D-Day Midget Submarine at Sword Beach

Five days before June 5^th – the original date for D-Day – two X-boats sailed from Hayling Island, Hampshire. Each midget submarine had a crew of five men on board. It would be their task to guide in the British landing craft at Sword Beach. The fear was that the landing craft might drift towards rocks that skirted the specific landing points at Sword and it was the task on the submarine crews to ensure the landing craft stayed on course. To read the full article go to http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/miget_submarines_d_day.htm