Gunners in Normandy

The History of the Royal Artillery in North-west Europe, January 1942 to August 1944

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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The official account of the Royal Artillery’s activities in the Normandy campaign, this volume breaks down the historic achievements of the Regiment, integrating newly published research with a detailed account of their activities, logistics and equipment in the offensive.Essential for currently serving members of the Royal Artillery, Gunners in Normandy includes mention of every regiment that served, a Roll of Honour, and a list of the dead by unit.This book presents the definitive record of events, assembled from interviews with veterans, papers and documents from the Firepower Archives, terrain studies, personal memoirs, war diaries and other official documents. Serious students of the battle for Normandy should find this essential reading, with comprehensive coverage of the role of the Royal Artillery, and much material not published anywhere else, including orders of battle, the details of targets engaged by the guns and their effectiveness.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-10-30
Mått156 x 234 x 60 mm
Vikt1 024 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor702
FörlagThe History Press Ltd
ISBN9781837050345

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Major FRANK BALDWIN is a retired artillery officer and a member of the British Commission for Military History. He has worked as a battlefield guide for the last 20 years, actively involved in writing historic material to support tours and pilgrimages undertaken by the Royal British Legion. He is the author of numerous published works and has a regular column in the Battlefields Trust Magazine. He is also responsible for the blog The Observation Post.Lieutenant Colonel WILL TOWNEND was project officer for Firepower and secretary of the RA Historical Society. His passion, enthusiasm and meticulous research made this book possible. Sadly, Will died in 2010.

TitleCopyrightContentsList of Images and ExtractsForeword by Sir Andrew Richard GregoryPreface1 Background to Overlord2 The Men of the Gunners3 Artillery Equipment and Organisations4 The Gunners in 1944 – Artillery Tactics5 Training for D-Day6 Preparation for Overlord7 The D-Day Plan8 D-Day and D+19 Consolidating the Bridgehead10 Rebuff Operation Perch and Operation Smock11 Operation Epsom 19 June–1 July 194412 The Fall of Caen 4–11 July 194413 Operations Jupiter and Maori14 The Anti-Aircraft Battle15 The 12th and 30th Corps Keep the Pot Boiling16 Operations Goodwood and Atlantic17 Operations Spring and Cobra18 Operation Bluecoat19 Operations Totalize and Tractable20 Squeezing the Pocket21 The Advance Over the Seine22 The Counter-Battery and Depth Fire Battle23 The Soldier’s Experience24 Other Gunners25 The Gunner Contribution to Operation OverlordAppendix A Artillery CommandersAppendix B Roll of HonourAppendix C GlossaryNotesBibliography