as frank gardner reports. war planes from another time. memories from 80 years ago. today, a chance to honor those men and women who took part in d day, the operation that helped end the second world war. service chiefs, prime ministers past and present, the royalfamily and of course, the veterans. roy haywood was 19 on that day, a trooper in the sherwood rangers. i landed in on the evening of d day, and three weeks later i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my legs below the knee. i returned home eventually, and i have to say that i always considered myself one of the lucky ones that survived because so many of us didn t. this was the largest ever amphibious invasion in human history, over150,000 british, us, canadian and french troops landing on normandy s beaches under withering fire from german defenses. let us once again commit ourselves always to remember, cherish and honor those who served that day and to live up to the freedom they died for. honoring
accompanied the beach landings. t am accompanied the beach landings. i am on the beach accompanied the beach landings. t n on the beach where people are gathering ahead of the 80th anniversary tomorrow. labour has accused the prime minister of lying in the leaders debate last night, when he claimed the tax plans would cost households £2000. the conservatives are standing by the figure. campaigning continues across the country we ll focus on two battleground constituencies. hello, i m ben thompson. the king and queen, and the prince of wales, have joined second world war veterans at an event in portsmouth to mark this week s 80th anniversary of d day. the normandy landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history, with the 1944 battle laying the foundation for an allied victory. the special ceremony was narrated by dame helen mirren and included a fly past by the red arrows.
force, 90% would lose their lives. think about that. 90%. they were basically fodder for the machine gunners and cannons that were straight ahead. katie: amazing thing how they duped the germans, adolf hitler was asleep when d-day started. i watched the documentary style martha mccallum did on sunday. she talked about how they put fake planes in eastern europe to try and, you know, do a dupe of the nazis so they thought there was going to be an invasion there when they were planning it in france. amazes history with the way that they set up that invasion. steve: that s right. it was the biggest amphibious military invasion ever partially launched from portsmouth, which is where we are looking at right now. now, the beach landings, which happen tomorrow, were preceded by aerial assault 13,000 u.s. paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st airborne.