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26 January 1942

PFC Milburn Henke, of Hutchison, Minnesota is the first of two million American soldiers to arrive in Britain during the buildup to D-Day.

March 1942

BBC broadcasts a Royal Navy plea for holiday snaps of French coast to help map coastal areas. 30,000 letters arrive the following day.

19 August 1942

In a disastrous rehearsal for D-Day of 6,100 men involved in the landings at Dieppe, France, only 2,500 return. One German company repels three battalions of mainly Canadian troops, taking 2,000 prisoners and killing 1,000. Enemy losses are less than 600. The raid proves the need for overwhelming force and heavy bombardment and that a floating harbour would need to be taken.

‘Phoenix Rising’.

U.S Navy Combat Art Collection