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One D-Day question I've never heard an answer to: why didn't the Allies just
macdizzle
6/6/23 10:05pm
Clouds
Flippy
6/6/23 10:07pm
I think our best offense was surprise.
Cougarclaw
6/6/23 10:08pm
It would have given away our landing spot.
8-track
6/6/23 10:10pm
They bombed the German defenses
SageOwl
6/6/23 10:10pm
Thank you.
macdizzle
6/6/23 10:11pm
Many of the beaches were easy to breach as a result of the bombing and the deception of Operation Fortitude
HuskerFan2
6/6/23 10:22pm
I've also read they tried to do this, but from high altitude with B17's. Clouds made this more inaccurate.
PogiCoug
6/6/23 10:41pm
Meant of OP, but works here too
PogiCoug
6/6/23 10:42pm
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Sandstone Cougar
6/7/23 12:11am
I think I remember hearing that the clouds caused problems and unfortunately
Zip
6/6/23 10:11pm
My guess: surprise and inaccurate bombers
Mike Bolton
6/6/23 10:14pm
Good point. I'm thinking in terms of dropping a bomb on a dime like today.
macdizzle
6/6/23 10:16pm
That is a very recent development.
Copelius
6/6/23 10:27pm
They did, but it didn't work. There was no such thing as precision bombing at
cvd6262
6/6/23 10:18pm
Malcom Gladwell recently released on a book on this
Carnac
6/6/23 10:41pm
I think I saw a YouTube that said the sperry bombsight was better.
Mike Bolton
6/6/23 10:49pm
Plus I'm a hack
PogiCoug
6/6/23 10:43pm
The Navy shelled the yewt out of the beaches and hillsides just prior to the
Carnac
6/6/23 10:38pm
Did this most places. Largely ineffective. Iwo Jima is another example
Blueto
6/6/23 10:41pm
The had heavy bombardment before and during the invasion. My neighbor in our
CanuckUte
6/6/23 10:46pm
Also, Germans expected the attack further east from Normandy, at Pas de Calais..
ABN RGR
6/6/23 10:47pm
Sidebar story on D-Day linked to James Doohan, "Scotty" on Star Trek
CoogsWin
6/6/23 10:50pm
Fun story. I am sure he was glad to have normal conversation instead of goofballs asking him to say “she can’t
Sandstone Cougar
6/7/23 12:12am
Naval bombardment mostly overshot the beach fortifications; even in Desert Storm
BlueInfidel
6/7/23 1:38am
I just watched a show about this. The B-26s were assigned to Utah beach and
scvcoog
6/7/23 9:26am
I think that was part of it
Carnac
6/7/23 10:37am
One of the other issues at Omaha (and Utah for that matter) was the US forces
CanuckUte
6/7/23 11:25am
They did:
cougarmeister
6/14/23 7:24pm
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