by Today I learned something new. We’ve always known there were five beaches on D-Day in Normandy: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Sword, and Juno. However, there was a planned sixth beach called Band that was a contingency to protect the eastern flank from the German shore batteries.
Jim aka Old NFO has more on it here.
Because the British army is not reliable
It was literally the band area.
Recall the controversy of a bag-piper leaving the band area for Sword Beach.
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