D-Day: German Preparations and the Panzer Debate (Patreon)

D-Day: German Preparations & the Panzer Debate

The German preparations to defend against an Allied Landing in Western Europe were quite extensive. The focused on a "static defense" (Atlantic Wall - "Atlantikwall") and a mobile reserve. Yet, especially the later brought up some heated debates between Erwin Rommel and Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg. Videos referenced: German Defensive Position on D-Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BirksQIGyk8 Erwin Rommel - What the Italians thought about him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRT0PFJg53I Eastern vs. Western Front Air War 1941-1945 WW2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1akJPwwbTk How effective was the V-2? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f8zv7dNxQI Coastal Defenses in WW2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcCrD4euekU Special thanks to vonKickass for drawing Geyr von Schweppenburg. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view?language=en_GB »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Creveld, Martin van; Canby, Steven L.; Brower, Kenneth S.: Air Power and Maneuver Warfare. Air University Press: Alabama, US, 1994. amazon.com (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2C3DHFg amazon.de (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2o5yKCW Horst Boog, Gerhard Krebs, Detlef Vogel: Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg. Band 7. Das Deutsche Reich in der Defensive – Strategischer Luftkrieg in Europa, Krieg im Westen und in Ostasien 1943 bis 1944/45, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 2001. amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2W4fbNG Germany and the Second World War. Volume 7. The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia 1943–1944/5. 2006. amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2LJldPT Fennell, Jonathan: Fighting the People’s War. The British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2019 Amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2G6ylLs Amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2UCTVtV Citino, Robert M.: The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943. University Press Kansas, USA, 2012. Amazon.com (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2rtOdkm Amazon.de (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2mWaTEp Lieb, Peter: Unternehmen Overlord. Die Invasion in der Normandie und die Befreiung Westeuropas. C.H. Beck: München, 2014. Amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2VCxpGH Jacobsen, H.A.: 1939-1945. Der Zweite Weltkrieg in Chronik und Dokumenten. Dritte durchgesehene und ergänzte Auflage. Wehr und Wissen Verlagsgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 1960 amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2JcpCst Penrose, Jane (ed.): The D-Day Companion. Leading Historians explore history’s greatest amphibious assault. Osprey Publishing: Oxford 2009 (2004). Amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2E84GyA Amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2VrwqEi » DISCLAIMER « As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Als Amazon-Partner verdiene ich an qualifizierten Käufen. » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone