James Holland

D-Day has to be seen as an unqualified success. I mean, it is absolutely extraordinary what they achieve. And while they don't 100% achieve their overall D-Day objectives, you know, the objectives are always going to be the outer reach of what can be achieved. And you'd need absolutely perfect conditions for that to happen. And they don't get perfect conditions. But they're so balanced.

D-Day has to be seen as an unqualified success. I mean, it is absolutely extraordinary what they achieve. And while they don't 100% achieve their overall D-Day objectives, you know, the objectives are always going to be the outer reach of what can be achieved. And you'd need absolutely perfect conditions for that to happen. And they don't get perfect conditions. But they're so balanced.

D-Day has to be seen as an unqualified success. I mean, it is absolutely extraordinary what they achieve. And while they don't 100% achieve their overall D-Day objectives, you know, the objectives are always going to be the outer reach of what can be achieved. And you'd need absolutely perfect conditions for that to happen. And they don't get perfect conditions. But they're so balanced.

I mean, it is absolutely extraordinary what they achieve.

And while they don't 100% achieve their overall D-Day objectives, you know, the objectives are always going to be the outer reach of what can be achieved.

And you'd need absolutely perfect conditions for that to happen.

And they don't get perfect conditions.

But they're so balanced.

They're so thought of absolutely everything. and their logistics supply. I mean, even things like the minesweeping operation. It's the biggest single minesweeping operation of the entire war because there's huge minefields off the Normandy coast.

They're so thought of absolutely everything. and their logistics supply. I mean, even things like the minesweeping operation. It's the biggest single minesweeping operation of the entire war because there's huge minefields off the Normandy coast.

They're so thought of absolutely everything. and their logistics supply. I mean, even things like the minesweeping operation. It's the biggest single minesweeping operation of the entire war because there's huge minefields off the Normandy coast.

They're so thought of absolutely everything.

and their logistics supply.

I mean, even things like the minesweeping operation.

It's the biggest single minesweeping operation of the entire war because there's huge minefields off the Normandy coast.

And ahead of the invasion force, the minesweepers, which amount to, I think, something like 242 different minesweepers in five different operations opposite every single beach, creating lanes for... Through these minefields through which the invasion force can go, not a single ship is lost to a mine in the actual invasion.

And ahead of the invasion force, the minesweepers, which amount to, I think, something like 242 different minesweepers in five different operations opposite every single beach, creating lanes for... Through these minefields through which the invasion force can go, not a single ship is lost to a mine in the actual invasion.

And ahead of the invasion force, the minesweepers, which amount to, I think, something like 242 different minesweepers in five different operations opposite every single beach, creating lanes for... Through these minefields through which the invasion force can go, not a single ship is lost to a mine in the actual invasion.

And ahead of the invasion force, the minesweepers, which amount to, I think, something like 242 different minesweepers in five different operations opposite every single beach, creating lanes for...

Through these minefields through which the invasion force can go, not a single ship is lost to a mine in the actual invasion.