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title="France">France</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> Allied victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a> (Battle of Normandy)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">Prelude <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Wall" title="Atlantic Wall">Atlantic Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bodyguard" title="Operation Bodyguard">Bodyguard</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Fortitude" title="Operation Fortitude">Fortitude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Zeppelin_(deception_plan)" title="Operation Zeppelin (deception plan)">Zeppelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Titanic" title="Operation Titanic">Titanic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-Day_naval_deceptions" title="D-Day naval deceptions">Taxable, Glimmer & Big Drum</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Bomber_Offensive" title="Combined Bomber Offensive">Combined Bomber Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pointblank_directive" title="Pointblank directive">Pointblank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_Plan" title="Transport Plan">Transport Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Postage_Able" title="Operation Postage Able">Postage Able</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tarbrush" title="Operation Tarbrush">Tarbrush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exercise_Tiger" title="Exercise Tiger">Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exercise_Fabius" title="Exercise Fabius">Fabius</a></li></ul> Airborne assault British Sector <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tonga" title="Operation Tonga">Tonga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_the_Caen_canal_and_Orne_river_bridges" title="Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges">Caen canal and Orne river bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Merville_Gun_Battery" title="Battle of Merville Gun Battery">Merville Battery</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mallard" title="Operation Mallard">Mallard</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/American_airborne_landings_in_Normandy" title="American airborne landings in Normandy">American Sector</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Albany" title="Mission Albany">Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Boston" title="Mission Boston">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Chicago" title="Mission Chicago">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Detroit" title="Mission Detroit">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Elmira" title="Mission Elmira">Elmira</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a> American Sector <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Omaha_Beach" title="Omaha Beach">Omaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_Beach" title="Utah Beach">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pointe_du_Hoc" title="Pointe du Hoc">Pointe du Hoc</a></li></ul> Anglo-Canadian Sector <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gambit" title="Operation Gambit">Gambit</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juno_Beach" title="Juno Beach">Juno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Beach" title="Gold Beach">Gold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Port-en-Bessin" title="Battle of Port-en-Bessin">Port-en-Bessin</a></li></ul> Logistics <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_logistics_in_the_Normandy_campaign" title="American logistics in the Normandy campaign">American</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chastity" title="Operation Chastity">Operation Chastity</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_logistics_in_the_Normandy_campaign" title="British logistics in the Normandy campaign">British</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mulberry_harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Mulberry harbour">Mulberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pluto" title="Operation Pluto">Pluto</a></li></ul></li></ul> Ground campaign American Sector <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A9court_Manor_Assault" title="Brécourt Manor Assault">Brécourt Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Graignes" title="Battle of Graignes">Graignes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_La_Haye-du-Puits" title="Battle of La Haye-du-Puits">La Haye-du-Puits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saint-L%C3%B4" title="Battle of Saint-Lô">Saint-Lô</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Carentan" title="Battle of Carentan">Carentan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bloody_Gulch" title="Battle of Bloody Gulch">Hill 30</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cherbourg" title="Battle of Cherbourg">Cherbourg</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Cherbourg" title="Bombardment of Cherbourg">Naval</a></li></ul></li></ul> Anglo-Canadian Sector <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Caen" title="Battle for Caen">Caen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Br%C3%A9ville" title="Battle of Bréville">Bréville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Perch" title="Operation Perch">Perch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Villers-Bocage" title="Battle of Villers-Bocage">Villers-Bocage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Le_Mesnil-Patry" title="Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry">Le Mesnil-Patry</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normandy_massacres" title="Normandy massacres">Normandy massacres</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardenne_Abbey_massacre" title="Ardenne Abbey massacre">Ardenne Abbey</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Douvres_Radar_Station" title="Battle of Douvres Radar Station">Douvres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Martlet" title="Operation Martlet">Martlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Epsom" title="Operation Epsom">Epsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Windsor" title="Operation Windsor">Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Charnwood" title="Operation Charnwood">Charnwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jupiter_(1944)" title="Operation Jupiter (1944)">Jupiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Odon" title="Second Battle of the Odon">2nd Odon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Atlantic" title="Operation Atlantic">Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Goodwood" title="Operation Goodwood">Goodwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Verri%C3%A8res_Ridge" title="Battle of Verrières Ridge">Verrières Ridge</a></li></ul> Breakout <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra">Cobra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Spring" title="Operation Spring">Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bluecoat" title="Operation Bluecoat">Bluecoat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Totalize" title="Operation Totalize">Totalize</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Hill_140" title="Battle for Hill 140">Hill 140</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_L%C3%BCttich" title="Operation Lüttich">Lüttich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tractable" title="Operation Tractable">Tractable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_262" title="Hill 262">Hill 262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chambois" title="Battle of Chambois">Chambois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falaise_Pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Falaise Pocket">Falaise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saint-Malo" title="Battle of Saint-Malo">Saint-Malo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Brest" title="Battle for Brest">Brest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seine_River_Crossing_at_Mantes-Gassicourt" title="Seine River Crossing at Mantes-Gassicourt">Mantes-Gassicourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris" title="Liberation of Paris">Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_siege_of_La_Rochelle" title="Allied siege of La Rochelle">La Rochelle</a></li></ul> Air and Sea operations <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ushant_(1944)" title="Battle of Ushant (1944)">Ushant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_raid_on_La_Caine_HQ" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF raid on La Caine HQ">La Caine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Cherbourg" title="Bombardment of Cherbourg">Cherbourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pierres_Noires" title="Battle of Pierres Noires">Pierres Noires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Audierne_Bay" title="Battle of Audierne Bay">Audierne Bay</a></li></ul> Supporting operations <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jedburgh" title="Operation Jedburgh">Jedburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dingson" title="Operation Dingson">Dingson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Samwest" title="Operation Samwest">Samwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Titanic" title="Operation Titanic">Titanic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cooney" title="Operation Cooney">Cooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bulbasket" title="Operation Bulbasket">Bulbasket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Houndsworth" title="Operation Houndsworth">Houndsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Loyton" title="Operation Loyton">Loyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kipling" title="Operation Kipling">Kipling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon">Dragoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operations_Wallace_and_Hardy" title="Operations Wallace and Hardy">Wallace & Hardy</a></li></ul> <hr /> Aftermath <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_cemeteries_in_Normandy" title="List of military cemeteries in Normandy">Cemeteries</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Allied_Invasion_Force.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Allied_Invasion_Force.jpg/310px-Allied_Invasion_Force.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Allied_Invasion_Force.jpg/465px-Allied_Invasion_Force.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Allied_Invasion_Force.jpg/620px-Allied_Invasion_Force.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1265" data-file-height="966" /></a><figcaption>D-Day assault map of the <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> region and the north-western coast of France. <a href="/wiki/Utah_Beach" title="Utah Beach">Utah</a> and Omaha are separated by the <a href="/wiki/Douve_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Douve River">Douve River</a>, whose mouth is clear in the coastline notch (or "corner") of the map.</figcaption></figure> Sword, commonly known as Sword Beach, was the <a href="/wiki/Code_name" title="Code name">code name</a> given to one of the five main landing areas along the Normandy coast during the initial assault phase, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Neptune" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Neptune">Operation Neptune</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>. The Allied invasion of German-occupied France commenced on 6 June 1944. Stretching 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Ouistreham" title="Ouistreham">Ouistreham</a> to <a href="/wiki/Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer,_Calvados" title="Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Calvados">Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer</a>, the beach proved to be the easternmost landing site of the invasion after the abortion of an attack on a sixth beach, code-named Band. Taking Sword was to be the responsibility of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> with sea transport, mine sweeping and a naval <a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_in_Sword_Bombardment_Group" title="List of ships in Sword Bombardment Group">bombardment force</a> provided by the British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> as well as elements from the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Navy" title="Polish Navy">Polish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Norwegian</a> and other Allied navies. Among the five beaches of the operation, Sword is the nearest to <a href="/wiki/Caen" title="Caen">Caen</a>, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the goal of the 3rd Infantry Division. The landings were achieved with low Allied casualties but the advance from the beach was slowed by traffic congestion and resistance in defended areas behind the beach. Further progress towards Caen was halted by the only armoured counter-attack of the day, mounted by the <a href="/wiki/21st_Panzer_Division" title="21st Panzer Division">21st Panzer Division</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">Invasion of Normandy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a></div> Following the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall of France">Fall of France</a>, British Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> vowed to return to continental Europe and liberate the Nazi German-occupied nations.<a href="#cite_note-18">[14]</a> The Western Allies agreed to open a <a href="/wiki/Second_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Front">Second Front</a> in northern Europe in 1942 to aid the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. However, with resources for an invasion lacking, it was postponed<a href="#cite_note-19">[15]</a> but planning was undertaken that in the event of the German position in western Europe becoming critically weakened or the Soviet Union's situation becoming dire, forces could be landed in France; <a href="/wiki/Operation_Sledgehammer" title="Operation Sledgehammer">Operation Sledgehammer</a>. At the same time, planning was underway for a major landing in occupied France during 1943; <a href="/wiki/Operation_Roundup_(1942)" title="Operation Roundup (1942)">Operation Roundup</a>.<a href="#cite_note-20">[16]</a> In August 1942, Canadian and British forces attempted an abortive landing—<a href="/wiki/Operation_Jubilee" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Jubilee">Operation Jubilee</a>—at the Calais port-town of <a href="/wiki/Dieppe,_Seine-Maritime" class="mw-redirect" title="Dieppe, Seine-Maritime">Dieppe</a>; the landing was designed to test the feasibility of a cross-channel invasion. The attack was poorly planned and ended in disaster; 4,963 soldiers were killed, wounded or captured.