D-DAY memorial events will be taking place in and around Dudley on Thursday June 6.
The Mayor of Dudley will lay a wreath at the cenotaph in Ednam Road, Dudley, at 10am to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
D-Day was the biggest military naval, air and land operation ever attempted and it marked the beginning of the campaign by Allied Forces to liberate north-west Europe from Nazi occupation.
Tens of thousands of troops landing simultaneously on five separate beaches in Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944.
The D-Day anniversary flag will also be flown from Dudley Council House on the day to mark the anniversary of the momentous military operation - and the building will be lit up in red, white and blue in the evening.
Dudley Zoo and Castle will also be lighting a beacon at 9.15pm on Thursday to coincide with beacons being lit throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
A beacon will also be lit at Kinver Edge by the toposcope at 9.15pm following a day of commemorative events in the village.
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