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6th Airborne - Normandy 1944 (Paperback)
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6th Airborne - Normandy 1944 (Paperback)
Series: Past & Present
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Discovery Miles 2 450
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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 the Caen Canal and the Orne River at Benouville and Ranville.
Second, the division was to destroy the heavily fortified Merville
coastal artillery battery located at Franceville Plage, to ensure
that it could not shell the British forces landing on Sword Beach.
A third task was to destroy several bridges spanning the River
Dives-at Varaville, Robehomme, Bures, and Troarn. The division
would then hold the territory that it had seized until it could be
relieved by advancing Allied ground forces.
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