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Airborne Assault Normandy Trust is a UK-based registered charity, created in 1978, to preserve the history of 6th Airborne Division's assault into Normandy, June to August 1944.
AANT's raison d'être is heritage. Today in Normandy, AANT is a partner of the Comité du Débarquement in the Pegasus Memorial Museum at Ranville & a partner of both the Conservatoire du Littoral & the Anglo-French Association in the Merville Battery Museum.
Maj Gen (later Lt Gen) RN Gale, Divisional Commander
6th Airborne Division's Assault into Normandy
"No British Division was ever given a more momentous task than the 6th Airborne Division which landed from the air in Normandy before dawn on 6th June 1944, to seize the vital ground on the eastern flank of the Allied seaborne invasion.
Few can have had a task demanding greater skill, courage and determination than that of holding, for those long, critical weeks, that grimly-contested area upon which the whole British Second Army landing was hinged.
Failure here was fraught with dire consequences which would have affected the outcome of the entire, vast enterprise. At the best it would have meant delay and grave loss. Conceivably it would have brought widespread disaster.
The story of the success of 6th Airborne Division... is one of individual bravery and devotion welded into a great battle-winning team by inspiring leadership. ....It is an unsurpassed military epic." J. T. Crocker, Commander 1st British Corps.
Information on 6th Airborne Division's historic assault into Normandy, on the eastern flank of the Allied seaborne invasion of mainland Europe, is available from the organisations and resources listed in the "Links and Bibliography" section. Please click the links to learn more.
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PARACHUTE REGIMENT AND AIRBORNE FORCES MEMORIAL AT THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ABORETUM
Work is progressing on this magnificent piece. Click >here< for details.
EVENTS
Following the very successful 67th anniversary ceremonies and the 6th AB Div BBQ in Cabourg, there are no events until June 2012
please keep watching for details
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PICTURES
More pictures are available click >here<
RHQ PARA Normandy Pilgrimage June 2011 - a selection of pictures
