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How the Navy’s D-Day amphibious attack on Utah beach achieved 'tactical surprise'
Warrior Maven via Fox News ^ | 11/12/2018 | Kris Osborn

Posted on 11/12/2018 1:30:47 PM PST by DFG

Battling rough seas with five-foot waves, thrashing wind gusts and heavy enemy fire, U.S. Navy amphibious landing craft attacking Utah Beach on D-Day actually managed to achieve total tactical surprise.

Although amphibious forces eventually took heavy German artillery fire as they got closer, the amphibious landing force was well protected by Allied air superiority and cloudy weather.

“As our forces approached the French coast without a murmur from the enemy or from their own radio, the realization that once again almost complete tactical surprise had been achieved slowly dawned,” said Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, Naval Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Naval Expeditionary Force for the invasion, according to Naval Heritage and History Command’s “Operation Neptune – The Invasion of Normandy.”

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KEYWORDS: dday; normandy; utah; worldwareleven; ww2; wwii
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To: Sequoyah101

Even when it does harm, many Brits tend to have a high-handed, superior manner in dealing with Americans. The exceptions tend to be Thatcherite type conservatives, who tend to admire the US and like Americans.


41 posted on 11/12/2018 6:15:16 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: Bull Snipe

The guy I knew was also a scout leader. Do you remember his name?


42 posted on 11/12/2018 6:42:14 PM PST by cyclotic ( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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To: W.

Gold,Sword,Juno,Omaha, Utah and I didn’t look it up.


43 posted on 11/12/2018 6:57:46 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: reg45

Hmmmm ...

OK, without looking:

Utah and Omaha were American

Juno and Sword were British

Gold was Canadian.

Now, I’ll go check.

No! Juno was Canadian; Gold and Sword were British.


44 posted on 11/12/2018 7:24:17 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Eagles6

I didn’t either. My whole family is military...but not me, bad eyes and lungs. Oh well...


45 posted on 11/12/2018 8:16:42 PM PST by W. (Belch!)
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To: Rockingham

Even when it does harm, many Brits tend to have a high-handed, superior manner in dealing with Americans.

>Five star admiral Ernest King must have been well aware of this, he was renowned for his opposition to the Brits high-handedness, so much so some historians call him an anglo-phobe. Eisenhower,trying to get the chief of staffs to “work with the Brits,” said “somebody ought to shoot King.”


46 posted on 11/12/2018 9:18:00 PM PST by sasportas
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To: reg45

oops....... yep. of course the airborne too


47 posted on 11/13/2018 4:26:03 AM PST by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: sasportas

Ernie King had such a prickly personality that he was said to always be in a rage. Moreover, he would have put a greater effort into fighting Japan. That cannot have pleased Eisenhower, who was chronically hard pressed to get the needed naval resources, especially landing craft.


48 posted on 11/13/2018 5:39:48 AM PST by Rockingham
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To: cyclotic

Lyle Frost


49 posted on 11/14/2018 11:25:41 AM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe

Different guy. The guy I knew was also involved with Scouts. I forget his name but would have recognized it.

I doubt there were that many UDT guys on Normandy that night. Hero’s all


50 posted on 11/14/2018 12:47:58 PM PST by cyclotic ( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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To: NorthMountain

I only know because the V For Victory games were named for them.


51 posted on 11/14/2018 12:51:39 PM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: cyclotic

Yes, hero’s all


52 posted on 11/14/2018 2:12:06 PM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: Bratch
"I realize it's nothing like real life, but I enjoy watching "Seal Team" on CBS."

I've read the show, "Seal Team" has credible advisors for that show. It's one of our favorites.

53 posted on 11/14/2018 9:25:26 PM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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