The Storming of Sword Beach - D-Day Poster - 25 ” x 15 ¾ ”

Product Info:

This WW2 poster is 25” wide x 15 ¾ ” high (63.5cm x 40cm) and printed on FSC Mix Essential Silk 200gsm paper.

This dramatic military art print from Simon Smith portrays the amphibious assault of Storm beach during Operation Overlord, 6th June 1944.

Historical Context:

Under withering enemy fire, elements of No. 3 Commando, part of Brigadier Lord Lovat’s 1st Special Service Brigade, storm the eastern extremity of Sword Beach on the morning of D-Day 6 June 1944. In their midst, armed only with a set of bagpipes, Lovat’s personal piper Bill Millin plays the commandos ashore.

Marking the eastern flank of the Normandy landings was Sword Beach. Lying just to the west of the small town and port of Ouisterham, it was separated by almost fifty miles of well-defended coastline from the American Utah Beach to the west. Between the two, three other beaches – the Canadian Juno, British Gold and the American ‘bloody’ Omaha – formed the backdrop to the largest amphibious invasion the world had ever seen.

Securing a measure of protection from any lightning enemy counter-attack, both flanks inland would be seized by two American Airborne Divisions in the west and the British 6th Airborne Division in the east. The task entrusted to the commandos of Brigadier Lord Lovat’s 1st Special Service Brigade was to fight their way ashore on the most eastern extremity of Sword Beach and battle their way inland and link up with the British airborne troops who had landed by glider shortly after midnight to capture the strategic ‘Pegasus’ Bridge.