Operation Neptune: The Inside Story of Naval Operations for the Normandy Landings 1944

by B.B. Schofield

A Royal Navy Vice Admiral describes the strategy and logistics in deploying ships and crafts for the D-Day amphibious landings in World War II.Operation NEPTUNE was the codeword for the naval side of the OVERLORD plan for the historic June 1944 landings in Normandy. Massive in its scale, its tasks were wide-ranging and varied, from beach reconnaissance, minesweeping, shore bombardment as well as the organization of loading, assembly and disembarkation; it was also responsible for positioning two “Mulberry” artificial harbors and “Pluto”: the laying of the cross-channel fuel pipeline under the sea. Operation NEPTUNE may not have been a naval battle in the traditional sense, but it ranks as one of the greatest naval exploits in history. In this timeless book, Vice Admiral Schofield describes the great events of June 1944 which, as Captain of HMS Dryad, the Royal Naval shore establishment which housed General Dwight Eisenhower’s Supreme Allied Headquarters before the landing, he witnessed at first hand.“The book has over the years been an essential item in any bibliography relating to the D Day landings . . . a fascinating account.” —War Books Out Now

Genres: World War II

222 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 19, 2008

About the author

Vice-Admiral Brian Betham Schofield

Reviews

[eugene gott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was really amazed at the remarkable planning and coordination that took place. I was born in 1944
so talk of WW ll was in my lifetime. With what the US is dealing with today in the middle east, they needed some old-fashioned leadership and that remarkable coordination that is explained in Operation Neptune!
Great Read

[Abraham Valle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it it had very good information