The Secret History of the SBS
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The First Allied Soldiers Ashore on New Year's Eve
The first allied soldiers ashore on d day went ashore six months earlier. So they actually go ashore on the night of new year's eve. This is midwinter, when the sea is absolutely freezing. The modos operandi for the s b s through most of the segma war is to be landed from big submarines that can get you nice and tight into coast lines. Works very well in the med where there's no tide and where you've got relatively deep waters. But on the coast line of the channel, coast, it shells very quickly and you've got tides. You can't use big sub you've only got two options. You either use a midget sub at would
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