the allies have found firm resistance and are prepared for even stronger contests. ss than a week after the initial landings, we hadakthe g. in the northern reaches of russia, the mountains of italy and here against this tremendous military operation. ♪ among those witnessing the beach at operation where the supreme allied commander, general eisenhower. here he meets with admiral ramsey and general montgomery. the supreme commander is on hand

to learn firsthand how the offensive is going. what he learned was good indeed. the meeting of this brilliant leaders represents the united nations' unity. the british leader returns to his headquarters to get on with the business at hand. ♪ >> soldiers, sailors and■1 airmn of the force, you are about to embark on the great crusade toward which we haven't spent these many months. the eyes of the world are upon you. the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. in company with our brave allies

and brothers in arms on other ■éfronts, you will bring about e destruction of the german war machine. the elimination of nazi -- over the oppressed people of europe and security for ourselves in a free world. your task will not be an easy one. your enemy is well-trained and battle hardened. he will fight savagely. this is the year 1944. much has happened since the nazi triumphs of 1940 and 1941. they have suffered great defeat in open battle. our air offensive has reduced their strength. our home front has given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. the tide has turned. the free men of the world are

marching together to victory. i have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. we will accept nothing less than full victory. good luck and let us all -- mighty god upon this great and noble undertaking. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] [capg performed by the national captioning institute, which is resnsle for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> a nebraska congressman is in france for t day ceremonies. he posted there are 9388 ameranburied at normandy and 307 were unknown, not identified when buried. freedom is not free. representative jerry sewall said alabama is well represented in anniversary of d-day. thrilled tere with senators to remember and honor the brave heroes who fought to defe o freedoms. an sat ted cruz posted in normandy for the 80th anniversary of d-day.

read into steven spielbe a tom hanks, two master orellers who have done a beautiful job chronicling the heroism of the greatest generation. over the next hour we will hear past pspeech remembering d-day. xt, president obama at omaha beach in 2014. then, president george w bush thinking the more the 9000 american soldiers who e buried at the cemetery in normandy, france. president biden commemorating the anniversary of d-day. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications. >> charter is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers and we are just getting started. building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. >>