D-Day Documents
1st Edition
Published on 31. July 2014
544 pages
978-1-4729-0698-4 (ISBN)
Description
Published in partnership with the National Archives, D-Day Documents is a commemorative collection of previously unpublished documents marking the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings. This unprecedented book contains not only 21st Army Group intelligence reports on 'Omaha' Beach, RAF Photographic Reconnaissance prints and the ship's log of HMS Warspite but various other important official documents covering different aspects of Operations Neptune and Overlord. Crucially, this single volume brings together for the first time the war diary entries of all Anglo-Canadian 'spear-head' units and regiments who landed in France on 6 June 1944. A unique publication, which celebrates one of the most momentous days in modern military history, D-Day Documents will fascinate anyone with an interest in the Second World War, as well as offering an invaluable primary source for military historians.
Reviews / Votes
War Diaries provide a uniquely vivid and immediate answer to the question that is foremost in the minds of so many students of military history -"What was it like to be there?". They are also the most powerful corrective to the inevitable historical drift towards myth and distortion, as the course of events unfolds. These D-Day Documents provide a compelling example of the importance of such diary records to the web and weave of history. * President of the Airborne Assault Normandy Trust * I recommend 'D-Day Documents' to all who wish to understand that momentous event from the point of view of those in the assaulting units. They tell us what they thought was important to record at the time; what they wanted us to remember. * Author of 'The Utility of Force' * With the approach of the seventieth anniversary of the greatest Allied amphibious and airborne operation in history, it is fitting that Paul Winter has used the medium of regimental war diaries to remind us of how tough the fighting was. * Author of No Picnic and Ready for Anything *More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-0698-4 (9781472906984)
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Dr. Paul Winter studied at the University of Cambridge and is a freelance academic. He has published in major British academic journals, contributed to The Times and has appeared on BBC television and radio. He has previously published Defeating Hitler: Whitehall's Secret Report on Why Hitler lost the War with Bloomsbury.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Author's note
- Introduction
- D-Day Documents
- TNA AIR 40/1959 'Photographic Intelligence for Operation Overlord' - Douvres La Delivrande
- TNA CAB 106/312 Victoria Cross Citation for Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis, 6th Battalion, The Green Howards
- TNA WO 219/5120 General Dwight D. Eisenhower's 'Order of the Day'
- TNA AIR 14/2041 Operations Taxable and Glimmer
- TNA WO 205/532 'G.S.I. 21 Army Group Weekly Neptune Reviews'
- TNA AIR 27/1648 Operations Record Book No. 297 - 1- 8 June 1944
- TNA ADM 179/475 Report on Operation Gambit - HM Submarine X-23
- TNA WO 252/583 I.S.I.S Report on France: Normandy west of the Seine, Volume 2 - Inter-service Topographical Department, Part VIII (A) Photographs of Part V (A) Coast, Beaches and Exits, April 1943
- TNA ADM 53/120730 HMS Warspite - Ship's Log Tuesday 6 June 1944
- TNA DEFE 2/253 'Raid on Quinéville - Report on Intelligence obtained - Operation Hardtack 21
- Glossary of Terms
- War Diary Entries for 5/6 June 1944
- 6th Airborne Division and the Orne Bridgehead
- 3rd Parachute Brigade
- WO 171/593 3rd Parachute Brigade HQ
- WO 171/1240 8th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment
- WO 171/1242 9th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment
- WO 179/2950 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
- 5th Parachute Brigade
- WO 171/595 5th Parachute Brigade HQ
- WO 171/1239 7th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment
- WO 171/1245 12th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment
- WO 171/1246 13th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment
- 6th Airlanding Brigade
- WO 171/591 6th Airlanding Brigade HQ
- WO 171/1279 12th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
- WO 171/1357 2nd Battalion, The Ox & Bucks Light Infantry
- WO 171/1383 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles
- Divisional Troops
- WO 171/425 6th Airborne Division HQ
