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Report by Major D Leyton RE on the assault on various beaches
Catalogue reference: DEFE 2/485
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- 1944
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Report by Major D Leyton RE on the assault on various beaches
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Combined Operations Headquarters, and Ministry of Defence, Combined Operations Headquarters...
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