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List of Major League Baseball all-time leaders in home runs by pitchers
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Wes Ferrell holds both the career and season records for home runs by a pitcher.
In baseball, a home run (HR) is typically a fair hit that passes over an outfield fence or into the stands at a distance from home base of 250 feet or more, which entitles the batter to legally touch all bases and score without liability.[1][2] Atypically, a batter who hits a fair ball and touches each base in succession from 1st to home, without an error being charged to a defensive player, is credited with an inside-the-park home run.[3][4] If, during a play, defensive or fan interference is called, and the awarded bases allow the batter to cross home plate, the batter is credited with a home run.[3][5]
Wes Ferrell holds the all-time Major League Baseball record for home runs hit while playing the position of pitcher. He hit 37 as a pitcher.[6] Baseball Hall of Famers Bob Lemon and Warren Spahn are tied for second with 35 career home runs apiece.[7][8] Red Ruffing, Earl Wilson, and Don Drysdale are the only other pitchers to hit at least 25 home runs.[9][10][11] Jack Stivetts hit a total of 35 home runs in his playing career, 21 as a pitcher.[12]
As of 3 September 2017[update], Madison Bumgarner, with 17 home runs, holds the lead among all active pitchers. Bumgarner is also the pitcher who has hit the most home runs since the American League adopted the designated hitter rule in 1973. Bumgarner has played his whole career thus far for the San Francisco Giants of the National League.
Ferrell also holds the single-season record for home runs by a pitcher, with nine, a mark that he reached in 1931.[6] The record had previously been held by Stivetts, who had hit seven in 1890.[12] Since 1931, six different pitchers have hit seven home runs in a season: Ferrell, Lemon, Don Newcombe, Don Drysdale (twice), Wilson, and Mike Hampton.[6][7][10][11][13][14]
Babe Ruth started his major league career as a pitcher before moving to the outfield. Only 14 of his 714 career home runs were hit as a pitcher, however. [15]
The first pitcher to officially hit a home run was Jack Manning, who accomplished the feat on August 3, 1876.[16] The most home runs by a pitcher in a single game is three, achieved by Jim Tobin on May 13, 1942.[17]
Contents
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1 Career
1.1 All-time
1.2 Active
2 Single-season
2.1 Progression of the single-season record
3 Single-game
4 References
5 Bibliography
6 External links
Career[edit]
All-time[edit]
Bob Lemon hit 35 of his 37 career home runs as a pitcher.
Warren Spahn hit all 35 of his career home runs as a pitcher.
Walter Johnson hit 23 of his 24 career home runs as a pitcher.
Key to symbols in player table
Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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Active player
Most home runs by a pitcher in a career, and their career total including home runs at other positions
Player
Home runs
Career total
Notes
Ref
Ferrell, WesWes Ferrell
37 38 Hit one home run as a pinch hitter. [6]
Lemon, BobBob Lemon
35 37 Hit two home runs as a pinch hitter. [7]
Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn
35 35 [8]
Ruffing, RedRed Ruffing
34 36 Hit two home runs as a pinch hitter. [9]
Wilson, EarlEarl Wilson
33 35 Hit two home runs as a pinch hitter. [10]
Drysdale, DonDon Drysdale
29 29 [11]
Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson
24 24 [18]
Gibson, BobBob Gibson
24 24 [19]
Zambrano, CarlosCarlos Zambrano
24 24 [20]
Johnson, WalterWalter Johnson
23 24 Hit one home run as a pinch hitter. [21]
Stivetts, JackJack Stivetts
21 35 Hit 11 home runs while playing various other positions and three as a pinch hitter. [12]
Pappas, MiltMilt Pappas
20 20 [22]
Trout, DizzyDizzy Trout
20 20 [23]
Harshman, JackJack Harshman
19 21 Hit two home runs as a first baseman. [24]
Young, CyCy Young
18 18 [25]
Bumgarner, MadisonMadison Bumgarner§
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Rowe, SchoolboySchoolboy Rowe
16 18 Hit two home runs as a pinch hitter. [26]
Tobin, JimJim Tobin
16 17 Hit one home run as a pinch hitter. [17]
Kaat, JimJim Kaat
16 16 [27]
Hampton, MikeMike Hampton
16 16 [14]
Meekin, JouettJouett Meekin
15 15 [28]
Schumacher, HalHal Schumacher
15 15 [29]
Grove, LeftyLefty Grove
15 15 [30]
Passeau, ClaudeClaude Passeau
15 15 [31]
Nuxhall, JoeJoe Nuxhall
15 15 [32]
Wynn, EarlyEarly Wynn
15 17 Hit two home runs as a pinch hitter. [33]
Newcombe, DonDon Newcombe
15 15 [13]
Donovan, DickDick Donovan
15 15 [34]
Cardwell, DonDon Cardwell
15 15 [35]
Ramos, PedroPedro Ramos
15 15 [36]
Wise, RickRick Wise
15 15 [37]
Peters, GaryGary Peters
15 19 Hit four home runs as a pinch hitter [38]
Active[edit]
Madison Bumgarner, leads active pitchers with 17 home runs.
