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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... attack the beaches but seldom penetrated the defensive cover provided by the Allied air forces . For example , the 3rd Airforce ( covering France , Belgium and the Netherlands ) group of Ground Attack Aircraft had two squadrons of Focke ...
... attack the beaches but seldom penetrated the defensive cover provided by the Allied air forces . For example , the 3rd Airforce ( covering France , Belgium and the Netherlands ) group of Ground Attack Aircraft had two squadrons of Focke ...
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... attacks , HMS Bulolo , was itself bombed on 7 June in an attack which killed three officers - although the FW 190 that made the attack was itself shot down by anti - aircraft fire from other ships.37 Only one other German attack caused ...
... attacks , HMS Bulolo , was itself bombed on 7 June in an attack which killed three officers - although the FW 190 that made the attack was itself shot down by anti - aircraft fire from other ships.37 Only one other German attack caused ...
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... attack in force never came . The Panzer groups were either too far away to intervene , or held back for the ' real ... attack was simply not available - the telephone system had been badly affected by the air and naval attacks and the ...
... attack in force never came . The Panzer groups were either too far away to intervene , or held back for the ' real ... attack was simply not available - the telephone system had been badly affected by the air and naval attacks and the ...
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