<a href="#cite_note-21">[17]</a> The decision to prosecute the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a> to its closure, the lack of landing craft,<a href="#cite_note-Ellis,_p._9-22">[18]</a> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Husky" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Husky">invading Sicily in July 1943</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italy in September</a> following the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa in May 1943<a href="#cite_note-23">[19]</a> resulted in the postponement of any assault on northern Europe till 1944.<a href="#cite_note-Ellis,_p._9-22">[18]</a> Having succeeded in opening up an offensive front in southern Europe, gaining valuable experience in amphibious assaults and inland fighting, Allied planners returned to the plans to invade Northern France.<a href="#cite_note-24">[20]</a> Now scheduled for 5 June 1944,<a href="#cite_note-25">[21]</a> the beaches of <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> were selected as landing sites, with a zone of operations extending from the <a href="/wiki/Cotentin_Peninsula" title="Cotentin Peninsula">Cotentin Peninsula</a> to <a href="/wiki/Caen" title="Caen">Caen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-granat18-26">[22]</a> Operation Overlord called for the British <a href="/wiki/Second_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Second Army (United Kingdom)">Second Army</a> to assault between the <a href="/wiki/River_Orne" class="mw-redirect" title="River Orne">River Orne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Port_en_Bessin" class="mw-redirect" title="Port en Bessin">Port en Bessin</a>, capture the German-occupied city of Caen and form a front line from <a href="/wiki/Caumont-l%27%C3%89vent%C3%A9" title="Caumont-l'Éventé">Caumont-l'Éventé</a> to the south-east of Caen, in order to acquire airfields and protect the left flank of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_First_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="United States First Army">United States First Army</a> while it captured <a href="/wiki/Cherbourg" title="Cherbourg">Cherbourg</a>.<a href="#cite_note-27">[23]</a> Possession of Caen and its surroundings would give Second Army a suitable staging area for a push south to capture the city of <a href="/wiki/Falaise,_Calvados" title="Falaise, Calvados">Falaise</a>, which could then be used as a pivot for an advance on <a href="/wiki/Argentan" title="Argentan">Argentan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Touques_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Touques River">Touques River</a> and then towards the <a href="/wiki/Seine_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Seine River">Seine River</a>.<a href="#cite_note-28">[24]</a> Overlord would constitute the largest amphibious operation in military history.<a href="#cite_note-granat18-26">[22]</a> After delays, due to both logistical difficulties and poor weather, the D-Day of Overlord was moved to 6 June 1944. Eisenhower and <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery" title="Bernard Montgomery">Bernard Montgomery</a>, commander of <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a>, aimed to capture Caen within the first day, and liberate <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> within 90 days.<a href="#cite_note-granat18-26">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plans">Plans</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plans">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Allied">Allied</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Allied">edit</a>]</div> The coastline of Normandy was divided into seventeen sectors, with codenames using a <a href="/wiki/Spelling_alphabet" title="Spelling alphabet">spelling alphabet</a>—from Able, west of <a href="/wiki/Omaha_Beach" title="Omaha Beach">Omaha</a>, to Roger on the east flank of Sword. Eight further sectors were added when the invasion was extended to include <a href="/wiki/Utah_Beach" title="Utah Beach">Utah</a> on the Cotentin Peninsula. Sectors were further subdivided into beaches identified by the colours Green, Red, and White.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuckingham200588-29">[25]</a> The Anglo-Canadian assault landings on D-Day were to be carried out by the <a href="/wiki/British_Second_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="British Second Army">British Second Army</a>, under Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Miles_Dempsey" title="Miles Dempsey">Miles Dempsey</a>. The Second Army's <a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Corps (United Kingdom)">I Corps</a>, commanded by Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/John_Crocker" title="John Crocker">John Crocker</a>, was assigned to take Sword. To Major General Tom Rennie's <a href="/wiki/3rd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">3rd Infantry Division</a> fell the task of assaulting the beaches and seizing the main British objective on D-Day, the historic Norman city of <a href="/wiki/Caen" title="Caen">Caen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-30">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-Wilmot273-31">[27]</a> Attached to the 3rd Infantry Division for the assault were the <a href="/wiki/27th_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="27th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">27th Independent Armoured Brigade</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Service_Brigade" title="1st Special Service Brigade">1st Special Service Brigade</a> (which also contained <a href="/wiki/Free_French" class="mw-redirect" title="Free French">Free French</a> Commandos), <a href="/wiki/No._41_(Royal_Marine)_Commando" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando">No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando</a> of the <a href="/wiki/4th_Special_Service_Brigade" title="4th Special Service Brigade">4th Special Service Brigade</a>, Royal Marine armoured support, additional artillery and engineers, and elements of the <a href="/wiki/79th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">79th Armoured Division</a>.<a href="#cite_note-32">[28]</a> <a href="/wiki/6th_Beach_Group" title="6th Beach Group">6th Beach Group</a> was deployed to assist the troops and landing craft landing on Sword and to develop the beach maintenance area. The 3rd Infantry Division was ordered to advance on Caen, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) from Sword,<a href="#cite_note-33">[29]</a> with the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Canadian_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Canadian Infantry Division">3rd Canadian Infantry Division</a> advancing on its western flank to secure <a href="/wiki/Carpiquet" title="Carpiquet">Carpiquet</a> airfield, 11 miles (18 km) from Juno Beach, on the outskirts of the city.<a href="#cite_note-Wilmot273-31">[27]</a> The 3rd Infantry was also ordered to relieve the elements of the <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Airborne Division">6th Airborne Division</a> that had secured the bridges over the River Orne and Caen Canal during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tonga" title="Operation Tonga">Operation Tonga</a>, secure the high ground north of Caen, and "if possible Caen itself".<a href="#cite_note-34">[30]</a> The last point was further reinforced when I Corps' commander, General Crocker, instructed the division, prior to the invasion, that by nightfall the city must be either captured or "effectively masked" with troops based north-west of the city and <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9nouville,_Calvados" title="Bénouville, Calvados">Bénouville</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Wilmot,_p._274-35">[31]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen_sector_Sword_Beach.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Queen_sector_Sword_Beach.jpg/220px-Queen_sector_Sword_Beach.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Queen_sector_Sword_Beach.jpg/330px-Queen_sector_Sword_Beach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Queen_sector_Sword_Beach.jpg/440px-Queen_sector_Sword_Beach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="781" /></a><figcaption>Queen beach, dated 16 August 1943</figcaption></figure> Sword stretched about 5 miles (8.0 km) from <a href="/wiki/Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer,_Calvados" title="Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Calvados">Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer</a> in the west to the mouth of the River Orne in the east. It was further sub-divided into four landing sectors; from west to east these sectors were 'Oboe' (from Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer to <a href="/wiki/Luc-sur-Mer" title="Luc-sur-Mer">Luc-sur-Mer</a>), 'Peter' (from Luc-sur-Mer to <a href="/wiki/Lion-sur-Mer" title="Lion-sur-Mer">Lion-sur-Mer</a>), 'Queen' (from Lion-sur-Mer to La Brèche d'Hermanville), and finally 'Roger' (from La Brèche d'Hermanville to <a href="/wiki/Ouistreham" title="Ouistreham">Ouistreham</a>). Each sector was also divided into multiple beaches.<a href="#cite_note-Fordbeaches-36">[32]</a> The sector chosen for the assault was the 1.8 miles (2.9 km) wide 'White' and 'Red' beaches of 'Queen' sector, as shallow reefs blocked access to the other sectors.<a href="#cite_note-37">[33]</a> Two infantry battalions supported by <a href="/wiki/DD_tank" title="DD tank">DD tanks</a> would lead the assault followed up by the commandos and the rest of the division;<a href="#cite_note-38">[34]</a> the landing was due to start at 07:25 hours.<a href="#cite_note-39">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="German">German</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: German">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-493-3363-13,_Frankreich,_Strandbefestigungen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-493-3363-13%2C_Frankreich%2C_Strandbefestigungen.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-493-3363-13%2C_Frankreich%2C_Strandbefestigungen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-493-3363-13%2C_Frankreich%2C_Strandbefestigungen.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-493-3363-13%2C_Frankreich%2C_Strandbefestigungen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-493-3363-13%2C_Frankreich%2C_Strandbefestigungen.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-493-3363-13%2C_Frankreich%2C_Strandbefestigungen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="492" /></a><figcaption>An example of German beach defences</figcaption></figure> On 23 March 1942, Führer Directive Number 40 called for the official creation of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Wall" title="Atlantic Wall">Atlantic Wall</a>—a line of concrete gun emplacements, machine-gun nests, minefields and beach obstacles stretching along the French coast. Fortifications were initially concentrated around ports, but were extended into other areas beginning in late 1943.<a href="#cite_note-40">[36]</a> While the <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (Wehrmacht)">German Army</a> had seen its strength and morale heavily depleted by campaigns in Russia, North Africa and Italy, it remained a powerful fighting force.<a href="#cite_note-Granat19-41">[37]</a> Most of the German divisions along the French coast in late 1943, however, were either formations of new recruits or battered veteran units still resting and rebuilding after service on the Eastern Front; altogether some 856,000 soldiers were stationed in France, predominantly along the Channel coast.<a href="#cite_note-Granat19-41">[37]</a> They were supported by an additional 60,000 Hilfswillige (Russian and Polish conscripts to the German army).<a href="#cite_note-42">[38]</a> Under the command of <a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal (Germany)">Field Marshals</a> <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Rommel" title="Erwin Rommel">Erwin Rommel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gerd_von_Rundstedt" title="Gerd von Rundstedt">Gerd von Rundstedt</a>, the defences of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Wall" title="Atlantic Wall">Atlantic Wall</a> were heavily upgraded; in the first six months of 1944, 1.2 million tons of steel and 17.3 million cubic yards of concrete were laid.<a href="#cite_note-saunders35-43">[39]</a> The coast of northern France was also studded with four million antitank and anti-personnel mines, and 500,000 beach obstacles.<a href="#cite_note-saunders35-43">[39]</a> On and behind Sword, twenty strongpoints, including several artillery batteries, were constructed.<a href="#cite_note-ford2425-4">[4]</a> The coastline was littered with wooden stakes, mines, <a href="/wiki/Czech_hedgehog" title="Czech hedgehog">hedgehogs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dragon%27s_teeth_(fortification)" title="Dragon's teeth (fortification)">Dragon's teeth</a>, while along the top of the beach, the Germans had constructed a network of trenches, gun pits, mortar pits, and machine gun nests. Barbed wire surrounded these positions and lined the beach.<a href="#cite_note-44">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-Notes-45">[41]</a> The beachfront itself, being generally flat and exposed, was guarded by a few scattered bunkers, with machine gun and sniper posts in some of the holiday homes and tourist facilities lining the shore. To reinforce the defences, six strongpoints had been constructed, each with at least eight <a href="/wiki/5_cm_Pak_38" title="5 cm Pak 38">5 cm Pak 38</a> 50 mm anti-tank guns, four 75 mm guns, and one 88 mm gun. One of the strongpoints (codenamed Cod by the British), faced directly on to Queen sector. Exits from the beaches had been blocked with various obstacles,<a href="#cite_note-ford2425-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-Notes-45">[41]</a> and behind the beaches, six artillery batteries had been positioned, three of which were based within three strongpoints; these latter batteries had four 100 mm guns and up to ten 155mm guns.<a href="#cite_note-ford2425-4">[4]</a> In addition, positioned east of the River Orne was the <a href="/wiki/Merville_Gun_Battery" title="Merville Gun Battery">Merville Gun Battery</a>, containing four Czechoslovakian 100 mm howitzers which were within range of Sword and the invasion fleet.<a href="#cite_note-46">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[43]</a> Between Cherbourg and the <a href="/wiki/Seine_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Seine River">River Seine</a> there were a total of 32 batteries capable of firing on to the five invasion beaches; half of them were positioned in casemates of 6-foot (1.8 m) reinforced concrete.<a href="#cite_note-Notes-45">[41]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ouistreham.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Ouistreham.jpg/220px-Ouistreham.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Ouistreham.jpg/330px-Ouistreham.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Ouistreham.jpg/440px-Ouistreham.