In September 1939, Britain declared war    1       Germany. The war, which lasted until 1945, known as the Second World War. The most important battle of the war in Europe was Operation Overlord in 1944     2    (invade) France. Operation Overlord started when boats full of soldiers     3    (land) on the beaches of Normandy in France. The operation was so dangerous that many soldiers were killed    4    they got off the boats. The soldiers of Able Company crossed    5    English Channel in seven boats early on the morning of 6 June 1944. Boat 5 was hit, so six men drowned and twenty men fell into the water and    6    (pick) up. The soldiers on Boat 1, 3 and 4 jumped out but the water was so deep that some disappeared under the water. Two thirds of the company were    7    (die). This was Able Company’s contribution to D-Day. On 6 June 2004,    8    (survive) of the D-Day landings returned to France to remember their    9    (lose) comrades. Many of them went to the cemetery and memorial,    10    are situated on a cliff overlooking the beach and the English Channel.