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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... armed services , and almost 4 million were making military equipment . The number of women working outside the home increased dramatically by 42 per cent from pre - war levels to just over 7 million , of whom half a million were in the ...
... armed services , and almost 4 million were making military equipment . The number of women working outside the home increased dramatically by 42 per cent from pre - war levels to just over 7 million , of whom half a million were in the ...
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... armed with mortars and medium machine guns . Because the Commandos were only intended to act as raiders , they were lightly armed but they carried a high proportion of automatic weapons , were very mobile , and highly trained in combat ...
... armed with mortars and medium machine guns . Because the Commandos were only intended to act as raiders , they were lightly armed but they carried a high proportion of automatic weapons , were very mobile , and highly trained in combat ...
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... armed with machine guns and the first of 2,000 Panzer Is emerged in 1934. This was followed by the 10 ton Mk II , again armed with machine guns . But Guderian's strategy called for tanks that could knock out enemy tanks and for that a ...
... armed with machine guns and the first of 2,000 Panzer Is emerged in 1934. This was followed by the 10 ton Mk II , again armed with machine guns . But Guderian's strategy called for tanks that could knock out enemy tanks and for that a ...
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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