Western leaders gathered on the beaches of northern France on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that marked the start of the successful campaign to free Western Europe from the oppression of Nazi Germany. French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Britain’s King Charles III were among the leaders who paid tribute to the Allied troops who served on June 6, 1944. “They left everything behind and took all risks for our independence, for our freedom. We will not forget that,” Macron said at the Normandy American Ce…