D-Day Landings: Operation Neptune.
Barry Hamblin
- Region:
- South West
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Antiquarian
- Fee:
- Paid: £60 plus mileage (30p/mile)
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 22nd August 2024
- Tagged:
- Military History
On 6th June 1944 over 156,000 allied soldiers were landed on five beaches in Normandy. This was Operation Neptune and it was the first phase of Operation Overlord; the plan to liberate France Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark and Norway from German occupation and then take Germany. The plan had to be secret and every effort was made to lead the Nazi High Command into believing that the main landing would be made at Calais, or possibly in Norway. On D-Day the weather was dreadful and the landing forces had to take everything with them – even their own port for their supplies to be landed.
Views: 102 | Enquiries: 0About Barry Hamblin
After 25 years flying in the RAF as a navigator I found myself running a training company for airline pilots after doing a favour for a friend.
My wife has a lavender business (I am the tractor driver) and when she opened a shop which was too large for her sole use I closed my training company and took the spare half of the shop to indulge my passion for selling antiques. My wife and I give talks on the history of lavender, growing lavender and how it is used (see Lavender and Co) and this, together with being a trustee of our small but beautiful local museum and a love of antiques and history, has resulted in me giving number of talks on a variety of historical subjects.
The RAF trained me to instruct and I just love presenting the subjects I care so much about.
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