2007-11-28 08:21:54 · 6 answers · asked by Remijio Y 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
They pushed off the beaches and established a foothold in the region. If they had stayed within the area of the coast instead of pushing in, the German reinforcements that came shortly thereafter would have pushed them into the sea, like at Dunkirk.
They put the famous General Patton in charge of a fake army. They dressed up a dead soldier in military clothes with fake orders in a suitcase and left him where the Germans would find him. They had the best secret agent of his time (actually acting as a German spy) give fake orders for a landing somewhere else.
It was a beautiful plan.
2007-11-28 08:29:09 · answer #1 · answered by Yun 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
First off, get your head around the idea that D-Day was a combined allied effort.
The US beach head on Omaha beach almost got pushed back into the sea. The efforts of US troops tired of getting shot to pieces on the beach, to get off the beach. In the words of one Lieutenant: "They're murdering us on this beach, we might as well get off the beach and get murdered inland."
The 82 Airborne capturing St. Mere Eglise was very important, as it denied the Germans an important crossroad and staging area for counter attacks.
Allied intelligence continuing to fool the German intelligence into believing that the main invasion would be at the Pas de Calais for a full month after the Normany landings, kept strong german armored reserves from being released to attack the beach heads.
Allied air superiority was also a key advantage. Only a handful of Luftwaffe aircraft were able to get anywhere near the beaches.
2007-11-28 08:47:48 · answer #2 · answered by gromit801 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Normandy.
The Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, establishing the first foothold in Western Europe. Not only was it crucial, in order to be able to launch and sustain the drive across the channel, but it was also an important morale-breaker for the Germans. Hitler, having been told by his psychic that Normandy was impregnable, really did not believe that the Allies could cross the Channel and scale the cliffs without being detected in time to bring in artillery and air forces. Guess they were wrong again, huh.
2007-11-28 08:36:49 · answer #3 · answered by eringobraghless 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They kept pushing inland despite catastrophic losses on the beaches.
And, yes, Canada and Britain were there as well, as well as Polish, Free French, you name it.
We just seemed to draw the short straws with Utah and Omaha. Could be the Supreme Commander knew we would Keep pushing...
2007-11-28 11:06:18 · answer #4 · answered by 34th B.G. - USAAF 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They practiced deception & secrecy. There was actually a staging area which had fake tanks and planes. Meanwhile, our real staging area was completely secret.
2007-11-28 08:28:54 · answer #5 · answered by IamCount 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Persevere. And not let it turn into another "Dunkirk".
Wotan
2007-11-28 08:30:13 · answer #6 · answered by Alberich 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