Time flowed backwards on June 6, 1944?
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There are very, very few things made more clear by putting the most recent item at the beginning. A narrative of historical events is not one of them.
Other than that it was very interesting. Since they were GMT+2 because of double summer time, we are up to:
03.30 Assault troops begin boarding landing craft.
03.35 The HQ of the 6th Airborne Division lands by glider north of Ranville.
04.00 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th PIR) – an infantry regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division – captures Sainte-Mère-Eglise, the first town to be liberated.