Community D-Day 80: A 12-year-old's Perspective By Bryony Hart Contributor Published 1st Jul 2024, 11:34 BST Comment Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now This article was written by Rayan from Portsmouth Grammar School as part of the Portsmouth Youth News Day. D-Day 80 is the event that commemorates the thousands of valiant soldiers who risked their lives to the success of Operation Overlord that was to gain control of Normandy and make sure it's in the allies’ hands. France had been invaded by the Nazis and had lost much of its land.
On the 6th of June 1944, 4000 soldiers lost their lives committing to the success of Operation Overlord. The Operation was a great success due to the fact that all the soldiers, pilots, sailors and cryptographers played their role. Many schools were invited to take part in the D-Day 80 event and learn about what happened on this historic day.
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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. Many students had their own relatives play a personal role in this event. Ma.