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1288" data-file-height="966" /></a><figcaption>German defence at Ouistreham; the turret is from a <a href="/wiki/Renault_FT-17" class="mw-redirect" title="Renault FT-17">Renault FT-17</a> tank</figcaption></figure> Since the spring of 1942, <a href="/wiki/Generalleutnant" title="Generalleutnant">Generalleutnant</a> Wilhelm Richter's 8,000-man strong <a href="/wiki/716th_Static_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="716th Static Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">716th Infantry Division</a> had been positioned to defend the <a href="/wiki/Calvados_(department)" title="Calvados (department)">Calvados</a> coast of Normandy.<a href="#cite_note-Ford_and_Gerrard_p.16-48">[44]</a> In March 1942, the <a href="/wiki/352nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="352nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">352nd Infantry Division</a> assumed control of the western Calvados coast, leaving the 716th in position north of Caen covering an 8-mile (13 km) stretch of coastline. The division comprised four regular infantry battalions, two <a href="/wiki/Ost_battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Ost battalion">Ost battalions</a>, and artillery units.<a href="#cite_note-Copp37-49">[45]</a> Four infantry companies were spread along Sword, with two positioned facing Queen sector—another four were positioned inland behind the beach.<a href="#cite_note-ford2425-4">[4]</a> Further inland, Generalleutnant's <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Feuchtinger" title="Edgar Feuchtinger">Edgar Feuchtinger</a>'s 16,297 strong 21st Panzer Division had been positioned on both sides of the River Orne around Caen to provide an immediate counter-attack force should a landing take place.<a href="#cite_note-50">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-Deste117-52">[48]</a> In May 1944, two Panzergrenadier battalions and an antitank battalion from the 21st Panzer Division were placed under Richter's command;<a href="#cite_note-Copp37-49">[45]</a> this deployment eliminated 21st Panzer as a mobile reserve.<a href="#cite_note-Deste117-52">[48]</a> One of these battalions, along with the division's anti-tank guns and several mobile 155 mm guns, was positioned on Périers Ridge, which rose to about 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Sword.<a href="#cite_note-Wilmot,_p._274-35">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[50]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_battle">Order of battle</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Order of battle">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="3rd_Division_group">3rd Division group</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 3rd Division group">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Film_still_from_the_D-Day_landings_showing_commandos_aboard_a_landing_craft_on_their_approach_to_Sword_Beach,_6_June_1944._BU1181.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Film_still_from_the_D-Day_landings_showing_commandos_aboard_a_landing_craft_on_their_approach_to_Sword_Beach%2C_6_June_1944._BU1181.jpg/220px-Film_still_from_the_D-Day_landings_showing_commandos_aboard_a_landing_craft_on_their_approach_to_Sword_Beach%2C_6_June_1944._BU1181.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Film_still_from_the_D-Day_landings_showing_commandos_aboard_a_landing_craft_on_their_approach_to_Sword_Beach%2C_6_June_1944._BU1181.jpg/330px-Film_still_from_the_D-Day_landings_showing_commandos_aboard_a_landing_craft_on_their_approach_to_Sword_Beach%2C_6_June_1944._BU1181.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Film_still_from_the_D-Day_landings_showing_commandos_aboard_a_landing_craft_on_their_approach_to_Sword_Beach%2C_6_June_1944._BU1181.jpg/440px-Film_still_from_the_D-Day_landings_showing_commandos_aboard_a_landing_craft_on_their_approach_to_Sword_Beach%2C_6_June_1944._BU1181.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1072" data-file-height="808" /></a><figcaption>Film still from the D-Day landings showing commandos aboard a landing craft on their approach to Sword, 6 June 1944.</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/File:British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg/20px-British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg/30px-British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg/40px-British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="87" /></a> <a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd Division</a><a href="#cite_note-Joslen-55">[51]</a> – Major-General T. G. Rennie <a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">8th Brigade</a> (assault brigade) <ul><li>1st Battalion <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_Regiment" title="Suffolk Regiment">Suffolk Regiment</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion <a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="East Yorkshire Regiment">East Yorkshire Regiment</a></li> <li>1st Battalion <a href="/wiki/South_Lancashire_Regiment" title="South Lancashire Regiment">South Lancashire Regiment</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/9th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">9th Brigade</a> <ul><li>2nd Battalion <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincolnshire Regiment">Lincolnshire Regiment</a></li> <li>1st Battalion <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Scottish_Borderers" title="King's Own Scottish Borderers">King's Own Scottish Borderers</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Rifles" title="Royal Ulster Rifles">Royal Ulster Rifles</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/185th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="185th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">185th Brigade</a> <ul><li>2nd Battalion <a href="/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">Royal Warwickshire Regiment</a></li> <li>1st Battalion <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">Royal Norfolk Regiment</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Shropshire_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="King's Own Shropshire Light Infantry">King's Own Shropshire Light Infantry</a></li></ul> Divisional Troops <ul><li>3rd Reconnaissance Regiment <a href="/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Armoured Corps">Royal Armoured Corps</a></li> <li>HQ <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> (RA) 3rd Division <ul><li>33rd and 76th Field Regiments, RA (self-propelled guns)</li> <li>7th Field Regiment, RA</li> <li>20th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_(Loyals)_Light_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery">92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment</a>, RA</li></ul></li> <li>3rd Divisional <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> (RE)<a href="#cite_note-Joslen-55">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-Pakenham-56">[52]</a> – CRE: Lieutenant Colonel R.W. Urquhart <ul><li>17th Field Company, RE</li> <li>245th Field Company, RE</li> <li>253rd Field Company, RE</li> <li>15th Field Park Company, RE</li></ul></li> <li>3rd Divisional Signals, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals" title="Royal Corps of Signals">Royal Corps of Signals</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_Regiment" title="Middlesex Regiment">Middlesex Regiment</a> (machine guns)</li></ul> Attached units and formations<a href="#cite_note-Joslen-55">[51]</a> <a href="/wiki/27th_Armoured_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="27th Armoured Brigade">27th Armoured Brigade</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/13th/18th_Royal_Hussars" title="13th/18th Royal Hussars">13th/18th Royal Hussars</a> (<a href="/wiki/DD_tank" title="DD tank">DD tanks</a>)</li> <li>1st <a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire_Yeomanry" title="East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry">East Riding Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Yeomanry,_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Staffordshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps">Staffordshire Yeomanry</a></li></ul> 5th Assault Regiment, RE<a href="#cite_note-57">[53]</a> <ul><li>77 & 79 Assault Squadrons, RE (<a href="/wiki/Armoured_Vehicle_Royal_Engineers" title="Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers">AVREs</a>)</li> <li>629 Field Squadron, RE</li> <li>71 Field Company, RE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/263rd_(Sussex)_Field_Company,_Royal_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="263rd (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers">263rd (Sussex) Field Company, RE</a> (attached from <a href="/wiki/XII_Corps_Troops,_Royal_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="XII Corps Troops, Royal Engineers">XII Corps Troops, Royal Engineers</a> as beach obstacle clearance parties)<a href="#cite_note-58">[54]</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/File:British_Commandos_Patch.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/British_Commandos_Patch.svg/20px-British_Commandos_Patch.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/British_Commandos_Patch.svg/30px-British_Commandos_Patch.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/British_Commandos_Patch.svg/40px-British_Commandos_Patch.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="415" /></a> <a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Service_Brigade" title="1st Special Service Brigade">1st Special Service Brigade</a> (landed on eastern extremity of Sword) – Brigadier Lord Lovat <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._3_Commando" title="No. 3 Commando">No. 3 Commando</a> – Lieutenant Colonel <a href="/wiki/Peter_Young_(historian)" title="Peter Young (historian)">Peter Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_Commando" title="No. 4 Commando">No. 4 Commando</a> – Lieutenant Colonel Robert Dawson <ul><li>A force of 176 French Marine Commandos from <a href="/wiki/No._10_(Inter-Allied)_Commando" title="No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando">No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando</a>, commanded by Commandant <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Kieffer" title="Philippe Kieffer">Philippe Kieffer</a> landed with No. 4 Commando</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._6_Commando" title="No. 6 Commando">No. 6 Commando</a> – Lieutenant Colonel Derek Mills-Roberts</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._45_(Royal_Marine)_Commando" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 45 (Royal Marine) Commando">No. 45 (Royal Marine) Commando</a> – Lieutenant Colonel Charles Ries</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/File:British_Commandos_Patch.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/British_Commandos_Patch.svg/20px-British_Commandos_Patch.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/British_Commandos_Patch.svg/30px-British_Commandos_Patch.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/British_Commandos_Patch.svg/40px-British_Commandos_Patch.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="415" /></a> <a href="/wiki/4th_Special_Service_Brigade" title="4th Special Service Brigade">4th Special Service Brigade</a> (landed between Juno and Sword) 101 Beach Sub-area<a href="#cite_note-Joslen-55">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[55]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beach_groups#No.5_Beach_Group" title="Beach groups">No. 5 Beach Group</a> (Queen sector) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Battalion,_King%27s_Regiment_(Liverpool)" title="5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)">5th Battalion</a> <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Regiment_(Liverpool)" title="King's Regiment (Liverpool)">King's Regiment (Liverpool)</a></li></ul></li> <li>'M' AA Assault Group (from <a href="/wiki/80th_Anti-Aircraft_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="80th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)">80th Anti-Aircraft Brigade</a>)<a href="#cite_note-OO80-60">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-Routledge-61">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-RA39-62">[58]</a> <ul><li>RHQ <a href="/wiki/73rd_Light_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="73rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery">73rd Light AA Rgt</a>, RA – Lieutenant-Colonel J.A. Armstrong <ul><li>218 LAA Bty and 296 LAA Bty less 2 Troops</li></ul></li> <li>G & H Troops 322 LAA Bty, <a href="/wiki/93rd_Light_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery">93rd LAA Rgt</a>, RA</li> <li>322 HAA Bty and C Troop 323 HAA Bty, 103rd Heavy AA Rgt, RA</li> <li>B Troop <a href="/wiki/474th_Searchlight_Battery,_Royal_Artillery" title="474th Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery">474 Independent Searchlight Bty</a>, RA</li> <li>16 Fire Control Post, RA</li> <li>76 & 103 Coast Observation Detachments, RA</li> <li>One Platoon 112 Company <a href="/wiki/Royal_Pioneer_Corps" title="Royal Pioneer Corps">Pioneer Corps</a> (smoke generators)</li> <li>73 LAA Rgt Workshop, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Engineers" title="Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers">Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</a> (REME)</li></ul></li> <li>'N' AA Assault Group (from 80th AA Bde)<a href="#cite_note-OO80-60">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-Routledge-61">[57]</a> <ul><li>RHQ <a href="/wiki/103rd_Heavy_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="103rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery">103rd HAA Rgt</a>, RA – Lieutenant-Colonel H.E. Johnston (AA Defence Commander, 101 BSA) <ul><li>D Troop 323 HAA Bty and 324 HAA Bty</li></ul></li> <li>220 LAA Bty, 73rd LAA Rgt, RA</li> <li>I Troop 322 LAA Bty, 93rd LAA Rgt, RA</li> <li>C Troop 474 S/L Bty, RA</li> <li>160 AA Operations Room, RA</li> <li>One Platoon 112 Company, Pioneer Corps</li> <li>103 HAA Rgt Workshop, REME</li></ul></li> <li>18th GHQ Troops Engineers<a href="#cite_note-Joslen-55">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-Pakenham-56">[52]</a> – CRE: Lieutenant-Colonel J.H. Boyd <ul><li>84th Field Company, RE</li> <li>91st Field Company, RE</li> <li>8th & 9th Stores Sections, RE</li> <li>50th Mechanical Equipment Section, RE</li> <li>205th Works Section, RE</li> <li>654th & 722nd Artisan Works Companies, RE</li> <li>Two Advanced Park Sections of 176th Workshop and Park Company, RE</li> <li>49th Bomb Disposal Section, RE</li> <li>999th & 1028th Port Operating Companies, RE</li> <li>940 Inland Water Transport Company, RE</li> <li>Five Companies, Pioneer Corps</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_groups#No.6_Beach_Group" title="Beach groups">No. 6 Beach Group</a> (in reserve) <ul><li>1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry" title="Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry">Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="D-Day_at_Sword">D-Day at Sword</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: D-Day at Sword">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_assault">British assault</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: British assault">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Landing_on_Queen_Red_Beach,_Sword_Area.