June 6, 1944: Gold, Sword, Juno Beach. 5/8: Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day, by James Holland
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🗓️ 5 June 2023
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June 6, 1944: Gold, Sword, Juno Beach. 5/8: Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day, by James Holland
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In the annals of World War II, certain groups of soldiers stand out, and among the most notable were the Sherwood Rangers. Originally a cavalry unit in the last days of horses in combat, whose officers were landed gentry leading men who largely worked for them, they were switched to the “mechanized cavalry” of tanks in 1942. Winning acclaim in the North African campaign, the Sherwood Rangers then spearheaded one of the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944; led the way across France; were the first British troops to cross into Germany, and contributed mightily to Germany’s surrender in May 1945.
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| 0:36.3 | This is CBS Eye on the World. Here's John Batchler. James Holland, the historians, new book |
| 0:44.3 | as Brothers and Arms, one legendary tank regimen's bloody war from D-Day to V-E-Day. The Normandy |
| 0:51.6 | campaign is a great success, sweeping over northern France. But the chase now, as the Germans |
| 0:58.7 | keep falling back to Belgium and then to Germany. And the Sherwood Ranger Yomundry is on the chase, |
| 1:06.8 | moving more in a day than they've moved in weeks in Normandy. It is now the autumn of 1944, |
| 1:16.0 | and the ranks are always being filled by reinforcements. And James, I think it's a good time to |
| 1:22.4 | talk about the long tail and how it is that all these casualties don't knock the Sherwood Rangers |
| 1:29.3 | out of the war. What is the long tail and why is it part of the big war concept being practiced? |
| 1:36.1 | Yeah, well, it's just a huge support in terms of making supply. And |
| 1:41.1 | you know, they have tank crews being trained constantly over in the UK and they're just coming in |
| 1:45.5 | and they're just sort of funneled in. But you know, a tank regimen like the Sherwood Ranger is about |
| 1:49.6 | 688 men of which only about 329 are actually in tanks. The rest of them are in what's called the A-Eshon |
| 1:58.9 | and the B-Eshon, which is a support behind it. So this is trucks, half tracks, and what have you |
| 2:07.2 | bringing up supplies? And it's the arm of recovery vehicles. So, you know, at the end of the day, |
| 2:11.9 | if a tank's been left on the battlefield, but it hasn't been being knocked out, |
| 2:15.0 | they'll beatle around and whistlet back and change an engine or repair the tracks or whatever, |
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