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Catherine Deneuve

by on Jun.05, 2009, under Uncategorized

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D-Day, 6th June 1944 – and the Battle of Normandy.

by on Jun.05, 2009, under history

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unitprofilesphoto65 years ago my father took part in the greatest sea borne assault in history. He was with the British 2nd army, attached to the Canadians landing on the beach code named ‘Juno’ (see map). After the landings the British army held down the bulk of the German SS Panzer divisions in a series of punishing attritional battles that took the weight off the American army and so made it possible for them to break out of the Normandy lodgement. About 83,115 British/Canadians and 73,000 US troops were landed. The vast bulk of the German armour, including SS panzer divisions were battered by British attacks which kept the Wehrmacht off balance, forcing it to commit its assets in in penny packets and preventing it from developing a successful counter attack. This effort was greatly aided by Allied air power and artillery concentrations. Without this, superior German equipment and training might have prevailed. As it was, the sacrifice of the British and Canadians meant that the screen of troops and tanks against the Americans became perilously thin -  most panzer divisions were desperately fighting off the British. Thus it was that the Americans, after many failures,  were finally able to break through German line. Much more fighting was to come, but the battle was now decided – in favour of the western democracies.

Below is a gallery of photographs from the time.

If you found this of interest you might like to look at my post on The Battle of Britain.

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The casualty rate was higher than on the western front in World War One or the eastern front in WW2.

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The Needles, I.O.W.

by on Jun.05, 2009, under photography, Uncategorized

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