Most home runs in a career by active pitchers, and their career total including home runs at other positions
Player
Home runs
Career total
Notes
Ref
Bumgarner, MadisonMadison Bumgarner§
17 17 Became first pitcher to ever hit two home runs on Opening Day.[39] [40]
Gallardo, YovaniYovani Gallardo§
12 12 [41]
Wood, TravisTravis Wood§
11 11 Hit one home run in the 2016 National League Division Series for the Chicago Cubs. [42] It was the first postseason home run hit by a pitcher since 2008, when Joe Blanton hit one in the 2008 World Series. [43]
Wainwright, AdamAdam Wainwright§
10 10 [44]
Greinke, ZackZack Greinke§
6 6 [45]
Leake, MikeMike Leake§
6 6 [46]
Statistics obtained from MLB.com.[47] Updated through October 20, 2017.
Single-season[edit]
Jack Stivetts hit 7 home runs, as a pitcher, in 1890.
Mike Hampton hit 7 home runs in 2001 for the Colorado Rockies.
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Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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Active player
Most home runs by a pitcher in a season, their total home runs, year, and team
Player
Home runs
Season total
Year
Team
Ref
Ferrell, WesWes Ferrell
9 9 1931 Cleveland Indians [6]
Stivetts, JackJack Stivetts
7 7 1890 St. Louis Browns [12]
Ferrell, WesWes Ferrell
7 7 1933 Cleveland Indians [6]
Lemon, BobBob Lemon
7 7 1949 Cleveland Indians [7]
Newcombe, DonDon Newcombe 7 7 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers [13]
Drysdale, DonDon Drysdale
7 7 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers [11]
Drysdale, DonDon Drysdale
7 7 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers [11]
Wilson, EarlEarl Wilson
7 7 1968 Detroit Tigers [10]
Hampton, MikeMike Hampton
7 7 2001 Colorado Rockies [14]
Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson
6 6 1887 Chicago White Stockings [18]
Hutchinson, BillBill Hutchinson
6 6 1894 Chicago Colts [48]
Schumacher, HalHal Schumacher
6 6 1934 New York Giants [29]
Ferrell, WesWes Ferrell
6 7 1935 Boston Red Sox [6]
Harshman, JackJack Harshman
6 6 1956 Chicago White Sox [24]
Harshman, JackJack Harshman
6 6 1958 Baltimore Orioles [24]
Wilson, EarlEarl Wilson
6 6 1965 Boston Red Sox [10]
Wilson, EarlEarl Wilson
6 7 1966 Boston Red Sox/Detroit Tigers [10]
Jenkins, FergusonFerguson Jenkins
6 6 1971 Chicago Cubs [49]
Siebert, SonnySonny Siebert
6 6 1971 Boston Red Sox [50]
Wise, RickRick Wise
6 6 1971 Philadelphia Phillies [37]
Zambrano, CarlosCarlos Zambrano
6 6 2006 Chicago Cubs [20]
Progression of the single-season record[edit]
John Clarkson tied the single-season record in 1885 with four, then broke it by hitting six in 1887.
Progression of the single-season home run record by a pitcher, their home run total, year, and team
Player
Home runs
Year
Team
Notes
Ref
Manning, JackJack Manning
1 1876 Boston Red Caps Tied by Jim Devlin (1877),[51] Terry Larkin (1877),[52] and John Montgomery Ward (1878).[53] [16]
Ward, John MontgomeryJohn Montgomery Ward
2 1879 Providence Grays [53]
Whitney, JimJim Whitney
4 1882 Boston Red Caps Tied by John Clarkson (1885).[18] [54]
Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson
6 1887 Chicago White Stockings [18]
Stivetts, JackJack Stivetts
7 1890 St. Louis Browns [12]
Ferrell, WesWes Ferrell
9 1931 Cleveland Indians [6]
Single-game[edit]
Most home runs by a pitcher in a game, team, home runs, date of game, and opposing team
Player
Team
Home Runs
Date
Opposing team
Ref
Tobin, JimJim Tobin
Boston Braves 3 May 13, 1942 Chicago Cubs [17]
References[edit]
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^ Jump up to: a b Lundman, Susan. "Definition of a Home Run". livestrong.com. Demand Media, Inc. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
Jump up ^ Paul Dickson (2011-06-13). The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third Edition). W. W. Norton. p. 426. ISBN 978-0-393-34008-2.
