General outline of Operation Neptune section 2 to 6.

Operation Neptune, naval orders including outline of Operation Maple (Minelaying plan); Diversions covering operation Glimmer (to make a feint at the beaches of Pas De Calais at the same time as the assault), operation taxable (to make a feint at the beaches astride Cap Antifer at the same time as the assault), operation Bigdrum (to make a small RCM force on the western flank of the assault to occupy the attention of enemy radar stations situated in the North East Cotentin), Loading and Assembly; Instructions for Neptune Covering Forces and Instructions for Minesweeping.

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Record Details

Item reference: MUL/1/2; MS1980/119
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: folder
Date made: 1944
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London