- WO 171/1249 22nd Independent Parachute Company
- WO 171/1017 53rd Airlanding Light Regiment, RA
- WO 171/959 3rd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA
- WO 171/960 4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA
- WO 171/435 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
- WO 171/1510 3rd Parachute Squadron RE
- Appendix A Operation "Neptune" 3rd Parachute Squadron RE
- WO 171/1652 591 Parachute Squadron RE
- WO 171/429 6th Airborne Division Signals
- WO 171/2525 716th Light Company RASC (Airborne Light Company)
- WO 177/831 224 Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC
- WO 177/833 225 Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC
- WO 177/793 195 Airlanding Field Ambulance
- WO 171/432 6th Airborne Division Workshops REME
- WO 171/1234 No 1 Wing The Glider Pilot Regiment AAC
- WO 171/1235 No 2 Wing The Glider Pilot Regiment AAC
- Sword Beach
- Sword Beach (From the Orne Estuary at Ouistreham in the East to the village of St-Aubin-sur-Mer in the West)
- 8th Infantry Brigade
- WO 171/611 8th British Infantry Brigade HQ
- WO 171/1381 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment
- WO 171/1397 2nd Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment
- WO 171/1332 1st Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- WO 171/616 9th Infantry Brigade HQ
- WO 171/1334 2nd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment
- WO 171/1318 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers
- WO 171/1384 2nd Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles
- 185th Infantry Brigade
- WO 171/702 185th Infantry Brigade HQ
- The Operations of 185th Infantry Brigade on D-Day and D+1
- WO 171/1387 2nd Battalion, The Warwickshire Regiment
- WO 171/1350 1st Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment
- WO 171/1325 2nd Battalion, The King's Own Shropshire Light Infantry
- Divisional Troops
- WO 171/410 British 3rd Infantry Division HQ
- WO 171/969 7th Field Regiment RA
- WO 171/971 33rd Field Regiment RA
- WO 171/976 76th Field Regiment RA
- WO 171/913 20th Anti-Tank Regiment RA
- WO 171/1518 17th Field Company RE
- WO 171/1604 246th Field Company RE
- WO 171/1606 253rd Field Company RE
- WO 171/1341 2nd Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment
- WO 177/688 8th Field Ambulance RAMC
- WO 177/690 9th Field Ambulance RAMC
- WO 177/830 223rd Field Ambulance RAMC
- WO 171/423 3rd British Infantry Division Provost Company
- Units Attached to British 3rd Infantry Division for the Assault
- WO 171/623 27th Armoured Brigade HQ
- WO 171/845 13th/18th Royal Hussars
- WO 171/862 1st East Riding Yeomanry
- WO 171/863 The Staffordshire Yeomanry Q.O.R.R.
- DEFE 2/53 1st Special Service Brigade
- WO 218/65 No. 3 Commando
- DEFE 2/40 No. 4 Commando
- WO 218/68 No. 6 Commando
- Appendix 'A' Action of No. 2 Troop
- WO 218/70 No. 10 Troop (Inter-Allied) Commando
- DEFE 2/48 No. 41 Royal Marine Commando
- DEFE 2/51 No. 45 Royal Marine Commando
- ADM 202/304 5th Independent Royal Marine Armoured Support Battery
- DEFE 2/49 Royal Marine Engineer Commando
- WO 171/841 22nd Dragoons (Royal Armoured Corps)
- WO 171/1055 53rd Regiment RA HQ
- WO 171/1121 73rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
- WO 171/1800 5th Assault Regiment RE HQ
- WO 171/1806 77th Assault Squadron RE
- WO 171/1807 79th Assault Squadron RE
- WO 171/1528 71st Field Company RE
- WO 171/1611 263rd Field Company RE
- WO 171/1666 629th Field Squadron RE
- WO 171/2377 90th Company RASC (Armoured Assault Brigade)
- WO 171/2383 106th Brigade Company RASC
- Juno Beach
- Juno Beach (From East of La Riviére in the West to Luc-sur-Mer in the East)
- 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade
- WO 179/2879 7th Canadian Brigade HQ
- WO 179/2965 The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
- WO 179/2960 The Regina Rifle Regiment
- WO 179/2969 1st Battalion The Canadian Scottish Regiment
- 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade
- WO 179/2886 8th Canadian Brigade HQ
- WO 179/2958 The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
- WO 179/2941 The Chaudière Regiment
- WO 179/2947 North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment
- 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade
- WO 179/2893 9th Canadian Brigade HQ
- WO 179/2936 The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
- WO 179/2974 The Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders
- WO 179/2948 The North Nova Scotia Highlanders
