British logistics in the Normandy campaign played a key role in the
success of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France in
June 1944. The Allies had to land sufficient assaulting forces to
overcome the initial opposition, and build them up faster than the
Germans could respond. The British Second Army and Canadian First Army
included six armoured divisions (including the Polish 1st Armoured
Division), ten infantry divisions, two airborne divisions, nine
independent armoured brigades and two commando brigades. Logistical
units included 6 supply unit headquarters, 25 base supply depots, 83
detail issue depots, 25 field bakeries, 14 field butcheries and 18 port
detachments. During the first seven weeks after the Normandy landings on
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the advance was much slower than anticipated, but
by 26 July, 675,000 personnel, 150,000 vehicles, 690,000 tonnes of
stores and 69,000 tonnes of bulk petrol had been landed.
Read more:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_logistics_in_the_Normandy_campaign>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1674:
Shivaji, who led a resistance to free the Maratha from the
Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, was crowned the first
chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivaji>
1882:
The Shewan army defeated Gojjame forces at the Battle of
Embabo, an event that contributed to the supremacy of Shewa within the
Ethiopian Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Embabo>
1971:
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a US Marine Corps jet
near Duarte, California, killing 50 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Airwest_Flight_706>
1985:
The remains of Josef Mengele, a Nazi physician notorious for
performing human experiments on Auschwitz inmates, were exhumed in Embu
das Artes, Brazil.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
ushanka:
A traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ushanka>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Come purge my soul, Thou Master of my days, Of vain and empty
words, of idle ways, Of base ambition and the urge to rule; That
hidden serpent that corrupts a fool; and grant me, Lord, to see my sins
alone. That I not call my brother to atone; Make chaste my heart and
lend me from above Thy fortitude, humility, and love.
--Aleksandr Pushkin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Pushkin>
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