Jump up ^ "Major League Baseball Official Rules: 7.00 The Runner". mlb.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Wes Ferrell career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b c d "Bob Lemon career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b "Warren Spahn career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b "Red Ruffing career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Earl Wilson career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Don Drysdale career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Jack Stivetts career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Don Newcombe career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Mike Hampton career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/MLB_all-time_leaders_in_home_runs_by_pitchers
^ Jump up to: a b "Jack Manning career home runs". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Jim Tobin career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b c d "John Clarkson career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Bob Gibson career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b "Carlos Zambrano career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Walter Johnson career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Milt Pappas career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Dizzy Trout career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Jack Harshman career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Cy Young career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Schoolboy Rowe career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Jim Kaat career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Jouett Meekin career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b "Hal Schumacher career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Lefty Grove career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Claude Passeau career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Joe Nuxhall career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Early Wynn career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Dick Donovan career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Don Cardwell career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Pedro Ramos career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b "Rick Wise career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Gary Peters career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Madison Bumgarner becomes first pitcher to hit two home runs on Opening Day". ESPN.go.com. Associated Press. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Madison Bumgarner". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Yovani Gallardo career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Travis Wood replaced Kyle Hendricks in NLDS Game 2 and coolly hit a solo home run". m.mlb.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Travis Wood career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Adam Wainwright career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Zack Greinke career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Mike Leake career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Statistics". mlb.mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Bill Hutchinson career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Ferguson Jenkins career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Sonny Siebert career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Jim Devlin career home runs". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Terry Larkin career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b "John Montgomery Ward career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Jim Whitney career home runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
Bibliography[edit]
Official Baseball Rules (PDF). Major League Baseball. 2011. p. 130.
External links[edit]
Baseball portal
"Pitchers Dig the Long Ball (At Least When They Are Hitting)"
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Sword
Part of Normandy landings and the Battle for Caen

British infantry waiting to move off 'Queen White' Beach, SWORD Area, while under heavy enemy fire, on the morning of 6 June
Date
6 June 1944
Location
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer to Ouistreham, France
Result
Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom
Free France
Poland
Norway
Germany
Commanders and leaders
John Crocker
Thomas Rennie Wilhelm Richter
Edgar Feuchtinger
Strength
28,845 men[1]
223~ tanks[2] Eight companies of the
716th Infantry Division[nb 1]
~9,790 men of the
21st Panzer Division[nb 2]
124–127 tanks[8][9]
40 Assault guns[8]
Casualties and losses
683~ casualties[nb 3] Unknown infantry casualties
54[9]–40 tanks[nb 4]
Six bombers including the crew[13]
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Invasion of Normandy
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Fortitude
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Titanic
Taxable, Glimmer & Big Drum
Combined Bomber Offensive
Pointblank
Transport Plan
Postage Able
Tarbrush
Tiger
Fabius
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Tonga
Deadstick
Merville Battery
Mallard
American Sector
Albany
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Elmira
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Omaha
Utah
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Juno
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Brécourt Manor
Graignes
Saint-Lô
Carentan
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Cherbourg
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Caen
Bréville
Perch
Villers-Bocage
Le Mesnil-Patry
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D-Day assault map of the Normandy region and the north-western coast of France. Utah and Omaha are separated by the Douve River, whose mouth is clear in the coastline notch (or "corner") of the map.
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. Taking Sword was to be the responsibility of the British Army with sea transport, mine sweeping, and a naval bombardment force provided by the British Royal Navy as well as elements from the Polish, Norwegian and other Allied navies.
Among the five beaches of the operation, Sword is the nearest to Caen, being located around 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the goal of the 3rd Infantry Division. The initial landings were achieved with low casualties, but the advance from the beach was slowed by traffic congestion and resistance in heavily defended areas behind the beachhead. Further progress towards Caen was halted by the only armoured counter-attack of the day, mounted by the 21st Panzer Division.
