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Book Synopsis Mulberry-American: The Artificial Harbor At Omaha by : Major Brett Peters
Download or read book Mulberry-American: The Artificial Harbor At Omaha written by Major Brett Peters and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Overlord operation is a widely studied episode in military history. Often overlooked is a little known U.S. operation designed to overcome logistical problems in the Overlord plan. For the first 90 days of combat the Overlord operation would not benefit from major ports to sustain the build-up and counter the German attempt to push the Allies back into the sea. The Allies planned, designed, and constructed two artificial harbours to overcome the lack of ports. The harbours were known by the code name, Mulberry. The components were towed across the English channel with the invasion fleet and constructed under enemy fire. Mulberry A, the A stood for American, was completed three days ahead of schedule and doubled the throughput of U.S. supplies over the Normandy beachhead. Mulberry A was destroyed by a summer gale after only three days of operation and subsequently abandoned. Effective beaching LSTs during the operation led many critics to conclude that Mulberry A supply operations had little effect on the Overlord operation. To the contrary, using modern assessment methods, it can be concluded that the Mulberry operation was effective and influenced the outcome of the cross channel attack.
Book Synopsis Force Mulberry - The Planning and Installation of Artificial Harbor Off U.S. Normandy Beaches in World War II by : Alfred Stanford
Download or read book Force Mulberry - The Planning and Installation of Artificial Harbor Off U.S. Normandy Beaches in World War II written by Alfred Stanford and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Book Synopsis Force Mulberry: by : Cdr. Alfred Stanford
Download or read book Force Mulberry: written by Cdr. Alfred Stanford and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition contains numerous illustrations and maps. “In this book Commander Stanford has made a very important contribution to the history of World War II, and in the writing of it he has recaptured the tense excitement, almost desperation, of planning and executing the landings in Normandy. The “Mulberries,” the two artificial harbors established immediately after the initial landings, were absolutely essential for the success of Operation Overlord. For, as we found out in World War II, the most difficult thing in an amphibious operation is not to establish the initial beachhead—that can almost always be done if sufficient force is employed and tactical surprise is obtained—but to sustain and reinforce the ground troops against the beachhead, and attain the objective. “Massive as was the Anglo-American assault on the Normandy beaches, it had to be followed up immediately by even greater increments of men, armor, vehicles and supplies to make it succeed. There was no possibility of getting all this ashore over wave-lashed beaches where spring tides rose twenty-one feet. One or more ports were essential to maintain an even flow of men and matériel. But all the French ports, notably the nearest ones at Cherbourg and Le Havre, were so strongly held by the enemy that the capture of one would employ forces badly needed elsewhere for at least six weeks, during which the Germans would be unexpectedly weak or very stupid if they did not succeed in rubbing out the initial beachhead. “The only possible way out of this dilemma was the apparently impossible task of providing sheltered water off the beaches within a matter of three days. Since speed was of the essence, all elements of the artificial harbors would have to be constructed in England, towed across the Channel under danger of wind, weather and enemy air attack, and sited under fire...”—Rear Admiral Samuel E. Morison
Download or read book Force Mulberry written by Alfred Stanford and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Force Mulberry, first published in 1951, describes the planning, construction, and emplacement of artificial breakwaters and harbors off the Normandy beaches as part of the Allied D-Day invasion in World War II. Author Alfred Stanford, Commander, USNR, who worked on the project, describes the building of the huge concrete caissons (named 'Phoenix') and the pontoon-supported ramps (named 'Whales'), and the use of 'Gooseberries' (vessels to be sunk as an outer breakwater). The planning, construction, and training had to be performed in England under the tightest secrecy before the massive task of transporting the harbor components began shortly after D-Day. The harbor off Omaha Beach was almost completely destroyed by a severe storm after being in use for only several days, but was quickly repaired. Two other harbors (off Utah Beach and behind the Calvados Reef at the mouth of the Orne River) were constructed and weathered the storm well. The artificial harbors proved vital, enabling the Allies to successfully unload massive quantities of supplies in a timely manner in support of the invasion. Included are 12 illustrations.
Book Synopsis Geopolitical Constructs by : Colin Flint
Download or read book Geopolitical Constructs written by Colin Flint and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book tells a unique story about D-Day, one that does not concentrate on the soldiers who hit the beaches or the admirals and generals who commanded them. Instead, Colin Flint brings engineers, businessmen, and bureaucrats to center stage. Through them, he offers a different way of thinking about war, one that sees war as an ongoing set of processes in which seemingly isolated acts are part of broader historical developments. Developing the concept ofgeopolitical constructs to understand wars, the author connects specific events to long-term and global geopolitical arrangements. Focusing on the construction of the Mulberry Harbours—massive artificial structures dragged across the English Channel in the immediate wake of the invading force—Flint illustrates how the process of making war links a vast array of people, institutions, and places, as well as past events and future outcomes. He argues that the people who designed and built the Harbours became geopolitical subjects by producing pieces of engineering that helped shape the course of World War Two and the Cold War that followed, which created a militarized trans-Atlantic that remains today. Using previously unpublished archival material to give voice to those who made the Mulberry Harbours and wartime strategy, this original study broadens the historical and geographical scope of how we understand war, showing how the everyday actions of individuals made, and were made by, geopolitical settings.
