44th Anniversary of D-Day Invasion to Be Marked in France
Nations that fought in the Battle of Normandy will mark the 44th anniversary today of the D-Day invasion of German-occupied France by opening a museum dedicated to world peace.
The mammoth glass-and-stone memorial outside the city of Caen will house multi-media exhibits that stress the lessons of World War II as much as the battle itself.
The museum includes a research center with computerized access to war archives in France and overseas, a film and photography archive and six exhibits that explain the development of the war from its origins in the post-World War I period.
Caen Mayor Jean-Marie Girault said his objective in building the museum was to stress the fight against fascism, not to glorify battlefield victories.
Allied forces landed along an 80-mile front of Normandy coastline on June 6, 1944.
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