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greeno wrote:2nd week of Sept.
Schools have gone back and the weather is often still good enough for just a t shirt.
RogerS wrote:Andy's right about flights. They are all small regional airports with mainly seasonal flights so probably easiest and more choice - ie cheaper flights maybe - to transit via Paris.
I think Andy means Le Havre.
RogerS wrote:Interestingly I think that I could get to Caen with only one stop .
LoganAir from Carlisle Lake District to London Southend. Then Flybe to Caen.
Woodbloke wrote:If you're in that neck of the woods in 'la belle France' this is a 'must see' - Rob
Rod wrote:....
I finished reading Max Hasting’s “D Day” a few days ago.
Very scathing about the fighting qualities of the Allies compared to the Germans. They were better trained, organised and better equipped in every type of weapon except quantities and replacements.
Rod
Rod wrote:Well at least you’ll be driving on the wrong (right) side
I finished reading Max Hasting’s “D Day” a few days ago.
Very scathing about the fighting qualities of the Allies compared to the Germans. They were better trained, t and better equipped in every type of weapon except quantities and replacements.
Rod
Rod wrote:Very scathing about the fighting qualities of the Allies compared to the Germans. They were better trained, organised and better equipped in every type of weapon except quantities and replacements.
Rod
Andyp wrote:Weren’t the better trained German forces held back by Hitler as he thought the whole Normandy invasion was a division until it was too late?
Andyp wrote:Weren’t the better trained German forces held back by Hitler as he thought the whole Normandy invasion was a division until it was too late?
Woodbloke wrote:Andyp wrote:Weren’t the better trained German forces held back by Hitler as he thought the whole Normandy invasion was a division until it was too late?
This is a much perpetuated myth. Some of the Nazi forces were indeed better (eg. Panzer units) but they were relatively few in number. The German forces weren't even mechanised to same extent as the allies and relied on a huge number of horses for troop and equipment movements.
The web of deceit sown by the British (the Americans were relative newcomers to the art) with the use of double agents throughout the war was staggering (Garbo, Tricycle, ZigZag, Op. 'Mincemeat' etc) and also there were wasn't a single Nazi agent at work anywhere in the UK throughout the whole war, thanks to the secret information obtained from Bletchley Park - Rob
RogerS wrote:Fully agree with you, Rob, apart from the last part (in bold). I've never come across any reference to any role played by Bletchley Park in the apprehension of any German agents.
I also think 'deception' is a much better word than 'deceit' ! We were bloody good at deception
Rod wrote:BP picked up the messages re the German spies and they were all rounded up. One was “turned” and gave false info to the Germans.
... the design and features of the German tanks they would come up against but they kept on producing very inferior types. Apart from the poor soldiers killed in the “Tommy Cookers” the Allies had the resources to quickly replace them.
The Luftwaffe was nearly wiped out...
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