In the debut episode of the Logistics of D-Day we explore the logic and planning that resulted in Normandy being chosen as the location for the largest amphibious invasion in the history of human kind.

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References:
[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Day-Manual-technology-engineering-Operations/dp/0857332341
[2] https://www.amazon.com/D-Day-Atlas-Anatomy-Normandy-Campaign/dp/0500291195
[2] https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/dieppe-raid
[3] https://books.google.ie/books?id=5Fi1CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=hochpf%C3%A4hlen+production&source=bl&ots=7Ic2R6640M&sig=ACfU3U1cOG7_cFismIWGKrYIKDWfhDDUtQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjimJqkgILhAhUlQxUIHSK3D28Q6AEwBnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=hochpf%C3%A4hlen%20production&f=false
[4] https://www.dday-overlord.com/en/battle-of-normandy/supply/pluto
[5] https://www.dday-overlord.com/en/d-day/beaches/omaha-beach
[6] https://www.jstor.org/stable/215761?read-now=1&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents
[7] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10632543
[8] http://www.jshawmsc.f2s.com/140squadron.pdf
[9] http://worldwar2headquarters.com/HTML/normandy/HobartsFunnies/DD-sherman.html
[10] https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/historical-sheets/dieppe
[11] https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2019/06/06/geology-as-a-factor-in-the-battle-of-normandy/#3488fe5e7df3
[12] https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=2956&context=icchge

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