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the first day of the World War II invasion of Normandy. It details the coup de main operation by gliderborne troops, which captured the Caen canal and...

several rehearsal exercises in and around it. The force assigned to the coup-de-main operation, to capture the bridges over the Orne River and Caen canal...

(23 February 1923 – 12 March 2009) was the last surviving officer of the coup de main operation carried out by glider borne troops of the 2nd Oxfordshire...

British Army. During the Second World War he was a platoon commander in the coup de main operation, by gliderborne troops of the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire...

weapons or radio sets. However, the battalion managed to rendezvous with the coup-de-main forces of the 2nd Battalion, Ox and Bucks Light Infantry at the Caen...

Ranville. Following the capture of the bridge over the Orne, members of the coup de main operation supported naming the bridge "Light Infantry Bridge". The...

to mark the 65th Anniversary of D Day with a memorial to the men of the coup de main force under Major John Howard of the 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire...

third day of mobilisation, at Aachen, Eupen, and Malmedy to conduct the coup de main. The 2nd Army Quartermaster General, Major-General Erich Ludendorff...

attack. No 7 Section flew in a Horsa glider from RAF Broadwell with the Coup de main party, while Nos 5, 6 and 8 Sections flew in Dakotas to drop with the...

been initiated until after Brotheridge's death. Another member of the coup de main platoon was killed during the operation. Lance-Corporal Fred Greenhalgh...

part of the assault supported by the Army of the East. Saravia wanted the coup de main against Teruel to be an all-Spanish operation without the assistance...

Bucks had only 40 soldiers remaining of the 181 who had taken part in the coup de main operation to capture Pegasus and Horsa Bridges on D-Day. Major John...

attempt was discontinued. Between 1500 and 1600, Alvensleben ordered the coup de main to be abandoned. The Germans retreated in small groups to minimize...

Garden. This operation would involve three airborne divisions, however the coup-de-main assault plans were not carried out. Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory...

and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the 52nd) were selected to lead the coup de main operation at Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge before the Allied invasion...

a free showing of the film The Longest Day (1962): which included the coup de main operation by D Company, 2nd Ox and Bucks (the 52nd), to capture Pegasus...

outside the city were either taken by assault or surrendered. Following the coup de main, the French soldiers lost their discipline and sacked the town and...

landing, killing all on board. Three of the other Horsas carrying the coup-de-main party landed within 2 miles (3.2 km) of the bridge—their occupants...

500-warrior band under Metacomet's command the following February. The coup de main resulted in the death of between 70 and 460 of the Wampanoags. Metacomet...

(1736–1813), admiral John Howard (1912–1999), British Army major who led the coup de main party that captured the Caen canal and Orne river bridges. Richard...