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Top secret D-day documents detailing the Supreme Allied Commander's final message to Allied troops w
Top secret D-day documents detailing the Supreme Allied Commander's final message to Allied troops were found in the boot of an old Ford Escort.
The haul, estimated to be worth £3,000, contains maps and top-secret planning documents relating to the allied Gold Beach invasion, part of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.
Secret offshore photos taken from a mini submarine by British special forces, only to be seen by high-ranking officials, were also found in the boot of the old car.
After being hidden for 80 years, the rare collection was donated to House on the Hill museum in Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex.
It is now on display as part of their D-Day exhibition.
The haul, estimated to be worth £3,000, contains maps and top-secret planning documents relating to the allied Gold Beach invasion
The famous D-Day landings, codenamed Operation Overlord, took place on June 6, 1944
After being hidden for 80 years, the rare collection was donated to House on the Hill museum in Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex
One of the documents is addressed to 'Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!'
It reads: 'You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months.
'The eyes of the world are upon you.'
It warns: 'The task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.
'I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory!'
The letter is signed by General Dwight Eisenhower who was appointed the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in late 1943.
Eisenhower was in charge of making all the final decisions relating to the invasion and was a 'skilled administrator known for his tact and diplomacy', according to the Imperial War Museum.
In the days before D-Day, Eisenhower also secretly penned a message to be released of the invasion failed in which he accepted full blame.
One of the documents is addressed to 'Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!'. It is signed by Dwight Eisenhower who was appointed the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in late 1943
Another letter found in the collection was a message from Dwight Eisenhower to be 'read to troops by an officer after embarkation... only when no postponement of the operation is likely'.
The message reads: 'You are soon to be engaged in a great undertaking - the invasion of Europe.
'Our purpose is to bring about, in company with our Allies, and our comrades on other fronts, the total defeat of Germany.
'Only by such a complete victory can we free ourselves and our homelands from the fear and threat of the Nazi tyranny.
'As a representative of your country, you will be welcomed with deep gratitude by the liberated peoples, who for years have longed for this deliverance.'
Another letter found in the collection was a message from the Supreme Commander to be 'read to troops by an officer after embarkation'
The Normandy landings saw allied forces invade German-occupied France in five areas of Normandy to regain control.
The landings, codenamed Operation Overlord, involved British, American, and other Allied forces crossing the English Channel to launch an offensive on the Nazi occupation in Normandy.
Gold, the central of the five areas, was located between Port-en-Bessin on the west and the Lieu-dit La Rivière in Ver-sur-Mer on the east.
The famous D-Day landings on June 6, 1944 were a triumph for Allied forces in World War Two and constitute one of the best remembered military operations of the conflict.
The project followed five years of conflict with Adolf Hitler's Germany and the Axis powers, during which the majority of mainland western Europe had fallen under Nazi occupation.
D-Day signalled the beginning of a changing of the tide on the continent, which eventually ended with the Western Allies' victory.
The landings, codenamed Operation Overlord, involved British, American, and other Allied forces crossing the English Channel to launch an offensive on the Nazi occupation in Normandy.
The operation involved boats and aircraft of all shapes and sizes, for a variety of purposes, whether it was to sweep the area ahead for mines, or deliver the respective armies to France.
In total the invasion involved 153,110 troops, supported by 10,440 aircraft and 6,330 ships, with paratroopers landing behind enemy lines in advance of the main assault.
The forces were roughly divided across five beaches: Gold and Sword were attacked by British troops, Juno by Canadian, and Omaha and Utah by the US.
After less than a week, all five beaches had been secured, with more troops, vehicles and equipment being delivered to the Allies.
Many historians describe D-Day as the 'beginning of the end' of the Second World War.
With victory declared in Europe 11 months later, on May 7, 1945, this represented the start of the Allied forces pushing back from what was the furthest Nazi occupation expanded during the war.
The move meant that Germany was at war on three fronts: in France, Italy, and Russia.
This task eventually proved too much for Hitler's army, with Allied victory on the continent secured on May 8, 1945.
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