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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... going back and forth all the time and on the other side of the river there were tanks were lined up ready to be loaded . There was defi- nitely a feeling of tenseness in the air , as if something was going to happen ... Eddie Chaze had ...
... going back and forth all the time and on the other side of the river there were tanks were lined up ready to be loaded . There was defi- nitely a feeling of tenseness in the air , as if something was going to happen ... Eddie Chaze had ...
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... going to be then , but when we got there it wasn't going to be any good shuffling round opening the wrong crate ... and again there might not be any lighting , we just didn't know what circumstances we were going to face ... We knew ...
... going to be then , but when we got there it wasn't going to be any good shuffling round opening the wrong crate ... and again there might not be any lighting , we just didn't know what circumstances we were going to face ... We knew ...
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... going to be magnified and are going to give way to incidents that you might first view as chaotic ... The landing craft aren't going in on schedule and people are going to be landed in the wrong place . Some won't be landing at all ...
... going to be magnified and are going to give way to incidents that you might first view as chaotic ... The landing craft aren't going in on schedule and people are going to be landed in the wrong place . Some won't be landing at all ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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