D-Day 1944 - Sword Beach & the British Airborne Landings

Informationen zum Autor Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost thirty years in the telecommunications industry. He now spends his time as an author and a bookseller specialising in military history. He has written a number of books on various Second World War subjects. Ken now lives in Southampton. Klappentext At 0016hrs on 6 June 1944 a Horsa glider ground to a halt a mere 60 yards from the Orne 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 Ouistreham as British 3rd Division stormed ashore at Sword Beach. The battle would then begin to break through to relieve the paratroopers. In the third of the D-Day volumes Ken Ford details the assault by British 6th Airborne Division and the British landings on Sword Beach that secured the vital left flank of the invasion. Vorwort A highly illustrated and detailed study of the Sword Beach & the British Airborne Landings during D-Day. Zusammenfassung During the Allied landings in Normandy, Sword Beach was the responsibility of the British 3rd Division. This text looks at how congestion on the Beach allowed the German forces time to react, preventing Caen from being taken on the first day, where much blood was shed before it finally fell. Inhaltsverzeichnis Origins of the Battle Chronology Opposing Commanders Opposing Armies Opposing Plans The Landings The Airborne Assault Sword Beach Holding and expanding the Beachhead Aftermath The Battlefield Today Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Ken Ford, Ford Ken
• Assisted by: Howard Gerrard (Illustration), Gerrard Howard (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781841763668
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-366-8
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Osprey Campaign S.; Print on Demand; Campaign; Osprey Campaign S.
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Naval forces and warfare, Battles and campaigns, Specific battles, Normandy Beaches, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space