What tactics were used during D-Day?

Answer 1

The planning for "Operation Overlord" the invasion of France, involved many new tactics, some of which were the use of glider bourne troops, combined with parachutists to land behind the beaches under cover of darkness, to seize key points, such as bridges or road junctions. This was an ALL ARMS operation, which means that each of the air land and sea elements had to work together, to acheive sucess. This required many new ways of working that hadn't been tried before, such as the beach masters who controlled the un-loading of men and supplies, much like traffic cops at an intersection. A whole range of speciallised armoured vehicles were developed to deal with specific problems, such as the "flail tank" that cleared mine fields, or the flamethrower tank that attacked concete bunkers at close range. Another new tactic was having artillery guns firing from their landing craft as they closed in to the beach. By doing this, the artillery units contributed to their own sucessfull landings. Overhead, the airforces were flying two types of sorties, one to attack specific targets on the ground, the other as "on-call" fire support for the troops who needed it. Finally, the rapid re-inforcement of sucessfull units was a new tactic that required local commanders to be quick and keep up the pace of battle even at night. For more information, see Related Links.

Answer 2

The basic military tactic used in WWII was called "Blitzkrieg" which was used by the Nazi Party. It is derived from the German term for "Lightning War". Blitzkrieg was a swift offensive that used both air and ground attacks. Ariel bombardment was often used to disrupt and prevent the enemy from concentrating its forces. Armored would be massed together in large columns. The armored column would attack the enemy line at a weak spot and break through due to the overwhelming local superiority. The tanks would then spread out dispersing the enemy's forces even more. They would then capture and destroy command posts, ammunition depots, and artillery positions, as well as attack the front lines from the rear. This would make it impossible for the defending front line troops to offer a coordinated resistance on the attacking infantry advancing on a broad front.
Scorch earth policy.

Answer 3

Massive naval and air power to soften up the beaches,followed by mass landings from sea.
The main Allied strategy was overwhelming sea power for naval bombardment. This was to be followed by a huge invasion of landing craft on beaches, bringing thousands of troops.
The strategy of the Allies under Eisenhower and Montgomery was to establish a beachhead on continental Europe by which the Allies' could bring their overwhelming personnel and material advantages to bear. The German strategy under Rundstedt and Rommel was to prevent the Allies from establishing that beachhead.

FUSAG is held to be crucial to the disinformation which helped the Allies achieve a successful landing. The First US Army Group, nominally commanded by Patton, was a ficticious army in SE England pointing towards the Pas de Calais. The Germans were for some time believing the Normandy landings were a diversion drawing their defenses westward to allow the Allies to land the real invasion forces near to Calais/Boulogne. The great advantage the Allies had was twofold: Sea Power which provided massive artillery support and near total Air Supremacy. The destruction of crucial rail links in France did much to prevent the German panzers getting to the battlefield. And of course Rommel was right: The Germans had to defeat the Allies on the landing beaches, once ashore there would be no stopping the might of the British & US forces simply because of numerical advantage. The use of Parachute forces on the flanks was crucial, both the British & US parachute forces did much despite small numbers & light equiment. And what is unbelievable that up until Antwerp in Belgium was captured the whole of the war effort depended on the use of 2 and then 1 prefabricated artificial harbours called 'Mulberry'....

Answer 4

From 1939 to 1945, WW 2 raged around the world. In terms of tactics, there were dozens of these. Some were more effective than others. Perhaps the key to any military tactics success lay in proper execution. Briefly, here is a list of the most widely used tactics that were used by the Allies and the Axis powers. The list is not all inclusive, especially in light of all the nuances involved in the tactics. The list is as follows:* Submarine warfare;

* Amphibious assaults;

* Bomber attacks on both civilian and military targets;

* Rapid armored advances by Germany often referred to a Blitzkriegs;

* Rocket bombardments by the German against London and other British locations;

* The rise of the aircraft carrier assaults on enemy fleets and other targets;

* The use of destroyers to hunt and destroy submarines;

* Airborne assaults; and

* Japanese kamikazi attacks.

Answer 5

Deception and intelligence.

Answer 6

NUTS

Answer 7

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