I am still amazed at how bad the D-Day plan was. It succeeded
probably because Rommel was away and people around Hitler were
afraid to wake him up; also because of the grit of the commandos
who landed ahead of the invasion. The Allies "swimming tanks" were
a bad gamble on a critical item. Close air support should have been
much more intense. Failing to train pilots delivering paratroopers
in handling flak was a major error. The fact that naval commanders
weren't told to support the ground troops by whatever means
necessary was foolish-- we're very lucky that one destroyer captain
decided to risk his government issue to do so.
I am awed by the bravery of the men who took part in the attack,
and a lot less so by the men who sent them.
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