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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 6th Airborne Division advance to the River Seine, occurred in August 1944, in the later stages of Operation Overlord, following the German Army's defeat in the Falaise pocket.The British 6th Airborne Division 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 all efforts to dislodge them by the combined efforts of two infantry and one panzer division, a month later they were ordered to prepare to advance. Their objective was the mouth of the River Seine a distance of 45 miles (72 km). To assist them in carrying out their mission, the division was reinforced by two British Commando, a Belgian and a Dutch infantry brigade, and increased artillery support. To reach the Seine, the division had to cross three rivers, which had been flooded by the Germans, with only two roads available for transport.

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