D-day Map Resources

Delve further into our resources about D-Day and Operation Neptune in particular:

Each resource links to the D-Day Map and collects together the relevant primary sources available through the National Museum of the Royal Navy collections portal.

These resources are ideal for KS2 and KS3 and link to the national curriculum and historical enquiry

Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms. They should regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance. They should construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information. They should understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

KS2

  • A study of an aspect of history or a site dating from a period beyond 1066 that is significant in the locality

  • A significant turning point in British history

KS3

  • The Second World War and the wartime leadership of Winston Churchill

Resources Content

Learn about Jean Checketts’ role as a Wren during Operation Neptune.

 

 

 

Learn more about Sub Lieutenant John Baggot and his command of LCT 7074 at just 20 years old. 

Learn more about Ethel Reeves and her work at Priddy's Hard, which was an important munitions factory located in Gosport. At just 15 years and 10 months she lied about her age so she could work there.

Learn more about Harry Marrington who at just 17 served on armed trawlers and minesweepers. 

Credits for the D-Day Map: Operation Neptune Project