Table of Contents

Introduction 1. In the Wings; Continental War to Home Front 2. Chosen for the Second Front 3. From the sealed Camps to Sailing for Normandy 4. Smashing through the German defences 5. Fighting in the Bocage 6. Holding the Right Flank 7. Breakthrough 8. Belgium to 'The Island' 9. May 1944 The Hunger Winter and the taking of Arnhem Conclusion Appendix One: Badge 56th Brigade. Appendix Two: Map Exercise Smash. Appendix Three: Map Exercise Fabius Appendix Four: 56th Brigade, Order of Beaching for D-Day. Appendix Five: 50th Division Landing Phase Map. Appendix Six: Map Bayeux to Juvigny. June 1944. Appendix Seven: 56th Brigade Reinforcement Requirements. Bibliography Index

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This study traces the journey made by the three battalions of the 56th (Independent) Infantry Brigade from 1940 through to the Normandy landings.

About the Author

Andrew Holborn is an independent scholar.