Update to 29 May 2009 at HistoryofWar.org: D-Day part three - History of War

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This week we complete our main article on the D-Day landings, add a
series of biographies of American and German officers involved in the
landings, and start a series of articles on the British 'funnies' =96
the unusual armoured vehicles designed to break the beach defences.

The D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 were one of the most significant
moments of the Second World War, and marked the point when the
combined military force of the Western allies were finally brought to
bear fully against Germany.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_D-Day.html

Joseph Lawton Collins (1896-1987) was one of the most capable American
Corps commanders of the Second World War, and one of a small number of
senior officers to serve in both the Pacific and European fronts,
commanding the 25th Division on Guadalcanal and the 7th Corps from D-
Day to the end of the war.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_collins_j_lawton.html

General Friedrich Dollman (1876-1944) was the commander of the German
7th Army at the time of the D-Day landings, with direct responsibility
for the defence of the Normandy coastline
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_dollman_friedrich.html

Leonard Gerow (1888-1972) was the commander of the US 5th Corps from
July 1943 until the start of 1945, and led it from Omaha Beach into
Germany
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_gerow_leonard.html

General Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886-1974) was an
acknowledged expect in armoured warfare who had a successful career on
the eastern front before being posted to the west, where he clashed
with Rommel over the correct tactics to use against the expected
Allied invasion
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_geyr_von_schweppenburg.html

Paul Hausser (1880-1972) was the most capable general to serve in the
Waffen-SS, after playing an important role in the creation of the
armed wing of the SS.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_hausser_paul.html

The Churchill AVRE (Assault Vehicle, Royal Engineers) was developed
after the Dieppe raid in an attempt to make combat engineers less
vulnerable while they were attempting to destroy enemy defences.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_churchill_AVRE.html

The 'Carrot' Explosive Device was a light framework that could be
attached to the front of a Churchill tank and that was designed to
allow small explosive charges to be dropped into place
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_churchill_carrot.html

The 'Onion' Explosive Device was the first of two frames designed to
allow explosive charges to be moved into place using a Churchill
tank.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_churchill_onion.html

The Churchill AVRE with 'Goat' Explosive Device was the only one of a
series of British attempts to use a tank to place an explosive charge
in place to enter production during the Second World War
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_churchill_AVRE_goat.html

The Churchill Ark was an expendable bridging tank produced by fitting
folding ramps at both ends of a turretless Churchill tank
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_churchill_ark.html

The Churchill 'Jumbo' Bridging Tank carried a 30ft long bridge which
it could lower into place in 1 minute 35 seconds
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_churchill_jumbo.html