File:Major General Gale talking to troops of 5th Parachute Brigade.jpg

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English: OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS): D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944. The Airborne Assault: Major General Richard Nelson Gale OBE MC, the commander of 6th Airborne Division, talking to troops of 5th Parachute Brigade before they emplane at Royal Air Force Harwell on the evening of 4 or 5 June.
Comment : this was the start of Operation Tonga, the British airborne landings at Normandy.
Date 4 or 5 June 1944
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This photograph H 39068 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-37)
Author Malindine, E G (Capt), War Office official photographer
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