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1 The largest British cemetery in France of World War II
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY The largest British cemetery in France of World War II

2 British - 3,935 Canadian Australian - 17 New Zealand - 8 South African - 1 Polish - 25 France - 3 Czech - 2 Italian - 2 Russian - 7 German Unidentified - 1

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4 Queen Elizabeth visits the cemetery for the 50th anniversary

5 Queen Elizabeth II and President of France Jacques Chirac attended ceremonies at the cemetery on June 6, 2004, marking the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion

6 Normandy American cemetery near Colleville sur Mer: 9,387 American military dead

7 Jon Henley in Colleville-sur-Mer The Guardian, Monday 7 June 2004 Yesterday George Bush and Jacques Chirac, apparently determined to set aside their differences over a more recent invasion, paid tribute to the dead of Omaha beach in the first of the official bi-national ceremonies of the 60th anniversary day. Mr Chirac said the French would forever remain grateful to America. "France will never forget," Mr Chirac said. "It will never forget those men who made the supreme sacrifice to liberate our soil, our native land, our continent, from the yoke of Nazi barbarity and its murderous folly. Nor will it ever forget its debt to America, its everlasting friend."

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