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Good afternoon. It is 4. 20pm and today is a special day. The 70th | :00:11. | :00:18. | |
anniversary of D-Day. To mark the occasion Nel has a special programme | :00:19. | :00:24. | |
for you, from France. Welcome to Newsround, with me Nel t. A place | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
that -- with me Nel. A place here looks very different than it did in | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
1944. It was one of the fiercest battles | :00:34. | :00:48. | |
of World War II. Today, the beach is littered with people, who have | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
travelled from around the world to be part of the special events. The | :00:53. | :00:54. | |
commemorations began at midnight with fireworks. This morning world | :00:55. | :00:56. | |
leaders including David Cameron and Barack Obama paid tribute to the | :00:57. | :01:02. | |
soldiers who fought here. These people fought wars so we may be | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
free. They fought in hopes of a day when we would no longer need to | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
fight. We are grateful to them. The Queen is also here with Prince | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
Charles. She laid a wreath and met some of the hundreds of ex-soldiers | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
who have come to remember those they fought alongside. It is the biggest | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
seaborne attack in military history and was of huge significance in | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
helping the allies eventually win in World War II. | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
??FORCEWHITE NEWSREEL: As down broke, the greatest Armada | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
of ships the world has ever seen went through the narrow waters. | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
France and Europe are under the control of German forces. After | :01:42. | :01:48. | |
years of careful, top-secret planning, America, Britain and | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
Canada came one a plan to begin invading Europe. The day it began | :01:53. | :01:59. | |
will forever be known as D-Day. ??FORCEWHITE NEWSREEL: | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
Once again we were back on the soil of France. In the early hours of | :02:03. | :02:10. | |
June 6th, 7,000 ships carrying British, American and Canadian | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
forces arrived here, off the coast of Normandy. It was to be the | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
largest gathering of an invading force in history. | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
It was the worst experience of my life. I was scared. I was on that | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
beach and I was scared. I never moved until we got to France because | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
it was so rough and there were ships on fire each side of us. You | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
survived. You had to, you had no choice. By midnight 100,000 troops | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
were taking control of the area, fighting through heavy German | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
defences. What they did had a huge impact on the Second World War. To | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
defeat Nazi Germany you have to get to Germany. The only way you can do | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
that is by invading continental Europe, getting into France, which | :03:00. | :03:02. | |
is the biggest country and sweeping eastwards. It was at a cost. Nearly | :03:03. | :03:09. | |
3,000 British troops alone lost their lives on D-Day. Ever since, | :03:10. | :03:16. | |
those who fought return here. There's terrific comradeship right | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
through your life. If you say to you are a Normandy | :03:20. | :03:29. | |
veteran you can talk to anything. -- anybody it is great. | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
It is like a reconnection of friends. | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
Well, you can see more of those D-Day veterans talking about their | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
experiences on the Newsround website. | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
Thousands of their fellow soldiers did die in a battle. For those who | :03:47. | :03:51. | |
survived it has been an emotional day. It has been one they have been | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
able to share with their families. I have been speaking to Fred, who was | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
part of the Royal Navy. He is here with his granddaughters. | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
70 years on, why have you chosen to bring your granddaughters back here | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
again? I always say that the children should come here and see | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
really what I have told them. You have to remember all those that | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
didn't come back. What was it like to know that your granddad was | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
fighting here on D-Day? It is quite worrying to know that he was in them | :04:22. | :04:25. | |
seas behind us. And it is quite emotional. It makes | :04:26. | :04:32. | |
it even more special to think that my granddad fought to help save all | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
the people, even though many lost their lives. It is exciting to learn | :04:37. | :04:46. | |
about because two countries were at war and that could have been still | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
going on today if these veterans hadn't of gone and fought for their | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
country. The ceremonies and events will | :04:57. | :04:59. | |
continue here with Prince William and Catherine due to have tea with | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
veterans very shortly. You can catch up with everything that has happened | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
and learn about the history on the website. For now I will leave you | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
with some images of D-Day and its lasting effect. | :05:15. | :05:20. |