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D-Day, 80 years on
In our two-part special for this issue to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, David Porter examines the planning and logistical operation that ensured Allied success, while Patrick Mercer follows three British units to understand what 6th June 1944 was really for those at the point of the spear.
In the last issue of MHM, in the first of two special editions to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day on 6 June 1944, we looked at some of the factors which would determine the operation’s success -- from the brilliant Allied deception plan, which left Hitler unsure where an attack would come, to the flawed ‘Atlantic Wall’, which left German troops poorly placed to resist the greatest amphibious invasion force in history.
This time, we look in more detail at the landings themselves. First, we examine Allied preparations to deposit around 150,000 troops along a 50-mile stretch of Normandy coastline. David Porter reveals the mind-boggling feat of logistics required to dovetail land, se
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