why didnt the french army get their own beach on DDAY?

Answer 1

There was a severe shortage of white flags, hence they could not support an effective surrender.

Answer 2

They had assignments commensurate with their combat capabilities, despite the fact that nobody in a leadership position in either the British or American services could tolerate DeGaulle. The three beaches, later expanded to five, covered all the real estate that could be covered, anyway. It could even be argued that Utah was too far to the right, and Omaha was only in the plan because of Utah, so the whole thing might have worked better on only the shorter front initially. The congestion would have been terrible, but if the Americans had gone in at Gold, the British 3rd Division might have had the concentration to take Caen on D-day.

Answer 3

The purpose of D-Day was to liberate France from German occupation. The French Army did not exist as the entire state was being administered by the Nazis from the government in Vichy, France.

The French Resistance did participate on the lead up to the attack and did help American paratroopers quite a bit.

Answer 4

The French army had been defeated. The ones left after surrender just went back to civilian life, joined the very few soldiers that left France, and some joined the resistance. The French resistance at the time showed the best military performance since Napoleon, granted that it was mostly done covertly.

Answer 5

The French army split into either loyalty to Vichy France, the puppet government established by Hitler in southern France, or loyalty to the Republic of France. The small number of French soldiers that were rescued from Dunkirk fought alongside the British, or led by Charles de Gaulle in London, organized 'la resistance' back in France.

But the vast majority of the French military was captured because they were entrenched in the Maginot Line, line that Hitler blitzed around through Ardennes forest. When France surrendered, that large chunk of soldiers were captured there, killed, or wounded. In all, France lost 90,000 troops, 200,000 were wounded, and approximately 1,800,000 were imprisoned.

Put simply: there was no French army after the invasion.

Answer 6

The French having been conquered by the Germans very early in the war did not have a large enough force to be considered an active force in DDay.

Answer 7

America didn't take the beach to liberate France. America didn't care about France at the time. Otherwise they wouldn't have waited over three years to enter the war in Europe. It was only after pearl harbor happened that we entered the war. Then later in 1944 we came over to Europe. The best way to take Berlin was to go through France and Belgium with supply lines going through the UK. We didn't liberate France for France but to take out Hitler.

Answer 8

There was no French army. If you saw the news reels of the fall of France to Hitler they were morbid, serious, and horrible to watch the pain and fear of a country occupied. It was foreboding to many what was to come.

My father was in the advance wave of paratroopers that allowed the Allies to land on Normandy deep inside France. A few days later he was at the bunker where Hitler commited suicide.

When your country calls you for civil defense, will you defend her or allow her to fall? That is your generations questions and those of your children, it's too late for me to answer it.

Answer 9

The French Army was long surrendered by June 6, 1944.

A few cheese-eating, beret-wearing, surrender monkeys did indeed land with the allies at Normandy, but they quickly surrendered as well.

Answer 10

The Allies landed on the French coast. So the whole thing belonged to them. Well, after the Allies booted the Nazi's off of it anyway.

Answer 11

Possibly because no French troops were involved in the initial landings?