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Landing_on_Queen_Red_Beach%2C_Sword_Area.jpg/220px-Landing_on_Queen_Red_Beach%2C_Sword_Area.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Landing_on_Queen_Red_Beach%2C_Sword_Area.jpg/330px-Landing_on_Queen_Red_Beach%2C_Sword_Area.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Landing_on_Queen_Red_Beach%2C_Sword_Area.jpg/440px-Landing_on_Queen_Red_Beach%2C_Sword_Area.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="785" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Simon_Fraser,_15th_Lord_Lovat" title="Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat">Lord Lovat</a>, on the right of the column, wades through the water at Sword. The figure in the foreground is Piper <a href="/wiki/Bill_Millin" title="Bill Millin">Bill Millin</a>.</figcaption></figure> The assault on Sword began at about 03:00 with the aerial and naval bombardment of German coastal defences and artillery sites. The landing was to be concentrated on Queen Red and Queen White in front of <a href="/wiki/Hermanville-sur-Mer" title="Hermanville-sur-Mer">Hermanville-sur-Mer</a>, other approaches having proven impassable due to shoals. At 07:25, the first units set off for the beach. These were the amphibious DD tanks of the 13th/18th Hussars; they were followed closely by the 8th Infantry Brigade, and by Royal Engineers in <a href="/wiki/Armoured_Vehicle_Royal_Engineers" title="Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers">AVREs</a> and the various odd-looking, specialized vehicles that had been nicknamed '<a href="/wiki/Hobart%27s_funnies" class="mw-redirect" title="Hobart's funnies">Hobart's funnies</a>'. The engineers set to work clearing mines and obstacles under a steady hail of small arms fire and artillery fire from Périers Ridge just south of Hermanville.<a href="#cite_note-63">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ford_and_Gerrard_p.13-64">[60]</a> Resistance on the beach was initially fairly strong, with wrecked vehicles piling up and casualties mounting; however, with most of their armoured vehicles successfully landed, the British were able to quickly secure the immediate area. By 09:30 the engineers had cleared seven of the eight exits from the beach, allowing the inland advance to begin.<a href="#cite_note-65">[61]</a> British and French commandos encountered tough resistance in the seaside town of <a href="/wiki/Ouistreham" title="Ouistreham">Ouistreham</a>, on Sword's eastern extremity, but were able to clear it of enemy strongpoints. By 13:00, the 1st Special Service Brigade had reached the bridges on the <a href="/wiki/River_Orne" class="mw-redirect" title="River Orne">River Orne</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Canal_de_Caen_%C3%A0_la_Mer" title="Canal de Caen à la Mer">Caen Canal</a>, linking up with paratroops of the 6th Airborne Division, who were holding the bridges, after earlier disabling German gun batteries in a fierce night-time battle at <a href="/wiki/Merville_Gun_Battery" title="Merville Gun Battery">Merville</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Ford_and_Gerrard_p.13-64">[60]</a> On the western flank of Sword, commandos of the 4th Special Service Brigade advanced to secure <a href="/wiki/Lion-sur-Mer" title="Lion-sur-Mer">Lion-sur-Mer</a> and meet Canadian forces at <a href="/wiki/Juno_Beach" title="Juno Beach">Juno Beach</a> but encountered strong resistance and were pinned down by heavy fire for several hours. Around the main landing area, the men of the 3rd Infantry Division had secured Hermanville-sur-Mer by 10:00, but were finding tougher going as they slowly fought their way up Périers Ridge and moved inland. Congestion as more men, vehicles and equipment arrived on the beach further complicated matters. It was gradually becoming apparent that the British would not be able to meet the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, to protect the right flank in an immediate assault on Caen. Troops of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry continued down the Hermanville-Caen road, reaching <a href="/wiki/Bi%C3%A9ville-Beuville" title="Biéville-Beuville">Biéville-Beuville</a>, close to Caen, but were supported by only a few self-propelled guns, their flanks exposed. During the afternoon, the 21st Panzer Division, based around Caen, launched the only major German counterattack of D-Day.<a href="#cite_note-Ford_and_Gerrard_p.13-64">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[62]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="German_counter-attacks">German counter-attacks</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: German counter-attacks">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5079.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5079.jpg/220px-D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5079.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5079.jpg/330px-D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5079.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5079.jpg/440px-D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5079.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="799" /></a><figcaption>German prisoners being marched along Queen beach, Sword</figcaption></figure> The 21st Panzer Division, with its formidable inventory of some 127 Panzer IV tanks,<a href="#cite_note-67">[63]</a> was intended for use as a rapid response force. However, on the morning of June 6, its commander Generalmajor <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Feuchtinger" title="Edgar Feuchtinger">Edgar Feuchtinger</a> was in Paris, and Rommel was in Germany. The division was unable to finalize orders and preparations for a counterattack until late in the day. At about 17:00, two thrusts were launched, east and west of the River Orne. The eastern attack, carried out by II Battalion and supporting units, under Major <a href="/wiki/Hans_von_Luck" title="Hans von Luck">Hans von Luck</a>, was intended to destroy the 6th Airborne Division's Orne bridgehead but was soon stopped in its tracks by intense Allied air attacks and naval gunfire.<a href="#cite_note-68">[64]</a> To the west, a larger armoured group initially fared somewhat better. Taking advantage of the gap between the Sword and Juno sectors, elements of the 192nd <a href="/wiki/Panzergrenadier" title="Panzergrenadier">Panzergrenadier</a> Regiment were able to reach the coast at <a href="/wiki/Lion-sur-Mer" title="Lion-sur-Mer">Lion-sur-Mer</a> by 20:00. With few flak units and very little support from the <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a>, they too suffered losses to Allied aircraft. When 250 gliders of the British <a href="/wiki/6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom)">6th Airlanding Brigade</a> overflew their positions, on their way to reinforce the Orne bridgehead in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Mallard" title="Operation Mallard">Operation Mallard</a>, the Germans, believing they were about to be cut off, retired.<a href="#cite_note-Ford_and_Gerrard_p.13-64">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[65]</a> The Luftwaffe was particularly weak in this sector but tried to support the attack with a few of the rare daylight appearances it made on D-Day. <a href="/wiki/Generalfeldmarschall" title="Generalfeldmarschall">Generalfeldmarschall</a> <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Sperrle" title="Hugo Sperrle">Hugo Sperrle</a>, commanding <a href="/wiki/Luftflotte_3" title="Luftflotte 3">Luftflotte 3</a> (Air Fleet 3) was responsible for the air defence of Normandy and ordered all available forces to attack the beachhead. <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88" title="Junkers Ju 88">Junkers Ju 88s</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kampfgeschwader_54" title="Kampfgeschwader 54">Kampfgeschwader 54</a> (KG 54: Bomber Wing 54) attacked British positions with <a href="/wiki/Butterfly_Bomb" title="Butterfly Bomb">Butterfly Bombs</a>. III./KG 54 struck <a href="/wiki/Lion-sur-Mer" title="Lion-sur-Mer">Lion-sur-Mer</a> while I./KG 54 bombed shipping at the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Orne_(river)" title="Orne (river)">Orne</a>. <a href="/wiki/No._145_Wing_RAF" title="No. 145 Wing RAF">145 Wing</a> intercepted and shot down five German aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-70">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[67]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aftermath">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Analysis">Analysis</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Analysis">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PzIV.Saumur.000a5s6s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/PzIV.Saumur.000a5s6s.jpg/220px-PzIV.Saumur.000a5s6s.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/PzIV.Saumur.000a5s6s.jpg/330px-PzIV.Saumur.000a5s6s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/PzIV.Saumur.000a5s6s.jpg/440px-PzIV.Saumur.000a5s6s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="539" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Panzer_IV" title="Panzer IV">Panzer IV</a> was the main battle tank of the <a href="/wiki/21st_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">German 21st Panzer Division</a>. The division had 127 Panzer IVs on 6 June.<a href="#cite_note-Deste124-6">[5]</a></figcaption></figure> By the end of D-Day, 28,845 men of I Corps had come ashore across Sword. The British Official Historian, <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Ellis" title="Lionel Ellis">L. F. Ellis</a>, wrote that "in spite of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Wall" title="Atlantic Wall">Atlantic Wall</a> over 156,000 men had been landed in France on the first day of the campaign."<a href="#cite_note-Ellis223-1">[1]</a> British losses in the Sword area amounted to 683 men.<a href="#cite_note-72">[68]</a> The British and Canadians were able to link up and resume the drive on Caen the following day, but three days into the invasion, the advance was halted.<a href="#cite_note-73">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[70]</a> On 7 June, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Perch" title="Operation Perch">Operation Perch</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Pincer_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Pincer attack">pincer attack</a> by the <a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland) Infantry Division</a> and <a href="/wiki/XXX_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="XXX Corps (United Kingdom)">XXX Corps</a> was launched to encircle Caen from the east and west flanks.<a href="#cite_note-ellis250-75">[71]</a> The <a href="/wiki/21st_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">21st Panzer Division</a> halted the 51st Division advance and the XXX Corps attack resulted in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Villers-Bocage" title="Battle of Villers-Bocage">Battle of Villers-Bocage</a> and the withdrawal of the leading elements of the <a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th Armoured Division</a> soon after.<a href="#cite_note-VdV139-76">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[73]</a> The next offensive, codenamed <a href="/wiki/Operation_Epsom" title="Operation Epsom">Operation Epsom</a>, was launched by <a href="/wiki/VIII_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="VIII Corps (United Kingdom)">VIII Corps</a> on 26 June, to envelope Caen from the west.<a href="#cite_note-78">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[75]</a> German forces managed to contain the offensive but to do so, they were obliged to commit all their available strength.<a href="#cite_note-80">[76]</a> On 27 June, the 3rd Infantry Division and its supporting tanks launched Operation Mitten. The objective was to seize two German-occupied <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teaux" class="mw-redirect" title="Châteaux">châteaux</a>, la Londe and le Landel. The initial evening assault was repulsed but the following morning, attacks gained the objectives and destroyed several German tanks. Operation Mitten cost at least three British tanks and 268 men.<a href="#cite_note-Scarfe6869-81">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-Fortin30-82">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-Copp113-83">[79]</a> In 2003 Copp wrote that fighting for these châteaux made the area the "bloodiest square mile in Normandy".<a href="#cite_note-Copp113-83">[79]</a> Norman Scarfe]] wrote in 1947 that, had the operation gone more smoothly, further elements of the division and elements of the 3rd Canadian Division would have launched Operation Aberlour, an ambitious plan to capture several villages north of Caen but the attack was cancelled by Lieutenant-General John Crocker.<a href="#cite_note-Scarfe6869-81">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-Fortin30-82">[78]</a> Several days later I Corps launched a new offensive, codenamed <a href="/wiki/Operation_Charnwood" title="Operation Charnwood">Operation Charnwood</a>, to gain possession of Caen.<a href="#cite_note-Williams131-84">[80]</a> In a frontal assault, the northern half of the city was captured,<a href="#cite_note-Williams131-84">[80]</a> but German forces retained possession of the city south of the River Orne. The southern half of Caen was only captured 12 days later by Canadian infantry during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Atlantic" title="Operation Atlantic">Operation Atlantic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-85">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[82]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_in_Sword_Bombardment_Group" title="List of ships in Sword Bombardment Group">List of ships in Sword Bombardment Group</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt>Footnotes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a> Historian Stephen Badsey notes that the beach itself was only defended by two companies, no more than 300 men.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> The other companies were positioned further inland and at Ouistreham.<a href="#cite_note-ford2425-4">[4]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Carlo_D%27Este" title="Carlo D'Este">Carlo D'Este</a> and Ken Ford both note that various elements of the 21st Panzer Division's two infantry regiments, tank regiment, pioneer battalion and artillery regiment were all involved in the fighting on 6 June.<a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a> Niklas Zetterling notes that on 1 June that these formations amounted to 9,778 men.