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To: jmacusa

Yeah D-Day was a big failure. You surely know that.


17 posted on 06/22/2018 12:00:22 PM PDT by deks
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To: deks
Yeah D-Day was a big failure. You surely know that.

Hitler was a worse "field commander". If Rommel were allowed to do what he wanted and the sea conditions different, D-Day would be a bloodbath and the Allies would never breach beyond the beaches and be repelled back to the sea. This is why Ike had a backup failure letter.

70 posted on 06/22/2018 12:45:03 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: deks
It dam near was. He signed of on Market Garden That went bloody well. The Hurtgen Forest debacle.
356 posted on 06/22/2018 9:55:39 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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