Name: The Logistics of D-Day
Uploaded: 2021
Description: The Logistic of D-Day covers the engineering & tactical advantages the Allies used to achieve victory when invading German-occupied France.

The Logistic of D-Day covers the engineering & tactical advantages the Allies used to achieve victory when invading German-occupied France.

In the debut episode of the Logistics of D-Day, we explore the logic and planning that resulted in Normandy being chosen as the location for the largest amphibious invasion in the history of humankind.

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We explore the logic and planning that resulted in Normandy being chosen as the location for the largest amphibious invasion in the history of humankind

Why Did the Allies Pick Normandy?

In the second episode of the Logistics of D-Day, we explore the deception tactics of WW2 that ensured Normandy would not be a hive of German soldiers waiting for an invasion.

We explore the deception tactics of WW2 that ensured Normandy would not be a hive of German soldiers waiting for an invasion.

How The Allies Fooled The Germans

In this episode of the Logistics of D-Day, we explore the challenges the Allies faced before laying the first foot inside Fortress Europe.

Clearing A Way To The Beaches

In this episode, we explore the unsung heroes of D-Day, the landing craft. Stockpiling these ships proved to be one of the most difficult logistical issues of D-Day and their numbers ultimately determined the magnitude of the first wave.

In this episode, we explore the unsung heroes of D-Day, the landing craft.

Landing Craft - How The Allies Got Ashore

In this episode, we explore how the first men arrived on June 6th. Twenty-three thousand men landed in Normandy on D-Day by parachute and glider, this is how they did it.

The Logistics of Airborne Landings

In this episode of The Logistics of D-Day, we explore the logistics of close air support, which required new airfields to be constructed rapidly within spitting distance of the front lone.

The Logistics of Close Air Support

In the first week of the invasion of western Europe over 55 thousand vehicles came ashore over the beaches of Normandy. In this episode of The Logistics fo D-Day, we explore how the Allies managed to keep their war machine marching forward with thousands of tonnes of fuel delivery.

In this episode of The Logistics fo D-Day, we explore how the Allies managed to keep their war machine marching forward with thousands of tonnes of fuel delivery.

The Logistics of Fuel Supply

In this episode, we explore the extraordinary floating harbors, which were towed across the English Channel on D-Day to keep the Allied front line supplied.

Mulberry Harbours

In the final episode of The Logistics of D-Day, we explore the extraordinary efforts the allies made to keep the front line supplied.