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re: Normandy- Omaha Beach question
Posted on 6/7/14 at 7:08 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Posted on 6/7/14 at 7:08 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Months.
He's is right about the accuracy of guns at the time being an issue of naval artillery support on D day, but wrong about technology suddenly resolving them for Pacific theater battles.
The weather is notoriously bad in that part of the ocean.
And it was particularly bad on D-day. (remember the vomiting in the landing boats on Saving Private Ryan?)
Shortly before the invasion (I think as late as June 4th), German meteorologists said that the weather was so bad that they felt invasion was impossible for at least 2 weeks.
Long range guns could not target bunkers without fear of hitting their troops in the rolling seas.
That was the big significance of the destroyers getting so close to shore: it allows them to switch to direct-fire aiming and marginalized the effect of rolling seas.
He's is right about the accuracy of guns at the time being an issue of naval artillery support on D day, but wrong about technology suddenly resolving them for Pacific theater battles.
The weather is notoriously bad in that part of the ocean.
And it was particularly bad on D-day. (remember the vomiting in the landing boats on Saving Private Ryan?)
Shortly before the invasion (I think as late as June 4th), German meteorologists said that the weather was so bad that they felt invasion was impossible for at least 2 weeks.
Long range guns could not target bunkers without fear of hitting their troops in the rolling seas.
That was the big significance of the destroyers getting so close to shore: it allows them to switch to direct-fire aiming and marginalized the effect of rolling seas.
This post was edited on 6/7/14 at 7:09 pm
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Posted on 6/7/14 at 7:15 pm to Volvagia
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He's is right about the accuracy of guns at the time being an issue of naval artillery support on D day, but wrong about technology suddenly resolving them for Pacific theater battles
My point exactly.
Posted on 6/7/14 at 8:39 pm to Volvagia
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And it was particularly bad on D-day. (remember the vomiting in the landing boats on Saving Private Ryan?)
Not arguing your point about the rough seas, but I think the vomiting was symbolic of them being scared shitless more than sea sickness.
Posted on 6/7/14 at 11:15 pm to Volvagia
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Months.
He's is right about the accuracy of guns at the time being an issue of naval artillery support on D day, but wrong about technology suddenly resolving them for Pacific theater battles.
Didn't mean to insinuate that the technology was widely different on the Pacific. Just saying that while our improved firing systems were substantially better than that Japs' and helped in certain conflicts (like Leyte Gulf where our firing accuracy compared to theirs is staggering) it was still too risky in this situation.
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