<a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a> 3rd Infantry Division recorded the loss of 683 men on D-Day; 8th Infantry Brigade recorded 367 casualties, 9th Infantry Brigade losses are not available for D-Day but are recorded as slight, 185th Infantry Brigade lost 232 men, and the divisional machine-gun battalion lost 36 men.<a href="#cite_note-12">[10]</a> The Commandos lost 18 men killed and 30 wounded on the beaches alone.<a href="#cite_note-13">[11]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a> 20 tanks destroyed and "over 30 damaged"<a href="#cite_note-15">[12]</a> </li> </ol></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Ellis223-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ellis223_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ellis223_1-1">b</a> Ellis, p. 223 </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> Fortin, p. 58 </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a> Buckley (2006), p. 53 </li> <li id="cite_note-ford2425-4">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ford2425_4-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ford2425_4-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ford2425_4-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ford2425_4-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ford2425_4-4">e</a> Ford, pp. 24–25 </li> <li id="cite_note-Deste124-6">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Deste124_6-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Deste124_6-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Deste124_6-2">c</a> D'Este, p. 124 </li> <li id="cite_note-Ellis204-7">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ellis204_7-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ellis204_7-1">b</a> Ellis, p. 204 </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a> D'Este, pp. 136, 139 </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a> Ford, pp. 71–72 </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a> Zetterling, 21st Panzer Division </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a> Ford, p. 86 </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a> Ford, p. 112 </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> Ford, p. 80 </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a> Buckley (2006), p. 137 </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a> D'Este, p. 21 </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a> Bauer, 44 </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a> Ellis, p. 7 </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a> Granatstein, p. 11 </li> <li id="cite_note-Ellis,_p._9-22">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ellis,_p._9_22-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ellis,_p._9_22-1">b</a> Ellis, p. 9 </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a> Granatstein, pp. 13–14 </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a> Zuehlke, p. 25 </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a> Ellis, p. 140 </li> <li id="cite_note-granat18-26">^ <a href="#cite_ref-granat18_26-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-granat18_26-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-granat18_26-2">c</a> Granatstein, p. 18 </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a> Ellis, p. 78 </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a> Ellis, p. 81 </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuckingham200588-29"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuckingham200588_29-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBuckingham2005">Buckingham 2005</a>, p. 88. </li> <li 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Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8117-3384-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8117-3384-X"><bdi>0-8117-3384-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=D-Day+1944%3A+Sword+Beach+%26+British+Airborne+Landings&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0-8117-3384-X&rft.aulast=Ford&rft.aufirst=Ken&rft.au=Howard+Gerrard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword+Beach" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKaufmannKaufmann2003" class="citation book cs1">Kaufmann, J. E.; Kaufmann, H. W. (2003). Fortress Third Reich. 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Histoire & Collections. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-915239-33-9" title="Special:BookSources/2-915239-33-9"><bdi>2-915239-33-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Tanks+in+Normandy&rft.pub=Histoire+%26+Collections&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=2-915239-33-9&rft.aulast=Fortin&rft.aufirst=Ludovic&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword+Beach" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMitcham_Jr.2007" class="citation book cs1">Mitcham Jr., Samuel W. (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qBrjZ8-VtEMC&q=21st+Panzer+Division&pg=PA19">Retreat to the Reich: The German Defeat in France, 1944</a>. Stackpole Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84067-136-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84067-136-0"><bdi>978-1-84067-136-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Retreat+to+the+Reich%3A+The+German+Defeat+in+France%2C+1944&rft.pub=Stackpole+Books&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-84067-136-0&rft.aulast=Mitcham+Jr.&rft.aufirst=Samuel+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DqBrjZ8-VtEMC%26q%3D21st%2BPanzer%2BDivision%26pg%3DPA19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword+Beach" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarclerode2002" class="citation book cs1">Harclerode, Peter (2002). Go To It! The Illustrated History of the 6th Airborne Division. 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Pakenham-Walsh, History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Vol IX, 1938–1948, Chatham: Institution of Royal Engineers, 1958.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRogers2012" class="citation book cs1">Rogers, J & D (2012). D-Day Beach Force. The Men Who Turned Chaos into Order (1 ed.). Stroud: The History Press. p. 20. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780752463308" title="Special:BookSources/9780752463308"><bdi>9780752463308</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=D-Day+Beach+Force.+The+Men+Who+Turned+Chaos+into+Order&rft.place=Stroud&rft.pages=20&rft.edition=1&rft.pub=The+History+Press&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9780752463308&rft.aulast=Rogers&rft.aufirst=J+%26+D&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword+Beach" class="Z3988"></li> <li>Brig N.W. Routledge, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85753-099-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-85753-099-3">1-85753-099-3</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScarfe2006" class="citation book cs1">Scarfe, Norman (2006) [1947]. Assault Division: A History of the 3rd Division from the Invasion of Normandy to the Surrender of Germany. 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Rinaldi, The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organization and Units 1889–2018, Tiger Lily Books, 2018, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-171790180-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-171790180-4">978-171790180-4</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeal2000" class="citation book cs1">Weal, J. (2000). Ju 88 Kampfgeschwader on the Western Front. Oxford: Osprey. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84176-020-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-84176-020-X"><bdi>1-84176-020-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ju+88+Kampfgeschwader+on+the+Western+Front&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Osprey&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=1-84176-020-X&rft.aulast=Weal&rft.aufirst=J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword+Beach" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliams2004" class="citation book cs1">Williams, Andrew (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ddaytoberlin0000will">D-Day to Berlin</a>. London: <a href="/wiki/Hodder_%26_Stoughton" title="Hodder & Stoughton">Hodder & Stoughton</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-340-83397-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-340-83397-1"><bdi>0-340-83397-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/60416729">60416729</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=D-Day+to+Berlin&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Hodder+%26+Stoughton&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F60416729&rft.isbn=0-340-83397-1&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fddaytoberlin0000will&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword+Beach" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilmot1997" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Chester_Wilmot" title="Chester Wilmot">Wilmot, Chester</a> (1997) [1952]. The Struggle For Europe. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85326-677-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-85326-677-9"><bdi>1-85326-677-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/39697844">39697844</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Struggle+For+Europe&rft.place=Ware%2C+Hertfordshire&rft.pub=Wordsworth+Editions&rft.date=1997&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F39697844&rft.isbn=1-85326-677-9&rft.aulast=Wilmot&rft.aufirst=Chester&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword+Beach" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZalogaHugh_Johnson2005" class="citation book cs1">Zaloga, Steven J.; Hugh Johnson (2005). D-Day Fortifications in Normandy. Osprey. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84176-876-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-84176-876-6"><bdi>1-84176-876-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=D-Day+Fortifications+in+Normandy&rft.pub=Osprey&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-84176-876-6&rft.aulast=Zaloga&rft.aufirst=Steven+J.&rft.au=Hugh+Johnson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword+Beach" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVon_Luck1989" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hans_von_Luck" title="Hans von Luck">Von Luck, Hans</a> (1989). Panzer Commander. New York: Dell. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-440-20802-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-440-20802-5"><bdi>0-440-20802-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Panzer+Commander&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Dell&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0-440-20802-5&rft.aulast=Von+Luck&rft.aufirst=Hans&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword+Beach" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompson1968" class="citation book cs1">Thompson, R.W. (1968). D-Day, Spearhead of Invasion. New York: Ballantine.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=D-Day%2C+Spearhead+of+Invasion&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Ballantine&rft.date=1968&rft.aulast=Thompson&rft.aufirst=R.W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword+Beach" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZengStankeyCreek2007" class="citation book cs1">Zeng, H. L. de; Stankey, D. G; Creek, E. J. (2007). Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe 1933–1945: A Reference Source. Vol. I. Birmingham: Ian Allan Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85780-279-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85780-279-5"><bdi>978-1-85780-279-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bomber+Units+of+the+Luftwaffe+1933%E2%80%931945%3A+A+Reference+Source&rft.place=Birmingham&rft.pub=Ian+Allan+Publishing&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-85780-279-5&rft.aulast=Zeng&rft.aufirst=H.+L.+de&rft.au=Stankey%2C+D.+G&rft.au=Creek%2C+E.+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword+Beach" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFisher2024" class="citation book cs1">Fisher, Stephen (2024). Sword Beach: The Untold Story of D-Day's Forgotten Battle. <a href="/wiki/Transworld_(publisher)" title="Transworld (publisher)">Transworld</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1787636712" title="Special:BookSources/978-1787636712"><bdi>978-1787636712</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sword+Beach%3A+The+Untold+Story+of+D-Day%27s+Forgotten+Battle&rft.pub=Transworld&rft.date=2024&rft.isbn=978-1787636712&rft.aulast=Fisher&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword+Beach" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_Beach&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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battles">Battles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_military_operations" title="List of World War II military operations">Operations</a></li></ul></li> <li>Leaders <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allied_leaders_of_World_War_II" title="Allied leaders of World War II">Allied</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axis_leaders_of_World_War_II" title="Axis leaders of World War II">Axis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commanders_of_World_War_II" title="Commanders of World War II">Commanders</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_casualties" title="World War II casualties">Casualties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Allied_World_War_II_conferences" title="List of Allied World War II conferences">Conferences</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_World_War_II_topics" title="Lists of World War II topics">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_warfare_of_World_War_II" title="Air warfare of World War II">Air warfare of World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_air_operations_during_the_Battle_of_Europe" title="List of air operations during the Battle of Europe">In Europe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">Blitzkrieg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparative_officer_ranks_of_World_War_II" title="Comparative officer ranks of World War II">Comparative military ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_cryptography" title="World War II cryptography">Cryptography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declarations_of_war_during_World_War_II" title="Declarations of war during World War II">Declarations of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_history_of_World_War_II" title="Diplomatic history of World War II">Diplomacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governments_in_exile_during_World_War_II" title="List of governments in exile during World War II">Governments in exile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_front_during_World_War_II" title="Home front during World War II">Home front</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_home_front_during_World_War_II" title="Australian home front