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To: Chainmail

Yes, the US would have benefited from their ingenious use of tanks on Normandy, but rejected using them.


38 posted on 07/19/2017 8:21:21 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: fortheDeclaration

What we really needed was dedicated close air support, like Douglas MacArthur used in Luzon.

Some SBDs with Forward Air Controllers guiding them would have annihilated the German defenses above Omaha beach and saved a lot of our lives.


61 posted on 07/19/2017 3:55:26 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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