Contents
1 Background
2 Plans
2.1 Allied
2.2 German
3 Order of battle
3.1 3rd Division group
4 D-Day at Sword
4.1 British Assault
4.2 German counter-attacks
5 Aftermath
5.1 Analysis
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links
Background[edit]
Further information: Invasion of Normandy and Operation Overlord
Following the Fall of France, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill vowed to return to continental Europe and liberate the Nazi German-occupied nations.[14] The Western Allies agreed to open a Second Front in northern Europe in 1942 to aid the Soviet Union. However, with resources for an invasion lacking, it was postponed[15] but planning was undertaken that in the event of the German position in western Europe becoming critically weakened or the Soviet Union's situation becoming dire, forces could be landed in France; Operation Sledgehammer. At the same time, planning was underway for a major landing in occupied France during 1943; Operation Roundup.[16] In August 1942, Canadian and British forces attempted an abortive landing—Operation Jubilee—at the Calais port-town of Dieppe; the landing was designed to test the feasibility of a cross-channel invasion. The attack was poorly planned and ended in disaster; 4,963 soldiers were killed, wounded or captured.[17] The decision to prosecute the Battle of the Atlantic to its closure, the lack of landing craft,[18] invading Sicily in July 1943, and Italy in September following the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa in May 1943[19] resulted in the postponement of any assault on northern Europe till 1944.[18]
Having succeeded in opening up an offensive front in southern Europe, gaining valuable experience in amphibious assaults and inland fighting, Allied planners returned to the plans to invade Northern France.[20] Now scheduled for 5 June 1944,[21] the beaches of Normandy were selected as landing sites, with a zone of operations extending from the Cotentin Peninsula to Caen.[22] Operation Overlord called for the British Second Army to assault between the River Orne and Port en Bessin, capture the German-occupied city of Caen and form a front line from Caumont-l'Éventé to the south-east of Caen, in order to acquire airfields and protect the left flank of the United States First Army while it captured Cherbourg.[23] Possession of Caen and its surroundings would give Second Army a suitable staging area for a push south to capture the city of Falaise, which could then be used as a pivot for an advance on Argentan, the Touques River and then towards the Seine River.[24] Overlord would constitute the largest amphibious operation in military history.[22] After delays, due to both logistical difficulties and poor weather, the D-Day of Overlord was moved to 6 June 1944. Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery, commander of 21st Army Group, aimed to capture Caen within the first day, and liberate Paris within 90 days.[22]
Plans[edit]
Allied[edit]
The coastline of Normandy was divided into seventeen sectors, with codenames using a spelling alphabet—from Able, west of Omaha, to Roger on the east flank of Sword. Eight further sectors were added when the invasion was extended to include Utah on the Cotentin Peninsula. Sectors were further subdivided into beaches identified by the colours Green, Red, and White.[25]
The Anglo-Canadian assault landings on D-Day were to be carried out by the British Second Army, under Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey. The Second Army's I Corps, commanded by Lieutenant General John Crocker, was assigned to take Sword. To Major General Tom Rennie's 3rd Infantry Division fell the task of assaulting the beaches and seizing the main British objective on D-Day, the historic Norman city of Caen.[26][27] Attached to the 3rd Infantry Division for the assault were the 27th Independent Armoured Brigade, the 1st Special Service Brigade (which also contained Free French Commandos), No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando of the 4th Special Service Brigade, Royal Marine armoured support, additional artillery and engineers, and elements of the 79th Armoured Division.[28] 6th Beach Group was deployed to assist the troops and landing craft landing on Sword and to develop the beach maintenance area.
The 3rd Infantry Division was ordered to advance on Caen, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) from Sword,[29] with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division advancing on its western flank to secure Carpiquet airfield, 11 miles (18 km) from Juno Beach, on the outskirts of the city.[27] The 3rd Infantry was also ordered to relieve the elements of the 6th Airborne Division that had secured the bridges over the River Orne and Caen Canal during Operation Tonga, secure the high ground north of Caen, and "if possible Caen itself".[30] The last point was further reinforced when I Corps' commander, General Crocker, instructed the division, prior to the invasion, that by nightfall the city must be either captured or "effectively masked" with troops based north-west of the city and Bénouville.[31]
Queen beach, dated 16 August 1943
