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6 June 1944 - Learning from the 1942 planning debacle of the British and Canadian large scale commando raid on the port of Dieppe, nothing was to be left to chance this time - after nearly two years of planning and some of the most exacting and secretive of preparations and intelligence gambits - Operation Overlord - the Allied invasion of occupied Europe was now ready to be launched. The operation commenced with 17000 Airborne and Glider borne troops landing behind the invasion beaches, Resistance Groups started to carry out preplanned attacks on targets throughout the region, and RAF Bomber Command Aircrew from two specially trained squadrons started to dump 'window' while flying in a pre determined pattern off the French coast aimed at deceiving the Wehrmacht as to the real destination of the Invasion force. The Allied Naval invasion force involved a combined fleet of over 7000 naval vessels with everything from mini-submarines and landing craft through to battleships now crossing the English Channel bound for Normandy. Supporting them in their great endeavour were over 3000 Allied Aircrews flying everything from Lancasters and Liberators through to Spitfires and Mustangs with A

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Author

Philip Kaplan

Publisher

Pen & Sword Books Limited

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781526705419

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Western, History, Military History