D-Day 1944

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"At 0016hrs on 6 June 1944 a Horsa glider ground to a halt a mere 60 yards from the Orme Canal bridge at Bénouville in Normandy. A small group of British paratroopers burst from it and stormed the bridge within minutes. The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe had begun. Within a few hours landing craft would swarm towards Ouitreham as British 3rd Division swept ashore at Sword Beach. The battle would then begin to break through to relieve the paratroopers... [Here], Ken Ford details the a…

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Title Statements

Full title :D-Day 1944. / Ken Ford ; illustrated by Howard Gerrard.

Summary

"At 0016hrs on 6 June 1944 a Horsa glider ground to a halt a mere 60 yards from the Orme Canal bridge at Bénouville in Normandy. A small group of British paratroopers burst from it and stormed the bridge within minutes. The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe had begun. Within a few hours landing craft would swarm towards Ouitreham as British 3rd Division swept ashore at Sword Beach. The battle would then begin to break through to relieve the paratroopers... [Here], Ken Ford details the assault of British 6th Airborne Division and the British landings on Sword Beach that secured the vital left flank of the invasion."--Back cover.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2002.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Osprey
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2002.

The Physical Object

Description:96 pages : : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1841763667, 9781841763668
oclc:ocm52357497
LC Classification:D756.5 N6
Dewey Decimal:940.542142

Origins of the battle (The lessons of Dieppe ; Caen the key) -- Chronology -- Opposing commanders (Allied commanders ; German commanders) -- Opposing armies (The British army ; The German army) -- Opposing plans -- The landings: the airborne assault (The capture of the Orne bridges ; The capture of the Merville battery ; The destruction of bridges over the River Dives ; German reaction to the airborne landings) -- The landings: Sword Beach (The run-in to the beaches ; The German reaction to the landings ; Counter-attack by German 21st Panzer Division) -- Holding and expanding the bridgehead (21st and 12th SS Panzer counter-attack) -- Aftermath -- The battlefield today -- Order of battle.

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Alliierte Bildband France -- Normandy Geschichte 1944 Grossbritannien Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Opération… Luftwaffe Military campaigns Military operations, Aerial -- British Normandie -- Invasion (1944) Sword Beach USA World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operatio… World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Fr…