D-Day 80 service in Petersfield
Rev Will Hughes of St Peter's church leads a Service to Give Thanks on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Around 200 people took part in the event in Petersfield town centre, with the service including the sounding of The Last Post and wreath laying.
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00:00The day before had been awful and the landings had been delayed by a full 24 hours already.
00:13The weeks ahead held storms and in that tiny window the decision was made to launch the
00:20greatest amphibious operation in the history of the world.
00:25By this time, the first waves had landed on every beach.
00:31We may also remember that D-Day, although its cost was far too high in lives lost, that
00:38also it was a vast achievement.
00:42An achievement undertaken because we knew it mattered.
00:46Because we knew that although the cost would be high, the work had to be done.
00:51For the world needed our parts to stand against evil and free those living under tyranny.
01:21For the world needed our parts to stand against evil and free those living under tyranny.