Operation Deadstick

When

6 Jun 1944

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

49.24° N, 0.27° W

Description

1944 airborne forces operation by the British Army during the Normandy landings

British airborne operation on 6 June 1944

The capture of the Caen Canal and Orne River bridges was an operation by airborne forces of the British Army that took place in the early hours of 6 June 1944 as part of the Normandy landings of the Second World War. The objective was to capture intact two road bridges in Normandy across the River Orne and the Caen Canal, providing the only exit eastwards for British forces from their landing on Sword Beach.

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