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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... production under the guidance of the War Production Board was gearing up to mass produce everything the armed forces wanted , the lessons of the German Blitzkrieg slowly sank in : most of the matériel on the order books was inadequate ...
... production under the guidance of the War Production Board was gearing up to mass produce everything the armed forces wanted , the lessons of the German Blitzkrieg slowly sank in : most of the matériel on the order books was inadequate ...
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... production , and Keller , head of Chrysler , for 1,000 M2A1s - a marginally improved variant of the already obsolete M2s ; fortunately Chaffee cancelled the order with almost his first deci- sion . Chaffee replaced the order with one ...
... production , and Keller , head of Chrysler , for 1,000 M2A1s - a marginally improved variant of the already obsolete M2s ; fortunately Chaffee cancelled the order with almost his first deci- sion . Chaffee replaced the order with one ...
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... production 285 , 286 reliability 290-1 Tank Corps 285 British Anglo - American Mk III ( Liberty or International Tank ) 278 Centaur 229 , 297 Churchill 281 Covenanter 281 Crusader 281 development 278-84 2lb versus 6lb gun 279 , 280 ...
... production 285 , 286 reliability 290-1 Tank Corps 285 British Anglo - American Mk III ( Liberty or International Tank ) 278 Centaur 229 , 297 Churchill 281 Covenanter 281 Crusader 281 development 278-84 2lb versus 6lb gun 279 , 280 ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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