History glossary
Sword Beach
the easternmost Allied D-Day landing beach, assaulted mainly by British forces.
- Category
- Landing beach
- Region
- Normandy, France
- Date range
- 1944
What it means
Sword Beach was the easternmost Allied landing sector on D-Day. British forces landed there while airborne troops secured key bridges and disrupted German movement on the invasion's flank.
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