Speaking at the sun-drenched event, and in the face of high temperatures, Mr Hollande said: "It's up to us to have the same vision, the same courage, to be just as bright and have the same determination as those who came to these beaches 70 years ago."
The president also hailed "the courage of all these young men who came from all over the world to conquer - metre after metre, inch after inch - the beaches and the dunes".
"I really wish to pay tribute to the courage and the Germans who were actually victims of Nazi rule," he added.
"They were led into a war which was not theirs and which would have never been theirs. And today we really want to pay homage to all the victims of Nazi rule."
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Umieją narodowcy czytać?
@andrzej_gownooki: Nie umieją. I właśnie dlatego daje tej treści UV. Bo Narodowcy nie umieją czytać, a ja z tego brechtam. Truelolcontent jak nic.