If Hitler had concentrated his troops at Normandy on D-Day instead of Calais, will the America lost?

Answer 1

I seriously doubt it. The higher ups of the allied army had overestimated the army at normandy from the start and were going off of the worst case scenario. As I recall, Eisenhower had the expectations of around 70% casualties from the assault, but what occured was somewhere near 20%. They had expected reinforcements to continue to pour in from the surrounding areas, including Calais, which did not happen immediately because of german command problems (Rommel and other german officers were in Berlin when the invasion began).

You also must remember that normandy was a calculated assault from the beginning. Allied intelligence had been tracking the armies in France, and I'd assume if the Germans had built up their entire army at Normandy, the allies would have chosen a different area to assault.

Answer 2

Had Hitler concentrated his forces at Normandy the Allies probably would not have landed in Normandy but in Calais or elsewhere instead.

Part of the overall strategy was to fool Hitler into concentrating his forces in Calais the closest point in France to Britain. To that effect, the Allies set up a phony army with Patton in command to give the Nazis the illusion that Calais was their ulitimate invasion point. This deception was so successful that in the inital invasion of Normandy, many top Nazi leaders still thought Calias was where the main invasion would come from while the Normandy invasion was actually just a diversion. This confusion help the Allies in winning the Battle of Normandy.

The idea from the get-go was to land where there would less resistance in order for the Allies to build-up and push out. The Allies closely monitored Nazi activity and would not have invaded Normandy had a strongly concentrated force was stationed there. They probably would have gone to Calais or Brittany.

So in answer to your question - no, because deception and misdirection were key components of the D-Day invasion. The Allies did not want another Dieppe - ie an attack on strongly fortified positions heavily defended. While Omaha was a bloody affair, the other landings met with far less resistance. Utah Beach only lost a dozen men in comparison.

Answer 3

by spring of 1944, the destiny of the Axis often, and Germany in certain, became quite somewhat a finished deal. contained in the East, the Russians had ultimately held and were starting up to push the German military decrease back. The Allied forces had already taken North Africa, and were advancing up the Italian boot. Had Hitler (or the different severe-score Nazi) suspected that the landings were to be in Normandy, truly than swallowing the large disinformation scheme that pointed to Calais, I actually have no doubt that the landings would were postponed till such time as situations were perfect. It became contact and bypass because it became, fantastically on the Omaha coastline-head. yet lose the conflict? unlikely. Germany no longer had thre factors, which includes guy-ability, to wish for something except a negotiated peace.

Answer 4

Germany was bordering on economic collapse, and no matter how Hitler had positioned his troops, he would have lost against the economic strength of America, Canada, Russia and other countries. However the disposition of troops is not a simple matter and intelligence would have prevented a faux pas on the part of Eisenhower and other leaders. Hitler would have finally lost the war through attrition as the bombings crippled the war machine and even if the Invasion had not taken place but sustained bombing continued, the Third Reich was doomed

Answer 5

Unlikely, the Western front was commanded by von Rundstedt who believed in keeping German reserves away from the beaches & confronting the Allied forces inland whereas Rommel, who was subordinated to von Rundstedt, argued for confrontation on the beaches & preventing the Allied forces from gaining a foothold on France.

Secondly, the Americans had air superiority which could interdict German troop & armour movements.

Thirdly, the Germans were stretched thin, having to fight the numerically superior & resource rich Russians on the Eastern Front & therefore do not have the resources & manpower necessary to defeat the Americans.

Answer 6

I think America would have had an unsuccesful operation if wasn't for the diversion. General Dwight D. Eisenhower believe that there could have an 80% fatality rate for his troops if the diversion wasn't succesful. Also if the Germans were prepared and awake, maybe more of the Higgins boat would have not reached the shore or landed troops. But of course Operation Overlord was histories largest most amphibious operation ever excuted. So I could still be wrong.

Answer 7

Perhaps that initial invasion would have been lost, but not the war. No doubt the atomic bomb would have been first used on Germany rather than Japan. Once most of the German high command had been eliminated in a strike, perhaps Berlin, the remnant of the German leadership would have sued for peace.

Answer 8

No. I don't think losing awas an option for the Americans. They would have kept pounding away at the German line until Hitler gave in. It would be a war of attrition for a little while but since the Germans were sanctioned and had no food coming into the country, they would ahve given up first.

Answer 9

hitler was doomed when the first snowflake fell on german armor. sept 21. 1941...and germany was already bankrupt..the war lasted as long as it because it was run by governments and britain and the US refused conditional surrender offered years before the war was over..when we have a tomb of the unknown politician..wars will last on a few minutes...

Answer 10

no cos america are far away from normandy