D-Day 1944: Sword Beach and British Airborne Landings, #3

D-Day 1944 #3

by Ken Ford

The third title in Osprey's survey of the D-Day landings of World War II (1939-1945). At 0016hrs on 6 June 1944 a Horsa glider ground to a halt a mere 60 yards from the Orne Canal bridge at Bénouville in Normandy. A small group of British paratroopers burst from it and stormed the bridge within minutes. The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe had begun. Within a few hours landing craft would swarm towards Ouistreham as British 3rd Division stormed ashore at Sword Beach. The battle would then begin to break through to relieve the paratroopers. In the third of the D-Day volumes Ken Ford details the assault by British 6th Airborne Division and the British landings on Sword Beach that secured the vital left flank of the invasion.

Genres: History, World War II, Nonfiction, Military History, European History, War

96 pages, Paperback

First published July 17, 2002

Reviews

[Marco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good view of the battle.

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

8/10 I only hesitate to give this the highest rating because I don't really identify it as a "book" but more of pictorial reference guide. It has maps of the landings and drops, maps of the advances inland, an order of battle reference, and battle details down to the battalion and sometimes company level. If that's what you're looking for, this is a 10 out of 10.