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1. Tom in mind of the fields of Normandy where he and Alistair had
2. acquaintance in that moonlit Normandy field
3. chanced upon you out on that moonlit field in Normandy – although
4. Kaitlyn's father left on his own errands when they reached Normandy, with the parting words that he would see them in Paris in six days time
5. Students will know that John Summers died on the beaches of Normandy in the Second World War
6. As the train thundered on it would stop every now and again to pick up men and supplies we were travelling through Upper Normandy which was a low lying region of France
7. The landscape of Picardy was different from Normandy and the train slowed down to nearly a crawl so to counter the boredom we played cards and crown and anchor by candlelight when the doors were closed
8. comprehended Picardy, Normandy, and the greater part of the interior provinces of the kingdom ; secondly, the provinces subject to the tariff of 1667, which are called the provinces reckoned foreign, and under which are comprehended the greater part of the frontier provinces; and, thirdly, those provinces which are said to be treated as foreign, or which, because they are allowed a free commerce with foreign countries, are, in their commerce with the other provinces of France, subjected to the same duties as other foreign countries
9. The war was still raging but the Allies had landed in Normandy in June, and that was good news
10. She had heard that the Allies had landed in Normandy during the summer, but from all accounts she was led to believe that the Reich was beating back the Allied advance
11. Molay and Geoffroi de Charney, who was the Preceptor of Normandy, slowly
12. Eventually the LSSAH were sent to Normandy to recuperate and refit their machinery
13. Joseph stepped up to tanks and commanded a bright shiny new Panther IV which he climbed aboard with pride and a huge grin as the rest and sunshine in Normandy repaired his body and mind
14. On the shores of Normandy, bombers targeted their own men, killing one hundred eleven GIs and wounding nearly five hundred more
15. In Normandy, the Allies had complete naval and air superiority
16. Finally, "Torch" was the first of a series of large-scale coalition amphibious landings, Sicily, southern Italy, southern France and Normandy would lead the Allies to the final battle with the enemy
17. General Sir Frederick Morgan had since 1942 supervised the planning of the Normandy invasion
18. Work was concentrated on the Calais area where four times the resources of Normandy was allotted
19. The major American deficiency going into Normandy was their tanks
20. Another key to the success of the Normandy landings was deception operations that were building up on the southeastern coast of England at the same time as the actual landing forces were concentrating in the southwest
21. The LST was the most valuable vessel afloat for Normandy, without which the invasion could never have taken place
22. Over flat beaches such as Normandy an LST could operate in about one metre of water
23. The decision to invade Normandy was so secret that an elaborate system called BIGOT was set up to watch for any possible leaks
24. Hitler almost alone suggested Normandy and ordered that coastline to be reinforced
25. It should serve as a lesson and greater naval protection was to be provided for the invasion forces as they approached the Normandy beaches
26. If that were to happen in Normandy, the result would be catastrophic
27. Ten officers aboard the LST’s had been closely involved in the invasion planning and knew the assigned beaches in Normandy; obviously information of vital interest to the enemy
28. The first round in the invasion of Normandy was won by the Germans and Captain Rudolph Petersen was awarded Oak leaves to his Knights Cross
29. The ULTRA listeners at Bletchley Park picked up Hitler’s new orders for the defence of Normandy
30. He awakened one morning and simply decided that he ought to strengthen the Normandy area and issued orders to do so
31. In an operation that involved the formation of the largest invasion fleet in history, the massed Allied armies successfully landed in Normandy to punch a hole in Hitler’s seemingly impregnable Atlantic Wall
32. They considered Normandy to be merely a feint
33. Beyond Caen and towards Falaise, the country was wide open and ideally suited for tank operations; therefore, posing the threat of encirclement of all their forces in Normandy
34. Despite considerable Allied material superiority, the Germans kept the Allies bottled up in Normandy for nearly two months
35. Therefore, to the east and west they put a containing ring of steel around the Normandy beachhead
36. Fortunately, General Patton's deception army before the invasion had kept German attention focused on the Pas de Calais, and indeed high-quality German forces were kept in this area, away from Normandy, until July
37. So while the fighting raged in Normandy, the German Fifteenth Army, approximately two hundred thousand troops guarded the Calais coast against an attack that never came
38. We even know that on the morning of 6th June 1944, Eisenhower secretly began to draft a signal beginning "The landings in Normandy have failed", just in case the invasion was the disaster it could so easily have been
39. Had he done so, he would not only have given away the landing site, but June 19th, the next suitable date would witness the worst storm to hit Normandy in years
40. But it had taken two years to put the Normandy plan together and there was no alternative plan available
41. In retrospect, Normandy was the best choice; but the planners could not have tried there a second time
42. The Pas de Calais beaches were far better defended than those in Normandy, and Le Havre bristled with German guns
43. He would most likely have lost the election following failure at Normandy
44. In May Wittmann was transferred to Normandy taking over command of 2nd Company, 12th SS Panzer Division
45. The Germans generally had a higher level of combat experience in Normandy and the terrain vastly favoured the defender and somewhat nullified the benefits of Allied air superiority
46. Also it should be remembered that the bulk of the German armoured force in Normandy was directed against the British/Canadians rather than against the Americans
47. He had received command of his own Tiger and took part in the Normandy battles, where he was wounded during an air attack and remained in hospital until March 1945
48. Wittmann and his crew are buried in the German Military Cemetery of "De La Cambe" in Normandy
49. In June things were comparatively quiet over Germany, all Allied resources being focused on the landings in Normandy
50. Normandy was actually a region of France that had been given to the Vikings under Rollo in 911
