"D-Day 75: How close did D-Day come to failure?" Topic
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Tango01  | 20 Feb 2021 9:22 p.m. PST |
Too many "what if " here…
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Armand
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 deadhead | 21 Feb 2021 9:06 a.m. PST |
I think the planners would have gone to Oppenheimer and said "Bob, you know that Manhattan thing. No not the cocktail, the bigger bang for your buck thing….." |
| Tango01 | 21 Feb 2021 3:26 p.m. PST |
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ScottWashburn  | 22 Feb 2021 10:47 a.m. PST |
Outright failure was very unlikely. A more likely scenario would be a failure to expand the initial beachhead and the Germans locking it up tight like they did at Anzio. The invasion forces would have not been withdrawn to save face, but the follow up forces (beyond the minimum needed to defend the beachhead) might have been diverted to reinforce the landings in Southern France. The ultimate outcome might have seen victory delayed a few months, but probably not more. |
| Heedless Horseman | 22 Feb 2021 11:15 a.m. PST |
Once the initial landings achieved lodgement, the only real issue was supply… and the enormous logistics support was there. IF the Germans HAD managed to 'contain' the allied bridgehead… and received massive reinforcement… then they would have been 'bled dry'…BLASTED by allied airpower.
The trick was to establish the bridgehead… and THAT could have gone awry. |
| Tango01 | 22 Feb 2021 12:19 p.m. PST |
Thanks!.
Amicalement
Armand
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