D-Day Beach Force

By Joseph Rogers and David Rogers

The British Beach Groups were a combined force of men stationed on the Normandy Beaches from the initial landing until the last unit was disbanded a few weeks later. They performed many vital roles during the assault, including: arranging and controlling the movement of all personnel and vehicles from landing craft to inland assembly areas; moving stores from ship s holds to dumps in the beach maintenance areas; developing and organising the beaches and beach maintenance areas for defence, movement and administration, including the evacuation of casualties and the recovery vehicles; providing a beach signal organisation; organizing the removal and repatriation of casualties, prisoners of war and salvaged equipment; creating dumps to hold the petrol, ammunition, rations etc. that were being landed; and establishing assembly areas for arriving personnel and their vehicles. This book explores how this often-forgotten unit were the first to arrive and the last to leave one of history s greatest military operations, and how their behind-the-scenes action saved lives and aided the success of the landings."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752463306
• ISBN13: 9780752463308
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.7"