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Author(s): Kevin Shannon and Stephen Wright
Operation Tonga was vital to the success of D-Day. It included the famous attacks on the Merville Battery and the bridges over the Orne River and Caen Canal, as well as the lesser known, though equally important provision of an anti-tank screen to protect the southern and eastern flanks of the invasion beaches from German counterattacks. This account, the product of several years of research, includes the stories of the crews that evaded capture by the Germans and pays tribute to the help they received from local resistance fighters. The contribution of the nine gliders that took part in the ‘Coup de Main’ landings has been well-documented, but little has been written of the other eighty-nine gliders that participated. Operation Tonga—The Glider Assault: 6 June 1944 tells the full story.
| BOOK ISBN | 9781804200551 |
| FORMAT | 234 x 156 mm |
| BINDING | Paperback |
| PAGES | 176 pages |
| PUBLICATION DATE | June 2024 |
| TERRITORY | World |
| ILLUSTRATIONS | 31 black and white photographs |
