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• Operation_Tonga abstract "This article summarises British airborne operations during the Normandy Landings. For American airborne operations, see American airborne landings in NormandyOperation 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 Normandy landings during the Second World War.The paratroopers and glider-borne airborne troops of the division landed on the eastern flank of the invasion area, near to the city of Caen, tasked with a number of objectives. The division was to capture two strategically important bridges over the Caen Canal and Orne River which were to be used by Allied ground forces to advance once the seaborne landings had taken place, destroy several other bridges to deny their use to the Germans and secure several important villages. The division was also assigned the task of assaulting and destroying the Merville Gun Battery, an artillery battery that Allied intelligence believed housed a number of heavy artillery pieces, which could bombard Sword Beach and possibly inflict heavy casualties on the Allied troops landing on it. Having achieved these objectives, the division was then to create and secure a bridgehead focused around the captured bridges until they linked up with advancing Allied ground forces.The division suffered from a combination of bad weather and poor pilot navigation which caused many of the airborne troops to be dropped inaccurately throughout the divisional operational area, causing a number of casualties and making conducting operations much more difficult. In particular, the battalion assigned the task of destroying the Merville artillery battery was only able to gather up a fraction of its strength before it had to attack the battery, with the result that the depleted force suffered a number of casualties. However, the battery was successfully assaulted and the guns inside it disabled, and the division's other objectives were also achieved despite the problems encountered. A small force of glider-borne airborne troops secured the two bridges over the Caen Canal and River Orne, the other bridges were destroyed, and a number of towns were occupied. A bridgehead was formed by the division, and it successfully repulsed a number of German counter-attacks until Allied ground forces from the invasion beaches reached its positions. The actions of the division severely limited the ability of the German defenders to communicate and organise themselves, ensuring that the seaborne troops could not be attacked during the first few hours after landing when they were most vulnerable.".
• Operation_Tonga causalties "800 dead and wounded".
• Operation_Tonga commander Josef_Reichert.
• Operation_Tonga commander Richard_Gale_(British_Army_officer).
• Operation_Tonga commander Wilhelm_Richter.
• Operation_Tonga date "1944-06-06".
• Operation_Tonga isPartOfMilitaryConflict Normandy_landings.
• Operation_Tonga place Caen.
• Operation_Tonga place Normandy.
• Operation_Tonga result "Allied tactical Victory".
• Operation_Tonga strength "8,500 men".
• Operation_Tonga strength "Approx 16,000".
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• Operation_Tonga caption "Pathfinders synchronising their watches in front of an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle".
• Operation_Tonga casualties "800".
• Operation_Tonga casualties "estimated 400 captured".
• Operation_Tonga casualties "estimated 400 dead".
• Operation_Tonga commander "Josef Reichert".
• Operation_Tonga commander "Richard Nelson Gale".
• Operation_Tonga commander "Wilhelm Richter".
• Operation_Tonga date "1944-06-06".
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• Operation_Tonga partof Normandy_landings.
• Operation_Tonga place "Caen, Normandy, France".
• Operation_Tonga result "Allied tactical Victory".
• Operation_Tonga strength "8500".
• Operation_Tonga strength "Approx 16,000".
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• Operation_Tonga comment "This article summarises British airborne operations during the Normandy Landings.".
• Operation_Tonga label "Operatie Tonga".
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• Operation_Tonga label "Операция «Тонга»".
• Operation_Tonga label "トンガ作戦".
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