D-Day Gunners
An account of the 'run-in shoot' that suppressed the German response as the landing craft approached the Normandy beaches
The artillery firepower of the Allies during the Normandy landings in June 1944 was critical to the success of the whole campaign. Yet the ubiquitous gunners of the Royal Artillery are often overlooked in accounts of Operatio…
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