Battle in the Bocage – Sherman vs TigerFrom Goodwood to Falaise; From the Bocage to the Pocket In my last blog, which I called ‘Inch by Bloody Inch,’ I described the ferocious battles which culminated in the capture of Caen by the British and Canadian armies on July...
A little girl is rescued from the ruins of her home in NormandyD Day After the success of the initial landings on D Day—150,000 men were landed in one day and were not thrown back into the sea—the Allies found themselves engaged in a long and bitter battle against...
A Week after D Day, Hitler unleashes his V1 Flying Bombs against London A week after D Day, on June 12, 1944, Hitler commenced Operation Eisbär, a mass attack on London using his brand-new cruise missile V1 flying bombs. These were revolutionary pilotless cruise...
(Top: ‘Port Winston’ Mulberry B)The D Day landings are rightly remembered for the unflinching bravery of the 150,000 men who took part. But I suggest they should also be remembered as examples of superb organization and logistics, and brilliant, innovative technology....
Many came … some had to stay.Approximately 150,000 men landed on the beaches of Normandy on D Day, June 6th, 1944. Approximately 4,500 were killed and another 5,000 wounded or missing. The overall casualty rate was 7%, with by far the highest losses suffered by...
The D Day landings involved over 150,000 Allied soldiers and over 50,000 German defenders. Let’s look at what D Day was like for just 177 of those men… The coast of Normandy was heavily defended by a series of fortified positions and strongpoints, known to the German...
