Can understand Normandy

Alanna 2021-12-22 08:01:08


1. Let me talk about the pre-war decision-making at the leadership level.
Climate is a decisive factor. 6.6 If you don’t land, you have to wait at least one month (the moon phase is very important). The landing must be dark, but the subsequent attack must have moonlight.
The tide must reach a certain standard, otherwise the landing will either be too far away and get into a bitter battle on the beach, or too close will encounter fortifications.

Location, in fact, the Chief of Staff of the German Rommel had tried the Normandy landing in the ensign exercise and won, but he thought that Eisenhower would not take a risk.

Not to mention that morale is the norm in every war.
Organized in an orderly manner, even the French resistance organization is
2, during the war:
all kinds of misfortunes when landing. Omaha is the most difficult battle to occupy the military powerhouse
landing craft
.

3. It is strategically successful, because the sacrifice for landing is far less than the survival.
And from a historical point of view, the Eastern Front has already counterattacked into the German mainland at this time, a bit of a taste of the fruits of victory. Of course, Europe and the United States did not pay attention to the Eastern Front War between Germany and Russia.

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  • Alphonso 2022-04-24 07:01:14

    Due to the limitation of technology, the war scenes were not filmed intensely enough.

  • Rosalind 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    The director just passed away not long ago. I want to revisit it, but I haven't found the time yet.

The Longest Day quotes

  • Major General Gunther Blumentritt: [in German] This is history. We are living an historical moment. We are going to lose the war because our glorious Führer has taken a sleeping pill and is not to be awakened. Sometimes I wonder which side God is on.

  • Private John Steele: Bonjour, mademoiselle. Je suis américain.