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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... vessels progressed across our map . As the lead- ing edges neared the Normandy coast , everyone was at fever pitch . Throughout the night we continued to observe . In the morning , towards the end of our watch , our plotter called out ...
... vessels progressed across our map . As the lead- ing edges neared the Normandy coast , everyone was at fever pitch . Throughout the night we continued to observe . In the morning , towards the end of our watch , our plotter called out ...
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... vessels , plus several smaller craft , as well as damaging a further 19 vessels . 126 It was , according to Admiral Kranke , ' a catastrophe . Losses are extremely heavy . It will hardly be possible to carry out the operations planned ...
... vessels , plus several smaller craft , as well as damaging a further 19 vessels . 126 It was , according to Admiral Kranke , ' a catastrophe . Losses are extremely heavy . It will hardly be possible to carry out the operations planned ...
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... vessels ' , recalled Sergeant Richard Heklotz of the German 110th Field Artillery , ' so many ships , that there was nowhere on the horizon that you could look and not see some type of vessel'.1 But as Omaha Beach was to prove ...
... vessels ' , recalled Sergeant Richard Heklotz of the German 110th Field Artillery , ' so many ships , that there was nowhere on the horizon that you could look and not see some type of vessel'.1 But as Omaha Beach was to prove ...
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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