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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... already been printed ready to be dropped over France in the wake of the landings : there was no way it would be possible to change it , even if the Supreme Commander had wanted it to be . The final compromise was that de Gaulle would ...
... already been printed ready to be dropped over France in the wake of the landings : there was no way it would be possible to change it , even if the Supreme Commander had wanted it to be . The final compromise was that de Gaulle would ...
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... already been declared unbreachable by Admiral Krancke , the naval commander in the west , with the possible exception of the area that was to mark Omaha Beach - though the steep bluffs and poor access for vehicles made it an unlikely ...
... already been declared unbreachable by Admiral Krancke , the naval commander in the west , with the possible exception of the area that was to mark Omaha Beach - though the steep bluffs and poor access for vehicles made it an unlikely ...
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... already reached the same conclu- sion , admitting that : ' I am not sure that speed is the supreme require- ment of tanks , certainly not of all tanks . Armour and gun power decide the matter whenever tank meets tank'.69 However , the ...
... already reached the same conclu- sion , admitting that : ' I am not sure that speed is the supreme require- ment of tanks , certainly not of all tanks . Armour and gun power decide the matter whenever tank meets tank'.69 However , the ...
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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