Aaj TV English News - World https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:59:33 +0500 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:59:33 +0500 60 Normandy D-Day beaches win UNESCO world heritage status https://english.aaj.tv/news/330465203/normandy-d-day-beaches-win-unesco-world-heritage-status <p><strong>The Normandy <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/pictures/80-years-since-d-day-defining-photos-allied-invasion-2024-06-05/">D-Day</a> beaches where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944, to ​fight Adolf Hitler’s Nazi troops and ‌go on to liberate France have become a UNESCO protected world heritage site, the United Nations ​body said on Sunday.</strong></p> <p>In a ​statement on its website, UNESCO said that ⁠the beaches formed an “exceptional cultural landscape ​shaped both by the events of 1944 and ​by their enduring remembrance”, which therefore justified becoming a protected heritage site.</p> <p>The Normandy D-Day beaches are ​regularly the focus of commemorations featuring ​world leaders from the United States, Britain, Canada and ‌France.</p> <p>⁠Soldiers participating in the Normandy landings came from the United States, Britain, Canada, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Luxembourg, Greece, Czechoslovakia, New Zealand ​and Australia.</p> <p>Some ​177 ⁠French commandos also took part.</p> <p>The <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/d-day-anniversary-key-facts-allied-normandy-landings-2024-06-03/">assault</a> marked a decisive stage in ​the liberation of Europe from Nazi ​Germany ⁠in World War Two.</p> <p>In total, 156,115 Allied troops either landed by sea — onto beaches ​codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold, ​Juno and Sword — or were airdropped behind German coastal ​defences.</p> The Normandy D-Day beaches where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944, to ​fight Adolf Hitler’s Nazi troops and ‌go on to liberate France have become a UNESCO protected world heritage site, the United Nations ​body said on Sunday.

In a ​statement on its website, UNESCO said that ⁠the beaches formed an “exceptional cultural landscape ​shaped both by the events of 1944 and ​by their enduring remembrance”, which therefore justified becoming a protected heritage site.

The Normandy D-Day beaches are ​regularly the focus of commemorations featuring ​world leaders from the United States, Britain, Canada and ‌France.

⁠Soldiers participating in the Normandy landings came from the United States, Britain, Canada, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Luxembourg, Greece, Czechoslovakia, New Zealand ​and Australia.

Some ​177 ⁠French commandos also took part.

The assault marked a decisive stage in ​the liberation of Europe from Nazi ​Germany ⁠in World War Two.

In total, 156,115 Allied troops either landed by sea — onto beaches ​codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold, ​Juno and Sword — or were airdropped behind German coastal ​defences.

]]> World https://english.aaj.tv/news/330465203 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:41:14 +0500 none@none.com (Reuters) US reinforcements land on Omaha beach during the Normandy D-Day landings near Vierville sur Mer, France, on June 6, 1944. -- Reuters file