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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 3
Page
... East the important British possessions of Hong Kong and Singapore fell to the Japanese ; Malta was under siege ; Rommel's forces were advancing on Egypt and USE BERRY COALS O 425 RED STION BAN BARROW CREEN 19 ' WE WILL GO BACK '
... East the important British possessions of Hong Kong and Singapore fell to the Japanese ; Malta was under siege ; Rommel's forces were advancing on Egypt and USE BERRY COALS O 425 RED STION BAN BARROW CREEN 19 ' WE WILL GO BACK '
Page
... Malta 19 Manchester 178 Marcks , General 140 Mareth line 65 Marks , Mary ( later Pilote ) 24 , 34-6 marriages , wartime 54 , 55 Marshall , General 21 Marshall , Howard 180 Martin , Joseph 120 , 121 , 123 Mass - Observation 10 , 17 , 56 ...
... Malta 19 Manchester 178 Marcks , General 140 Mareth line 65 Marks , Mary ( later Pilote ) 24 , 34-6 marriages , wartime 54 , 55 Marshall , General 21 Marshall , Howard 180 Martin , Joseph 120 , 121 , 123 Mass - Observation 10 , 17 , 56 ...
Page 93
... Malta that did not exist . A ring of imaginary sub - agents whom he employed on behalf of German intelligence enabled Garbo to deny responsibility if the infor- mation proved false , and then to employ a different sub - agent as a ...
... Malta that did not exist . A ring of imaginary sub - agents whom he employed on behalf of German intelligence enabled Garbo to deny responsibility if the infor- mation proved false , and then to employ a different sub - agent as a ...
Contents
Contents | |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
Copyright | |
3 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
Air Force Airborne Division aircraft Allied Ambrose American amphibious anti-tank Armoured Division artillery ashore assault Atlantic Wall attack Balkoski Battalion battery battle boats bombardment bombers bombing Bradley Britain Caen Calais Canadian captured casualties cent Chandler and Collins Cherbourg Churchill coast combat commanders Company Corps D-Day DD tanks defenders Delaforce destroyed Dieppe Dieppe raid DUKWs E-boats Eisenhower enemy fight fighter fire France French front glider going Group Hitler Infantry Division initial inland invasion June Juno Juno Beach killed Kilvert-Jones landing craft LCTs leaders leadership London Luftwaffe machine guns managed miles military Montgomery move naval Navy Neillands Normandy officers Omaha Beach Operation Overlord Panzer Division paratroopers Pas de Calais Pitcairn-Jones Pointe du Hoc Quoted raid Ramsey Regiment rifle Rommel Royal Rundstedt shells Sherman ships soldiers Soviet strategy success suggested Sword Beach target troops units Utah Utah Beach vehicles Wehrmacht Wicked Problem wounded