Sword stretched about 5 miles (8.0 km) from Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer in the west to the mouth of the River Orne in the east. It was further sub-divided into four landing sectors; from west to east these sectors were 'Oboe' (from Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer to Luc-sur-Mer), 'Peter' (from Luc-sur-Mer to Lion-sur-Mer), 'Queen' (from Lion-sur-Mer to La Brèche d'Hermanville), and finally 'Roger' (from La Brèche d'Hermanville to Ouistreham). Each sector was also divided into multiple beaches.[32] The sector chosen for the assault was the 1.8 miles (2.9 km) wide 'White' and 'Red' beaches of 'Queen' sector, as shallow reefs blocked access to the other sectors.[33] Two infantry battalions supported by DD tanks would lead the assault followed up by the commandos and the rest of the division;[34] the landing was due to start at 07:25 hours;[35] the division would be the last assault division to land.[nb 5]
German[edit]
An example of German beach defences
On 23 March 1942, Führer Directive Number 40 called for the official creation of the Atlantic Wall - a line of concrete gun emplacements, machine-gun nests, minefields and beach obstacles stretching along the French coast. Fortifications were initially concentrated around ports, but were extended into other areas beginning in late 1943.[37] While the German army had seen its strength and morale heavily depleted by campaigns in Russia, North Africa and Italy, it remained a powerful fighting force.[38] Most of the German divisions along the French coast in late 1943, however, were either formations of new recruits or battered veteran units still resting and rebuilding after service on the Eastern Front; altogether some 856,000 soldiers were stationed in France, predominantly along the Channel coast.[38] They were supported by an additional 60,000 Hilfswillige (Russian and Polish conscripts to the German army).[39]
Under the command of Field Marshals Erwin Rommel and Gerd von Rundstedt, the defences of the Atlantic Wall were heavily upgraded; in the first six months of 1944, 1.2 million tons of steel and 17.3 million cubic yards of concrete were laid.[40] The coast of northern France was also studded with four million antitank and anti-personnel mines, and 500,000 beach obstacles.[40]
On and behind Sword, twenty strongpoints, including several artillery batteries, were constructed.[4] The coastline was littered with wooden stakes, mines, hedgehogs, and Dragon’s teeth, while along the top of the beach, the Germans had constructed a network of trenches, gun pits, mortar pits, and machine gun nests. Barbed wire surrounded these positions and lined the beach.[41][42] The beachfront itself, being generally flat and exposed, was guarded by a few scattered bunkers, with machine gun and sniper posts in some of the holiday homes and tourist facilities lining the shore. To reinforce the defences, six strongpoints had been constructed, each with at least eight 5 cm Pak 38 50mm anti-tank guns, four 75mm guns, and one 88mm gun. One of the strongpoints (codenamed Cod by the British), faced directly on to Queen sector. Exits from the beaches had been blocked with various obstacles,[4][42] and behind the beaches, six artillery batteries had been positioned, three of which were based within three strongpoints; these latter batteries had four 100 mm guns and up to ten 155mm guns.[4] In addition, positioned east of the River Orne was the Merville Gun Battery, containing four Czechoslovakian 100 mm howitzers which were within range of Sword and the invasion fleet.[43][44] Between Cherbourg and the River Seine there were a total of 32 batteries capable of firing on to the five invasion beaches; half of them were positioned in casemates of 6-foot (1.8 m) reinforced concrete.[42]
German defence at Ouistreham; the turret is from a Renault FT-17 tank
Since the spring of 1942, Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter’s 8,000 man strong 716th Infantry Division had been positioned to defend the Calvados coast of Normandy.[45] In March 1942, the 352nd Infantry Division assumed control of the western Calvados coast, leaving the 716th in position north of Caen covering an 8-mile (13 km) stretch of coastline. The division comprised four regular infantry battalions, two Ost battalions, and artillery units.[46] Four infantry companies were spread along Sword, with two positioned facing Queen sector - another four were positioned inland behind the beach.[4] Further inland, Generalleutnant’s Edgar Feuchtinger’s 16,297 strong 21st Panzer Division had been positioned on both sides of the River Orne around Caen to provide an immediate counter-attack force should a landing take place.[47][48][49] In May 1944, two Panzergrenadier battalions and an antitank battalion from the 21st Panzer Division were placed under Richter’s command;[46] this deployment eliminated 21st Panzer as a mobile reserve.[49] One of these battalions, along with the division's anti-tank guns and several mobile 155 mm guns, was positioned on Périers Ridge, which rose to about 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Sword.[31][50][51]
Order of battle[edit]
3rd Division group[edit]
Film still from the D-Day landings showing commandos aboard a landing craft on their approach to Sword, 6 June 1944.
3rd Division[52] – Major-General T. G. Rennie
8th Brigade (assault brigade)
1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment
2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment
9th Brigade
2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles
185th Brigade
2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment
2nd Battalion King's Own Shropshire Light Infantry
Divisional Troops
3rd Reconnaissance Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
HQ Royal Artillery (RA) 3rd Division
33rd and 76th Field Regiments, RA (self-propelled guns)
7th Field Regiment, RA
20th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA
92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
3rd Divisional Royal Engineers (RE)[52][53] – CRE: Lieutenant Colonel R.W. Urquhart
