Thank you.

The greatest generation. Thank you for all your sacrifices. We shall never forget.

From the bottom of my heart thank you ❤️

THANK YOU xx

Thank you ❤

Unfathomable courage. We owe them every ounce of gratitude we have.

God bless them

God bless the soldiers who decided to fight, even with sacrifice of their lifes, for no tyranny in our Europe. A portuguese family. Respectfully. L+E

There will never be another generation like them , brave men and women facing the worst things you can imagine and they did it ! Gave the ultimate sacrifice. And for what. Today's generation? The youth of today don't deserve the sacrifice those brave men and women made .

Much respect and a salute to these D-Day veterans. Thank you all.

Thank you for helping us

we owe so much

Thank y’all for your service. These are real men.

Thanks men

We need this generation even more now. The last true patriots. Britain has never faced some much danger since those days.

God bless them all. They certainly earned the title of “The Greatest Generation”.🙏🇨🇦

The greatest generation, my grandfather was with the 82ABN on D-Day

So curious if Tik Tok gen shares this video... they should know that our freedom is not for granted, it was paid in blood...

Grazie per aver lottato per me e per aver reso il mio paese

GOD BLESS

My grandfather was a German general who notably oversaw the Atlantic Wall. I was in Normandy in June 2015, 2019 and 2024 as well as in Bastogne (Belgium) in December 2019 for the celebrations of these battles. I am always moved to see the veterans of the allied countries. I think this war could have ended sooner if intelligent German officers had shown more courage

They will probably be the only elderly generation ever be given the respect and the spotlight for their generations collective sacrifice for humanity.

Hand Salute and thank you.

My respects and salutations to the bravery and tenacity of these guys 🫡

How sobering it is to hear these men speak. We must not forget them, or we will repeat the horrors they fought so bravely to quell.

The youth of today,must be told about this part of our history!!!

We owe all the freedoms we have today to these brave men. I am 38 years old now, and even now I often imagine what it must have been like to arrive on those beaches on D day. To see your friends and comrades fall, to know you must push on, to know that the future for your grandchildren, and their grandchildren, depended on you that day. How all the Jews trapped in concentration camps depended on you for their futures as well. How I would love to spend hours with them and hear their stories. We must also make sure that those who fought and those who lost their lives on D day so we can live in freedom and peace did not do so in vain. All talk of a 'world war three' needs to stop, now. We must be better, we must think better and we must do better, for us and for them.

A pleasure to watch!

Imagine how hard it was for the allies and resistance, to fight the french and nazis , from the sea

#rip to all 80 years ago and today's and beyond

THANK YOU ISN'T ENOUGH. WE SHOULD BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THEY DID FOR US. ❤😥

God save our KING

My dad is there with his restored ww2 bike.

I once saw a RU-vid video of a WW2 vet that knew an American civil war vet when he was a child. To speak to somebody that’s alive today that spoke to a civil war veteran is mind blowing to me.

Salute ! ❤❤❤

These soldiers are the real celebrities..

We will remember them,our children should all learn about this

The greatest generation.

We owe these men so very very very much - bless their hearts ❤

Great heroes ❤

80 years ago, General Eisenhower directed the greatest invasion force in history. Shortly before D-Day, he came to inspect the American troops in training in Exmoor, England. One day, he told his aides to wait for him while he climbed alone to the summit of a hill. There, aware of his helplessness, the man who would become President of the United Sates turned to the Lord is prayer. Whatever battles we face, prayer to God is our greatest weapon.

My Dad was a DDay vet. Lest We Forget! 🌺🇨🇦

Never forget!!!!!

Real men

Glory to the heroes!

The uk should look after the veterans

the French "legion d'honneur" is really nice! this blood red fabric and the shape of the medal....great.

Words cannot describe the gratitude I have for these great men