​​9th Parachute Battalion on D-Day​
​​The 9th Parachute Battalion, British 6th Airborne Division was allocated to parachute into Normandy on 6 June 1944. Their main objective was to neutralise the Merville Battery to prevent it being able to fire onto Sword Beach once the landings had begun.
​Normandy became a baptism of fire for the 9th Parachute Battalion. Brigadier James Hill, a senior officer, in a briefing before D-Day had told the men, “Gentlemen, do not be daunted if chaos reigns; it undoubtedly will”, and it did.​

Merville Battery Museum
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​​9th Parachute Battalion Rendezvous Point​
contemporary

​​Steiner’s ‘Bike Shed’ Observation Bunker and WN05.​
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9th Parachute Battalion, Merville Battery
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9th Parachute Battalion, Merville Battery
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