Since 2016, the Normandy Region (Région Normandie) has advocated for a World Peace Forum, showing its commitment to international action to protect the values of peace, freedom, human rights and democracy. This ambition is rooted in the history of the region and its link to the rest of the world. To pay tribute to the thousands of men on the Norman coasts in June 1944, who would begin the battle for Normandy that would lead to the defeat of the Nazi regime. Tens of thousands of young men and thousands of civilians lost their lives during this key battle in the Second World War.