Dorset S War Diary
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Dorset S War Diary
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Author : Rodney Legg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Dorset S War Diary written by Rodney Legg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Dorset (England) categories.
Battle For The Bocage Normandy 1944
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Author : Tim Saunders
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2021-09-30
Battle For The Bocage Normandy 1944 written by Tim Saunders and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with History categories.
This WWII military study examines the combat experiences of three Allied divisions charged with spearheading the invasion of Normandy. To lead the charge into France after the Normandy landings, General Montgomery brought three veteran desert formations back from the Mediterranean. They were the 50th Infantry and 7th Armored divisions, plus 4th Armored Brigade. Their task beyond the beaches was to push south to Villers Bocage with armor on the evening of D-Day in order to disrupt German counter-attacks on the beachhead. Difficulties on 50th Division’s beaches allowed time for German reinforcements to arrive in Normandy. As a result, 4th Armored Brigade was firmly blocked just south of Point 103 after an advance of less than five miles. A major counter-attack by Panzer Lehr failed, as did a renewed British attempt, this time by the vaunted 7th Armored Division, which was halted at Tilly sur Seulles. From here the fighting became a progressively attritional struggle in the hedgerows of the Bocage country south of Bayeux. More units were drawn into the fighting, which steadily extended west. Finally, an opportunity to outflank the German defenses via the Caumont Gap allowed 7th Armored Division to reach Villers Bocage. There then followed what the battalions of 50th Division describe as their ‘most unpleasant period of the war’, in bitter fighting, at often very close quarters, for the ‘next hedgerow’.
Dorset In Wartime
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Author : Phyllis Walther
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Dorset In Wartime written by Phyllis Walther and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
This is the daily diary of a woman living in wartime Dorset, who worked as a volunteer for the WVS supplying clothes to evacuees, serving in the British Restaurant and organizing knitted comforts for troops.
Dorset
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Author : Anthony Wilcox
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Dorset written by Anthony Wilcox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Church records and registers categories.
56th Infantry Brigade And D Day
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Author : Andrew Holborn
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2010-08-12
56th Infantry Brigade And D Day written by Andrew Holborn and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-12 with History categories.
Dorset Brothers At War
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Author : Jessica Christian
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2017-10-15
Dorset Brothers At War written by Jessica Christian and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-15 with History categories.
In 1914, three brothers started their First World War service with the Dorset Yeomanry. Only one would survive. This is the story of their wartime experiences told largely in their own words.
The D Day Landing On Gold Beach
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Author : Andrew Holborn
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-09-24
The D Day Landing On Gold Beach written by Andrew Holborn and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-24 with History categories.
The Normandy landings of 6 June 1944, across five sectors of the French coast - Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword - constituted the largest amphibious invasion in history. This study analyses in depth the preparations and implementation of the D-Day landing on Gold Beach by XXX Corps. Historians have tended to dismiss the landing on Gold Beach as straightforward but the evidence points to a different reality. Armour supported the infantry landing and prior bombing was intended to weaken German defences; however, the bulk of the bombing landed too far inland, and many craft foundered in difficult conditions at sea. It was the tenacity of the assault units and the flexibility of the follow up units which enabled the Gold landing to secure the right flank of the British Army in Normandy. Using detailed primary evidence from The National Archives and the Imperial War Museum, this volume provides a substantial assessment of the background to the landing on Gold, and analyses the events of D-Day in the wider context of the Normandy Campaign.
D Day Landing Craft
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Author : Andrew Whitmarsh
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2024-05-23
D Day Landing Craft written by Andrew Whitmarsh and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-23 with History categories.
'This is a marvellous book. The research is very thorough and it will answer all my questions.' – RICHARD WILLIS, Normandy veteran, first lieutenant on LCT 898 on D-Day 'Brings to life ... the planning and execution of the largest amphibious landing which the world has ever seen ... My grandfather... would have been most impressed by this detailed research.' – CAPTAIN WILL RAMSAY, grandson of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Allied Naval Commander, Expeditionary Force D-Day, one of the most decisive moments of the Second World War, could not have happened without thousands of landing craft. Yet their role, and that of their crews, has often been overlooked. During a combined operation that involved aerial and naval assaults, as well as amphibious landings on a vast scale, more than 132,000 Allied troops landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944. Through their efforts, the tide of the war turned for the final time to favour the Allies. There is no overstating the contribution of the landing craft and their crews on the first day of Operation Neptune, and yet it is often overlooked. In D-Day Landing Craft, historian Andrew Whitmarsh turns his attention to these vital vessels that ensured the operation's success. He describes events on each of the five Allied beaches on D-Day from the perspective of landing craft, landing ships and their crews. He examines why there were so many different types of landing craft and how they were built over several years in both the UK and North America, despite many competing war production requirements and operational demands. This closely researched and well-illustrated account is essential to anyone who wants to fully understand the course of D-Day, and the nature of Allied preparations for the campaign.
Arnhem 1944
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Author : Martin Middlebrook
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-03-13
Arnhem 1944 written by Martin Middlebrook and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-13 with History categories.
Arnhem - it was the last major battle lost by the British Army, lost not by the men who fought there but by the overconfidence of generals, faulty planning and the failure of a relieving force given too great a task. If the operation of which Arnhem formed a part had been successful, the outcome of the war and the history of post-war Europe would have been greatly altered. Yet is it worth another book? I had fulfilled all my literary ambitions by researching and writing thirteen full-length books and was ready to retire from that laborious craft when Peter van Gorsel, head of Penguin's Dutch office, asked me to write a book on Arnhem for the fiftieth anniversary in 1994. It was the first time that my publishers had requested a book; all previous subjects had been my choice. I eventually agreed for several reasons. I had not previously researched and written about the British Army in the Second World War and had not previously done any work in Holland; so two fresh fields were opened up to me. I also felt that the fighting in and around Arnhem had still not been described in the detail that it merited.
West Country Regiments On The Somme
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Author : Tim Saunders
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2004-01-01
West Country Regiments On The Somme written by Tim Saunders and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with History categories.
Previous works have concentrated on the 'Pal' in Britain's northern towns and cities. This book seeks to explore the little appreciated part in the Battle of the Somme played by the Regular and Volunteer Service battalions of two small West Country regiments; the Devonshire Regiment and the Dorset Regiment. These two regiments had five battalions in action on the first day of the battle and were represented in most of the significant attacks during the three and half months of the 1916. The reader will be able to form a clear picture of the battle's development as a whole through the eyes of Westcountry soldiers who fought on the Somme.