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Merville Battery & The Dives Bridges.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shilleto, Carl.
- Series:
- Battleground Normandy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army. Airborne Division, 6th--History.
- Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Maps.
- Normandy (France)--History, Military.
- Normandy (France).
- Local Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Maps.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (458 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Havertown : Pen and Sword, 2011.
- Summary:
- This battlefield guide is the companion work to Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge. Together, these two books form the fully revised and updated edition of the previous best selling Battleground Europe Series book Pegasus Bridge & Merville Battery.This book examines, in great detail, the attack by 9 Para Bn of the British 6th Airborne Division on the German gun emplacement known as the Merville Battery on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The actions of 8 Para, 12 Para, Canadian 1 Para, attached engineer and support units, and commando raids in this area of Normandy are also told. In particular, the importance o
- Contents:
- Battleground series:; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ADVICE FOR VISITORS; GLOSSARY; CHAPTER ONE - PLANNING THE INVASION; THE ALLIED PLAN; FORMATION OF THE 6th AIRBORNE DIVISION; OBJECTIVES OF THE 6th AIRBORNE DIVISION; REINFORCEMENTS; GROUPING; SUMMARY OF ORDER FOR AIRBORNE LANDINGS; CHAPTER TWO - THE GERMAN DEFENCES IN NORMANDY; THE DECISION TO GO - D-DAY -1; CHAPTER THREE - MERVILLE BATTERY DEFENCES AND DROP; THE PLAN; THE DROP; THE RENDEZVOUS; CHAPTER FOUR - MERVILLE BATTERY ASSAULT; AFTERMATH; CHAPTER FIVE
- CHAPTER SIX - Memorial Tour of the 6th Airborne Division Battlefield No. 2CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; APPENDIX A - CHAPTER NOTES AND SOURCES; APPENDIX B - RECOMMENDED READING & BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDIX C - ORDER OF BATTLE; APPENDIX D - NORMANDY BATTLEFIELD TOURS QUICK REFERENCE AND SATELLITE NAVIGATION DATA FOR 6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION SECTOR; APPENDIX E - FALLEN HEROES PROJECT, CWGC, AANT, MEMORIAL PEGASUS AND MERVILLE BATTERY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783465347
- 1783465344
- 9781783830008
- 178383000X
- OCLC:
- 867929367
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