The centenarian was sent in 1943 from Marseille to Germany, where he worked unpaid for more than two years in a chemical plant. His lawyer says France would be in breach of international law by ...

France, by sea and air, to liberate Western Europe from Nazi Germany. The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II.

But the two special visitors had been to Camp Shanks before – they were among the soldiers of the 65th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army to ship out from Camp Shanks to France in January 1945.

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With France conquered, Germany plans a knockout blow to Britain ... and the most destructive war in history comes to an end. WW2: How was D-Day, the biggest ever seaborne invasion, launched?