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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... Vichy leader , Pétain , spoke for France , was deeply unhappy about the way he thought his country was used in the Anglo - American leaders ' war strategy , and to find himself without a voice in their deliberations . Churchill had been ...
... Vichy leader , Pétain , spoke for France , was deeply unhappy about the way he thought his country was used in the Anglo - American leaders ' war strategy , and to find himself without a voice in their deliberations . Churchill had been ...
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... Vichy government informed their German overlords , a great victory.61 The British Army's unofficial newspapers told a different but ambiguous story . According to Parade on 29 August 1942 , ' It may be some time before the complete ...
... Vichy government informed their German overlords , a great victory.61 The British Army's unofficial newspapers told a different but ambiguous story . According to Parade on 29 August 1942 , ' It may be some time before the complete ...
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... Vichy Government 101 Vierville - sur - Mer 141 , 381 , 389 , 394 , 405 Villers - Bocage 100 Villiers - Fossard 147 ' friendly fire ' 200-1 Sword Beach 65 Gale , Richard N. 326 Galland , Adolf 88 Gavin , James 328-9 , 331 Gerhardt ...
... Vichy Government 101 Vierville - sur - Mer 141 , 381 , 389 , 394 , 405 Villers - Bocage 100 Villiers - Fossard 147 ' friendly fire ' 200-1 Sword Beach 65 Gale , Richard N. 326 Galland , Adolf 88 Gavin , James 328-9 , 331 Gerhardt ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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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