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D-Day Anniversary Reconstructing the D-Day and Allied landings for the 65th anniversary. A man wearing a World War II helmet stands in front of the Sainte-Mere-Eglise church where a US parachute hangs. Picture: AFP The Germans took St Mere Eglise on June 18th 1940. Picture: AFP A man wearing a World War II uniform is reflected in the window of a store in Sainte-Mere-Eglise museum dedicated to the Second World War. Picture: AFP The cafe of Franco-American Marc Gillingham, in Le Molay-Littry, a few days before the celebrations begin for the 65th anniversary of D-Day. Picture: AFP Franco-American cafe manager Marc Gillingham poses with his wife Maryse. Picture: AFP World War II vehicles arrive in Arromanches-les-Bains, one of the beaches used by British troops in the Allied invasion. Picture: AFP People arrive at Arromanches-les-Bains to take part in a reconstruction of the D-Day landings. Picture: AFP Arromanches was selected as one of the sites for two Mulberry Harbours built on the Normandy coast, the other one built further West at Omaha Beach. Picture: AFP Sainte-Mere-Eglise was one of the first towns liberated in the invasion. Picture: AFP The primary D-Day objectives were for the 50th Infantry Division to establish a beachhead between Arromanches and Ver-sur-Mer. Picture: AFP Today Arromanches is mainly a tourist town there is also a museum with information about Operation Overlord and the Mulberry harbours. Picture: AFP People dressed in World War II uniforms walk on the Arromanches-les-Bains beach. Picture: AFP In the early morning of 6 June 1944 mixed units of the U.S. 82nd Airborne and U.S. 101st Airborne Divisions occupied the town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise. Picture: AFP