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Most British newspapers run front-page photos of veterans who have come to the beaches of Normandy to mark 6 June’s 70th anniversary of D-Day. The Guardian editorial says the commemoration of D-Day “cements its claim to be the foundation event of our era”, setting the ground for a more democratic and egalitarian society. Writes the daily —
The distance between officers and men shrank, engagement and understanding was as important as obedience, men and women worked with equal energy for victory and, as bombs tore at the cities, shared risks. […] All this prefigured a different attitude to class and gender after the fighting stopped. The level of solidarity achieved during the conflict, even if somewhat romanticised, has become a standard by which to measure how far we have fallen since.
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