D-Day Dog - WINNER OF THE FCBG CHILDREN S BOOK AWARD 2020 (Conkers)

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D-Day Dog has just been voted (April 2022) favourite children’s audiobook by Calibre Audio, the national charity that provides a completely free for life audiobook service to everyone with a disability that makes reading print difficult or impossible, thank you to all who listened to my book and Rachel Reay for narrating. The coastline of Normandy was divided into sixteen sectors, which were assigned code names using a spelling alphabet—from Able, west of Omaha, to Roger on the east flank of Sword. The area of beach that would become Omaha was originally designated X-Ray, from the phonetic alphabet of the day; the name was changed on 3 March 1944. The names of both Omaha and Utah were probably suggested by Omar Bradley, as two privates fitting out his London headquarters were from Omaha, Nebraska (Gayle Eyler) and Provo, Utah; they were not named after the corps commanders, who were from Virginia (Gerow) and Louisiana (Collins). [2] Eight further sectors were added when the invasion was extended to include Utah on the Cotentin Peninsula. Sectors were divided into beaches identified by the colors Red, White and Green, corresponding to the colored lights used on naval craft to designate the port (left), amidships, and starboard (right) sides. [3] Shortlisted for booksfortopics.com best-books-of-2022 Upper KS2 (Age 9-11): Best Curriculum Support Vote Now Here Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. pp.51–52 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. Visiting schools is great. I like it because it means I spend three days a week encouraging reading for pleasure, especially children who might be off books. The school events that work best are the ones where the school has done some work about the author with the children in advance.

At Utah, twenty-eight of thirty-two DD tanks reached theD-Day beaches, providing much-needed support to the infantry. The westernmost of the D-Day beaches, extending some eleven statute miles in four sectors (S, T, U, and V) running north-northwest to south-southeast. Utah joined the west end of Omaha Beach in a line projecting through tidal flats beyond the mouth of the Vire River.

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Information for Grown-Ups: This book has a super-readable layout and typeface so that even more readers can enjoy it. It is aimed at children aged 8-12. Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. pp.50–51 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. I know you visit a lot of schools as part of your job as an author. What’s the best thing about visiting schools? What can schools do to help run a successful author visit?

Citino, Robert M. (2017). The Wehrmacht's Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944–1945. Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p.135. ISBN 9780700624942. A whole English teaching sequence linked to the book D-Day Dog by Tom Palmer ( Winner of the FCBG Children’s Book Award 2020). Ideal for Year 4, Year 5 or Year 6 children. The ‘para dogs’, of the 13th Parachute Battalion Sniper Recce Platoon, would accompany the Airborne Divisions – the first to land in occupied France on D-Day. Flying over the channel in the belly of a Dakota they would parachute in to act as scouts and patrol dogs, clearing the way and warning of the presence of German soldiers. With a new name and a new career Bing joined the canine ranks at the War Dog Training school in Potter’s Bar. The school was a legacy of the First World War and the persistence of a certain Colonel Ernest Richardson. Richardson’s school opened in 1916 after a long, hard battle with the War Office who were eventually persuaded that military trained dogs could play an invaluable part in the war guarding ammunition depots, patrolling with the troops and running messages in the trenches.The primary objective at Omaha was to secure a beachhead 8 kilometers (5 miles) deep, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, linking with the British landings at Gold to the east, and reaching the area of Isigny to the west to link up with VII Corps landing at Utah. The untested American 29th Infantry Division, along with nine companies of U.S. Army Rangers redirected from Pointe du Hoc, assaulted the western half of the beach. The battle-hardened 1st Infantry Division was given the eastern half. Lewis, Adrian. "The Navy Falls short at Normandy". December 1998. Naval History Magazine. March 28, 2001. a b "Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. p.45 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. Assault Plan". Omaha Beachhead. United States Army Center of Military History. 1994 [20 September 1945]. pp.11–16. Archived from the original on 2009-06-22 . Retrieved 2007-06-10.