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6th Airborne: Normandy 1944
Leo Marriott
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Description for 6th Airborne: Normandy 1944
Paperback. Series: Past & Present. Num Pages: 64 pages, 140 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 250 x 6. Weight in Grams: 214.
Operation Tonga began at 22:56 on the night of 5 June, when six Halifax heavy bombers took off from Tarrant Rushton towing six Horsas carrying a coup-de-main force consisting of D Coy, Ox and Bucks LI reinforced with two extra platoons from B Coy and a party of sappers, who were tasked with capturing the bridges over the Caen Canal and the River Orne. 6th Airborne Division-which included 1st Canadian Para Bn-had been allotted three specific tasks to achieve, apart from protecting the eastern flank of the Allied seaborne landings. First, it was to capture intact the two bridges over ... Read more
Operation Tonga began at 22:56 on the night of 5 June, when six Halifax heavy bombers took off from Tarrant Rushton towing six Horsas carrying a coup-de-main force consisting of D Coy, Ox and Bucks LI reinforced with two extra platoons from B Coy and a party of sappers, who were tasked with capturing the bridges over the Caen Canal and the River Orne. 6th Airborne Division-which included 1st Canadian Para Bn-had been allotted three specific tasks to achieve, apart from protecting the eastern flank of the Allied seaborne landings. First, it was to capture intact the two bridges over ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Past & Present
Condition
New
Weight
214g
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781612004211
SKU
V9781612004211
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About Leo Marriott
Leo Marriott is a retired Air Traffic Controller who has had more than thirty books published on his specialist subjects: naval warfare and aviation. He is an experienced pilot and accomplished aerial photographer, and his work is featured in this book. Simon Forty has been working in publishing as commissioning editor and author for 35 years. He has co-authored ... Read more
Reviews for 6th Airborne: Normandy 1944
For a visitor to Normandy, this will be a very handy little reference if you want to travel around the area, and understand a bit more about some of the places that today are quiet and peaceful and which you might otherwise drive past without appreciating what happened there back in June 1944.
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