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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... later the command of the Mobile Division was steered away from Hobart , Broad and Pile , all senior offi- cers with tank experience . Nonetheless , the army's leadership had only themselves to blame in the inter - war period for the ...
... later the command of the Mobile Division was steered away from Hobart , Broad and Pile , all senior offi- cers with tank experience . Nonetheless , the army's leadership had only themselves to blame in the inter - war period for the ...
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... later , in May 1945 , the 4th Infantry Division alone had suffered 34,000 dead and 22,000 wounded in the final ... later to Bradley , ' First time you mentioned it [ in January 1945 at Bradley's London HQ - 20 Bryanston Square ] , I ...
... later , in May 1945 , the 4th Infantry Division alone had suffered 34,000 dead and 22,000 wounded in the final ... later to Bradley , ' First time you mentioned it [ in January 1945 at Bradley's London HQ - 20 Bryanston Square ] , I ...
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... later one of the two battal- ions ( II / 915th ) was ordered north to Colleville sur Mer where Allied forces were reported to have broken through near WN 60 , WN 61 and WN 62 ( Fox Beach ) . The II / 915th should have arrive just east ...
... later one of the two battal- ions ( II / 915th ) was ordered north to Colleville sur Mer where Allied forces were reported to have broken through near WN 60 , WN 61 and WN 62 ( Fox Beach ) . The II / 915th should have arrive just east ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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Air Force Airborne Division aircraft Allied Ambrose American amphibious anti-tank Armoured Division artillery ashore assault Atlantic Wall attack Balkoski Battalion battery battle boats bombardment bombers bombing Bradley Britain Caen Calais Canadian captured casualties cent Chandler and Collins Cherbourg Churchill coast combat commanders Company Corps D-Day DD tanks defenders Delaforce destroyed Dieppe Dieppe raid DUKWs E-boats Eisenhower enemy fight fighter fire France French front glider going Group Hitler Infantry Division initial inland invasion June Juno Juno Beach killed Kilvert-Jones landing craft LCTs leaders leadership London Luftwaffe machine guns managed miles military Montgomery move naval Navy Neillands Normandy officers Omaha Beach Operation Overlord Panzer Division paratroopers Pas de Calais Pitcairn-Jones Pointe du Hoc Quoted raid Ramsey Regiment rifle Rommel Royal Rundstedt shells Sherman ships soldiers Soviet strategy success suggested Sword Beach target troops units Utah Utah Beach vehicles Wehrmacht Wicked Problem wounded