France invited top leaders of the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States and others to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Normandy Landing, a watershed battle in WWII.

法国曾邀请英国、俄罗斯、美国等国的领导人参加诺曼底登陆70周年纪念活动。那次战役扭转了二战的局势。

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Soon after D-Day in 1944, while still a lieutenant, he became the first Welshman in WWII to be awarded the VC for his leadership in an assault on a German machine-gun post in Normandy.

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