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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... enemy with a flame it was a very horrible thing to see ... as a tank crew member you were well aware of the damage you were doing . If you were an artillery man you didn't always see the effects of the shells you launched at the enemy ...
... enemy with a flame it was a very horrible thing to see ... as a tank crew member you were well aware of the damage you were doing . If you were an artillery man you didn't always see the effects of the shells you launched at the enemy ...
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... enemy fire . Not all the guns positions were built by non- German labour , primarily because Rommel recognized that there was simply too much work to do in too little time , for example , the positions of the infantry Division's guns ...
... enemy fire . Not all the guns positions were built by non- German labour , primarily because Rommel recognized that there was simply too much work to do in too little time , for example , the positions of the infantry Division's guns ...
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... enemy's intentions to defeat us on the beaches , we found no surprises awaiting us in Normandy . Our measures designed to overcome the defences proved successful . Although not all our D - Day objectives had been achieved and in ...
... enemy's intentions to defeat us on the beaches , we found no surprises awaiting us in Normandy . Our measures designed to overcome the defences proved successful . Although not all our D - Day objectives had been achieved and in ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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