NormandyWarGuide

An online guide to the D-Day sites in Normandy - war diaries - ww2 maps - archive

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Just added the 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers May 1944 War Diary
https://t.co/YoFLFxxXhy

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Just added the 9 Infantry Brigade July 1944 War Diary
which covers the fighting for Caen and Troarn.
https://t.co/IonRiGcvdg

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Just add GSGS4250 map 7G/6 - Fresnay-sur-Sarthe to the archive
https://t.co/6FB5cBOzXi

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Just added the 9th Infantry Brigade June 1944 War Diary covering the D-Day landing before assembling at Hermanville-sur-Mer during Operation OVERLORD and the fighting inland that followed
https://t.co/AyAaEFvqJc

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Just added No.8 Beach Group January 1944 War Diary which completes WO 171/812 which runs from January to August 1944
https://t.co/SsqF3N1yNo

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Just added No.8 Beach Group February 1944 war diary which covers their return to Bournemouth from port exercises in Scotland. The period focused on personnel selection testing, preparations for Exercises SODAMINT and CROPPER V, and loading trials.
https://t.co/ZXE6EZ10ti

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Just added the No.8 Beach Group March 1944 War Diary focusing on Exercise CROPPER V, which practiced ferrying stores ashore, and Exercise GOLDBRAID, which rehearsed running a Beach Maintenance Area
https://t.co/xOziWuqXjs

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Just published the latest project update including a new hard drive resume work on the maps and the latest maps and war diaries added to the site

Check it out here: https://t.co/YXMofzepPh

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Just added the GSGS2450 map 7G/5 - Mayenne to the archive
https://t.co/7y3RQgjxbc

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Just added GSGS4250 map 6G/6 - Ernee to the archive
https://t.co/iwUpSLnx5f

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Just added the No.8 Beach Group April 1944 War Diary, which covers final pre-invasion exercises from Moorhill and Netley camps near Southampton.
https://t.co/4ztUCzCovg

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September also includes a separate 30th Armoured Brigade A&Q (Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General) war diary which covers administration and supply
https://t.co/PPqHf6E1H0

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Just added the 30th Armoured Brigade September 1944 War Diary which covers the advance from the Seine to Belgium, with headquarters moving through Boos, Étainhus, Yébleron and Blendecques to Zevergem near Ghent.
https://t.co/s6He193yDG

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Just added the 152nd Infantry Brigade August 1944 War Diary, at 44 pages long it's one of the more detailed diaries
https://t.co/GCrAojEqms

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@rentaquill @RoyalMail I've not seen stamps made from maps before but i have an envelope made from a GSGS4250 map

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Just added GSGS4250 map 6G/6 - Ernee, this wartime map is centered on Ernee in Pays de la Loire, France.
https://t.co/iwUpSLo4UN

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Just added the No.8 Beach Group August 1944 War Diary covering the final weeks of the Beach Maintenance Area at Bernières-sur-Mer before the group was disbanded on 26 August
https://t.co/Zh3lwdBwrs

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Just added the No.8 Beach Group July 1944 War Diary covering the continued running of the Beach Maintenance Area at Bernières-sur-Mer, Courseulles and St Aubin
https://t.co/jeZSq3XCTz

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Just added No.8 Beach Group June 1944 War Diary covering their D-Day landing at Bernières-sur-Mer and the running of the Beach Maintenance Area on the Nan sector of Juno Beach
https://t.co/tE2kvv4Mg4

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Just published the latest project update: Two War Diaries Completed, Two New Maps and a Map Shop

You can check it out here: https://t.co/tSZkGiY26S