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Originally Posted by Bindair Dundat
Not to mention laying a serious beat-down (in conjunction with Brits on their flank) on the only armoured counterattack attempted by the Germans, on D-Day proper.
Yeah...minor role my *ss. 
True, the US took a beating on Omaha. At Utah they basically walked ashore and sat on their butts. This, while the airborne (inland) took care of the artillery that was making life tough for them, and deflecting most of the German counter-offensive efforts in the sector.
Want to learn about D-Day and the Normandy Breakout?
Read "Normandy:1944" by Nicklas Zetterling (Schiffer Military History; 2000)...
It's from the German perspective, but it shows you who did what, and why it went down the way it did.
Don't get me started...LOL 
Ron |
Don't get your panties in a wad... Good lord, Canadian's played a role and a big role in WWII but lets not try to act that their role was no where near the effort that the yanks put in. While the Brits were scared to bomb during daylight it was the Yanks that did daylight bombing raids.