ABSTRACT
Early on the morning of 25 August 1944, the portly and sedate Solly Zuckerman found a compelling reason to dash into the ante-room of Tedder’s office, in the Petit Trianon at Versailles, clutching two long rolls of what looked like wallpaper, which he spread out on the floor; Tedder arrived, got down on his hands and knees, and soon realised why Zuckerman was so uncommonly excited. They were looking at daily traffic flow charts, from May 1940 until the end of May 1944, in the German-controlled railway region, which had Brussels as its centre; charts that not only confirmed the success of the transportation plan in helping Overlord, but also convinced them that similar attacks should now be extended into western Germany.
