Paratroopers jump into flower fields, rangers climb cliffs: This is how "D-Day" is celebrated

Commemorative services marking the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy in World War Two began today in Portsmouth, southern England.

Along with about 300 veterans, the British Queen Elizabeth II, US President Donald Trump and other leaders of allied countries from the war, as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are attending the ceremony.

The ceremony began with applause for the veterans, and then the memories of the "D-Day" participants were broadcast on a big screen, in order to focus on the sacrifices of the soldiers.

Troops began boarding ships at Portsmouth on June 5, 1944, to attack the Normandy beaches at dawn on June 6.

Crowds of people gathered behind the guardrails and cheered on the Queen, herself a veteran of World War II, in which she served as a truck mechanic.

Earlier today, in honor of the veterans of the Normandy landings, around 200 paratroopers jumped into the flower fields around the Normandy town of Carantan, one of the first Allied targets on June 6, 1944.

Also, by climbing the steep and sharp cliffs of Poin de Hoc, the American Rangers paid their respects to the soldiers who on "D-Day" destroyed German cannons and machine guns at that position between Omaha and Utah beaches.

Of the 235 people who went on the attack, only 90 were alive and unharmed two days later.

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