Top Secret: Operation Plan Neptune Part Five
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This Top Secret copy of Operation Neptune is reproduced as a facsimile edition in five parts. Part Five contains the Logistics, Medical, Postponement and Administrative Plans together with the story of SS Empire Anvil. Of huge interest to military historians and enthusiasts interested in the naval Channel crossing phase of Operation Overlord. SS Empire Anvil was part of that D-Day armada.
Paul Middleton
Retired now, but worked in publishing for 30 years at Reader's Digest and Times Books. Call myself an Independent Publishing Professional interested in social history and our extensive family archives. Have co-published 3 books on Bedford and currently working on family projects on First World War and 20th century art of a grandfather. Lucky to live in a sub-tropical valley in southern Spain.
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Top Secret - Paul Middleton
Top Secret - Operation Plan Neptune Part Five
Paul Middleton
Published by Paul Middleton at Smashwords
Copyright 2013 Paul Middleton
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All images in this book are Copyright Philippa Middleton and are part of the Geerts' Family Archive.
Facts about this book
This Part Five contains facsimiles of 23 pages of Operation Plan Neptune -
Annex I Logistics Plan, Annex J Medical Plan, Annex K Postponement Plan Annex L Administrative Plan and a description of the delivery of SS Empire Anvil from the shipyard to the D-Day beaches.
This copy of Operation Plan Neptune contains 247 pages of typewritten text. The fore-edge is punched at the top and bottom and fits on to two thick metal prongs which are fixed to a thick black, coated cardboard cover. The back cover is missing. All the pages are brittle and faded with age. The Plan was in the possession of Marcus Jefferson Geerts, 1st Mate on the SS Empire Anvil and passed into the Geerts' Family Archives. For details of his career and SS Empire Anvil, see the end of the book.
(Note: some electronic versions of this book indicate a small number of pages - this is because pages with images are not counted!)
Foreword
Operation Neptune was the naval Channel crossing phase of Operation Overlord, the code-name given to the Allied invasion of France. An armada of 4,000 vessels transported the Allied invasion forces to Normandy Beach on D-day, June 6, 1944, and the SS Empire Anvil was part of that armada.
Admiral Bertram Ramsay, the Allied naval commander in chief, signed the orders for Operation Neptune, calling it probably the largest and most complicated operation ever undertaken
. Ramsay also wrote that the object of Operation Neptune is to carry out an operation from the United Kingdom to secure a lodgement on the continent from which further offensive operations can be developed
.
Admiral Ramsey’s plan assumed the huge aerial power of the Allies would nullify any German attack from the air. His armada therefore would be headed by 287 mine sweepers to clear the way for the 138 warships to follow. These would bombard the German beach defences. The convoy of 4,000 troop carriers would then sail from southern English ports protected by frigates and corvettes.
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Contents of Part Five
Annex I: Logistics Plan
I: Food II: Water III: Fuel IV: Lubricants V: Life Belts and Blankets
VI: Clothing VII: Ammunition VIII: General
Appendix 1: Bulk Fuel available in Assault Area
Annex J: Medical Plan
1: Task 2 Responsibilities A Near-Shore B Far Shore C Afloat
3: Evacuation 4: Tagging Casualties 5: Reports 6: Medical Property Exchange
7: Medical Re-supply for Beach Battalions 8: Return of Casualties to Near-Shore
9: Burials 10: Disposition of Personal Effects of Dead, Wounded, Missing
11: Geneva Conference Observance
Annex K: Postponement Plan
Reports Required
Annex L: Administrative Plan
OPERATION NEPTUNE ORDER No. BB-44 WESTERN NAVAL TASK FORCE ASSAULT FORCE O
(TASK FORCE ONE TWO FOUR) U.S.S. ANCON, FLAGSHIP PORTLAND DORSET
20 May 1944 1200