On May 7, 1945, German General Alfred Jodl signed an unconditional surrender at Reims, France. Fighting by the brave soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the allied forces western front, and Russian forces on the eastern front, led to the defeat of German Nazi forces. By June 30, over 850,000 men, 148,000 vehicles, and 570,000 tons of supplies had landed on the Normandy shores. Casualties from these countries during the landing numbered 10,300. Almost 133,000 troops from the United States, the British Commonwealth, and their allies, landed on D-Day. The invasion force included 7,000 ships and landing craft manned by over 195,000 naval personnel from eight allied countries. The beaches were given the code names UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, and SWORD. The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France. “There are very core interests that are at stake in the Arctic, but it is an opportunity to find new patterns of cooperation,” he said.The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar would accompany Clinton to Nuuk.
Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg told a Washington think-tank audience on Monday, noting that U.S. “It’s an important gathering, but also a symbol of some of the big challenges that the Arctic faces,” U.S. The council includes the United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Denmark, which handles foreign affairs for Greenland, as well as groups representing indigenous inhabitants of the Arctic most directly affected as ice and snow retreat. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will join foreign ministers from seven other Arctic states in Greenland’s tiny capital of Nuuk - population 15,000 - on Thursday for an Arctic Council meeting on the next steps for a region where warming temperatures are creating huge new challenges and unlocking untapped resources. A Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker during an Arctic exercise, in Allen Bay, Nunavut, August 25, 2010.
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