Talk:Operation Tonga

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You know, I cannot prove a negative, but....

I never heard of an operation called Coup de Main. The term is French for "slap" (more or less) and is the military term for a high-risk, high-payoff commando-style operation.

Can anyone provide cite for "Operation Coup de Main?"

I think Operation Coup-de-Main never exist. Regards, John N. 12:38, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I've corrected factual errors about the Coupe de Main operation. Operation name itself was wrong, plus glider and platoon numbers.

coup de main Rufjbn 06:51, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Wasn't "coup de main" simply the name given by the planners to distinguish (from other parts of Operation Tonga, such as the attack on the Merville Battery) the attack on the bridges by the glider-borne troops of D Company 2nd Ox & Bucks? Rufjbn 23:28, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes. -- John N. 09:48, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] further work needed

Information on the planning and support of this operation is woefully lacking. Trainng and rehearsals? How many aircraft? How many gliders? Orders of battle for British and German units? Casualties? Losses of aircraft and gliders?--Buckboard 15:33, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Coupe de Main needs to be rewritten, because it reads like a story.