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American soldiers fire howitzer cannons at German forces retreating near Carentan, Normandy (Picture: Getty) Thousands of people are preparing to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings this week – one of the most important events of the Second World War. Up to 300 British D-Day veterans will be saluted by land, sea and air on both sides of the channel during two days of ceremonies this week. President Donald Trump will join politicians and members of the Royal family during his state visit to the UK this week when more than 4,000 armed forces personnel and 11 Royal Naval vessels will take part in a commemorative event in Portsmouth. The event on Wednesday will feature a flypast of 26 RAF aircraft including Red Arrows and a Spitfire. Hundreds of veterans have already boarded a cruise ship charted by the Royal British Legion to attend events in Normandy, France. Representatives from other allied countries as well as Germany are expected to attend the event at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Royal Marines practising beach landings in preparation for D-Day (Picture: Getty) Troops from the 48th Royal Marines at Saint-Aubin-sur-mer on Juno Beach during the D-Day landings (Picture: Getty) The Hampshire port city will be the focus of other commemorative events throughout the week while international attention shifts to France. Other events are planned for Poole and Duxford alongside hundreds of smaller gatherings around the UK. Also on Wednesday, veterans Harry Read, 95, and John Hutton, 94, will parachute into Normandy in honour of comrades they lost when they first made the descent 75 years ago. Alongside around 280 paratroopers they will take part in the descent onto fields at Sannerville – the drop zone for the 8th Midlands Parachute Battalion during D-Day. Mr Read, a wireless operator who worked with the Royal Signals for 20 years, said: ‘I will enjoy the jump. It might be a little bit tricky, but I’m willing to have a go. ‘But also in my heart I will be thinking of my mates. ‘I have lived one of the most fulfilled lives that it’s possible for a person to live and they haven’t.’ The D-Day operation saw thousands killed and injured after it launched on June 6, 1944. US Assault Troops landing on Omaha beach during the Invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 (Picture: Getty) Fleets of US transport and landing craft bring reinforcements and supplies for US troops on July 14, 1944 (Picture: Getty) Mr Hutton – known by his friends as Jock – was 19 when he served in the 13th Lancashire Parachute Battalion. He said he is not fazed by the prospect of parachuting again and said there was ‘nothing strange’ about the task. Theresa May will make one of her final official appearances as Prime Minister during the D-Day commemoration events. On Thursday morning she will attend an inauguration ceremony which will see a sculpture unveiled at the British Normandy Memorial site overlooking Gold beach – built to honour those who died during the Battle of Normandy between the D-Day landings and August 31, 1944. Then she will join the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall for a service of remembrance at Bayeux Cathedral. This is followed by a second service at the the Bayeux War Cemetery – the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission site of the Second World War in France – where wreaths will be laid. Jeremy Hunt meeting Donald Trump, who will join the Queen in Portsmouth to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day on Wednesday (Picture: Getty) Members of the Cyclops Squadron from the Royal Tank Regiment help to lay down some of the 749 foot prints at Slapton, Devon, to commemorate the anniversary of Exercise Tiger (Picture: James Dadzitis/SWNS) Commodore Mike Utley meets D-Day veteran Leonard Williams, 93, who will travel to Normandy for commemorations this week (Picture: PA) In April, American troops who were killed as they rehearsed for the D-Day landings were honoured at the England beach where they died. Exercise Tiger saw hundreds of soldiers stationed at Slapton Sands in Devon as they prepared to invade France, which had been occupied by the Nazis. But a mistimed practice run saw more than 700 soldiers killed by friendly fire, or drowned in heavy kit. To commemorate Exercise Tiger and remember its victims charity ‘There But Not There’ installed a moving memorial made up of 749 pairs of bootprints on the beach for those who lost their lives. What does the D in D-Day stand for? The letter is derived from the word ‘Day’ and means the day on which a military operation begins. D-Day has been used for many different operations but is most closely associated with the Allied landings on Normandy’s beaches on June 6, 1944. The day before D-Day was D-1 and the day after was D+1. It meant that if the date for an operation changed, military staff would not have to alter all the dates in their plan. This happened during the Normandy D-Day landing operation, which was originally planned for June 5 – but bad weather delayed it by a day. In the build-up to the Allied invasion, code names and acronyms were vital to help maintain the blanket of secrecy around the operation. As well as D-Day signalling the date of the operation, other code words for the landings included: H-Hour: The hour of the invasion Bolero: The build-up to D-Day in Britain Operation Overlord: The overall invasion plan Operation Neptune: The seaborne invasion Mulberry: Artificial harbours towed across the Channel Ham and Jam: The signal indicating the bridges at Benouville and Ranville were secured by Allied forces Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword: Code names for the five landing beaches in Normandy Got a story for Metro.co.uk? If you have a story for our news team, email us at webnews@metro.co.uk. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
