In the Normandy invasion Hitler made a counter attack that could have caused the invasion to fail. explain?

Question

please explain this

Answer 1

The counterattacke failed because of the allied air superiority. The Panzer reserves were released from the Pas de Calais area too late to meet the allies on the beaches. The only available Panzer Division available during the crucial first day or two was the Panzer Lehr Division. The counterattack had little chance of success.

As someone probably mentioned above, Rommel was overruled in the placement of the reserves, he wanted them closer to the beaches and under his tactical control. He could then counter attack while they were on the beaches. Hitler, however, maintained control of the tactical Panzer reserves and the rest is history.

Answer 2

Hitler did not in fact launch a counter attack against the invasion. He easily could have, the Germans did possess the forces to theoretically push back the invaders. However, they German high command was so convinced that the "real invasion" was going to happen at Pas De Calais they did not react to the D-Day landings in an aggressive enough manner.

There was a counter attack against the US breakout from normandy, which could have had serious consequences to the Allies, but it was unsuccessful. If it had worked, a large portion of US forces would have been cut off from supply and possibly wiped out. A defeat that early in the break out could have delayed, or possibly even reversed the success of the allied invasion.

Answer 3

The Germans had a good idea that an invasion was going to happen and they knew what beaches might be involved.

However, the British put in place a good decoy - they made up alot of dummy and inflatable airplanes and tanks and jeeps that made it look like an invasion armada was gathering - and they made it obvious for German reconnaise planes to see and report back to Hitler.

But the real attack force was no where near where Hitler believed it would fall. The British deception not only worked, but as others here have pointed out - Hitler did not care to listen to the advice of his generals.

Answer 4

Hitler called up all his tank reserves and made an all out last chance offensive
ultimately it failed because he severely underestimated the formidable might and tenacity of the allied forces which were by the way outnumbered 10 to one but managed to suceed in dealing a death blow to the dastardly Nazi regime
this was called the battle of the bulge

Answer 5

Fighting on 3 fronts Hitler didn't have the amount of troops to cover 3 fronts.He put reserves in the battle but, it wasn't enough to stop the allied from invading Germany.

Answer 6

inspite of hitler's orders to the contrary; erwin rommel,who had been placed in charge of the defenses of "fortress europe"established deep armored defense in the frech backcountry of hedgerows and unnamed roads!!eliteSS TANK DIVISIONS manned with "hitler jugend"- trained and indoctinenated hard corp nazi troops were held in reserve away from the beaches!!!!rommel had designed a "defense-in-depth"taking maximum usage of the rugged hedgerows to tie-up roads with well-concealed ambushcades at every turn and hillock;every way through the gnarled and contorted bushes lining the fields was contested with entrenched armor;keyed-in mortar brigades,the deadly "german 88" wheel mounted, anti-aircraft cannon which was even deadlier in a "point-blank" anti-tank role,machine gun nests and mined roads and thoroughfares!!!it is from these positions and implacements and with superior tank tactics that rommel's plan could be further implemented with massed tank and heavy troop amies flanking invading allies columns as they made their way in columns inland with increasingly stretched out logistical convoys leading back to the beaches
which would be known so that those lines could be severed or captured along with supplies,ammunition,and howitzers which were in short supply in the german ranks at various points!!hitler's idea was to make the beaches so forbidding that no one would dare to attempt an invasion;going against the germans own proven strategy of conquest which involved the eneloping and bypassing of "static" defenses as they had the dutch forts and the maginot line;and this extremely successfully!!!much of the beach defenses were concrete "dumbie defenses" with no real cannon or troops!!a conduit system actual feed steam and smoke from the actual
explosives from nearby fort to make it look like they were actually firing live shells!!camoflauge and deception were used by both sides throughout the war!!disguising real targets and building elaborate set-props to draw off bombing raids and guerills/partizan activity mounted on allied aerial reconizance photography!!