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...Emile Couture's job was to keep conferees supplied with stationery. It was also his job to pick up the unused paper when the Conference was over. One morning in the Chateau Frontenac he found a piece of paper on which were boldly written the alternative dates for Dday, the number of troops and ships to be used, data on air cover...
...till Dday, many steel mills kept scrap inventories high, enough to last from 60 to go days. Since then, they have been buying cautiously. Now their inventories are down to some 45 days' supply at the present rate of operation...
...possible British invasion. For two years he built his fortifications and trained his none-too-ample forces. He stopped the Dieppe raid. He failed to stop the invasion of Normandy. He also disagreed sharply with Hitler's favorite Rommel, was relieved of his command one month after Dday...
Umbrella Switch. On Dday, Coningham expected the Luftwaffe, which had been hoarding its last ounces of strength, to throw everything it had left against the invasion fleet. The Allied air commanders had made an estimate of the amount of Luftwaffe opposition expected. When only 20% of this expected strength turned out for a fight, Coningham was surprised. He promptly switched a sizable part of his defensive umbrella to offensive operations and the Germans quickly found what it was like to fight against total air superiority...
...then "wilfully" murdered. The shocking announcement was based on a factual investigation by an unhurried and "completely dispassionate" joint U.S.British-Canadian Court of Inquiry. Details were meager and evidence undisclosed. But it was known that the murders had occurred at Pavie, on the Caen-Bayeux highway, two days after Dday. Thirteen of the victims had been machine-gunned in a group. The Germans responsible were "members of the 12th SS Reconnaissance Battalion of the 12th SS Panzer Division." (The SS murderers, reported Canadian Pressman Ross Munro, had been Hitler Jugend-most of them less than 20 years...