- Divisional Troops
- WO 179/2768 Canadian 3rd Infantry Division HQ
- WO 179/3050 12th Field Regiment CDN
- WO 179/3051 13th Field Regiment CDN
- WO 179/3052 14th Field Regiment RCA
- WO 179/3086 4th Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
- WO 179/3121 6th Field Company RCE
- WO 179/3127 16th Field Company RCE
- WO 179/3128 18th Field Company RCE
- WO 179/2776 3rd Canadian Infantry Division Signals
- WO 179/2927 1st Battalion, The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Guns)
- WO 179/3370 14th Canadian Field Ambulance RCAMC
- WO 179/3374 22nd Canadian Field Ambulance RCAMC
- WO 179/3375 23rd Canadian Field Ambulance RCAMC
- Units Attached to Canadian 3rd Infantry Division for the Assault
- WO 179/2839 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade HQ
- WO 179/2989 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)
- WO 179/2993 10th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Fort Garry Horse)
- WO 179/3010 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusiliers)
- WO 171/854 C Squadron, The Inns of Court Regiment (Royal Armoured Corps)
- DEFE 2/46 4th Special Service Brigade HQ
- DEFE 2/52 No. 48 Royal Marine Commando
- ADM 202/306 2nd Royal Marine Armoured Support Battery HQ (3rd and 4th Batteries)
- DEFE 2/49 Royal Marine Commando Engineers
- WO 171/919 62nd Anti-Tank Regiment RA
- WO 171/1121 73rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
- WO 171/1132 114th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
- WO 171/1800 5th Assault Regiment RE HQ (26th and 80th Assault Squadrons)
- WO 171/1610 262nd Field Company RE
- WO 179/3120 5th Field Company RCE
- Gold Beach
- Gold Beach (From Port-en-Bessin in the West to La Riviére in the East)
- 69th Infantry Brigade
- WO 171/651 69th Infantry Brigade HQ
- WO 171/1398 5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment
- WO 171/1302 6th Battalion, The Green Howards
- WO 171/1303 7th Battalion, The Green Howards
- 151st Infantry Brigade
- WO 171/670 151st Brigade HQ
- WO 171/1290 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
- WO 171/1289 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
- WO 171/1291 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
- 231st Infantry Brigade
- WO 171/714 231st Infantry Brigade HQ
- WO 171/1278 2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
- WO 171/1305 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment
- WO 171/1284 1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment
- Divisional Troops
- WO 171/513 50th Infantry (Northumbrian) Division HQ
- WO 171/982 90th Field Regiment RA
- WO 171/929 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment (Northumberland Hussars) RA
- WO 171/1596 233rd Field Company RE
- WO 171/1625 295th Field Company RE
- WO 171/1629 505th Field Company RE
- WO 171/1598 235th Field Park Company RE
- WO 171/521 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Signals
- WO 177/735 149th Field Ambulance RAMC
- WO 177/785 186th Field Ambulance RAMC
- WO 177/799 200th Field Ambulance RAMC
- WO 171/525 50th Northumbrian Division Provost Company
- Units Attached to British 50th Infantry Division for the Assault
- WO 171/613 8th Armoured Brigade HQ
- WO 171/861 The Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)
- WO 171/838 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
- WO 171/849 24th Lancers
- WO 171/995 147th Essex Yeomanry Field Regiment RA
- WO 171/1801 6th Assault Regiment RE HQ
- WO 171/1809 81st Assault Squadron RE
- WO 171/1810 82nd Assault Squadron RE
- WO 171/1530 73rd Field Company RE
- WO 171/1619 280th Field Company RE
- WO 171/864 The Westminster Dragoons (Royal Armoured Corps)
- B, C & A Squadrons Westminster Dragoons
- WO 171/877 C Squadron 141st Regiment RAC
- WO 171/650 56th Infantry Brigade HQ
- WO 171/1380 2nd Battalion The South Wales Borderers
- WO 171/1298 2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment
- WO 171/1295 2nd Battalion The Essex Regiment
- WO 171/981 86th (Hertfordshire Yeomany) Field Regiment RA
- WO 171/1135 120th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
- WO 171/1158 113th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
- WO 177/803 203rd Field Ambulance RAMC
- WO 171/881 168th (City of London) Light Field Ambulance RAMC
- ADM 202/305 1st Royal Marines Armoured Support Regiment
- Appendices
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
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- F
- G
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