Léon Gautier
Léon Gautier was the last surviving member of the Kieffer Commando, the only French unit to land on D-Day alongside Allied forces. As a 21-year-old naval commando, he stormed Sword Beach on June 6, 1...
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Operation Tonga
Operation Tonga was the British 6th Airborne Division's D-Day mission to capture the bridges over the Orne River and Caen Canal (Pegasus Bridge), destroy the Merville Gun Battery, and protect the east...
Operation Deadstick
Operation Deadstick was the glider-borne assault to capture Pegasus Bridge and Ranville Bridge over the Orne waterways. It was the first operation of D-Day and had to be executed with absolute precisi...