17th Field Company, RE
245th Field Company, RE
253rd Field Company, RE
15th Field Park Company, RE
3rd Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment (machine guns)
Attached units and formations
27th Armoured Brigade (DD Tanks)
13th/18th Royal Hussars
1st East Riding Yeomanry
Staffordshire Yeomanry
1st Special Service Brigade (landed on eastern extremity of Sword) – Brigadier Lord Lovat
No. 3 Commando – Lieutenant Colonel Peter Young
No. 4 Commando – Lieutenant Colonel Robert Dawson
A force of 176 French Marine Commandos from No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando, commanded by Commandant Philippe Kieffer landed with No. 4 Commando
No. 6 Commando – Lieutenant Colonel Derek Mills-Roberts
No. 45 (Royal Marine) Commando – Lieutenant Colonel Charles Ries
4th Special Service Brigade (landed between Juno and Sword)
101 Beach Sub-area[52][54]
No. 5 Beach Group (Queen sector)
5th Battalion King's Regiment (Liverpool)
'M' AA Assault Group (from 80th Anti-Aircraft Brigade)[55][56][57]
RHQ 73rd Light AA Rgt, RA – Lieutenant-Colonel J.A. Armstrong
218 LAA Bty and 296 LAA Bty less 2 Troops
G & H Troops 322 LAA Bty, 93rd LAA Rgt, RA
322 HAA Bty and C Troop 323 HAA Bty, 103rd Heavy AA Rgt, RA
B Troop 474 Independent Searchlight Bty, RA
16 Fire Control Post, RA
76 & 103 Coast Observation Detachments, RA
One Platoon 112 Company Pioneer Corps (smoke generators)
73 LAA Rgt Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME)
'N' AA Assault Group (from 80th AA Bde)[55][56]
RHQ 103rd HAA Rgt, RA – Lieutenant-Colonel H.E. Johnston (AA Defence Commander, 101 BSA)
D Troop 323 HAA Bty and 324 HAA Bty
220 LAA Bty, 73rd LAA Rgt, RA
I Troop 322 LAA Bty, 93rd LAA Rgt, RA
C Troop 474 S/L Bty, RA
160 AA Operations Room, RA
One Platoon 112 Company, Pioneer Corps
103 HAA Rgt Workshop, REME
18th GHQ Troops Engineers[52][53] – CRE: Lieutenant-Colonel J.H. Boyd
84th Field Company, RE
91st Field Company, RE
8th & 9th Stores Sections, RE
50th Mechanical Equipment Section, RE
205th Works Section, RE
654th & 722nd Artisan Works Companies, RE
Two Advanced Park Sections of 176th Workshop and Park Company, RE
49th Bomb Disposal Section, RE
999th & 1028th Port Operating Companies, RE
940 Inland Water Transport Company, RE
Five Companies, Pioneer Corps
No. 6 Beach Group (in reserve)
1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
D-Day at Sword[edit]
British Assault[edit]
Lord Lovat, on the right of the column, wades through the water at Sword. The figure in the foreground is Piper Bill Millin.
The assault on Sword began at about 0300 with the aerial and naval bombardment of German coastal defences and artillery sites. The landing was to be concentrated on Queen Red and Queen White in front of Hermanville-sur-Mer, other approaches having proven impassable due to shoals. At 0725, the first units set off for the beach. These were the amphibious DD tanks of the 13th/18th Hussars; they were followed closely by the 8th Infantry Brigade, and by Royal Engineers in AVREs and the various odd-looking, specialized vehicles that had been nicknamed 'Hobart's funnies'. The engineers set to work clearing mines and obstacles under a steady hail of small arms fire and artillery fire from Périers Ridge just south of Hermanville.[58][59] Resistance on the beach was initially fairly strong, with wrecked vehicles piling up and casualties mounting; however, with most of their armoured vehicles successfully landed, the British were able to quickly secure the immediate area. By 0930 the engineers had cleared seven of the eight exits from the beach, allowing the inland advance to begin.[60]
British and French commandos encountered tough resistance in the seaside town of Ouistreham, on Sword's eastern extremity, but were able to clear it of enemy strongpoints. By 1300, the 1st Special Service Brigade had reached the bridges on the River Orne and the Caen Canal, linking up with paratroops of the 6th Airborne Division, who were holding the bridges, after earlier disabling German gun batteries in a fierce night-time battle at Merville.[59]
On the western flank of Sword, commandos of the 4th Special Service Brigade moved out to secure Lion-sur-Mer and effect a link up with Canadian forces at Juno Beach, but encountered strong resistance and were pinned down by heavy fire for several hours. Meanwhile, around the main landing area, the men of the 3rd Infantry Division had secured Hermanville-sur-Mer by 1000, but were finding tougher going as they slowly fought their way up Périers Ridge and moved inland. Congestion as more men, vehicles, and equipment arrived on the beach further complicated matters. It was gradually becoming apparent that the British would not be able to make the hook-up with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division necessary to protect its right flank in an immediate assault on Caen. Troops of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry continued down the Hermanville-Caen road, reaching Biéville-Beuville, close to Caen, but were supported by only a few self-propelled guns, their flanks exposed. The issue was fully rendered moot when, on the afternoon of 6 June, the 21st Panzer Division, based around Caen, launched the only major German counterattack of D-Day.[59][61]
German counter-attacks[edit]
German prisoners being marched along Queen beach, Sword
