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The Overlord plan called for the use of airborne troops to secure the flanks of the D Day landing and to form a buffer to keep the German counter-attacks away, thus allowing 3rd Division to advance from Sword Beach to seize Caen. 6th Airborne Division was given this task. It was later to be joined by Lord Lovat's Commando Brigade..These tasks included seizing Pegasus Bridge and Merville Battery by 9 Para, whose guns were thought to dominate Sword Beach.Meanwhile, the remainder of the 3 and 5 Parachute Brigades were to secure key objectives. In the event they were widely scattered and facing counter-attack by 21st Panzer Division. Despite this the men of 6th Airborne heroically achieved their mission. |
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The New Lot
Patton
Revolution
Back to Normandy
D-Day in Colour
The Four Feathers
The Ghost and the Darkness
Breakthrough
Barry Lyndon
Gandhi
Saving Private Ryan
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Battle Diary: A Day In The Life of Charlie Martin
The Longest Day
Gyantse 1904
Female Agents
Madame Bovary
Up from the Beach
Lawrence of Arabia
Bloody Sunday |