Book Synopsis The Sea Before Us (Sunrise at Normandy Book #1) by : Sarah Sundin
Download or read book The Sea Before Us (Sunrise at Normandy Book #1) written by Sarah Sundin and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1944, American naval officer Lt. Wyatt Paxton arrives in London to prepare for the Allied invasion of France. He works closely with Dorothy Fairfax, a "Wren" in the Women's Royal Naval Service. Dorothy pieces together reconnaissance photographs with thousands of holiday snapshots of France--including those of her own family's summer home--in order to create accurate maps of Normandy. Maps that Wyatt will turn into naval bombardment plans. As the two spend concentrated time together in the pressure cooker of war, their deepening friendship threatens to turn to love. Dorothy must resist its pull. Her bereaved father depends on her, and her heart already belongs to another man. Wyatt too has much to lose. The closer he gets to Dorothy, the more he fears his efforts to win the war will destroy everything she has ever loved. The tense days leading up to the monumental D-Day landing blaze to life under Sarah Sundin's practiced pen with this powerful new series.
Download or read book Normandy written by Wayne Vansant and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Normandy depicts the planning and execution of Operation Overlord in 96 full-color pages. The initial paratrooper assault is shown, as well as the storming of the five D-Day beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. But the story does not end there. Once the Allies got ashore, they had to stay ashore. The Germans made every effort to push them back into the sea. This book depicts the such key events in the Allied liberation of Europe as: 1. Construction of the Mulberry Harbors, two giant artificial harbors built in England and floated across the English Channel so that troops, vehicles, and supplies could be offloaded across the invasion beaches.2. The Capture of Cherbourg, the nearest French port, against a labyrinth of Gennan pillboxes.3. The American fight through the heavy bocage (hedgerow country) to take the vital town of Saint-Lô.4. The British-Canadian struggle for the city of Caen against the “Hitler Youth Division,” made up of 23,000 seventeen- and eighteen-year-old Nazi fanatics.5. The breakout of General Patton’s Third Army and the desperate US 30th Division’s defense of Mortaine.6. The Falaise Pocket, known as the “Killing Ground, ” where the remnants of two German armies were trapped and bombed and shelled into submission. The slaughter was so great that 5,000 Germans were buried in one mass grave. 7. The Liberation of Paris, led by the 2nd Free French Armored Division, which had been fighting for four long years with this goal in mind.
Book Synopsis D-Day Encyclopedia by : Barrett Tillman
Download or read book D-Day Encyclopedia written by Barrett Tillman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique encyclopedia provides detailed entries for everything you ever wanted to know about D-Day, the invasion of Normandy. Organized alphabetically, the entries give detailed descriptions of weapons, equipment, divisions, air and naval units, geography, terminology, personalities, and more. Every Allied division that crossed the English Channel on June 6, 1944 has its own listing as do the major Axis divisions that fought them. Brief biographies of major military and political leaders on both sides provide a handy who's who of the campaign. The book also includes entries for related popular culture: GI slang, the best movies about D-Day, and major writers such as Stephen Ambrose and Cornelius Ryan. Cross-references make the book easy to use. With hundreds of entries, The D-Day Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference tool for history buffs and great browsing for readers who want to know more about World War II.
Book Synopsis The American GI in Europe in World War II The Battle in France by : J. E. Kaufmann
Download or read book The American GI in Europe in World War II The Battle in France written by J. E. Kaufmann and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010-02-19 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firsthand accounts and contextual narrative chronicling the war in Europe after D-Day. Sidebars on glider operations, rear-area activities, hedgerow country, and more. Based on interviews with more than 200 veterans.
Book Synopsis Logistical Support of the Armies by : Roland G. Ruppenthal
Download or read book Logistical Support of the Armies written by Roland G. Ruppenthal and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Logistical Support of the Armies: May 1941-September 1944 by : Roland G. Ruppenthal
Download or read book Logistical Support of the Armies: May 1941-September 1944 written by Roland G. Ruppenthal and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis United States Army in World War II.: The European theater of operations by :
Download or read book United States Army in World War II.: The European theater of operations written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis United States Army in World War II. by :
Download or read book United States Army in World War II. written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Military Examples of Coastal Engineering by : Robert L. Wiegel
Download or read book Military Examples of Coastal Engineering written by Robert L. Wiegel and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coastal engineering is required for military ports and harbors and across-the-beach amphibious operations. Examples are given for operations during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam Conflict, one very large (Normandy, France), and some small. Examples are provided to illustrate that no two beach operations are ever the same and that the effects of nature (storms and swell even in the absence of local storms) are often as important or even more important than enemy action. Both functional and structural design for planning and operations are needed. Past military operations have required coastal data and the development of coastal science and engineering in subject areas such as tidal/current analysis, wave/surf forecasting, surf characteristic estimation (including breaker type), surf effects on amphibious craft, beach characteristic estimation (onshore and nearshore profile, sediments), wave runup and bachwash on beaches, littoral current estimation (including alongshore and rip currents), processes at harbor entrances, beach trafficability, wave diffraction at breakwaters, and wave-induced forces. Some of this is described in context with operational needs. The need for reliable coastal intelligence information is emphasized. Thirty-six illustrations and 68 references are given.
Book Synopsis D-Day: The World War II Invasion That Changed History by : Deborah Hopkinson
Download or read book D-Day: The World War II Invasion That Changed History written by Deborah Hopkinson and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authentic account of one of the most pivotal battles of World War Two. The World War Two invasion known as D-Day was one of the largest military endeavours in history. It involved years of planning, total secrecy and not only soldiers but also sailors, paratroopers and many specialists. Acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson weaves together the contributions of key players in D-Day in a masterful tapestry of official documents, personal narratives and archival photos to provide an action-packed and authentic account.
Book Synopsis The Transportation Corps by : Joseph Bykofsky
Download or read book The Transportation Corps written by Joseph Bykofsky and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Transportation Corps: Operations Overseas by : Joseph Bykofsky
Download or read book The Transportation Corps: Operations Overseas written by Joseph Bykofsky and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
