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.
The 21st Panzer Division, with its formidable inventory of some 127 Mk IV tanks,[REF] 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.