UNESCO adds Normandy's D-Day landing beaches to World Heritage List

UNESCO has designated Normandy's D-Day landing beaches as a World Heritage site, France 24 reports. The eighty-kilometre stretch of northwest French coastline was where Allied forces staged their invasion in June nineteen forty-four, a turning point in the war against Nazi Germany and the liberation of Europe. The designation recognizes these beaches as a place of profound historical significance in the Second World War.

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