D-Day 1944 (3) Sword Beach & British Airborne Landings

D-Day 1944 (3) Sword Beach & British Airborne Landings

TheÂ third title in Osprey's survey of the D-Day landings of World War II (1939-1945). At 0016hrs on 6 June 1944 a Horsa glider ground to a halt a mere 60 yards from the Orne Canal bridge at BÃ©nouville 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.
Country USA
Brand Bloomsbury
Manufacturer Osprey Publishing
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 75 b&w and 11 colour illustrations, bibl
ReleaseDate 2002-07-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781841763668

Country	USA
Brand	Bloomsbury
Manufacturer	Osprey Publishing
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	75 b&w and 11 colour illustrations, bibl
ReleaseDate	2002-07-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781841763668

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