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re: Let's not forget that D-Day was simply the beginning...
Posted on 6/6/19 at 2:15 pm to LSUBalla
Posted on 6/6/19 at 2:15 pm to LSUBalla
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You act like the Allies had an endless supply of troops. We committed 156,000 soldiers and
195,700 naval personnel to this one mission.
We had nearly 1.3 million men in Normandy by the middle of July 1944. We had an additional 600,000 slated to land in the south of France in August as part of Operation Dragoon. There were a further 620,000 Allied soldiers advancing through Italy by May of 1944. The 150,000 soldiers we had on hand for the D-Day landings were chump change compared to what we had waiting in reserve.
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Posted on 6/6/19 at 3:16 pm to RollTide1987
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We had nearly 1.3 million men in Normandy by the middle of July 1944.
Exaclty, the Normandy invasions were to get a foothold in France so we can get the 1.3 million on the western front. If we fail then who knows how successful operation dragoon is. Wars aren't fought on paper if they were d-day would have failed. The odds were against us- landing on a beach that is mined and with Germans perched on the bluffs in a clearly strategic position.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 3:17 pm to RollTide1987
This is horse shite.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 3:25 pm to LSUBalla
quote:D-day was important. But once Hitler didnt win the Battle of Britain, the end was just a matter of time. We were coming up his arse one way or the other. I will never understand why he thought pushing into russia was a good idea
Exaclty, the Normandy invasions were to get a foothold in France so we can get the 1.3 million on the western front. If we fail then who knows how successful operation dragoon is. Wars aren't fought on paper if they were d-day would have failed. The odds were against us- landing on a beach that is mined and with Germans perched on the bluffs in a clearly strategic position.
He should have regrouped when he realized Britain wasnt going to back down and russia was going to throw millions upon millions of bodies at him. He could have had a nice chunk of Europe under german power if so
This post was edited on 6/6/19 at 3:27 pm
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