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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... strategic decision the Western Allied leaders had to make was whether to concentrate on Germany or Japan . Despite the greater fear and animosity amongst the American population for the threat from Japan , it was apparent to most ...
... strategic decision the Western Allied leaders had to make was whether to concentrate on Germany or Japan . Despite the greater fear and animosity amongst the American population for the threat from Japan , it was apparent to most ...
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... strategic leaders and to the inability of commanders to recognize the limits of aerial bombing against fortified gun emplacements . Finally , the campaign to provide aerial cover for the invasion itself is reviewed . Once again it is ...
... strategic leaders and to the inability of commanders to recognize the limits of aerial bombing against fortified gun emplacements . Finally , the campaign to provide aerial cover for the invasion itself is reviewed . Once again it is ...
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... strategic leaders causing strategic effects . But even this is difficult to maintain . The poor weather on the morning of D - Day effectively inhibited not just Allied bombing of the beaches but Allied destruction of German armoured ...
... strategic leaders causing strategic effects . But even this is difficult to maintain . The poor weather on the morning of D - Day effectively inhibited not just Allied bombing of the beaches but Allied destruction of German armoured ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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