Battle of Merville Gun Battery

متى

6 يونيو 1944

النوع

معركة

إحداثيات

49.27° N, 0.20° W

Description

1944 battle part of Operation Tonga

War

World War II

Battle during D-Day landings

The Battle of Merville Gun Battery was a series of British assaults beginning 6 June 1944, as part of Operation Tonga, part of the Normandy landings, during the Second World War. Allied intelligence believed the Merville Gun Battery was composed of heavy-calibre 150 mm (5.9 in) guns that could threaten the British landings at Sword Beach, only 8 miles (13 km) away.

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