Saturday is the 65th anniversary of D-Day, when tens of thousands of Allied troops landed on the beach in Normandy, France to fight the Germans.

Thousands of Canadians took part in the battle that changed the course of the second World War.

They are being honoured throughout the nation this weekend.

Here in Montreal events were held across the island to mark the historic day.

At the Dorval legion, veterans were piped in and introduced with their name and rank.

Meanwhile Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and other world leaders are in Normandy.

Harper was joined by a Canadian student, and veteran Phil Lebreton, who fought in France as they visited a cemetery where more than 2000 Canadians are buried.

The laid a wreath at the grave of a young man who was never identified. His sacrifice, as one of 155,000 men who came ashore along an 80 kilometre front into heavy enemy fire.

The Canadian mission on D-Day was to capture the beach at Juno. On June 6, 1944, Canadian soldiers took the beach, and advanced further inland than any other allied soldiers.