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Click on the dots on our interactive map, based on the original
Operation Overlord map, to find out what was happening along the
South Coast in the build up to D-Day:
In
the months before June 1944, the whole of the South of England
was, in effect, one giant military camp.
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| An
American GI leaves Weymouth |
Thousands
of Allied troops practised their battle drills, military supremos
worked on tactics, and engineers came up with some ingenious
technical ways of making the landings on the Normandy beaches
as effective as possible while countless civilians worked to
supply the invasion force.
Click on the map above to find out about just some of the places
and people involved with the remarkable Operation Overlord campaign.
You can watch video of some of those who took part and listen
to Portsmouth D-Day Museum's Military Historian Andrew Whitmarsh
talking about the build-up to the invasion.
You will need RealPlayer to play the audio and video clips -
BBC
download guide Free
Real player.
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| The
D-day map at Southwick House |
This
map is based on part of the original military map used to plan
Operation Overlord. It has been preserved and is currently located
in Southwick House where the operation was planned. A replica
is on display at the D-Day Museum in Southsea.
If you have old photos of preparations for D-Day, e-mail them
to us at southampton@bbc.co.uk.
Acknowledgements:
Southampton City Heritage
Services
D-day Museum, Southsea
Explosion!, Gosport
Royal Signals Museum,
Blandford
PortCities,
Southampton
Weymouth Library |
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BBC Southampton Website
Broadcasting House,
Havelock Road,
Southampton
SO14 7PU
(+44) 023 80 374370/1/2
southampton@bbc.co.uk
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