Combat Ships The History Channel "The Vessels That Saved D-Day"

I've been watching Combat Ships on the history channel for a while the first two episode were interesting and examined various different ships in Combat they were missions that have been examined in other documentaries but episode three bought some lesser known information to the fore.

Last nights episode which covered the vessels that saved D-day shone light on little known missions that while small made huge differences to Overlord and the invasion of Europe.

The small x-craft that waited of the Normandy coast in order to set up signal lights so the invasion armada could navigate to Sword and Juno beeches. Giving the view a taste of what it was like inside and the harsh conditions the crew endured during the wait for the go ahead.

The HDML boat that guided the fleet through the German mine field in the channel, with the high risk involved the crew in tiny wooden boats fighting a storm and using a secret navy navigation aid for the first time the crews mission had a pivotal importance.

Where posable the documentary tries to show ships that are still in existence and give their mission profile. To that end there are two veterans of D-day preserved HMS Belfast and USS Texas with accounts from witnesses who viewed the action carried out by these cruisers and their big guns it portrays the action and examines the results highlighting the importance of that fire mission.

Anyone who has an interest in history is familiar with the duplex drive tanks and they're use in the D-day landings the las"ship" to be profiled in this episode are those tanks showing their operation and use in detail