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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... Sherman , the M4A1 with a 76mm gun , still only had a muzzle velocity of 2,650 feet per second . Between 10-15 per ... Sherman 75mm barrel was designed to fire like an artillery piece - even though the life span of a Sherman was markedly ...
... Sherman , the M4A1 with a 76mm gun , still only had a muzzle velocity of 2,650 feet per second . Between 10-15 per ... Sherman 75mm barrel was designed to fire like an artillery piece - even though the life span of a Sherman was markedly ...
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... Sherman prevailed over the Pershing subsequently complained to the Ordnance Department – ironically the only ... Sherman was tested to a 40 - hour reliability minimum - though again many did not last that long.112 - Once the US Army had ...
... Sherman prevailed over the Pershing subsequently complained to the Ordnance Department – ironically the only ... Sherman was tested to a 40 - hour reliability minimum - though again many did not last that long.112 - Once the US Army had ...
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... Sherman , for complaints about it grew to a crescendo during the battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944–5 when ... Sherman , given the increasingly bad publicity it was having at home - including a vociferous campaign for a ...
... Sherman , for complaints about it grew to a crescendo during the battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944–5 when ... Sherman , given the increasingly bad publicity it was having at home - including a vociferous campaign for a ...
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Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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