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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... bombing in the Mediterranean and concluded that bridges could not be successfully attacked from the air - drew up plans for a 90 - day bombing campaign to destroy the French rail- way system and then to destroy the coastal defences ...
... bombing in the Mediterranean and concluded that bridges could not be successfully attacked from the air - drew up plans for a 90 - day bombing campaign to destroy the French rail- way system and then to destroy the coastal defences ...
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... bombing of German industry need not delay us here ; suffice to say that although German military output trebled between 1941 and 1944 - in line with the escalation of the bombing Overy is surely right in his conclusion that the effect ...
... bombing of German industry need not delay us here ; suffice to say that although German military output trebled between 1941 and 1944 - in line with the escalation of the bombing Overy is surely right in his conclusion that the effect ...
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... bombers began attacking the coastal defences , and as the light progressed so the shift to the medium and light bombers of the USAAF occurred . The final bombing plan was agreed so late that only ten major batteries were targeted by the ...
... bombers began attacking the coastal defences , and as the light progressed so the shift to the medium and light bombers of the USAAF occurred . The final bombing plan was agreed so late that only ten major batteries were targeted by the ...
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