1st Special Service Brigade, D-Day and Beyond, Part 3

June 6th, 1944. The Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade have fought their way off Sword Beach and up to the bridges over the Caen Canal and the River Orne. Now the harder task begins. They must climb onto the high ground beyond the Orne and hold it, whatever the enemy sends against them.This episode widens to the whole Brigade. Number 3 Commando, Number 4 Commando, Number 6 Commando, and Number 45 Royal Marine Commando, on a low ridge that is the far left edge of the entire invasion. Hold it, and the eastern flank holds. Lose it, and the enemy looks straight down onto the beaches and the crossings below.We climb to Le Plein with Number 6 Commando as the guns of the fleet come down among their own lines. We follow Number 45 Royal Marine Commando east to Franceville Plage and the guns above Merville, into a day of street fighting that costs them dear and drives them back into the ruins in the dark. We stand with the Brigade through the loss of Lord Lovat at Bréville, through the long grinding weeks in the foxholes where the killing is close and constant. And when the enemy breaks at last, we go forward with the pursuit, across the River Dives and on towards the Seine.This is the story of eighty-three days on the eastern flank of Normandy. Of four Commandos who came ashore separately and learned to fight as one. Of a ridge held from the sixth of June until the enemy was gone.Drawn from the war diaries of the units themselves and from the historians who preserved this campaign, this is special forces history told in immersive, documentary detail.Search terms: D-Day, Normandy, Commandos, 1st Special Service Brigade, Lord Lovat, Sword Beach, Le Plein, Amfreville, Bréville, Franceville Plage, River Dives, 6th Airborne Division, Operation Overlord.#DDay #WWII #WW2 #Normandy #Commandos #LordLovat #SwordBeach #BritishArmy #RoyalMarines #MilitaryHistory #HistoryPodcast #OperationOverlord #DDay1944 #WW2Podcast #MilitaryPodcast #6thAirborne #Bréville #WarHistory #1944 #SpecialForces🔗 Stay connected with us:Website: https://worldwar2-sof.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ww2.sofFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorldWar2SOFFacebook Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/WorldWar2SOF/subscribe/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ww2.sofSpotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2sof