• 5 months ago
D-Day 80: The Forgotten Soldiers (Trailer)
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00:00 (gentle music)
00:02 The Normandy landings were unparalleled,
00:08 one of the most significant war operations in history.
00:11 Ultimately, the invasion put the Allies on course
00:14 to defeat the Nazis in Western Europe for good.
00:17 D-Day was the largest air, land, and seaborne invasion ever.
00:23 Thousands of soldiers from all corners of the earth
00:26 played their part, and it should come as no surprise
00:29 that the invasion force included soldiers
00:31 of every color and creed on the same beaches in Normandy
00:35 as the British and Americans.
00:37 He was a courageous man, and to die at the age of 30
00:42 and not receiving his gallantry medal, that's a pity.
00:46 And I think the story needs to be out there
00:48 in the sense that, you know,
00:49 when we think about World War II,
00:50 we only think about the people as in being, you know,
00:57 white people that fought in the army,
00:59 but that wasn't the case.
01:01 There was many other people who were Hindu, Sikhs,
01:04 and Muslims, even like my grandfather was a Muslim.
01:08 They showed their commitment with the British Empire,
01:11 and they fought in the World War II.
01:15 When you look up in history,
01:16 you will find out that Rhodesia was involved
01:19 with D-Day landing, so there is a lot of people
01:22 who were involved at the time from Rhodesia,
01:27 army at Zimbabwe now, who were involved
01:30 and are still serving there, but lots of colleagues
01:32 and friends who are from Zimbabwe,
01:34 they're still serving in the British Armed Forces.
01:37 D-Day really means the start of a particular operation,
01:43 but it also, it's not something that happens in a vacuum.
01:49 And so whatever was the end result of the war,
01:57 we know that we played a part in it.
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