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[virus]

The two destroyers that kneaded as near as 800m to the beach were severely underrated.

Their actions may be miniscule but that covering bombardment potentially has saved hundreds, if not thousands of young men from being slaughtered…

[Martin-]

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Yet Halder continued with the attack. He was the Chief of staff and responsible for operation Barbarossa

[ukmediawarrior]

Not only did the bombers dropping their bombs late fail to destroy any beach defences, they also failed to give the landing troops bomb craters for cover on the approach up the beach. Something the planners had promised the soldiers would be there

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My grandfather's bomber squadron hit one of the radar stations that might have picked up the approaching fleet in the hours just after midnight. The belly gunner in their plane caught a glimpse of the invasion fleet steaming toward Normandy on their way back, and was teased about his ghost fleet nobody else could see. During the debriefing, the BBC made its announcement of the landing, which was broadcast on the base's PA system. Going by his memoirs, my grandfather was quite grumpy about all the celebrating because his crew was booked for another night mission the very next night and it was too loud to sleep well.

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God i would love a full game or movie about the D Day invadion from each divisons perspective at the different beaches. I always knew every beach landing was important, but being American i was usually exposed to Utah and Omaha (and in cases of media typically Omaha more so).

This video, however, has made me fully invested and interested in the other parts of the invasion. It is simply fascinating the amount of planning and then effort/bravery required to make D-Day succeed, and despite the many setbacks that happened it was still a success. Amazing vid, thank you for it!

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