Operation Neptune: The Inside Story of Naval Operations for the Normandy Landings 1944

by B.B. Schofield

Overview

In this timeless book, Vice Admiral Schofield describes the great events of June 1944 which, as Captain of HMS Dryad, the Royal Naval shore establishment which housed General Dwight Eisenhowers Supreme Allied Headquarters before the landing, he witnessed at first hand.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783460786
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	01/31/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Vice Admiral BB Schofield had a distinguished naval career serving in both World Wars. He was closely involved in the planning of naval operations for D-Day and his insider view is told in Operation NEPTUNE (republished by Pen & Sword Maritime in 2008). He died in 1984. His daughter Victoria Schofield, the leading biographer and author, lives in West London.

Table of Contents

Introduction     ix
Festung Europa     1
Planning Problems     13
The Naval Plan     28
Final Preparations     45
The Assault     60
The Build-Up     92
The Last Phase     111
Epilogue     123
Appendices
Details of Special Craft employed during Operation Neptune     128
Allocation of Landing Ships and Craft to Eastern and Western Task Forces     134
Warships allocated to the Assault Phase     135
Gunnery details of Bombarding Ships and Support Craft     137
Pre-arranged Fire Plan, Eastern and Western Task Forces     140
Notes on German Naval Battle Units     143
Analysis of Merchant Ship and Landing Craft arrivals in France June 7 to 30 inclusive     144
Rate of Build-Up Achieved up to D + 28     146
Summary of Warships, Merchant Ships, and Landing Craft Lost and Damaged     147
Table of Mines destroyed and Casualties from Mines     148
Copy of Letter from Admiral Ramsay to the Author     150
Acknowledgements     151
Bibliography     152
Index     154