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Why were the Germans so slow to respond to the invasion of Normandy?
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Hitler was asleep and no one dared wake him up.
Rommel was on Holiday.
No one, absolutely no one dared to take the initiative.
The allied deception plan was effective.
The allies had almost complete air superiority.
The French Resistance was highly effective in the rear of the lines.
The massive defense plan had made inadequate preperations for an air assault.
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Why Nazi was defeated at Normandy?
because they thought the main invasion would come at pa de calais. when the invasion eventually came in Normandy the Germans could not counterattak because they needed hitlers permission and he was still asleep and noone wanted to wake him. when they did finally counter attack all they could do was slow up the mass of troops comin into France daily. their defeat was by no means rommels fault or the fighting Germans. also the allieds ability to prevent the Germans knowing about the invasion. the parachute operations on eitherside of Normandy prevented the Germans from getting organized.
As a result of the battle of the bulge the germans were able to?
Slow the allied invasion of germany summited by Douglas Fowler
Could an Allied invasion of Germany from the south - Italy across the Alps - have succeeded without establishing a front at Normandy?
It might conceivably have succeeded but the cost in lives would have been enormous. Mountainous territory is naturally easy to defend and high rugged mountains like the alps, with narrow passes, are extremely easy. Had we tried that strategy we would have lost many times more men than we did going through France. Michael Montagne I don't think the question is could the invasion of Germany from the south have succeeded without establishing a front at Normandy; but is could the front at Normandy have succeeded without the invasion of Germany from the south. Normandy was the main objective, not Italy. Italy was invaded to prevent Hitler's escape through the south; while the front established at Normandy was the main force with which the Allied forces took Nazi Germany. How, please, would they have passed on to Germany after defeating Italy? Turning to the east over Austria towards the Soviets? Turning to the west through the south of France? Attacking Switzerland, or what? That was close to what Churchill had in mind. His plan was to take Italy within a few months and then move up through Yugoslavia and into Vienna. It turned out that the Germans chose to fight a delayed withdrawal out of Italy. He truly thought that Vienna and the oil fields in the Balkans could be reached before the Normandy invasion(which was originally planned for an earlier date). When Sicily fell, Hitler had to choose someone to command the troops in the South (mainly Italy). Rommel submitted his plan of withdrawing to northern Italy. Kesselring proposed to set up a series of defensive positions that would slow the Allied advance and yet be able to respond to any amphibious landings behind their lines. Hitler gave the job to Kesselring and Rommel was placed in command of the Atlantic Wall. I believe a direct attack into Germany across the Alps might have made initial success as this was probably not well defended. But the logistic nightmare of supplying this move would have surely resulted in defeat very quickly when winter approached. Custermen
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Why Nazi was defeated at Normandy?
because they thought the main invasion would come at pa de calais. when the invasion eventually came in Normandy the Germans could not counterattak because they needed hitlers permission and he was still asleep and noone wanted to wake him. when they did finally counter attack all they could do was slow up the mass of troops comin into France daily. their defeat was by no means rommels fault or the fighting Germans. also the allieds ability to prevent the Germans knowing about the invasion. the parachute operations on eitherside of Normandy prevented the Germans from getting organized.
What were the Germans able to do after the battle of the Bulge?
slow the allied invasion of Germany
As a result of the battle of the bulge the germans were able to?
Slow the allied invasion of germany summited by Douglas Fowler
As a result of the battle of the bulge the Germans were able to what?
The Germans held up the Allied advance for a week or more in the Battle of the Bulge, but ultimately it made little difference to the outcome of WWII. (NovaNet answer) slow the Allied invasion of Germany
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