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'''Operation Coup de Main''' was the operation part of [[Operation Tonga]] conducted by British and Canadian airborne troops to seize and also destroy crossing points of the [[Canal de Caen à la Mer|Caen canal]] and [[Orne|Orne river]], on 6 June 1944. | '''Operation Coup de Main''' was the operation part of [[Operation Tonga]] conducted by British and Canadian airborne troops to seize and also destroy crossing points of the [[Canal de Caen à la Mer|Caen canal]] and [[Orne|Orne river]], on 6 June 1944. | ||
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Operation Coup de Main was the operation part of Operation Tonga conducted by British and Canadian airborne troops to seize and also destroy crossing points of the Caen canal and Orne river, on 6 June 1944.
Background
Prelude
Horsa gliders were to be used for the operation.
5 June
2256
At 2256 hours at RAF Tarrant Rushton the six Horsas carrying D company of the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry were lifted off[1].
Operation Coup de Main
6 June 1944
0007
Sergeant Jim Wallwork and his glider were the first ones to be released and began gliding towards the LZ.
0008
Another glider a minute after Wallwork followed.
0009
Another minute passing a third glider cut loose
0010
At around 0010 another glider was let loose
0011
The final glider to be released is estimated to be at 0011.
0016
The #1 Horsa glider under Wallwork, landed 60 yards from the Caen canal bridge. #2 and #3 then followed suit.
0018
The paratroopers from the gliders began their assault on the Caen canal bridge. They quickly moved in, and although one of the German sentries shouted
Paratroopers!
and another sentry fired a flair, the British quickly took the bridge[2][3].
0026
By 0026 D company had successfully captured and secured the Caen canal and Orne bridges[4].
Aftermath
Citations
- ↑ Ford, Ken; Zaloga, Steven J (2009). Overlord : the D-Day landings. Oxford. p. 214.
- ↑ Ambrose, Stephen E (1985). Pegasus Bridge : June 6, 1944. pp. 88–93.
- ↑ Ford, Ken; Zaloga, Steven J (2009). Overlord : the D-Day landings. Oxford. pp. 214–218.
- ↑ Ambrose, Stephen E (1985). Pegasus Bridge : June 6, 1944. pp. 88–105.
Bibliography
Ambrose, Stephen E (1985). Pegasus Bridge : June 6, 1944 (1st ed.). Touchstone. ISBN 0-671-67156-1.
Ford, Ken; Zaloga, Steven J (2009). Overlord : the D-Day landings. Oxford.
Contributors: Paul Sidle