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Operation Tonga was the codename given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5 June and 7 June 1944 as a part of Operation Overlord and the D-Day landings during the Second World War.
On the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy these haunting pictures show how lives were changed forever by the invasion.From reconnaissance images taken by RAF crews before and ...
The capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges (wrongly known as Operation Deadstick (which in fact was a specialized glider exercise), and in official documents as Operation Coup de Main) was an operation by airborne forces of the British Army that took place in the early hours of 6 June 1944 as part of the Normandy landings of the Second World War.
11:10 a.m.: 101st Airborne and 4th Infantry troops link up at Pouppeville. 12:03 p.m.: British paratroopers and commandos from Sword Beach link up at Orne bridges. 12:30 p.m.: Allied forces move ...
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day (after the military term ), it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.
Known officially as Operation Overlord, D-Day 2024 is the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion that marked the beginning of the end of WW II. Florida WWII veterans return to Normandy for D ...
Whereas all other Allied airborne landings had been a surprise for the Germans, the Rhine crossing was expected, and their defences were reinforced in anticipation. The airborne operation was preceded by a two-day round-the-clock bombing mission by the Allied air forces. Then on 23 March 3,500 artillery guns targeted the German positions.
On June 6, 1944, the world was forever changed. World War II had already been raging around the globe for four years when the planning for Operation Neptune -- what we now know as "D-Day" -- began ...