The 21st Panzer Division, with its formidable inventory of some 127 Mk IV tanks,[62] was intended for use as a rapid response force; on the morning of 6 June, however, its commander, Generalmajor Edgar Feuchtinger, was in Paris, and Rommel was in Germany. The division was unable to finalize orders and preparations for a counterattack until late in the day. At about 1700, two thrusts were launched, east and west of the River Orne. The eastern attack, carried out by II Battalion and supporting units, under Major Hans von Luck, was intended to destroy the 6th Airborne Division's Orne bridgehead, but was almost immediately stopped in its tracks by intense Allied air attacks and naval gunfire.[63] To the west, a larger Armoured Group initially fared somewhat better. Taking advantage of the gap between the Sword and Juno sectors, elements of the 192nd Panzergrenadier Regiment were able to reach the coast at Lion-sur-Mer by 8:00 p.m.; however, with few flak units and very little support from the Luftwaffe, they too suffered devastating losses to Allied aircraft. When 250 Gliders of the British 6th Airlanding Brigade overflew their positions, on their way to reinforce the Orne bridgehead in Operation Mallard, the Germans, believing they were about to be cut off, retired.[59][64]
The Luftwaffe was particularly weak in this sector, but tried to support the attack with a few of the rare daylight appearances it made on D-Day. Generalfeldmarschall Hugo Sperrle, commanding Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3) was responsible for the air defence of Normandy and ordered all available forces to attack the beachhead. Junkers Ju 88s from Kampfgeschwader 54 (KG 54: Bomber Wing 54) attacked British positions with Butterfly Bombs. III./KG 54 struck Lion-sur-Mer while I./KG 54 bombed shipping at the mouth of the Orne. No. 145 Wing RAF intercepted and shot down five German aircraft.[65][66]
Aftermath[edit]
Analysis[edit]
The Panzer IV was the main battle tank of the German 21st Panzer Division. The division had 127 Panzer IVs on 6 June.[8]
By the end of D-Day, 28,845 men of I Corps had come ashore across Sword. The British Official Historian, L. F. Ellis, wrote that "in spite of the Atlantic Wall over 156,000 men had been landed in France on the first day of the campaign."[1] British losses in the Sword area amounted to 683 men.[67] The British and Canadians were able to link up and resume the drive on Caen the following day, but three days into the invasion, the advance was halted.[68][69] On 7 June, Operation Perch, a pincer attack by the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division and XXX Corps was launched to encircle Caen from the east and west flanks.[70] The 21st Panzer Division halted the 51st Division advance and the XXX Corps attack resulted in the Battle of Villers-Bocage and the withdrawal of the leading elements of the 7th Armoured Division soon after.[71][72] The next offensive, codenamed Operation Epsom, was launched by VIII Corps on 26 June, to envelope Caen from the west.[73][74] German forces managed to contain the offensive but to do so, they were obliged to commit all their available strength.[75]
On 27 June, the 3rd Infantry Division and its supporting tanks launched Operation Mitten. The objective was to seize two German-occupied châteaux, la Londe and le Landel. The initial evening assault was repulsed but the following morning, attacks gained the objectives and destroyed several German tanks. Operation Mitten cost at least three British tanks and 268 men.[76][77][78] In 2003 Copp wrote that fighting for these châteaux made the area the "bloodiest square mile in Normandy".[78] Scarfe wrote in 1947 that, had the operation gone more smoothly, further elements of the division and elements of the 3rd Canadian Division would have launched Operation Aberlour, an ambitious plan to capture several villages north of Caen but the attack was cancelled by Lieutenant-General John Crocker.[76][77] Several days later I Corps launched a new offensive, codenamed Operation Charnwood, to gain possession of Caen.[79] In a frontal assault, the northern half of the city was captured,[79] but German forces retained possession of the city south of the River Orne. The southern half of Caen was only captured 12 days later by Canadian infantry during Operation Atlantic.[80][81]
See also[edit]
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List of ships in Sword Bombardment Group
Notes[edit]
Footnotes
Jump up ^ Historian Stephen Badsey notes that the beach itself was only defended by two companies, no more than 300 men.[3] The other companies were positioned further inland and at Ouistreham.[4]
Jump up ^ 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.[5][6] Niklas Zetterling notes that on 1 June that these formations amounted to 9,778 men.[7]
Jump up ^ 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.[10] The Commandos lost 18 men killed and 30 wounded on the beaches alone.[11]
Jump up ^ 20 tanks destroyed and "over 30 damaged"[12]
Jump up ^ 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division landed on Gold just prior to I Corps landing, while the American landings took place a full hour beforehand.[36]
Citations
^ Jump up to: a b Ellis, p. 223
Jump up ^ Fortin, p. 58
Jump up ^ Buckley (2006), p. 53
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Ford, pp. 24–25
Jump up ^ D'Este, pp. 136, 139
Jump up ^ Ford, pp. 71-72
Jump up ^ Zetterling, 21st Panzer Division
^ Jump up to: a b c D'Este, p. 124
^ Jump up to: a b Ellis, p. 204
Jump up ^ Ford, p. 86
Jump up ^ Ford, p. 112
Jump up ^ Ford, p. 80
Jump up ^ Buckley (2006), p. 137
Jump up ^ D'Este, p. 21
Jump up ^ Bauer, 44
Jump up ^ Ellis, p. 7
Jump up ^ Granatstein, p. 11
^ Jump up to: a b Ellis, p. 9
Jump up ^ Granatstein, pp. 13–14
Jump up ^ Zuehlke, p. 25
Jump up ^ Ellis, p. 140
^ Jump up to: a b c Granatstein, p. 18
Jump up ^ Ellis, p. 78
Jump up ^ Ellis, p. 81
Jump up ^ Buckingham 2004, p. 88.
