D-Day: Those who Were ThereThe logistics of landing almost 250,000 men on a 60-mile stretch of heavily fortified coastline are almost unimaginable. By Whitsun 1944, Britain had began to resemble a vast military warehouse, with jeeps and trucks parked along what seemed like every road in the south and west of England, tanks ranked in carparks and forecourts, and rows upon rows of bombs stored under tarpaulin in fields - all labelled "Europe". The roads were jammed with soldiers in transit, all trains were requisitioned for the troops, and women knew that their menfolk 'somewhere in southern England' might be one of that perilous first wave across the Channel. |
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... D - Day . There were many D - Days during the Second World War as in any war , days targeted for action . Today we remember only one by that name : 6 June 1944 , when British , American , Canadian and Free French troops crossed the ...
... D - Day . There were many D - Days during the Second World War as in any war , days targeted for action . Today we remember only one by that name : 6 June 1944 , when British , American , Canadian and Free French troops crossed the ...
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... day during the war . Suddenly the letters stopped coming . I knew something desperate was happening and wasn't surprised when the radio announced landings on the Normandy beaches . It was D - Day . I felt sure that my husband was in ...
... day during the war . Suddenly the letters stopped coming . I knew something desperate was happening and wasn't surprised when the radio announced landings on the Normandy beaches . It was D - Day . I felt sure that my husband was in ...
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... D - Day + 2 three attacks were launched against the beaches and none got through , though one FW 190 was shot down . D - Day + 3 saw six FW 190s and two ME 109s destroyed for no palpable gain and the 3rd Group was stood down to await ...
... D - Day + 2 three attacks were launched against the beaches and none got through , though one FW 190 was shot down . D - Day + 3 saw six FW 190s and two ME 109s destroyed for no palpable gain and the 3rd Group was stood down to await ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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