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050 00 $aD756.5.N6$bS466 2014
100 1 $aShannon, Kevin,$eauthor.
240 10 $aOne night in June
245 10 $aOperation Tonga :$bthe Glider assault: 6 June 1944 /$cKevin Shannon and Stephen Wright.
264 1 $a[Oxford, England] :$bFonthill,$c2014.
264 4 $c©2014
300 $a160 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps, portraits ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aUpdated edition of: One night in June. Shrewsbury, England : Airlife, 1994.
520 2 $a"An account of the Glider Pilot Regiment's role in Operation Tonga, the first stage of the airborne assault in the Normandy landings. The story is told through the eyes of those who were there--glider pilots, paratroopers, pathfinders, tug crews and passengers--and covers the operation from training through to evacuations after D-Day. Operation Tonga was vital to the success of D-Day and included the now famous attacks on the Merville Battery and the bridges over the Orne River and Caen Canal. The equally important, though less well known, part of the operation was to provide an anti-tank screen to protect the southern and eastern flanks of the invasion beaches from German counter attacks. The account includes stories of crews who evaded capture by the Germans and pays tribute to the help they received from local resistance fighters. The contribution of the nine gliders which took part in the 'Coup de Main' landings has been well documented, but of the other eighty-nine gliders, little has been written. Operation Tonga : the Glider assault: 6 June 1944 tells the full story"--Front flap.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 155-156) and index.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zFrance$zNormandy.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, British.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy.$bGlider Pilot Regiment.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy.$bAirborne Division, 6th.
650 0 $aGliders (Aeronautics)$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aGliders (Aeronautics)$zFrance$zNormandy$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, British.
610 17 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy.$bAirborne Division, 6th.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00671611
610 17 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy.$bParachute Regiment.$bBattalion, 9th.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00581514
611 27 $aWorld War (1939-1945)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01180924
650 7 $aMilitary campaigns.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01710190
650 7 $aMilitary operations, Aerial$xBritish.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01710205
651 7 $aFrance$zNormandy.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01210709
648 7 $a1939 - 1945$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
700 1 $aWright, Stephen L.