during World War II">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_home_front_during_World_War_II" title="United Kingdom home front during World War II">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_home_front_during_World_War_II" title="United States home front during World War II">United States</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lend-Lease" title="Lend-Lease">Lend-Lease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Project" title="Manhattan Project">Manhattan Project</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_contribution_to_the_Manhattan_Project" title="British contribution to the Manhattan Project">British contribution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_awards_and_decorations_of_World_War_II" title="List of military awards and decorations of World War II">Military awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_World_War_II_military_equipment" title="Lists of World War II military equipment">Military equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_production_during_World_War_II" title="Military production during World War II">Military production</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_history_of_World_War_II" title="Naval history of World War II">Naval history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazi_plunder" title="Nazi plunder">Nazi plunder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opposition_to_World_War_II" title="Opposition to World War II">Opposition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technology_during_World_War_II" title="Technology during World War II">Technology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allied_technological_cooperation_during_World_War_II" title="Allied technological cooperation during World War II">Allied cooperation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulberry_harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Mulberry harbour">Mulberry harbour</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_war#World_War_II" title="Total war">Total war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">Strategic bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_puppet_states" title="List of World War II puppet states">Puppet states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_World_War_II" title="Women in World War II">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_and_World_War_II" title="Art and World War II">Art and World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_in_World_War_II" title="Music in World War II">Music in World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weather_events_during_wars#World_War_II" title="Weather events during wars">Weather events during World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_theaters_and_campaigns_of_World_War_II" title="List of theaters and campaigns of World War II">Theaters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_theater" title="Asiatic-Pacific theater">Asia and Pacific</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South-East_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South-East Asian theatre of World War II">South-East Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">North and Central Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South West Pacific theatre of World War II">South-West Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_in_World_War_II" title="Indian Ocean in World War II">Indian Ocean</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">Europe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean and Middle East</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_African_campaign" title="North African campaign">North Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_African_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="East African campaign (World War II)">East Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="Italian campaign (World War II)">Italy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa_in_World_War_II" title="French West Africa in World War II">West Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Atlantic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Theater_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Theater (World War II)">Americas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_World_War_II" title="Aftermath of World War II">Aftermath</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decolonization" title="Decolonization">Decolonization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Korea" title="Division of Korea">Division of Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Indochina_War" title="First Indochina War">First Indochina War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_(1944%E2%80%931950)" title="Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)">Expulsion of Germans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Civil_War" title="Greek Civil War">Greek Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_National_Revolution" title="Indonesian National Revolution">Indonesian National Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Keelhaul" title="Operation Keelhaul">Keelhaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Plan" title="Marshall Plan">Marshall Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany" title="Allied-occupied Germany">Occupation of Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">Occupation of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Osoaviakhim" title="Operation Osoaviakhim">Osoaviakhim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Paperclip" title="Operation Paperclip">Paperclip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_occupations_by_the_Soviet_Union" title="Military occupations by the Soviet Union">Soviet occupations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states" title="Occupation of the Baltic states">Baltic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations" title="Hungary–Soviet Union relations">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="Polish People's Republic">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Romania" title="Soviet occupation of Romania">Romania</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oder%E2%80%93Neisse_line" title="Oder–Neisse line">Territorial changes of Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Final_Settlement_with_Respect_to_Germany" title="Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany">Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_World_War_II" title="War crimes in World War II">War crimes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allied_war_crimes_during_World_War_II" title="Allied war crimes during World War II">Allied war crimes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="Soviet war crimes">Soviet war crimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="British war crimes">British war crimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="United States war crimes">United States war crimes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="German war crimes">German war crimes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II" title="Forced labour under German rule during World War II">forced labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht" title="War crimes of the Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht war crimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">The Holocaust</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Holocaust" title="Aftermath of the Holocaust">Aftermath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_response_to_the_Holocaust" title="International response to the Holocaust">Response</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuremberg_trials" title="Nuremberg trials">Nuremberg trials</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_war_crimes" title="Italian war crimes">Italian war crimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes" title="Japanese war crimes">Japanese war crimes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre" title="Nanjing Massacre">Nanjing Massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unit_731" title="Unit 731">Unit 731</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East" title="International Military Tribunal for the Far East">Prosecution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e" title="Ustaše">Croatian war crimes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Genocide_of_Serbs_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia">Genocide of Serbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia">Persecution of Jews</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Romania#The_Holocaust" title="History of the Jews in Romania">Romanian war crimes</a></li> <li>Sexual violence <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_military_brothels_in_World_War_II" title="German military brothels in World War II">German military brothels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_camp_brothels_in_World_War_II" title="German camp brothels in World War II">Camp brothels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Germany" title="Rape during the occupation of Germany">Rape during the occupation of Germany</a>  / <a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Japan" title="Rape during the occupation of Japan">Japan</a>  / <a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_Soviet_occupation_of_Poland" title="Rape during the Soviet occupation of Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_liberation_of_France" title="Rape during the liberation of France">Rape during the liberation of France</a>  / <a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_liberation_of_Serbia" title="Rape during the liberation of Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sook_Ching" title="Sook Ching">Sook Ching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comfort_women" title="Comfort women">Comfort women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manila_massacre#Mass_rapes" title="Manila massacre">Rape of Manila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marocchinate" title="Marocchinate">Marocchinate</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_by_country" title="World War II by country">Participants</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algeria_in_World_War_II" title="Algeria in World War II">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Australia during World War II">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_World_War_II" title="Belgium in World War II">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazil_in_World_War_II" title="Brazil in World War II">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgaria during World War II">Bulgaria</a> (<a href="/wiki/1944_Bulgarian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1944 Bulgarian coup d'état">from September 1944</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_in_World_War_II" title="Canada in World War II">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuba_during_World_War_II" title="Cuba during World War II">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Czechoslovakia_(1938%E2%80%931945)" title="Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_World_War_II" title="Denmark in World War II">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War" title="Second Italo-Ethiopian War">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eswatini_in_World_War_II" title="Eswatini in World War II">Eswatini</a> (formerly Swaziland)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_World_War_II" title="Finland in World War II">Finland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lapland_War" title="Lapland War">from September 1944</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_during_World_War_II" title="France during World War II">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_France" title="Free France">Free France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Greece_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Greece during World War II">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_in_World_War_II" title="India in World War II">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Co-belligerent_Army" title="Italian Co-belligerent Army">Italy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_Civil_War" title="Italian Civil War">from September 1943</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_in_World_War_II" title="Luxembourg in World War II">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico_during_World_War_II" title="Mexico during World War II">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Netherlands_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the Netherlands during World War II">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Newfoundland_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Newfoundland during World War II">Newfoundland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_New_Zealand_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of New Zealand during World War II">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Philippines_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the Philippines during World War II">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="History of Poland (1939–1945)">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_World_War_II" title="Romania in World War II">Romania</a> (<a href="/wiki/1944_Romanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1944 Romanian coup d'état">from August 1944</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_in_World_War_II" title="Sierra Leone in World War II">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_South_Africa_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of South Africa during World War II">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia_in_World_War_II" title="Southern Rhodesia in World War II">Southern Rhodesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_in_World_War_II" title="Soviet Union in World War II">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuva_in_World_War_II" title="Tuva in World War II">Tuva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II">United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Empire_in_World_War_II" title="British Empire in World War II">British Empire</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Ricans_in_World_War_II" title="Puerto Ricans in World War II">Puerto Rico</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Yugoslavia" title="World War II in Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943)" title="Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)">Albania protectorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgaria during World War II">Bulgaria</a> (until September 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Jingwei_regime" title="Wang Jingwei regime">Wang Jingwei regime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia">Independent State of Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_World_War_II" title="Finland in World War II">Finland</a> (until