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D-Day Anniversary

Manach · 2017-06-06 09:47:45

Given the day, an interesting article giving the timeline of the landings: "6,939 vessels – 1,213 warships, 4,126 landing craft, 736 ancillary craft and 864 merchant vessels – gathered in “Area Z” south of the Isle of Wight, in preparation for landings at five Normandy beaches, along 50 miles of the coast – Utah, Omaha,…

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Given the day, an interesting article giving the timeline of the landings:

"6,939 vessels – 1,213 warships, 4,126 landing craft, 736 ancillary craft and 864 merchant vessels – gathered in “Area Z” south of the Isle of Wight, in preparation for landings at five Normandy beaches, along 50 miles of the coast – Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10878674/D-Day-6th-June-1944-as-it-happened-live.html

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#2 08-06-2017 12:25pm
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Antont Beevor's book on D-Day is a great read.

".....he has made use of overlooked and new material from more than 30 archives in half a dozen countries. His skill with German archives (a former Hussars officer, he served in the British Army of the Rhine) is especially evident."

Review of it here

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