Allied Leaders Pay Tribute to D-Day Veterans

Allied leaders have been paying tribute to veterans of D-Day, as they mark the 65th anniversary of the landings at a series of events in Normandy.

US President Barack Obama said the bravery and selflessness of a few changed the course of a whole century, the BBC reported.

He was speaking alongside French, Canadian and UK leaders at the American cemetery near Omaha Beach, scene of fierce fighting on 6 June 1944.

The Allies suffered 215 000 casualties on D-Day and in the Normandy campaign.

Germany suffered similar losses as the Allies fought desperately up the beaches and into the French countryside to form a bridgehead.

Speaking at the US war cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, overlooking Omaha Beach, Obama said it was the sheer improbability of the D-Day victory that had made it so memorable.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Canada's Stephen Harper also recalled the Allies' sacrifices in their speeches.

Britain's Prince Charles was in attendance after the US intervened in a cross-channel row over the lack of an invitation for Queen Elizabeth.

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