Talk:Sword Beach

Timing

"The only significant German counter-attacks of the entire landing came from 1600 into this area,..."

SHould this be 16:00 ? Rich Farmbrough 00:52, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

no, military time is written 1600 Mdk0642 02:55, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Chuck E. Cheese

The caption of the lower picture appears to have been vandalized twice. The Wikimedia caption is "Ouistreham August 2005". jiHymas@himivest.com 69.158.150.123 03:52, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Notes

98 combat ready, 6 in short term repair, 8 in long term repair - 6 June

60 combat ready tanks - 9 June

1ts June: Pz Rgt 22 - 2,350 men pz.gen rgt 125 - 2390 men Pz.gen Rgt 192 - 2392 men recon bat - 1141 men AT bn 200 - 546 men StuG 200 - 911 men art rgt 155 - 1771 men flak bn 205 - 726 men sappers - 885 men other elements - 3100 men total - 16297

Zetterling, 21st Panzer Division

• Zetterling, Niklas (1999). "The Normandy Campaign 1944". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors= and |origdate= (help)

27th Armoured Brigade, managed to get 33 out of 40 DD tanks ashore on Sword beach. In total, the 79th Armoured Division’s losses included 12 out of 50 Crabs and 22 out of 120 AVRE equipments.30

Buckley, p. 18

The capture of Caen, while "ambitious", has been described by historian L.F. Ellis as the most important D-Day objective assigned to Lieutenant-General Crocker's I Corps. Historian Chester Wilmot states "The objectives given to Crocker's seaborne divisions were decidedly ambitious, since his troops were to land last, on the most exposed beaches, with the farthest to go, against what was potentially the greatest opposition."