Operation tonga

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The seizure of Pegasus Bridge by six glider borne platoons of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry under Major John Howard very early 6th June 1944, is one of the better-known stories of D-Day. Landing just yards from vital bridges over the River Orne and the Caen Canal near Benouville, Howard's men took and held the bridges in a remarkable coup de main operation with minimal casualties. The 7th Parachute Battalion dropped in soon afterwards to relieve Howard's men and the action remains, by any standards, a remarkable feat of arms. But it was only one act in a much grander production put on by 6th Airborne Division that night to secure and protect the eastern flank of the Allied landings inland from Sword, the British landing beach. Key bridges over the Dives had to be blown to foil possible German counter attacks and to north east, at Merville, a battery of guns which the allied planners thought could wreak havoc on the beaches and ships at sea, had to be eliminated. The task fell to the men of the 9th Parachute Battalion, whose actions in assaulting the Merville Battery became another D-Day epic - but for very different reasons.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 30 april 2023

Aantal pagina's: 144

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Jon Cooksey

Hoofduitgeverij: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Originele titel: Operation Tonga: Pegasus Bridge and the Merville Battery

Editie: illustrated edition

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 165 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 15 mm

Verpakking lengte: 242 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 498 g

EAN: 9781844152032

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