Joe Biden remembered D-Day with a strong warning to Vladimir Putin, “a tyrant bent on domination”

The moving ceremony on the 80th anniversary of Normandy’s landing It served North American President Joe Biden to launch his clearest warning to Russia and Vladimir Putin, its president, in the midst of the presidential campaign against Donald Trump.

“The fight between dictatorship and freedom is endless. Here in Europe we see a clear example. Ukraine has been invaded by a tyrant determined to dominate,” said President Biden, from the enormous North American cemetery in Normandy.

“Isolationism was not the answer 80 years ago, and it is not the answer today,” he said. “We know that the dark forces these heroes fought against 80 years ago never fade,” he remarked.

He prayed that the United States would never forget the importance of alliances, pointing to NATO as the “largest military alliance in the history of the world.”

“We will not leave,” he said.

As Biden spoke, images of the latest Russian missile attack on Kherson were appearing, a sample of its offensive in Ukraine.

At his side was Emmanuel Macron, who did not announce that he might send training troops to Ukraine. At the ceremony he presented the American veterans with the French Legion of Honor at the American cemetery in

“Make no mistake, the autocrats of the world are watching closely,” warned the American president.

“Surrendering to bullies, bowing down to dictators, is simply unthinkable. If we did that, it would mean that we would be forgetting what happened here on these sacred beaches,” the American president continued.

“History tells us that freedom is not free. If you want to know the price of freedom, come to Normandy and see. Head to the other cemeteries in Europe where our fallen heroes rest. Come home to Arlington. Remember that the price of unbridled tyranny is the blood of the young and the brave. In their generation, in their hour of trial, the Allied forces on D-Day did their duty. Now the question for us is: in our hour of trial, will we do ours?

In an open parallel with Ukraine, President Biden assured: “We have to ask ourselves if we will face evil, overwhelming brutality. Will we defend freedom, will we defend democracy? We’ll be together? My answer is yes and it can only be yes,” said the American president.

“In memory of those who fought here, died here, literally saved the world here, let us be worthy of their sacrifice. Let us be the generation that history will write about 10, 20, 50, 80 years from now. Let it say: when the time came, we faced it and stood firm,” he added.

Biden said the dark forces that allies fought 80 years ago have not faded. He said that the fight between dictatorships and freedom is endless. He emphasizes that Ukraine remains a clear example and that it has been invaded by a tyrant, but that Ukrainians are not backing down. “We will not leave,” Biden stressed.

Biden said D-Day showed that Democracy is stronger than any army in the world. He went on to say that they demonstrated the unbreakable unity of the allies.

“What the allies did 80 years ago far exceeds anything we could have done on our own,” he said. He reminded those present of the value of working together. There was applause when he spoke about the NATO alliance.

Biden said walking the cemetery rows has reminded him of American history. “Different races, different religions. But all Americans, who served with honor when the United States and the world needed them most,” he acknowledged. “From coast to coast, Americans found countless ways to collaborate,” she noted.

“The men who fought here became heroes. Not because they were the strongest, toughest or fiercest (although they were), but because they were given a daring mission, knowing that the chance of dying was real. But they did it anyway. They knew, without a doubt, that there are things worth fighting and dying for: freedom is worth it. Democracy is worth it. America is worth it. The world is worth it. So, now and always,” President Biden acknowledged.

The head of the White House described the history leading up to the D-Day landings. He praised the bravery of the forces who were aware that their chances of survival were low. He praised the courage and determination of American and allied forces. “Many never came, many survived that longest day,” he recalled.

“Some members of that noble group of brothers are here today,” he said. He then highlighted the exploits of some of those veterans sitting on the platform next to him.

The Democratic leader acknowledged that it was the greatest honor to be able to greet the D-Day veterans in Normandy. “God loves all of you,” he told them.

Joe Biden stated that “democracy is never guaranteed, each generation must preserve it, defend it and fight for it.”

“This is the test we face today. The memory of those who fought then, who saved the world then, we must be worthy of their sacrifice,” he declared, referring to the people who fought during the Landings.

“Autocrats around the world are following very closely everything that happens in Ukraine,” Joe Biden stressed during the Franco-American landing ceremony.

Citing the war in Ukraine, Biden called not to “surrender to dictators.”

“Isolationism was not the answer 80 years ago, and it is not the answer today,” the president insisted. “Dark forces never fade” and “the desire to dominate, control and change borders by force” continues today, he noted.

The American president cited the case of Ukraine, “invaded by a tyrant”: “We cannot surrender to dictators, it is unimaginable,” he said.

The president of the United States began with an account of the devastation and evil unleashed on the world by Hitler in his speech.

He told the stories of some veterans in the audience, including a doctor, whose plane crashed under German fire before going on to treat wounds and save lives.

“Each of them knew that the probability of dying was real, but they did it anyway,” he said.

D-Day “turned the situation in our favor” and demonstrated that “the forces of freedom are stronger than the forces of conquest,” he added, stating that it demonstrated the “unbreakable unity of the Allies.”