Scope and Contents Subjects include: an attack on a German convoy off La Rochelle [France], led by HMS Mauritius, Aug 1944; Operation Neptune [the D-Day landings], June 1944; how the war was run and the future conduct of the war after the capture of Sicily; the Allied landings in Sicily [Operation Husky], July 1943, Operation Baytown (landings on the Italian mainland] and Operation Avalanche (landings at Salerno), Sept 1943; flaws in strategy in the Mediterranean and Italy; Mauritius's ship's company; concerns...

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Speeches etc from when Davis was captain of HMS Mauritius, on subjects including: Mauritius's part in the D-Day landings; implications for the ship of the landings at Anzio and Salerno [Italy]; Mauritius's attachment to the Mediterranean Fleet; the invasion of Sicily. Also includes an article on the scrapping of HMS Mauritius.

Scope and Contents Photographs of the D-Day landings in Normandy [France], including Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay [Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force] with General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe] and Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander-in-Chief British Group of Armies and Allied Armies, Northern France] aboard HMS Apollo, Winston Churchill, King George VI inspecting the troops and also General Charles de Gaulle.Also...

Scope and Contents Set of nearly 2000 prints, from over 200 images (with a small number of American official photographs and press images as well), showing the build-up to the Normandy landings, the operation itself and the days immediately following. Includes photographs of King George VI inspecting the troops and visiting the beaches, and photographs of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay [Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force] (one with Ramsay, General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied...