poignant/dwindling

6月6日といえば。D-Dayですね。

Normandy marks D-day anniversary with new memorial
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/06/memorial-to-british-d-day-heroes-opens-in-poignant-ceremony

＜引用＞
Once again, the coronavirus has prevented British and other veterans from returning to relive, as they have in previous years, their longest day. On Sunday, 77 years on, most are aged over 95, and frail. Their numbers are of course dwindling.

It is particularly poignant this year as for the first time, surviving British Normandy veterans and their families have their own dedicated memorial to the largest sea invasion in history.
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こっち↓の記事の方が記念碑と記念式典について全貌がよくわかるのですが、辞書を引かなくても読めてしまうところがこのブログの目的とあいません。

British Normandy Memorial unveiled in France to honour veterans
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57373932

しかし。この手の記事はWikipedia地獄にはまりがちです。

Battle of Normandy = Operation Overlord: 6 June – 30 August 1944
Operation Bluecoat : 30 July – 7 August 1944
Arromanches > Gold Beach > Mulberry
Pegasus bridge over the Caen canal

Britannicaもやばい。
https://www.britannica.com/event/Normandy-Invasion

かくして英語の勉強ができなくなります。