D-Day remembered on 75th anniversary in France

France commemorated on Thursday the 75th anniversary of the start of a big offensive to save Europe from Nazi Germany occupation and to end World War II.

French President Emmanuel Macron hosted British Prime Minister Theresa May in France’s Ver-Sur-Mer commune.

During the ceremony, Macron said a British monument will be built in memory of 25,000 soldiers who fought for France, adding that it is a decision that he and May took last year.

Macron will later host U.S. President Donald Trump at an American cemetery in Colleville-Sur-Mer province.

Some 160,000 Allied troops mostly from the U.S., U.K. and Canada landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944 -- the start of the end phase of one of the bloodiest wars in human history.

* Writing by Erdogan Cagatay Zontur