Why is it that the Higgins boats used at Normandy on D-day had no way to provide cover for disembarking troops (mounted machine guns, rockets, etc), and opened in the front, exposing the men inside to fire? I've seen that the boats used to cross the Rhine river in Operation Varsity did have at least one kind of mounted machine gun, and opened in the rear of the boat. was it really too hard to slap a few MG's on a landing boat on D-Day?
2006-11-03
06:52:56
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