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- Battle Name is exactly "Operation Tonga"
The Coup de MainScenario#: 6702 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Merville, FranceDuring the night June 5-6 1944, units of the 6th (British) Airborne Division were dropped east of Caen, between the Orne and Dives rivers. Their objective was: to capture the bridges on the Orne river and the canal (later made … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2 |
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Operation TongaScenario#: 27 Date: 6 June 1944 Location: Caen, FranceOperation Tonga was the codename assigned to the British 6th Airborne Division's actions as part of Operation Overlord. Tasked with a number of objectives, the division's paratroop and glider brigades all participated in the operation landing on the… Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #3 Operations For The Drive To The Rhine - The Second Front |
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Throwing Down the GauntletScenario#: 101 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Varaville, FranceOn D-Day at 0100 hours, an advance party from the 3rd Parachute Brigade descended over the Normandy countryside between the Orne and Dives rivers – the Allied invasion of Europe had begun. One of the tasks for the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country |
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As Luck Would Have ItScenario#: WO30 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: La Bas de Ranville, FranceAfter a mediocre drop, the 12th Battalion of the 6th Airborne Division assembled barely half its fighting strength and headed for their first day’s objective, the town of Ranville, where they were to help protect the southern flank of Pegasus Bridge.… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2019 |
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EscovilleScenario#: 13550 Date: 6/7/1944 Location: Escoville, FranceThe landing of the gliders of the 6th Airlanding Brigade in the evening of D-Day reinforced the British bridgehead east of the Orne river. On the 07th of June at 15h00, Kampfgruppe Von Luck, composed with a panzer company, the … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2014 |