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Superb effort Hanno!
The number of rounds fired by the surviving gun tanks begs a second question - where did they get it all? The combat load of a single Sherman 75 was not in the thousands! Did the remaining crews salvage all consumables to keep the operating tanks firing? Most likely. How did other supplies get forward? By LSTs or other amphibious craft? What sort of "ADREP" or administration report did the OC and his NCOs make up and send backwards? Interesting questions.
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Ops Report and Unit War Diaries?
Hanno,
Nice work. Great images. Clearly much work has gone into this research thus far. Are the Ops Report and Unit War Diaries for the various units involved, resident in the National Archives at Kew? You may find the titles at least on line, even if the contents are not. They may provide some illumination of the decision not to undertake any form of battlefield recovery of the stranded/swamped AFVs, at least, and possibly list losses by Census Number. Others with more knowledge of the Brit archival system can doubtless inform us foreigners of the likelihood of the above. Capturing Antwerp was one thing: clearing the Boche from the approaches was much, much more difficult. Mike |
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Hanno.
You mention that several of the various Shermans made it successfully off the beach and/or into town only to be swamped shortly thereafter. Was this an unusual tidal phenomenon or was the area deliberately flooded by the German troops? David |
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I have not read about the crews salvaging all consumables from the swamped tanks, but that sounds like the thing they would have done. This is Sherman V, WOLF OF BADENOCH, Turret No. 10, being resupplied by an LVT, most likely at Domburg. WOLF OF BADENOCH was carried ashore by LCT 737, hence the marking "5 BRAMBLE" on the deep wading trunk at the back: 971C8983-2F4D-4A20-B8CF-40754C508DF2.jpg Quote:
I have not been able to locate the war diary via the National Archives. I hope to read it some day, meanwhile Michel apparently has. Quote:
One of the largest breaches, the one at Westkapelle, was also used as a landing beach as it provided access to the island without have to scale the huge sea dyke. The pic below shows how the village of Westkapelle and the area behind it being swamped each time the tide came in. Hanno 3d79209a2a685d52fbe0d8bb4d9b44d9896b387fd09ceaf969bda67b69c2af56.jpg (Source)
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