re: A seriously underrated aspect of D-Day and the Allied offensive in France

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To your point, one of the Germans fell back to a strong hold in a manor. They started getting hammered by rocket fire from P-47's. The German thought, this will let up in a minute. They got hit by sortie after sortie for 4 solid hours. He knew at the point it was over for Germany.

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Reminds me of this WWII joke:

A "green" sentry asks his CO how can he identify approaching troops in the dark or under low visibility conditions.

His CO answered:

You can identify an unknown force by firing one shot and judging the response. If the unknowns respond with precise, regimented rifle fire, they are British. If they respond with heavy machine gun fire, they are German. But if nothing happens for a few minutes, then your whole position gets leveled by artillery, they are American.

If they surrender, they're French.