A ceremony held earlier this month to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings gathered top leaders of countries involved in the Invasion of Normandy in 1944.
While there are few remaining survivors of those who actually took part in the World War II operation, it is still remembered by many as the first step toward the Allied liberation of Europe from fascism.
What was significant is that the ceremony was attended by the top leader of Germany, which was the target of the Allied attacks in the operation. Germany is celebrating the event because it, too, is a beneficiary of the operation that led to liberation from fascist rule.