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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... arrived on the scene sooner while denouncing us for arriving at all . ' And in March 1942 a commentator for Mass - Observation added a further gloss : Americans are often regarded as a rather eccentric kind of Englishmen [ and this ] ...
... arrived on the scene sooner while denouncing us for arriving at all . ' And in March 1942 a commentator for Mass - Observation added a further gloss : Americans are often regarded as a rather eccentric kind of Englishmen [ and this ] ...
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... arrive . By then it was too late to co - ordinate an armoured counter - attack to push the Allies back into the sea . 143 Within a month an extra three infantry divisions had arrived - though the numbers of troops was probably reduced ...
... arrive . By then it was too late to co - ordinate an armoured counter - attack to push the Allies back into the sea . 143 Within a month an extra three infantry divisions had arrived - though the numbers of troops was probably reduced ...
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... arrive just east of Fox Beach by 0930 - in time to stem the 1st Division's advance up the bluffs - but , thanks to Allied air attacks , it arrived about five hours later and five hours too late.217 - At around the same time that Bradley ...
... arrive just east of Fox Beach by 0930 - in time to stem the 1st Division's advance up the bluffs - but , thanks to Allied air attacks , it arrived about five hours later and five hours too late.217 - At around the same time that Bradley ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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