Operation Tonga
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Operation Tonga was the codename for the airborne operation of the British 6th Airborne Division during the Normandy landings.
Background
Prelude
Operation Tonga
6 June 1944
0007 to 0011
Between 0007 and 0011 the six British gliders part of Operation Coup de Main each broke loose and steered towards their objectives[1].
0016
At 0016 the first gliders landed near the Caen canal and Orne river bridges, and two minutes later they began their assault to capture them[2].
0026
By 0026 the two bridges had been successfully been taken and secured[3].
The bridges over the river Dives were assigned by the 3rd Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers to be destroyed to delay German reinforcements[4] [5].
0030
Oberleutnant Brandenburger of the 5th Battalion reported that he was currently seeing an airborne drop ocurring east of the Orne[6].
0050
The 5th Parachute Brigade is dropped near Ranville[7].
Sometime later, members of the 5th Parachute Brigade and the 7th Parachute Battalion reinforced the Caen canal and Orne river bridges
Aftermath
Citations
- ↑ "Operation Coup de Main". WWII Archives. 28 November 2022.
- ↑ "Operation Coup de Main". WWII Archives. 28 November 2022.
- ↑ "Operation Coup de Main". WWII Archives. 28 November 2022.
- ↑ "D-Day timeline". D-Day and Battle of Normandy Encyclopedia.
- ↑ "The British Airborne Assault". The National Archives. 22 November 2005.
- ↑ "5th Battalion, 125th Mechanized Infantry Regiment". WWII Archives. 29 November 2022.
- ↑ "5th Parachute Brigade". WWII Archives. 28 November 2022.
Bibliography
Ford, Ken; Zaloga, Steven J (2009). Overlord : the D-Day landings. Oxford.
Ambrose, Stephen E (1985). Pegasus Bridge : June 6, 1944 (1st ed.). Touchstone. ISBN 0-671-67156-1.
"D-Day timeline". D-Day and Battle of Normandy Encyclopedia.
"The British Airborne Assault". The National Archives. 22 November 2005.
Contributors: Paul Sidle