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Originally Posted by rogueteens
apparently, the bombing was meant to create fox holes for the solders but hardly any actually reached the beaches so when the soldiers came ashore there was no hiding places on the beaches so they congregated on the shore, a German machine gunner interviewed said himself that he couldn't believe how they left themselves so exposed and easy to pick off. they really needed a commanding officer to push them forwards.
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i see what you are saying, yeah, also, the troop carriers, i can't recall the name of them, left the tops of the troops heads exposed/had major vulnerablities. the nazi long range machine gunners were getting them ~400 yards out, if memory serves me.