This included huge supplies of ammunition, 880 field guns, 310 guns of large calibre, some 500 anti-aircraft guns, about 850 anti-tank guns, 11,000 machine guns, nearly 700 tanks, 20,000 motorcycles and 45,000 motor cars and lorries.
over the next eleven weeks, as the ‘liberation’ of Normandy unfolded, Allied aircraft and artillery killed between 42,000 and 50,000 French men, women and children.
The British-inspired Dieppe Raid was an epic disaster later dressed up as a victory. The losses have since been described as akin to those at the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade. Involved were 6,000 troops including 5,000 Canadian servicemen. The rest were made up of British commandos, […]
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