Escoville

The 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 …

1944-06-07

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The 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 armored reconnaissance group, assault guns and a panzergrenadier battalion, launched an assault on the British positions around Ranville. A fierce battle occurred between the German panzergrenadiers and the British paratroopers in the woods of the Escoville castle. Several German tanks were destroyed by anti-tanks in the plain in front of Hérouvillette. Finally, the Resistance of airborne troops supported by a powerful artillery stopped the German attack in the village of Escoville. The British bridgehead was saved!

Escoville, France

Operation Tonga was the codename given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5 June and 7 June 1944 as a part of Operation Overlord and the D-Day landings during World War II.

Wikipedia: Operation Tonga

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