Glider reinforcement team, D-Day, WW2

A team of paratroopers on 7 June 1944 amuse themselves whilst awaiting the call to take flight in their glider (an Airspeed Horsa) to back up the initial assault phase on the Normandy coast. The chalk slogan reads: The Channel stopped you, but not us - now it's our turn. You've had your time you German Schweinhunds'! D-Day began on 6 June 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied troops followed by an amphibious assault by infantry. The Normandy landings were the largest single-day amphibious actions ever undertaken, involving close to 400, 000 military and naval personnel

Airborne Airspeed Axes Chalk Dday Glider Gliders Graffitti Horsa Landings Neptune Overlord Paratrooper Paratroopers Paratroops Slogan

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