Historians and campaigners accused United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of desecrating the memory of the soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, after he used a D-Day commemoration speech on Saturday to warn that Europe faces an "invasion" of dangerous ideologies arriving by sea.

Hegseth made the remarks during a speech at Normandy American Cemetery in France.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned on Saturday that Europe faced what he called an invasion of dangerous ideologies arriving by sea, linking