D-Day 80th Anniversary | From Above

Duration: 8'32''

Synopsis

Watch commemorations from above while hearing the powerful stories from veterans who were part of the largest military seaborne operation ever attempted. Eighty years, surviving veterans gathered in Portsmouth and Normandy to remember what was achieved and pay tribute to those who were lost.

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