September 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German Reich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_World_War_II" title="Hungary in World War II">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azad_Hind" title="Azad Hind">Azad Hind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Indochina_in_World_War_II" title="French Indochina in World War II">French Indochina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War" title="Anglo-Iraqi War">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Italy during World War II">Italy</a> (until September 1943) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic" title="Italian Social Republic">Italian Social Republic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Philippine_Republic" title="Second Philippine Republic">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_World_War_II" title="Romania in World War II">Romania</a> (until August 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="Slovak Republic (1939–1945)">Slovak Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thailand_in_World_War_II" title="Thailand in World War II">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Collaboration_with_Axis_Powers" title="Template:Collaboration with Axis Powers">Collaboration</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Neutral_powers_during_World_War_II" title="Neutral powers during World War II">Neutral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Afghanistan" title="Kingdom of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Andorra#20th_and_21st_centuries" title="History of Andorra">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_neutrality_during_World_War_II" title="Irish neutrality during World War II">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_in_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Liechtenstein in World War II">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portugal_during_World_War_II" title="Portugal during World War II">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spain_during_World_War_II" title="Spain during World War II">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_during_World_War_II" title="Sweden during World War II">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Switzerland during the World Wars">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibet_(1912%E2%80%931951)" title="Tibet (1912–1951)">Tibet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City_during_World_War_II" title="Vatican City during World War II">Vatican City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Resistance_during_World_War_II" title="Resistance during World War II">Resistance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Albania" title="World War II in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_resistance" title="Austrian resistance">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Resistance" title="Belgian Resistance">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_resistance_movement_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resistance_in_the_Protectorate_of_Bohemia_and_Moravia" title="Resistance in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia">Czech lands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_resistance_movement" title="Danish resistance movement">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies#Underground_resistance" title="Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_anti-German_resistance_movement_1941%E2%80%931944" title="Estonian anti-German resistance movement 1941–1944">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbegnoch" title="Arbegnoch">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Resistance" title="French Resistance">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_resistance_to_Nazism" title="German resistance to Nazism">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_resistance" title="Greek resistance">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong#Anti-Japanese_resistance" title="Japanese occupation of Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_resistance_movement" title="Italian resistance movement">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_dissidence_in_the_Empire_of_Japan#Dissidence_during_World_War_II" title="Political dissidence in the Empire of Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_resistance_in_German-occupied_Europe" title="Jewish resistance in German-occupied Europe">Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Liberation_Army" title="Korean Liberation Army">Korean Liberation Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Volunteer_Army" title="Korean Volunteer Army">Korean Volunteer Army</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_anti-Nazi_resistance_movement_1941%E2%80%931945" title="Latvian anti-Nazi resistance movement 1941–1945">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resistance_in_Lithuania_during_World_War_II" title="Resistance in Lithuania during World War II">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_Resistance" title="Luxembourg Resistance">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Peoples%27_Anti-Japanese_Army" title="Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army">Malaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_resistance" title="Dutch resistance">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Anti-Japanese_United_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army">Northeast China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_resistance_movement" title="Norwegian resistance movement">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_resistance_against_Japan" title="Philippine resistance against Japan">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II" title="Polish resistance movement in World War II">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_anti-communist_resistance_movement" title="Romanian anti-communist resistance movement">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Thai_Movement" title="Free Thai Movement">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_partisans" title="Soviet partisans">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_National_Uprising" title="Slovak National Uprising">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army" title="Ukrainian Insurgent Army">Western Ukraine</a></li> <li>Vietnam <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vi%E1%BB%87t_Nam_Qu%E1%BB%91c_D%C3%A2n_%C4%90%E1%BA%A3ng" title="Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng">Quốc dân Đảng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viet_Minh" title="Viet Minh">Viet Minh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">POWs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Finnish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></li> <li>German prisoners <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_Azerbaijan" title="German prisoners of war in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_United_States" title="German prisoners of war in the United States">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="German prisoners of war in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Italian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_prisoners_of_war_in_World_War_II" title="Japanese prisoners of war in World War II">Japanese prisoners</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_atrocities_committed_against_Polish_prisoners_of_war" title="German atrocities committed against Polish prisoners of war">German atrocities against Polish POWs</a></li> <li>Soviet prisoners <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_prisoners_of_war_in_Finland" title="Soviet prisoners of war in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_atrocities_committed_against_Soviet_prisoners_of_war" title="German atrocities committed against Soviet prisoners of war">atrocities by Germans</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_prisoners-of-war_in_the_Soviet_Union_after_1939" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish prisoners-of-war in the Soviet Union after 1939">Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Romanian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_timelines_of_World_War_II" title="List of timelines of World War II">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="Prelude" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_II" title="Causes of World War II">Prelude</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abyssinia_Crisis" title="Abyssinia Crisis">Africa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War" title="Second Italo-Ethiopian War">Second Italo-Ethiopian War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Events_preceding_World_War_II_in_Asia" title="Events preceding World War II in Asia">Asia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol" title="Battles of Khalkhin Gol">Battles of Khalkhin Gol</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Events_preceding_World_War_II_in_Europe" title="Events preceding World War II in Europe">Europe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anschluss" title="Anschluss">Anschluss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munich_Agreement" title="Munich Agreement">Munich Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Czechoslovakia_(1938%E2%80%931945)" title="Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)">Occupation of Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Himmler" title="Operation Himmler">Operation Himmler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Albania" title="Italian invasion of Albania">Italian invasion of Albania</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1939)" title="Timeline of World War II (1939)">1939</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoney_War" title="Phoney War">Phoney War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1939)" title="Battle of Changsha (1939)">First Battle of Changsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Guangxi" title="Battle of South Guangxi">Battle of South Guangxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%931940_Winter_Offensive" title="1939–1940 Winter Offensive">1939–1940 Winter Offensive</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1940)" title="Timeline of World War II (1940)">1940</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">Norwegian campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)" title="German invasion of Denmark (1940)">German invasion of Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zaoyang%E2%80%93Yichang" title="Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang">Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Luxembourg" title="German invasion of Luxembourg">German invasion of Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_the_Netherlands" title="German invasion of the Netherlands">German invasion of the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1940)" title="German invasion of Belgium (1940)">German invasion of Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk evacuation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean" title="Battle of the Mediterranean">Battle of the Mediterranean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_campaign" title="Western Desert campaign">North Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa_in_World_War_II" title="French West Africa in World War II">West Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_British_Somaliland" title="Italian invasion of British Somaliland">British Somaliland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundred_Regiments_Offensive" title="Hundred Regiments Offensive">Hundred Regiments Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states" title="Occupation of the Baltic states">Baltic states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Bessarabia_and_Northern_Bukovina" title="Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina">Eastern Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_French_Indochina" title="Japanese invasion of French Indochina">Japanese invasion of French Indochina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greco-Italian_War" title="Greco-Italian War">Italian invasion of Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Compass" title="Operation Compass">Compass</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1941)" title="Timeline of World War II (1941)">1941</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Henan" title="Battle of South Henan">Battle of South Henan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shanggao" title="Battle of Shanggao">Battle of Shanggao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Yugoslavia" title="Invasion of Yugoslavia">Invasion of Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Greece" title="German invasion of Greece">German invasion of Greece</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crete" title="Battle of Crete">Battle of Crete</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War" title="Anglo-Iraqi War">Anglo-Iraqi War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Shanxi" title="Battle of South Shanxi">Battle of South Shanxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_campaign" title="Syria–Lebanon campaign">Syria–Lebanon campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_African_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="East African campaign (World War II)">East African campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Invasion of the Soviet Union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Summer_War" title="Summer War">Summer War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Finland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Silver_Fox" title="Operation Silver Fox">Silver Fox</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_Uprising_in_Lithuania" title="June Uprising in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1941)" title="Battle of Kiev (1941)">Battle of Kiev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran" title="Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran">Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1941)" title="Battle of Changsha (1941)">Second Battle of Changsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">Siege of Leningrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Gorky_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Gorky in World War II">Bombing of Gorky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)">Siege of Sevastopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Attack on Pearl Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Thailand" title="Japanese invasion of Thailand">Japanese invasion of Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hong_Kong" title="Battle of Hong Kong">Fall of Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_campaign_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Philippines campaign (1941–1942)">Fall of the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guam_(1941)" title="Battle of Guam (1941)">Battle of Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island" title="Battle of Wake Island">Battle of Wake Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayan_campaign" title="Malayan campaign">Malayan campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Borneo_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Battle of Borneo (1941–1942)">Battle of Borneo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Burma" title="Japanese invasion of Burma">Japanese invasion of Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Battle of Changsha (1941–1942)">Third Battle of Changsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Famine_(Greece)" title="Great Famine (Greece)">Greek famine of 1941–1944</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1942)" title="Timeline of World War II (1942)">1942</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Singapore" title="Fall of Singapore">Fall of Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Java_Sea" title="Battle of the Java Sea">Battle of the Java Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid" title="St Nazaire Raid">St Nazaire Raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Christmas_Island" title="Battle of Christmas Island">Battle of Christmas Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea" title="Battle of the Coral Sea">Battle of the Coral Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Madagascar" title="Battle of Madagascar">Battle of Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhejiang-Jiangxi_campaign" title="Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign">Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gazala" title="Battle of Gazala">Battle of Gazala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dutch_Harbor" title="Battle of Dutch Harbor">Battle of Dutch Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleutian_Islands_campaign" title="Aleutian Islands campaign">Aleutian Islands campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Kiska" title="Japanese occupation of Kiska">Kiska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Attu" title="Japanese occupation of Attu"> Attu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="First Battle of El Alamein">First Battle of El Alamein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokoda_Track_campaign" title="Kokoda Track campaign">Kokoda Track campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rzhev,_summer_1942" title="Battle of Rzhev, summer 1942">Rzhev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dieppe_Raid" title="Dieppe Raid">Jubilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal_campaign" title="Guadalcanal campaign">Guadalcanal campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch">Torch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_famine_of_1942%E2%80%931943" title="Chinese famine of 1942–1943">Chinese famine of 1942–1943</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1943)" title="Timeline of World War II (1943)">1943</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_May_(1943)" title="Black May (1943)">Black May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_campaign" title="Tunisian campaign">Tunisian campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_West_Hubei" title="Battle of West Hubei">Battle of West Hubei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Attu" title="Battle of Attu">Battle of Attu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Gorky_in_World_War_II#June_1943" title="Bombing of Gorky in World War II">Bombing of Gorky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Allied invasion of Sicily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smolensk_operation" title="Smolensk operation">Smolensk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_campaign" title="Solomon Islands campaign">Solomon Islands campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cottage" title="Operation Cottage">Cottage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dnieper" title="Battle of the Dnieper">Battle of the Dnieper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy" title="Allied invasion of Italy">Allied invasion of Italy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_Cassibile" title="Armistice of Cassibile">Armistice of Cassibile</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burma_campaign" title="Burma campaign">Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Northern_Burma_and_Western_Yunnan" title="Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan">Northern Burma and Western Yunnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changde" title="Battle of Changde">Changde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1943)" title="Battle of Kiev (1943)">Second Battle of Kiev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Marshall_Islands_campaign" title="Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign">Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa" title="Battle of Tarawa">Tarawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Makin" title="Battle of Makin">Makin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal famine of 1943</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1944)" title="Timeline of World War II (1944)">1944</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tempest" title="Operation Tempest">Tempest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino" title="Battle of Monte Cassino">Monte Cassino</a> / <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio" title="Battle of Anzio">Anzio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korsun%E2%80%93Cherkassy" title="Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy">Korsun–Cherkassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Narva_(1944)" title="Battle of Narva (1944)">Narva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ichi-Go" title="Operation Ichi-Go">Ichi-Go</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Overlord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Neptune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign" title="Mariana and Palau Islands campaign">Mariana and Palau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Bagration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lvov%E2%80%93Sandomierz_offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Lvov–Sandomierz offensive">Western Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guam_(1944)" title="Battle of Guam (1944)">Second Battle of Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tannenberg_Line" title="Battle of Tannenberg Line">Tannenberg Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising" title="Warsaw Uprising">Warsaw Uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_offensive" title="Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive">Eastern Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris" title="Liberation of Paris">Liberation of Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon">Dragoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_Line" title="Gothic Line">Gothic Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgrade_offensive" title="Belgrade offensive">Belgrade offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapland_War" title="Lapland War">Lapland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Market Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallinn_offensive" title="Tallinn offensive">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Crossbow" title="Operation 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landings">Neptune</a> (assault plan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_airborne_landings_in_Normandy" title="American airborne landings in Normandy">American airborne landings in Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Atlantic" title="Operation Atlantic">Atlantic</a> (Canada)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bluecoat" title="Operation Bluecoat">Bluecoat</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Charnwood" title="Operation Charnwood">Charnwood</a> (UK and Canada)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra">Cobra</a> (US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_the_Caen_canal_and_Orne_river_bridges" title="Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges">Capture of Caen and Orne bridges</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Epsom" title="Operation Epsom">Epsom</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Fortitude" title="Operation Fortitude">Fortitude</a> (Deception plan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Goodwood" title="Operation Goodwood">Goodwood</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Odon" title="Second Battle of the Odon">Greenline, Pomegranate and Express</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jupiter_(1944)" title="Operation Jupiter (1944)">Jupiter</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_L%C3%BCttich" title="Operation Lüttich">Lüttich</a> (German)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mallard" title="Operation Mallard">Mallard</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Martlet" title="Operation Martlet">Martlet</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Perch" title="Operation Perch">Perch</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Spring" title="Operation Spring">Spring</a> (Canada)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Titanic" title="Operation Titanic">Titanic</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tonga" title="Operation Tonga">Tonga</a> (UK 6th Airborne)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Totalize" title="Operation Totalize">Totalize</a> (Canada, Poland, UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tractable" title="Operation Tractable">Tractable</a> (Canada, Poland, UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Windsor" title="Operation Windsor">Windsor</a> (Canada)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Battles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Brest" title="Battle for Brest">Brest</a> (US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Br%C3%A9ville" title="Battle of Bréville">Bréville</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Caen" title="Battle for Caen">Caen</a> (UK, Canada)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Carentan" title="Battle of Carentan">Carentan</a> (US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chambois" title="Battle of Chambois">Chambois</a> (Canada, Poland, US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cherbourg" title="Battle of Cherbourg">Cherbourg</a> (US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Merville_Gun_Battery" title="Battle of Merville Gun Battery">Merville Battery</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Verri%C3%A8res_Ridge" title="Battle of Verrières Ridge">Verrières Ridge</a> (Canada)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Villers-Bocage" title="Battle of Villers-Bocage">Villers-Bocage</a> (UK)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Landing points (<abbr title="West">W</abbr>→<abbr title="East">E</abbr>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Utah_Beach" title="Utah Beach">Utah</a> (US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omaha_Beach" title="Omaha Beach">Omaha</a> (US) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pointe_du_Hoc" title="Pointe du Hoc">Pointe du Hoc</a> (US)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Beach" title="Gold Beach">Gold</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juno_Beach" title="Juno Beach">Juno</a> (Canada)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sword</a> (UK)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Logistics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_logistics_in_the_Normandy_campaign" title="American logistics in the Normandy campaign">American logistics in the Normandy campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_logistics_in_the_Normandy_campaign" title="British logistics in the Normandy campaign">British logistics in the Normandy campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulberry_harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Mulberry harbour">Mulberry harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pluto" title="Operation Pluto">Pluto</a> (Pipe-Line Under The Ocean)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chastity" title="Operation Chastity">Operation Chastity</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Gun batteries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amfreville_battery" title="Amfreville battery">Amfreville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azeville_battery" title="Azeville battery">Azeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crisbecq_Battery" title="Crisbecq Battery">Crisbecq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houlgate_battery" title="Houlgate battery">Houlgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longues-sur-Mer_battery" title="Longues-sur-Mer battery">Longues-sur-Mer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maisy_battery" title="Maisy battery">Maisy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merville_Gun_Battery" title="Merville Gun Battery">Merville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mont_Canisy_battery" title="Mont Canisy battery">Mont Canisy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Falaise_pocket" title="Falaise pocket">Falaise pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_262" title="Hill 262">Hill 262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillman_Fortress" title="Hillman Fortress">Hillman Fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pegasus_Bridge" title="Pegasus Bridge">Pegasus Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_cemeteries_in_Normandy" title="List of military cemeteries in Normandy">Military cemeteries in Normandy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Wall" title="Atlantic Wall">Atlantic Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">D-Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-Day_naval_deceptions" title="D-Day naval deceptions">D-Day naval deceptions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dieppe_Raid" title="Dieppe Raid">Dieppe Raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobart%27s_Funnies" title="Hobart's Funnies">Hobart's Funnies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhino_tank" title="Rhino tank">Rhino tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Allied_forces_in_the_Normandy_campaign" title="List of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign">Allied forces in Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris" title="Liberation of Paris">Liberation of Paris</a> (France)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bodyguard" title="Operation Bodyguard">Operation Bodyguard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon">Operation Dragoon</a> (France, UK, US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jedburgh" title="Operation Jedburgh">Operation 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