The Ministry of Defence will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Portsmouth on June 5, honoring 13 Normandy veterans.

D-Day, on June 6, 1944, was a crucial offensive against the Nazis in Normandy, changing the course of World War Two.

The Normandy landings were a large-scale operation with thousands of troops, ships, and aircraft, overcoming German forces on the beaches.

Allied casualties on D-Day are estimated to be between 5,000 and 12,000, with German losses ranging from 4,000 to 9,000.

The event signified the 'beginning of the end' of World War Two and the collapse of Nazi control over Europe.