Talk:Operation Tonga

message: 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)
replies: text:  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)

text: Yes. -- John N. 09:48, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
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message: Alright, after those few quick fixes, everything looks good.  Thanks for being so responsive (again, I apologize for taking a while to get to this).  Regards, Cam (Chat) 22:29, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
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message: Just to make a note, I'm removing the Canadian flag from the infobox for the moment. I'm more than open to discussion, but my reasoning is thus: the Canadian airborne battalion was not an independent formation, but integrated into 6th Airborne Division, which to me doesn't seem to warrant a Canadian flag. Skinny87 (talk) 19:26, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
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message: Interesting little article 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery AA unit that helped defend Pegasus Bridge --Jim Sweeney (talk) 08:40, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
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message: Hi all
Some info for the article:
It would appear that Operation Deadstick was the name for the coup de main assualt as thus:
"Brigadier Poett informed Howard that his company had been selected to seize the Orne bridges on 2 May 1944, and stressed that they were to be seized intact al all costs, even though they were rigged for demolition: the primary rask of the sappers from 249 Field Comapny RE was to neutralise the demoolition charges. Howard's briefing also included full details of the upcoming invasion, making him the only BIGOT-cleared officer in the Benouville operation, which was code-named DEADSTICK. He was thu forbidded to remove his written orders, notes, or any intelligence material ... . A 12-ft scale model of the bridges and surrounding area was constructed to the smallest detail ..." etc
-Buckingham, D-Day The first 72 hours, pp. 73-74 (the final line of the above coming from page 74 to be precise.)
Intresting earlier on in his work Buckingham notes that Tonga was the codename only for the first airborne lift into Normandy, not the overall missions etc:
"Other units attached to 3rd Parachute Brigade for Operation TONGA, as the first British lift into Normandy was codenamed,22 included the 3rd Parachute Squadron RE ..."
Ibid, p. 71
Footnote 22 reads: 
"Shannon and Wright, One Night in June, p. 18" (Ibid, p. 296)
Going off the bibliography that would be: Shannon, Kevin and Stephen Wright, One Night in June (Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing 1994)
Hope this helps.EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 22:39, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: To note, especially, pp.122-123 confirmed that the Ox and Buck force assigned to capture the bridges across the Orne river and canal were deffo codenamedDEADSTICK. RegardsEnigmaMcmxc (talk) 02:15, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
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http://www.dnd.ca/dhh/collections/books/files/books/Victory_e.pdf
Document now appears to be here.
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/docs/Victory_e.pdf
I tried to edit the page myself but I couldn't get it to save.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Threebs (talk • contribs) 15:44, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice catch. I have updated the link and reference.EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 20:31, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
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