France on Saturday commemorated the 80th anniversary of Free French forces liberating the eastern city of Strasbourg from the Nazis. “When we knew the flag was up on the cathedral, we had reached our objective,” one of the veteran fighters said during the ceremony, which was also attended by President Emmanuel Macron.
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