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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... tanks were regarded by the British High Command as mecha- nized cavalry , built for speed and mobility , not to attack , or withstand attacks by , other tanks . As the Secretary of State for War suggested , he had been forced to make ...
... tanks were regarded by the British High Command as mecha- nized cavalry , built for speed and mobility , not to attack , or withstand attacks by , other tanks . As the Secretary of State for War suggested , he had been forced to make ...
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... tanks , certainly not of all tanks . Armour and gun power decide the matter whenever tank meets tank'.69 However , the new tank coming off the assembly lines in Britain at that time was the Churchill - which was already approaching ...
... tanks , certainly not of all tanks . Armour and gun power decide the matter whenever tank meets tank'.69 However , the new tank coming off the assembly lines in Britain at that time was the Churchill - which was already approaching ...
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... tank design and development of all major nations by 1939 . Indeed , not until the 1940 Blitzkriegs did Congress relent and start supporting the development of tanks . In 1940 only 330 tanks were built , but this increased to 4,052 in ...
... tank design and development of all major nations by 1939 . Indeed , not until the 1940 Blitzkriegs did Congress relent and start supporting the development of tanks . In 1940 only 330 tanks were built , but this increased to 4,052 in ...
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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