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    Top Secret: Operation Plan Neptune Part Five
    Top Secret: Operation Plan Neptune Part Five
    Top Secret: Operation Plan Neptune Part Five
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    Top Secret: Operation Plan Neptune Part Five

    By Paul Middleton

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    This Top Secret copy of Operation Neptune is reproduced as a facsimile edition in five parts. Part Five contains the Logistics, Medical, Postponement and Administrative Plans together with the story of SS Empire Anvil. Of huge interest to military historians and enthusiasts interested in the naval Channel crossing phase of Operation Overlord. SS Empire Anvil was part of that D-Day armada.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaul Middleton
    Release dateJul 6, 2013
    ISBN9781301090686
    Top Secret: Operation Plan Neptune Part Five
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    Paul Middleton

    Retired now, but worked in publishing for 30 years at Reader's Digest and Times Books. Call myself an Independent Publishing Professional interested in social history and our extensive family archives. Have co-published 3 books on Bedford and currently working on family projects on First World War and 20th century art of a grandfather. Lucky to live in a sub-tropical valley in southern Spain.

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      Book preview

      Top Secret - Paul Middleton

      Top Secret - Operation Plan Neptune Part Five

      Paul Middleton

      Published by Paul Middleton at Smashwords

      Copyright 2013 Paul Middleton

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      All images in this book are Copyright Philippa Middleton and are part of the Geerts' Family Archive.

      Facts about this book

      This Part Five contains facsimiles of 23 pages of Operation Plan Neptune -

      Annex I Logistics Plan, Annex J Medical Plan, Annex K Postponement Plan Annex L Administrative Plan and a description of the delivery of SS Empire Anvil from the shipyard to the D-Day beaches.

      This copy of Operation Plan Neptune contains 247 pages of typewritten text. The fore-edge is punched at the top and bottom and fits on to two thick metal prongs which are fixed to a thick black, coated cardboard cover. The back cover is missing. All the pages are brittle and faded with age. The Plan was in the possession of Marcus Jefferson Geerts, 1st Mate on the SS Empire Anvil and passed into the Geerts' Family Archives. For details of his career and SS Empire Anvil, see the end of the book.

      (Note: some electronic versions of this book indicate a small number of pages - this is because pages with images are not counted!)

      Foreword

      Operation Neptune was the naval Channel crossing phase of Operation Overlord, the code-name given to the Allied invasion of France. An armada of 4,000 vessels transported the Allied invasion forces to Normandy Beach on D-day, June 6, 1944, and the SS Empire Anvil was part of that armada.

      Admiral Bertram Ramsay, the Allied naval commander in chief, signed the orders for Operation Neptune, calling it probably the largest and most complicated operation ever undertaken. Ramsay also wrote that the object of Operation Neptune is to carry out an operation from the United Kingdom to secure a lodgement on the continent from which further offensive operations can be developed.

      Admiral Ramsey’s plan assumed the huge aerial power of the Allies would nullify any German attack from the air. His armada therefore would be headed by 287 mine sweepers to clear the way for the 138 warships to follow. These would bombard the German beach defences. The convoy of 4,000 troop carriers would then sail from southern English ports protected by frigates and corvettes.

      Paul Middleton 2013

      Contents of Part Five

      Annex I: Logistics Plan

      I: Food II: Water III: Fuel IV: Lubricants V: Life Belts and Blankets

      VI: Clothing VII: Ammunition VIII: General

      Appendix 1: Bulk Fuel available in Assault Area

      Annex J: Medical Plan

      1: Task 2 Responsibilities A Near-Shore B Far Shore C Afloat

      3: Evacuation 4: Tagging Casualties 5: Reports 6: Medical Property Exchange

      7: Medical Re-supply for Beach Battalions 8: Return of Casualties to Near-Shore

      9: Burials 10: Disposition of Personal Effects of Dead, Wounded, Missing

      11: Geneva Conference Observance

      Annex K: Postponement Plan

      Reports Required

      Annex L: Administrative Plan

      OPERATION NEPTUNE ORDER No. BB-44 WESTERN NAVAL TASK FORCE ASSAULT FORCE O (TASK FORCE ONE TWO FOUR) U.S.S. ANCON, FLAGSHIP PORTLAND DORSET

      20 May 1944 1200

      Chapter 1

      Annex

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