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On June 6th, 1944, allied forces under the flags of Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States landed on Juno, Sword, Gold, Utah, and Omaha beaches in Normandy in the largest landing invasion in history, paving the way for a western front to be opened in Europe during WW2.

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[-] AlexandairBabeuf@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

Wally strategic planning presumed a semi-defensive war fought in Belgium or beyond, Belgium trying to do neutrality and re-enact WW1 fucked this up. the Saar offensive (and all other possible offensives on the french border) a) butted into the German defenses--hard fighting b) dislodged troops from a position of strength on the Maginot.

off of the franco-german border, the Wallys were perfectly prepared to engage the Axis, the naval war was hot, and a naval blockade was initiated. the blockade especially indicates Wally intentions, you'd hardly expect a germany cut off from the rest of the world to invade the USSR and win

[-] Anna_KOC@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

Pretty strange to enact a blockade without also attacking, almost like they didn't really want to prosecute a war with Germany, at least not until they outlived their usefulness of destroying the USSR.

[-] AlexandairBabeuf@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

a naval blockade is attackin. the phoney war period is also when most of the german surface fleet got sunk.

also just before the Battle of France the French & British deployed in Norway, boots-on-the-ground fighting, thousands of allied casualties

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