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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... Zealand and Australian troops ) , the island fell.5 Crete was the last time the German army deployed large numbers of paratroopers from the air but it also marked a familiar pattern of superior German . tactics and morale . Not that the ...
... Zealand and Australian troops ) , the island fell.5 Crete was the last time the German army deployed large numbers of paratroopers from the air but it also marked a familiar pattern of superior German . tactics and morale . Not that the ...
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... Zealand after 1942 and Canada after 1943 ) and the British remained the most mobilized of all the warring nations . In 1941 as many as 94 per cent of eligible males between the ages of 14 and 64 were mobilized and by D - Day , of a ...
... Zealand after 1942 and Canada after 1943 ) and the British remained the most mobilized of all the warring nations . In 1941 as many as 94 per cent of eligible males between the ages of 14 and 64 were mobilized and by D - Day , of a ...
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... Zealand pilots flying RAF Spitfires ) or with the Royal New Zealand Air Force or the Royal Navy . Many of the landing craft on D - Day were also piloted by New Zealand naval crews . 100 7.7 Conclusion The paradox at the heart of the ...
... Zealand pilots flying RAF Spitfires ) or with the Royal New Zealand Air Force or the Royal Navy . Many of the landing craft on D - Day were also piloted by New Zealand naval crews . 100 7.7 Conclusion The paradox at the heart of the ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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