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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... important to the Nazis ) , the boys would just drop her new water tank smack on the lawn and she would be left bathless until the fighting was over . It is often in just such a ridiculous way that English families begin to realize what ...
... important to the Nazis ) , the boys would just drop her new water tank smack on the lawn and she would be left bathless until the fighting was over . It is often in just such a ridiculous way that English families begin to realize what ...
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... important learning experience - a euphe- mism for a poorly planned and executed disaster . Nonetheless , to the Allies Dieppe proved a port could not be taken by force and that an alter- native must be found . But perhaps more ...
... important learning experience - a euphe- mism for a poorly planned and executed disaster . Nonetheless , to the Allies Dieppe proved a port could not be taken by force and that an alter- native must be found . But perhaps more ...
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... important explanations for the eventual motivation of the GIS : to get the job done and go home as fast as possible , and to protect those individuals in their particular ' band of brothers ' . That cata- pulted the local combat ...
... important explanations for the eventual motivation of the GIS : to get the job done and go home as fast as possible , and to protect those individuals in their particular ' band of brothers ' . That cata- pulted the local combat ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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