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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... aircraft had been produced in that year . In contrast , the Western Allies had 8,351 aircraft available by May 1944.8 In January 1944 the Germans lost 1,311 aircraft ; by February the monthly loss was running at 2,121 and this included ...
... aircraft had been produced in that year . In contrast , the Western Allies had 8,351 aircraft available by May 1944.8 In January 1944 the Germans lost 1,311 aircraft ; by February the monthly loss was running at 2,121 and this included ...
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... aircraft batter- ies and radar facilities ) . As the Allied air crews shot the Luftwaffe out of the sky in the day time , Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris's RAF Bomber Command main- tained its nightly assaults upon German areas ...
... aircraft batter- ies and radar facilities ) . As the Allied air crews shot the Luftwaffe out of the sky in the day time , Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris's RAF Bomber Command main- tained its nightly assaults upon German areas ...
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... aircraft were controlled from the Combined Control Centre at Uxbridge and thence through three Fighter Direction Tenders operated just off the Normandy coast.89 The naval gunfire spotting aircraft ( two squadrons of Spitfires and six ...
... aircraft were controlled from the Combined Control Centre at Uxbridge and thence through three Fighter Direction Tenders operated just off the Normandy coast.89 The naval gunfire spotting aircraft ( two squadrons of Spitfires and six ...
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