D-Day - Page 2

fireftr18 · 06-07-15, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

As a logistical feat, impressive in it's own right.

One of the most amazing feats is how is all the preparation and staging needed was done, yet it remained secret until the day it happened.

razark · 06-07-15, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by fireftr18

One of the most amazing feats is how is all the preparation and staging needed was done, yet it remained secret until the day it happened.

I recently finished a book consisting of short recollections from members of a Bomb Group in England. Some of them mentioned how their route to targets were somewhat roundabout, with a large No-Go zone over the southern coast of England.

Platapus · 06-08-15, 07:18 PM

I have always been fascinated by the logistics after the landing. How they set up the harbour and moved all those supplies. Wow!!

August · 06-08-15, 08:04 PM

The C-47 that led the main flight of paratroops on D-Day has been found intact.

http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=...b&e=f9a1b945a2

Torvald Von Mansee · 06-09-15, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by August

That's this guy:

Platapus · 06-09-15, 04:50 PM

Whether you believe it was friendly fire (an oxymoron if I ever heard one) or a German E-boat attack, let's not forget the soldiers who died on 27 April 1944 in a training exercise off the Dorset Coast as part of Exercise Tiger.

946 (number is disputed) US soldiers died

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Tiger
www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/may/16/military.usa

This book is on my wish list
http://www.amazon.com/The-Forgotten-.../dp/0747544670

There also a few more books on this exercise.

06-08-15, 07:18 PM	#18
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,444 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I have always been fascinated by the logistics after the landing. How they set up the harbour and moved all those supplies. Wow!! __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-08-15, 08:04 PM	#19
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,256 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The C-47 that led the main flight of paratroops on D-Day has been found intact. http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=...b&e=f9a1b945a2 __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

06-09-15, 04:50 PM	#21
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,444 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Whether you believe it was friendly fire (an oxymoron if I ever heard one) or a German E-boat attack, let's not forget the soldiers who died on 27 April 1944 in a training exercise off the Dorset Coast as part of Exercise Tiger. 946 (number is disputed) US soldiers died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Tiger www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/may/16/military.usa This book is on my wish list http://www.amazon.com/The-Forgotten-.../dp/0747544670 There also a few more books on this exercise. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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