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Stupid Question About D Day
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:41 pm
Why didn’t we just bomb the beach area to oblivion before the invasion?
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Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:42 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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This post was edited on 3/6/21 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:42 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Because you touch yourself at night
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:43 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:43 pm to Ramblin Wreck
The were machine gun nest bunkered in 15 feet of concrete and re-bar. Back then, that was bomb proof.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:44 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Watch a few documentaries on D-Day and you will have your answer. Lots of brave men fought that day. 
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:44 pm to Hulkklogan
bombing wasn't the laser guided precision we know today...
what would have been more useful would have been a couple more battleships and cruisers with more close in shore bombardment...
what would have been more useful would have been a couple more battleships and cruisers with more close in shore bombardment...
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:44 pm to Ramblin Wreck
We tried to soften them up but the hardened German entrenchments were damn near impregnable
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:45 pm to Ramblin Wreck
quote:I think you meant to ask, "Why didn't we just nuke North Vietnam?"
Why didn’t we just bomb the beach area to oblivion before the invasion?
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:46 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Went there a few years ago, holes in the ground 15-20 feet deep from shells they never filled in. Thousands of them. And those are just the ones they didn't fill in. Awe inspiring what those young men went through.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:48 pm to Ramblin Wreck
quote:
Why didn’t we just bomb the beach area to oblivion before the invasion?
We did bomb the beaches.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:48 pm to Ramblin Wreck
quote:
Why didn’t we just bomb the beach area to oblivion before the invasion?
because the accuracy of bombs at that time was like just dropping confetti and trying to hit the target
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:49 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Stick to watching Sesame Street
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:50 pm to Ramblin Wreck
We did. Had to soften them up.
But air power wasn't very good back then AND we had to bomb other landing spots as a decoy.
But air power wasn't very good back then AND we had to bomb other landing spots as a decoy.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:54 pm to Masked Debator
The MG-42’s the German’s used from their bunkers were nothing nice.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:57 pm to Ramblin Wreck
What the hell are they teaching you kids in class these days?
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:57 pm to Ramblin Wreck
They did a major naval shelling, it didn't work. LINK
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:58 pm to deaconjones35
We did... We just missed the beaches and overshot the target... Mostly due to lower cloud cover.
I have read and heard numerous stories.. The guys hit the beach expecting bomb craters that they could take cover in, but there were none... Nothing but open flat sand with no place to take cover.
It wasn't until the Navy Destroyers got involved in the battle that it started turning the tide at Omaha.
I have read and heard numerous stories.. The guys hit the beach expecting bomb craters that they could take cover in, but there were none... Nothing but open flat sand with no place to take cover.
It wasn't until the Navy Destroyers got involved in the battle that it started turning the tide at Omaha.
This post was edited on 5/25/20 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:58 pm to RedlandsTiger
quote:they spent too much time contemplating their navals
They did a major naval shelling, it didn't work
Posted on 5/25/20 at 10:03 pm to Ramblin Wreck
The Nazi's were done after the failed Stalingrad invasion (those Russian Winters).
Wish we would've known this back then. Could've saved a ton of life's and money.
America was pretty much just fighting fanaticals, the SS was depleted on the eastern front.
Wish we would've known this back then. Could've saved a ton of life's and money.
America was pretty much just fighting fanaticals, the SS was depleted on the eastern front.
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