Description: 6th Airborne Division achieved its objectives on D-Day. It then held the line for three months during the Normandy Campaign - a task for which it was not adequately equipped. How did 'Windy' Gale and his troops accomplish this?
Brief description: Andrew Wheale has had a life-long interest in military history. Having enjoyed a business career selling model soldiers, he now works with rare books and lives in Oxfordshire. He is a member of the British Commission for Military History, and presented papers at conferences regarding British Airborne Forces during the Second World War. In 2019 he was awarded his DPhil by the University of Buckingham.