Jump up ^ Williams, p. 24
^ Jump up to: a b Wilmot, p. 273
Jump up ^ Ford, pp. 28–29, 42
Jump up ^ Ford, p. 17
Jump up ^ Scarfe, p. 18
^ Jump up to: a b Wilmot, p. 274
Jump up ^ Ford, pp. 36-37, 40-41
Jump up ^ Ford, p. 37
Jump up ^ Ford, pp. 37, 42
Jump up ^ Ford, p. 47
Jump up ^ Wilmot, pp. 251, 255, 270, 273
Jump up ^ Kaufmann & Kaufmann, pp. 196–197
^ Jump up to: a b Granatstein, p. 19
Jump up ^ Wieviorka, p. 157
^ Jump up to: a b Saunders, p. 35
Jump up ^ Ford, pp. 32, 49
^ Jump up to: a b c Notes on Operations of 21 Army Group, p. 3
Jump up ^ Buckingham, p. 145
Jump up ^ Harclerode,p. 319
Jump up ^ Ford and Gerrard, p. 16.
^ Jump up to: a b Copp, p. 37
Jump up ^ Beevor, p. 29
Jump up ^ Ford, p. 23
^ Jump up to: a b D’Este, p. 117
Jump up ^ Buckley, p. 20
Jump up ^ Ford, p. 65
^ Jump up to: a b c d Joslen, pp. 584–5.
^ Jump up to: a b Pakenham-Walsh, pp. 335–6.
Jump up ^ Rogers p20
^ Jump up to: a b 80 AA Bde Operation Order No 1, 20 May 1944, in 80 AA Bde War Diary 1944, The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 171/1085.
^ Jump up to: a b Routledge, pp. 305–7.
Jump up ^ 3 Division at Royal Artillery 1939–45.
Jump up ^ Thompson, p.133-139
^ Jump up to: a b c d Ford and Gerrard, p. 13.
Jump up ^ Thompson, p.139
Jump up ^ Thompson, p.139-140
Jump up ^ Mitcham, p. 18.
Jump up ^ Von Luck, p.178-9
Jump up ^ Thompson, p.151
Jump up ^ Weal 2000, pp. 81.
Jump up ^ de Zeng 2007, p. 183, 190.
Jump up ^ Ford, pp. 86, 112
Jump up ^ Ford, p. 90, 96
Jump up ^ Keegan, p. 143.
Jump up ^ Ellis, p. 250
Jump up ^ Van der Vat, p. 139
Jump up ^ Taylor, p. 76
Jump up ^ Clark, pp. 32–33
Jump up ^ Clark, pp. 31–32
Jump up ^ Hart, p. 108
^ Jump up to: a b Scarfe, pp. 68–69
^ Jump up to: a b Fortin, p. 30
^ Jump up to: a b Copp (2004), p. 113
^ Jump up to: a b Williams, p. 131
Jump up ^ Bercuson, p. 222
Jump up ^ Trew, p. 102
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Operation Overlord (The overall invasion plan)
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American airborne landings in Normandy
Operation Deadstick (UK 6th Airborne)
Operation Tonga (UK 6th Airborne)
Battle of Merville Gun Battery (UK 6th Airborne)
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Operation Jupiter (UK)
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Operation Totalize (Canada, Poland, UK)
Operation Lüttich (German)
Operation Tractable (Canada, Poland, UK)
Operation Titanic (UK)
Battle for Brest (US)
Battle for Caen (UK, Canada)
Battle of Verriéres Ridge (Canada)
Battle of Carentan (US)
Battle of Cherbourg (US)
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Landing points (W→E):
Utah Beach (US)
Omaha Beach (US)
Pointe du Hoc (US)
Gold Beach (UK)
Juno Beach (Canada)
Sword Beach (UK)
Other:
Crisbecq Battery
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Mont Canisy battery
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D-Day
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Hobart's Funnies
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Allied forces in Normandy
Mulberry harbour
Liberation of Paris (France)
Operation Dragoon (France, UK, US)
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Normandy US Cemetery & Memorial
Brittany US Cemetery & Memorial

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Coordinates: 49°18′23″N 0°19′16″W / 49.30639°N 0.32111°W / 49.30639; -0.32111
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