Invasion! D-Day & Operation Overlord in One Hundred Moments
Invasion! D-Day & Operation Overlord in One Hundred Moments
D-Day was originally set for June 5 but had to be postponed for 24 hours because of bad weather.
The forecast was so bad that the German commander in Normandy, Erwin Rommel, went home to give his wife a pair of shoes on her birthday. He was in Germany when the news came.
British factories increased production and in the first half of 1944 approximately 9 million tonnes of supplies and equipment crossed the Atlantic from North America to Britain.
Bagpiper, Bill Millin struck up `Hieland Laddie' as soon as he jumped into the shallows and then walked up and down the beach playing the pipes. German prisoners later admitted that they had not attempted to shoot him because they thought he had lost his mind.
The British infantryman was paid GBP3 15s a month, the Americans got GBP12.
A naval bombardment from seven battleships, 18 cruisers, and 43 destroyers began at 5am and went on until 6.25am.
On the night of the invasion only around 15% of paratroopers landed in the right place.
New gadgets designed for D-Day included a "swimming tank" and a flame throwing tank called "the crocodile". There were even collapsible motorbikes.
The morning after D-day the police raided a brothel, which French women had set up in a wrecked landing craft.
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D-Day was originally set for June 5 but had to be postponed for 24 hours because of bad weather.
The forecast was so bad that the German commander in Normandy, Erwin Rommel, went home to give his wife a pair of shoes on her birthday. He was in Germany when the news came.
British factories increased production and in the first half of 1944 approximately 9 million tonnes of supplies and equipment crossed the Atlantic from North America to Britain.
Bagpiper, Bill Millin struck up `Hieland Laddie' as soon as he jumped into the shallows and then walked up and down the beach playing the pipes. German prisoners later admitted that they had not attempted to shoot him because they thought he had lost his mind.
The British infantryman was paid GBP3 15s a month, the Americans got GBP12.
A naval bombardment from seven battleships, 18 cruisers, and 43 destroyers began at 5am and went on until 6.25am.
On the night of the invasion only around 15% of paratroopers landed in the right place.
New gadgets designed for D-Day included a "swimming tank" and a flame throwing tank called "the crocodile". There were even collapsible motorbikes.
The morning after D-day the police raided a brothel, which French women had set up in a wrecked landing craft.
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