. . "8 infantry companies" . "United Kingdom" . . "Sword Beach" . . "France" . . . . "Sword beaches" . "9,790" . . . "Norway" . "(716th Infantry Division)ref|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)" . "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" . . . "1944-06-06" . . . "124\u2013127 tanks" . . "223 tanks" . . "one of the beaches" . . "28,845" . "Sword beach" . "Poland" . "Allied victory" . . . "(21st Panzer Division)ref|Carlo D'Este and Ken Ford both note that various elements of the 21st Panzer Division's two infantry regiments, tank regiment, pioneer 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)" . . "40 assault guns" . . "Sword Beach" . . . . "Sword" . . . . "landing later that day" . "Germany" . .