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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... vehicles to be landed , rapidly followed by the second wave of 25,115 troops and 4,429 vehicles . On D + 1 and D + 2 a further 17,500 and 2,300 vehicles would land and by D + 15 another 32,000 troops and 9,446 vehicles would provide a ...
... vehicles to be landed , rapidly followed by the second wave of 25,115 troops and 4,429 vehicles . On D + 1 and D + 2 a further 17,500 and 2,300 vehicles would land and by D + 15 another 32,000 troops and 9,446 vehicles would provide a ...
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... vehicle , but the trials were both slow and unsuccessful . Eventually 100 of the new vehicles were ordered but only two were ever made and neither left US soil . American combat engineers were thus left without any protection whatsoever ...
... vehicle , but the trials were both slow and unsuccessful . Eventually 100 of the new vehicles were ordered but only two were ever made and neither left US soil . American combat engineers were thus left without any protection whatsoever ...
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... vehicle and he simul- taneously ordered the design for what was to become the M4 , the Sherman . But so much design ... vehicles , from flame throwers ( not used until July 1944 on Guam ) and mine- clearers to the M10 Gun Motor Carriage ...
... vehicle and he simul- taneously ordered the design for what was to become the M4 , the Sherman . But so much design ... vehicles , from flame throwers ( not used until July 1944 on Guam ) and mine- clearers to the M10 Gun Motor Carriage ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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