Sword Beach
Silent film footage of the landing at Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
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Map of Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Click on the buttons to view the …
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the easternmost beach of the five landing areas of the Normandy Invasion of World War II. It was assaulted on June 6, 1944 (D-Day of the invasion), by units of the British 3rd Division, with French and British commandos attached. Shortly after midnight on D-Day morning, elements of the 6th Airborne Division, in a daring glider-borne assault, seized bridges inland from the beach and also silenced artillery pieces that threatened the seaborne landing forces.
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