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28 Jun, 11 tweets, 10 min read
The Administrative History of the Operations of 21 Army Group on the Continent of Europe: 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945.

This covers Part I through Phase I.

Properly meaty stuff.

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Some useful appendices. /10
I hope you found this useful!

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29 Jun
The Administrative History of the Operations of 21 Army Group on the Continent of Europe: 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945

This covers Phase II, inc... a little Op you may have heard of... #MarketGarden

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29 Jun
#OTD in 1944

Panzergruppe West launches a major counter-attack against Op Epsom, aiming to break VIII Corps, eliminate the Scottish Corridor & drive the British back. /1
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This ultimately dooms Army Group B to a grinding battle of attrition & dashes any hopes of a major counter-strike to the sea.

German ops don't go well... to the extent that Lt-Gen Miles Dempsey doesn't actually believe this is the main counter-strike.

It's too crap. /2 ImageImage
Staggered, uncoordinated, messy & piecemeal commitment of units doesn't help.

I & II SS-Panzerkorps completely bugger it.

A more assertive attempt on 1 July runs into more messy problems, e.g. Rauray.

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26 Jun
Do you like tanks and A F V s???

AFV Recognition Part II: July 1943, Enemy turreted AFVs

Essential reading for anyone interested in how British and Canadian soldiers IDed the enemy.

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16 Jun
The First 100 Days aka Miles Dempsey's diary covering first 100 days of the campaign to liberate North-West Europe.

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I'm a passionate believer in the need for transparent, open access history available to ALL - so have at it!

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9 Jun
The History of 9 Army Group Royal Artillery

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So, let's have give this report a bit more thought - and perhaps flip bits on the head.

a) Lack of use of binocs/reliance on cupola/less awareness of incoming fire/losing nerve.

British tank comds tended to unbutton to fight. So their cas rate is higher... /1
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Once you seal yourself inside a metal box you lose a huge amount of senses, that said you are less likely to become a casualty to arty/mortar fire etc.

This isn't particularly surprising, but does perhaps indicate German crew should have been more willing to unbutton. /2
But again, there is this key cultural difference between British and German approaches - that underpins a).

Losing nerve is harder to judge, but numerous German tanks were KOed around Rauray so it's likely confidence was undermined & unexpected losses shook tank crews. /3
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