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Early Access: After D-Day Rommel's Perspective (Patreon)

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After D-Day: Rommel's View & Assessments

Time to take a look at Rommel’s perspective on the weeks following the D-Day invasion. For this we look at his two situation reports, one from 11th June 1944, so 5 days after the landings and one from 15th July 1944. The reports will be provided with context like front lines, current research, further information in people mentioned and assessment if his reports were valid or not. Cover Images: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1977-018-13A / Otto / CC-BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, Generaloberst Rommel. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-018-13A,_Erwin_Rommel(brighter).jpg Colorization & Transitions by vonKickass. Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent: NAIL Control Number: A LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company A, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. NLR-PHOCO-A-7298, public domain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings#/media/File:Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Ose, Dieter: Entscheidung im Westen 1944: der Oberbefehlshaber West und die Abwehr der alliierten Invasion. Helios: Aachen, Germany, 2013. Lieb, Peter: Unternehmen Overlord: Die Invasion in der Normandie und die Befreiung Westeuropas. C.H. Beck: München, Germany, 2014. Dick, C.J.: From Victory to Stalemate: The Western Front, Summer 1944. University Press of Kansas: Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 2016. Citino, Robert Michael: The Wehrmacht’s Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944-1945. University Press of Kansas: Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 2017. Ueberschär, Gerd R.: Hitlers militärische Elite. 68 Lebensläufe. 3. Auflage, Theiss Verlag: Darmstadt, Germany, 2015. Badsey, Stephen: Normandy 1944. Allied Landings and Breakout. Osprey Publishing: London, UK, 1990. [June 11, 1944], HQ Twelfth Army Group situation map https://www.loc.gov/item/2004629044/ [July 15, 1944], HQ Twelfth Army Group situation map. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g5701s.ict21040/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_United_States_Army_Group #DDay,#DDayRommelsPerspective,#RommelsPerspective

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Ted M Jones

Like Chuikov at Stalingrad, Montgomery played an important role by pinning the main German forces in place near Caen so that they were helpless against the encircling attack of the US Army. It may not have been the plan, but it was probably better than the original plan.

Richard Stokes

Why was Rommel fooled twice? At Alamein, the Germans thought the main attack would come from the south and in a month's time. It came from the north and was launched while Rommel was napping in Germany. Why didn't he learn this lesson for D-Day? The enemy will again try to fool them about where they will land. Normandy or Calais. Choose the opposite of what your intelligence is predicting. ie go for Normandy, not Calais. The Allies cleverly reversed the Alamein deception. Attacking from the South at Alamein would be less expected. They then flipped it for D-Day, landing on the less likely area.

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> Why didn't he learn this lesson for D-Day? you are aware that we are talking about months here, the waiting etc. is what can burn people out. From what I remember on the morning of 6th the German High Command and Hitler were actually quite relieved that the invasion had finally started. > Choose the opposite of what your intelligence is predicting. ie go for Normandy, > not Calais. it was not just the intelligence from what I know, also we are talking about building up a defense for months not years. If one fortifies the Normandy area, which is less obvious and less suitable target for many reasons then the Calais area is not fortified or less so.