Product Description

On the eastern flank of the Allied landings in Normandy was Sword Beach, which was the responsibility of the British 3rd Division. Their objectives for D-Day were to join up with the Canadians landing on Juno and capture the town of Caen. In addition, they were to link up with the British airborne forces who were to secure the eastern flank of the beachhead. The leading waves landed at 7.30am and managed to get off the beach without heavy German resistance. This book looks at how the severe congestion on Sword Beach allowed the defending German forces, particularly the 21st Panzer Division, valuable time to react, preventing Caen from being taken on the first day, where much blood was shed before it finally fell.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #287083 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

About the Author
Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost thirty years in the telecommunications industry. He now spends his time as an author and a bookseller specialising in military history. He has written a number of books on various Second World War subjects. Ken now lives in Southampton. Howard Gerrard has been a freelance designer and illustrator for over 20 years. He has worked for a number of publishers, and is an associate member of the Guild of Aviation Artists.

Customer Reviews

Good effort
Usual high quality Ken Ford book. Good effort, informative. Tedious read at times and just following unit numbers across Northern France doesn't make it the personal experience one wishes for.
Too expensive as usual with Osprey lately.
Makes good collection with the other three books.

nostalgic christmas
For my 88 year old father this was the perfect Christmas gift as it was the actual beach he landed on, on D-Day. It brought back many nostagic memories which he shared with me for the very first time.