Operation Tonga: the glider assault ; 6 June 1944
An account of the Glider Pilot Regiments role in Operation Tonga, the first stage of the airborne assault in the Normandy landings in June 1944. The story is told through the eyes of those who were there: glider pilots, paratroopers, pathfinders, tug crews and passengers and covers the operation fro...
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| Zusammenfassung: | An account of the Glider Pilot Regiments role in Operation Tonga, the first stage of the airborne assault in the Normandy landings in June 1944. The story is told through the eyes of those who were there: glider pilots, paratroopers, pathfinders, tug crews and passengers and covers the operation from training through to evacuations after DDay. Operation Tonga was vital to the success of DDay and included the now famous attacks on the Merville Battery and the bridges over the Orne River and Caen Canal. The equally important, though less well known, part of the operation was to provide an antitank screen to protect the southern and eastern flanks of the invasion beaches from German counter attacks. The account includes stories of crew who evaded capture by the Germans and pays tribute to the help they received from local resistance fighters. The contribution of the nine gliders which took part in the Coup de Main landings has been well documented, but of the other eighty nine gliders which took part, little has been written |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 160, [16] S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm |
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Foreword by General Sir John Hackett 7
Preface 9
Acknowledgements 10
Chapter One 11
Chapter Two 19
Chapter Three 27
Chapter Four 33
Chapter Five 41
Chapter Six 54
Chapter Seven 65
Chapter Eight 72
Chapter Nine 78
Chapter Ten 95
Chapter Eleven 107
Chapter Twelve 116
Chapter Thirteen 122
Chapter F ourteen 131
Chapter Fifteen 142
Appendix One: Comments on Operation Tonga Gliders 145
Appendix Two: Killed in Action on Operation Tonga 153
Bibliography 155
Index 157
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