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Which army commanded the Allied forces assigned to Sword Beach?
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Sword Beach
Injured and exhausted assault troops being helped ashore at Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Sword Beach was part of the landing sector assigned to the British Second Army, which was commanded by Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey.21