6th Airborne Division advance to the River Seine
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6th Airborne Division advance to the River Seine
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The 6th Airborne Division advance to the River Seine occurred in August 1944, in the later stages of the Battle of Normandy, following the German Army's defeat in the Falaise Pocket, during the Second World War. The British 6th Airborne Division, under the command of Major-General Richard Nelson Gale, was one of the first Allied units to arrive in Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, and successfully secured the left flank of the invasion zone. Resisting efforts to dislodge them by the combined effo
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1944 Allied military operation in WWII
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2023-05-02T18:42:03Z
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