Operation Tonga
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Operation Tonga

6th Airborne Division – June 1944

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Operation Tonga

6th Airborne Division – June 1944

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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 Bnouville, 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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Publisher
Pen and Sword Military
Year
2023
ISBN
9781526708847
Topic
Storia
Subtopic
Seconda guerra mondiale

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. CHAPTER ONE: THE PLAN
  8. CHAPTER TWO: THE MEN
  9. CHAPTER THREE: THE DEFENDERS
  10. CHAPTER FOUR: THE PREPARATIONS
  11. CHAPTER FIVE: READY TO GO
  12. CHAPTER SIX: PEGASUS BRIDGE
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN: THE MERVILLE BATTERY
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT: THE BRIDGES
  15. CHAPTER NINE: THE LANDING ZONES
  16. CHAPTER TEN: THE PERIMETER
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN: EPILOGUE
  18. ENDNOTES
  19. APPENDIX I: ORDER OF BATTLE
  20. APPENDIX II: OPERATION TITANIC
  21. APPENDIX III: PEGASUS BRIDGE
  22. APPENDIX IV: OPERATIONAL ORDERS FOR THE PEGASUS BRIDGE ASSAULT
  23. APPENDIX V: PEGASUS BRIDGE: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT
  24. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  25. PLATES