World War II Did the Allies be raided by bicycles after the Normandy landings?

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Michelle. Wittman.

Recognized as the best tank commander in the German army, with a brilliant record.

During the Battle of Normandy, he drove the Tiger I to raid the British Desert Rat's 7th Panzer Division. It's a pity that it was glorious in the end.

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Tactically, the Germans had a chance of winning. But the premise is that the German army must have first-hand accurate information!

Judging from the actual course of the Normandy landings, it is clear that the Germans were misled by the disinformation deliberately deployed by the Allies and placed the key defensive area in the Calais area. After the Normandy landing ground was opened by the Allies, although the Germans immediately organized more than 20 divisions to reinforce them, it was to no avail.

From another point of view, even if the Germans were able to successfully prevent the Allied landing in Normandy, it would only delay the opening of a second theater of war by the Allies. Judging from the balance of forces between the two warring parties at that time, the German army was not superior, and its Atlantic barrier defense line was long and its forces were scattered, which was extremely unfavorable for defense. As soon as one of these points is broken through by the Allies, it is likely to cause the consequences of a "collapse" of the entire front.

Third, from the overall strategic point of view, the German army at that time was almost in a state of retreat on the Eastern Front, and the morale of the army was weakened and demoralized. Although the Western Front is also relatively important, as long as the Eastern Front is not secured, the consequences of the entire war will remain unchangeable. It can be seen from this that the final defeat of Germany in World War II was, from a military point of view, the result of the tilt of overall forces towards the side of the anti-fascist Allies.

This ending is not passed.

One or two partial battles can be completely reversed.

Theoretically, the Germans had the possibility of a tactical victory.

In order to prevent a miscalculation of the landing site of the Allied forces, Rommel suggested that Hitler concentrate the use of armored forces as a reserve, so as to drive the Allied troops into the sea as soon as possible. However, Hitler considered that the Allies had already gained air supremacy at that time, and was willing to spread the risk for fear of being bombed. In fact, wouldn't this make it even more difficult to prevent the Allied landing?

By the time German reinforcements arrived slowly, the Allied landing grounds had almost expanded.

The middle and late stages of World War II were completely fought into a war of attrition, and even if the Allies failed to land once, they could still prevent a second one. And the Germans have exhausted the armored forces this time, and it will not be possible to put them into the armored forces again next time in any case. At that time, the war reached such an extent that Germany not only lost its sea and air supremacy, but even its land forces began to be suppressed by the Soviet Union.

Anything is possible in theory, but in practice it is completely impossible. The Allied landing was originally carried out under the absolute superiority of strength, and the German strength was originally an absolute disadvantage in defense, and strategically it was successfully attracted by the Allies to Calais, and the German army in the Normandy area could only resist for a while, and after a long time, the German army could not bear it after the landing of the Allied follow-up troops.

The chances of the German army winning were very small, the general trend was inevitable, the German army at that time was no longer as combative as it was in 39, and the British Isles were not taken, which was equivalent to planting a time bomb on their side, even if there was no Normandy landing, there would be other landings.

The chances of a German counterattack were very small, and even with Rommel's strategy of "bloody beaches", the defense of Normandy would not be up to his requirements. In fact, the fortifications of Normandy were not completed until the beginning of the battle. Not to mention the fact that the Germans had lost air supremacy, and they had always thought that the main direction of attack of the Allies was the coast of Calais.

If Rommel judged correctly, he could kill more Allies, but it wouldn't change the tide of the battle, sooner or later.

The Allies attacked the east and west, and the Germans lost their opportunity

The reasons for Germany's defeat are as follows.

1.France was Germany's rear (even if it was within the radius of the Royal Air Force) and was even called a sanatorium for the Eastern Front (where the disabled troops who fought with the Soviets came to rest), and most of its defenders were 'national militia' (that is, the Chinese militia) and foreign volunteers, many of whom were not Germans and had low enthusiasm for combat.

2.The coastline is long, and there are not enough defenders (except for important towns such as Calais), such as the famous Omaha Beach, which is actually garrisoned by only one unsatisfactory motley regiment. And garrisons like Utah Beach are less than 500 people.

The coastal fortifications were incomplete, and the Atlantic ramparts were just an unfinished product. Due to the lack of ** (and it is also said to confuse the Allies) coastal artillery is a large number of fakes and can only be used to scare people. (The French partisans submitted this information to the Allies).

3.The general's mind is stiff, (since the death of General Rommel, well, it is the desert fox Rommel, who returned from North Africa and served in the defense of the French region.) The new general adopted a 'textbook' deployment, deploying powerful armored forces in Paris and letting the infantry guard the beaches in order to cope with all changes (this was originally normal thinking, but unfortunately after the war, the Allied air force nailed most of the armored forces to the road, so that the armored troops did nothing at first, but lost more than half of them).

4.Allied intelligence did an excellent job, deception with fake documents, public figures appearing opposite Calais, preparing for an attack in Calais, having planes crash with fake documents, etc., successfully confusing the German command.

5.The most critical point was that the Allied air force, with its disruptive bombing, constantly harassed the German march, holding most of the German troops on the road and unable to get to the beach.

Whether it is a military stronghold or a small group of German troops, the air force will kill whatever it sees, except for 2 German FW-190s that have 'passed' Normandy, if the coastline is long, there is no German aircraft to support.

6.The role of the paratroopers: to control the main bridges and disperse the German defenders.

The Germans actually did a very good job: 1Under the bombardment of this scale, the railways were largely unobstructed except for the front line (the railways were repaired within 6 hours after the bombing, and the railway bridges were repaired within 3 days, thanks to the highly skilled German railway workers and the well-developed railway network) were much worse than the roads.

2.The small units of the German army fought tenaciously, and when they lacked intelligence and could not get reliable orders (the command headquarters was in disarray, orders were changed repeatedly), they relied only on combat experience, inflicting heavy losses on the Allies (Pokaki Nightmare and other examples).

The center of gravity of strategic defense is not here, it is affected by disinformation.

Hitler was deceived by the Allies into believing that he would land in Calais.

The main thing is carelessness! It's because of the weather!

The most important reason: the German army in 1944 began to decline, both in terms of the size and quality of the troops was far less powerful and elite than in 1941, while the Allies had been carefully preparing for the Normandy landings for a long time. In particular, the Western Front is the rear of the German army, and the German troops deployed here are all remnants of the defeated soldiers who have been disabled or heavily damaged on the Soviet-German battlefield on the Eastern Front, or newly formed troops that have just accepted a large number of recruits and are training and running-in.

A prime example of this is the fact that the German troops defending Normandy were filled with overage soldiers and even foreigners who were forced to serve.

Surprisingly, the main forces of the German army were on the Eastern Front, and the Western Front was lacking in troops.