General outline of Operation Neptune section 2 to 6.
        
        Operation Neptune, naval orders including outline of Operation Maple (Minelaying plan); Diversions covering operation Glimmer (to make a feint at the beaches of Pas De Calais at the same time as the assault), operation taxable (to make a feint at the beaches astride Cap Antifer at the same time as the assault), operation Bigdrum (to make a small RCM force on the western flank of the assault to occupy the attention of enemy radar stations situated in the North East Cotentin), Loading and Assembly; Instructions for Neptune Covering Forces and Instructions for Minesweeping.
                  
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During WWII a level of clearance called "Bigot" was adopted by the allies. This was in order to create a smaller circle of individuals who were cleared to know information.
      
    Administrative / biographical background
During WWII a level of clearance called "Bigot" was adopted by the allies. This was in order to create a smaller circle of individuals who were cleared to know information.
Record Details
| Item reference: | MUL/1/2; MS1980/119 | 
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections | 
| Level: | ITEM | 
| Extent: | folder | 
| Date made: | 1944 | 
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London | 
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- General outline of Operation Neptune. (Manuscript) (MUL/1/1)
 - General outline of Operation Neptune section 2 to 6. (Manuscript) (MUL/1/2)
 - General outline of Operation Neptune section 7 to 10. (Manuscript) (MUL/1/3)
 - General outline of Operation Neptune section 11 to 13. (Manuscript) (MUL/1/4)
 - General outline of Operation Neptune section 14 to 16. (Manuscript) (MUL/1/5)
 - General outline of Operation Neptune section 17 to 22. (Manuscript) (MUL/1/6)
 - General outline of Operation Neptune original covering. (Manuscript) (MUL/1/7)
 
 
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