. "Allied victory" . "124\u2013127 tanks" . "28,845 men" . . . "Eight companies of the" . "21st Panzer Divisionref|Carlo D'Este and Ken Ford both note that various elements of the 21st Panzer Division's two infantry regiments, tank regiment, pionner battalion and artillery regiment were all involved in the fighting on 6 June. Niklas Zetterling notes that on 1 June that these formations amounted to 9,778 men.|group=nb" . "683~ casualtiesref|3rd Infantry Division recorded the loss of 683 men on D-Day; 8th Infantry Brigade recorded 367 casualties, 9th Infantry Brigade losses are not available for D-Day but are recorded as slight, 185th Infantry Brigade lost 232 men, and the divisional machine-gun battalion lost 36 men. The Commandos lost 18 men killed and 30 wounded on the beaches alone.|group=nb" . "223~ tanks" . . "1944-06-06Z"^^ . . "Sword, commonly known as Sword Beach, was the code name given to one of the five main landing areas along the Normandy coast during the initial assault phase, Operation Neptune, of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of German-occupied France that commenced on 6 June 1944. Stretching 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Ouistreham to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, the beach was the easternmost landing site of the invasion."@en . "716th Infantry Divisionref|Historian Stephen Badsey notes that the beach itself was only defended by two companies, no more than 300 men. The other companies were positioned further inland and at Ouistreham.|group=nb" . . . . "Sword Beach"@en . "40Assault guns" . "~9,790 men of the" .