FILE - Rouen, one of the most scarred cities in France, is seen after being completely freed from the Nazis, on Sept. 1, 1944. In the days following the allied landings in Normandy, Rouen was subjected to heavy air attacks due to the fact that it is the last point at which the Seine has been bridged. In addition to this damage, before leaving the city, the Germans sacked many buildings. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Men of an airborne unit use a German half-track motor-cycle to carry their ammunition and supplies in the Carontan area of Normandy on June 17, 1944. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - A British tank makes its way along a street, with the battle still in progress, as the city is still fringed with Nazi guns which continually lob shells into the street, in St. Lo, Normandy, France on June 20, 1944. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - U.S. soldiers stand on the remains of a house as they inspect damage in Caretan, in the Normandy region of France, June 15, 1944. The 80th anniversary this week of D-Day is a mixed bag of emotions for French survivors of the Battle of Normandy. They remain eternally grateful for their liberation from Nazi occupation in World War II but cannot forget its steep cost in French lives. (AP Photo/Peter Carroll, File)
FILE - A view of the town hall of Cherbourg, France, on June 28, 1944, during the ceremony held immediately after the Americans had entered the town. At this ceremony the Normandy port was turned back to the French by the Americans. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - A scene of some of the fiercest fighting in the Normandy campaign is seen in St. Lo, France on August 29, 1944. (AP Photo, File)
Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, meets a 104-year-old woman who experienced the WW II bombings during a ceremony in tribute to the civilian victims of World War II, ahead of celebrations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day landing in Normandy, in Saint-Lo, Wednesday, June 5 2024. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)
FILE - British Royal Engineers break down concrete emplacements of the German West Wall in Port en Bassin in France on June 22, 1944. Port en Bassin was the first port to be captured in Normandy after the Allied landing, on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - British troops and vehicles passing inland through a village in Normandy linemen are busy laying down communication cables while British, Canadian and U.S. Armour passes them en route for the frontline, on June 13, 1944. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - British Commandos pass through the streets of a town near Caen, in Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. Following the initial landings on the French coast, Allied troops at once began to push inland. Passing through Normandy villages they were given warm welcome by the inhabitants. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Wounded American soldiers, most of them victims of German snipers, are loaded onto a truck for transport to a field hospital behind the front lines, in St. Mere Eglise, June 11, 1944. Some 20,000 Normandy civilians were killed in the June 6, 1944, Allied invasion and as the landing forces fought inland. Young soldiers from the United States and other Allied nations are remembered for their exploits, kindness and sacrifices. (AP Photo/Peter J. Carroll, File)