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Real Survival Stories
The book was referenced when Dr. Tessa Dunlop discussed the crucial logistical roles women played in the lead‑up to D‑Day, using her expertise as the author to illustrate how women fed, packed, and organized supplies for the troops. The mention served to underscore the historical contribution of women rather than to promote the title directly.
Episode: Introducing: D-Day: The Tide Turns - Episode 1
Dr. Tessa Dunlop, a historian and author, explained that women were involved in many logistical tasks during the lead up to the D-Day invasion, such as feeding the troops, packing their kit bags, sewing their kit bags, typing up troop orders, logistically shunting them across the country and so on.
Dr Tessa Dunlop, historian and author of Army Girls.
If you have up to two million men based in Britain, training all over the country, who's feeding them? Who's packing their kit bags? Who's sewing their kit bags? Who's typing up the troop orders and the marches? Who's logistically shunting them from one end of the country to the other end of the country? Women. All that stuff is increasingly done by women.