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Author Rogers, Joseph.

Title D-Day Beach Force / Joseph and David Rogers.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : The History Press, [2011]
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Summary The British Beach Groups were a combined force of men stationed on the Normandy Beaches from the initial landing until the last unit was disbanded a few weeks later. They performed many vital roles during the assault, including: arranging and controlling the movement of all personnel and vehicles from landing craft to inland assembly areas; moving stores from ship’s holds to dumps in the beach maintenance areas; developing and organising the beaches and beach maintenance areas for defence, movement and administration, including the evacuation of casualties and the recovery vehicles; providing a beach signal organisation; organizing the removal and repatriation of casualties, prisoners of war and salvaged equipment; creating dumps to hold the petrol, ammunition, rations etc. that were being landed; and establishing assembly areas for arriving personnel and their vehicles. This book explores how this often-forgotten unit were the first to arrive and the last to leave one of history’s greatest military operations, and how their behind-the-scenes action saved lives and aided the success of the landings.
System Details System requirements: Adobe Digital editions.
Note Print version record.
Subject HISTORY / Military / World War II.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Rogers, David.
Other Form: Print version: Rogers, Joseph. D-Day beach force. Stroud : Spellmount, 2012. 9780752463308 (pbk.) : (IeDuTC)b14793316x
Standard No. 9780752478135
ISBN 9780752478135 (e-pub)
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