Lord Edward Llewellyn, British Ambassador to France, and France's Defence Minister Florence Parly arrive for the official opening ceremony of the British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer, on the 77th anniversary of D-Day, on June 6, 2021. (Photo by S COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) - When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by Allied soldiers on June 6, 1944, landing on the Nazi-occupied Normandy shore.Several ceremonies are scheduled Sunday to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and western Europe from Nazi control, and honor those who fell.On D-Day, more than.