Young Britons left GB News reporter Jeff Moody shocked by their responses to questions about D-Day.
It comes as new data from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission found that one in five young people “don’t know” what the significance of D-Day is.
It has prompted calls for better education ahead of the 80th anniversary of the largest seaborne invasion in history.
Jeff was in Barnstaple, Devon, to find out whether young people are getting a bad wrap on the matter.
Many young Britons have no idea about the significance of D-Day
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“I know it’s very important, but I don’t remember that much about it”, said one.
“Is it something to do with the war?” She added.
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Jeff Moody was in Barnstaple, Devon, finding out how much youngsters know about D-Day
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Despite the young Brit’s knowledge about the historic event being in question, she stressed the importance of paying tribute to our fallen heroes.
“It’s about the people who fought for put country and the people we lost”, she said.
“I think it’s really brave, what they managed to do all those years ago. It’s absolutely amazing.
“It’s worth celebrating because they did so much for us. The least we can do is have one day for them.”
Another young Brit was also not clued up on his country’s past.
Asked by Jeff Moody if he knows what it is, he said: “D-Day, that the end of World War Two isn’t it?”
He added: “I don’t really know much about it. I used to know a bit, but not anymore.”
World War Two veteran Henry Rice is among those to have called for children to receive a better education, telling the BBC that “it’s a pity” there is a lack of it.
Rice said: “I have honestly found that when you talk to 10, 12, 14-year-old children in this country I don’t think some of them know Arromanches.”
He added: “I think it’s important, this world is dangerous at the moment, if those children grow up into adults and know what this is all about, collectively they can go to politicians, Russians can go to Putin and say ‘Oi, we’ve had all this before. We don’t want it. Stop it, please’.”
