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To: Nicojones

Why were the nazi bunkers not being bombed an hour before the invasion?


8 posted on 06/07/2019 1:39:31 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: mowowie

They were. Bomb accuracy sucked in WW2.


9 posted on 06/07/2019 1:40:55 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: mowowie

Hindsight is 20/20.

I can’t remember who said it, but “War is a series of calamities, that result in victory.”


11 posted on 06/07/2019 1:43:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mowowie

They were. But the concrete bunkers just rode it out.
It was as useless as softening up Tarawa.


12 posted on 06/07/2019 1:59:53 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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