Anyone with an interest in D-Day will have read a book on the invasion. How it was planned and carried out back in June 1944.
Dave's book has taken my learning to the next level by revealing how the Allies studied tactics, & both trialled & practiced with new weapons.
He covers the many exercises that took place around Britain, all in preparation for attacking the various fixed defences awaiting them. Many of these being concrete structures.
Not only were the French coast defences on the minds of the Allied staff, but further inland the Siegfried Line also awaited them.
Beach obstacles, pillboxes, reinforced walls, & minefields, as well as those obstacles installed underwater, would all face the Allied forces.
New tactics of attack, & effective weapons & devices were needed to face them all.
Many of the new ideas trialled had mixed results, occasionally ending in tragic consequences.
Then follows the time for D-Day itself, & an appraisal of how successful all these years of planning actually went. Both the Air Force & Navy's role is also covered.
Rarely do I read a book's Appendix, but I'm so glad I did.
A fascinating insight into what happened to these installations after they were liberated, & in the following post war years.
How the Allied countries went from destroying them, so they were never to be used again, to their preservation today.
The years of research by the author has provided a highly detailed examination of the subject. There is a lot of fascinating detail to absorb. A great companion to sit aside any D-Day book, & one I shall definitely read again.
The book is self published and like me, you can buy it from Amazon.
Please do give Dave a follow on Twitter, @Gort_Line
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