An online guide to the D-Day sites in Normandy - war diaries - ww2 maps - archive
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Just added No.8 Beach Group January 1944 War Diary which completes WO 171/812 which runs from January to August 1944
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Just added No.8 Beach Group February 1944 war diary which covers their return to Bournemouth from port exercises in Scotland. The period focused on personnel selection testing, preparations for Exercises SODAMINT and CROPPER V, and loading trials.
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Just added the No.8 Beach Group March 1944 War Diary focusing on Exercise CROPPER V, which practiced ferrying stores ashore, and Exercise GOLDBRAID, which rehearsed running a Beach Maintenance Area
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Just published the latest project update including a new hard drive resume work on the maps and the latest maps and war diaries added to the site
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Just added the GSGS2450 map 7G/5 - Mayenne to the archive
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Just added GSGS4250 map 6G/6 - Ernee to the archive
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Just added the No.8 Beach Group April 1944 War Diary, which covers final pre-invasion exercises from Moorhill and Netley camps near Southampton.
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Just added the 30th Armoured Brigade September 1944 War Diary which covers the advance from the Seine to Belgium, with headquarters moving through Boos, Étainhus, Yébleron and Blendecques to Zevergem near Ghent.
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September also includes a separate 30th Armoured Brigade A&Q (Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General) war diary which covers administration and supply
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Just added the 152nd Infantry Brigade August 1944 War Diary, at 44 pages long it's one of the more detailed diaries
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Just added GSGS4250 map 6G/6 - Ernee, this wartime map is centered on Ernee in Pays de la Loire, France.
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Just added the No.8 Beach Group August 1944 War Diary covering the final weeks of the Beach Maintenance Area at Bernières-sur-Mer before the group was disbanded on 26 August
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Just added the No.8 Beach Group July 1944 War Diary covering the continued running of the Beach Maintenance Area at Bernières-sur-Mer, Courseulles and St Aubin
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Just added No.8 Beach Group June 1944 War Diary covering their D-Day landing at Bernières-sur-Mer and the running of the Beach Maintenance Area on the Nan sector of Juno Beach
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Just published the latest project update: Two War Diaries Completed, Two New Maps and a Map Shop
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Just published GSGS4250 map 6G/5 - Fougeres expanding the coverage into Brittany
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Just published the 4th Bn County of London Yeomanry January and February 1944 War Diaries completing document WO 171/856 which runs from January to July
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Captioned "A little chapel not far from hell", Chapelle de la Madeleine a short distance inland from Utah Beach which American soldiers, sailors and Coast Guardsmen trooped for services the first Sunday after D Day
Just added GSGS4250 map 8G/4 - La Loupe to the archive
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