Executive Director at @JunoBeachCentre Assoc. | Author with @Helionbooks & @lammipublishing | Historian behind @EaglesoverHusky | Husband of @LindzElliott
Jun 10, 2019 • 17 tweets • 11 min read
1/ The Attack on Panzer Group West. A thread.
Seventy-five years ago today the @RoyalAirForce attacked General Geyr von Schweppenburg's headquarters, located on the grounds of the château at La Caine, in Normandy, France. #DDay75#BattleofNormandy#Normandy75#WW22/ British intelligence, mainly the codebreakers at @bletchleypark, managed to pinpoint the location after the headquarters gave its position away: 'Battle Headquarters Panzer Gruppe West evening ninth at La Caine.' The Germans did not realize the Allies had broken their codes.