6 June D-day and the Normandy landings

In the early hours of a very different day 77 years ago something very special began. We cannot put ourselves in the heads of those young men, some little more than boys, but we owe them an infinite debt. I don’t think we can even imagine what sort of world we would have been living in today -if at all- without their bravery and sacrifice. They did indeed “put it to the touch, to win - or lose it all”
He either fears his fate too much, or his deserts are small
Who dare not put it to the touch to win - or lose it all