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World

The political appropriation of D-Day

5 June 2024

4:00 PM

5 June 2024

4:00 PM

If there is one place to avoid this week it is Normandy. The global elite are in town to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Along with as many as 25 world leaders there will be upwards of 12,000 of their security staff invading this normally sleepy part of Northern France.

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