How Long to Read Merville Battery & the Dives Bridges

How Long Does it Take to Read Merville Battery & the Dives Bridges?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Merville Battery & the Dives Bridges by Carl Shilleto

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This battlefield guide is the companion work to Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge. Together, these two books form the fully revised and updated edition of the previous best selling Battleground Europe Series book Pegasus Bridge & Merville Battery.This book examines, in great detail, the attack by 9 Para Bn of the British 6th Airborne Division on the German gun emplacement known as the Merville Battery on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The actions of 8 Para, 12 Para, Canadian 1 Para, attached engineer and support units, and commando raids in this area of Normandy are also told. In particular, the importance of destroying the five bridges, and a drainage culvert, in the Dives valley are explained along with the importance of taking and holding the high ground to the north-east of Caen. These combined actions resulted in the protection and securing of the left flank of the greatest combined military operation in history; Operation OVERLORD.In addition to explaining how these objectives were achieved, this battlefield guide relates the battles to the area as it is today. The book contains details of the museums, memorials, cemeteries and associated organizations. All of which will unravel the history of the area to the visitor and armchair traveler alike.To further aid the battlefield tourist, GPS data is also provided for either satellite navigation by vehicle or for viewing on Google Earth.

How long is Merville Battery & the Dives Bridges?

Merville Battery & the Dives Bridges by Carl Shilleto is 342 pages long, and a total of 86,184 words.

This makes it 115% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Merville Battery & the Dives Bridges Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Merville Battery & the Dives Bridges aloud.

What Reading Level is Merville Battery & the Dives Bridges?

Merville Battery & the Dives Bridges is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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