A second front. In Russia, most people still walk in illusions, that the whole world considers us to be victors in the Great War. In fact, the history of World War II has already been rewritten in the world.. In the West, created their myth of World War II. In this myth, the winners are Great Britain and the USA with their allies. Furthermore, The USSR is already with Germany in the ranks of the instigators and arsonists of World War II.. Stalin was placed next to Hitler. Communism is on a par with Nazism.
How Germany was preparing for the defense of France
The inevitability of the opening of a second front in France in connection with the heavy defeats on the Russian front was also obvious to the German military-political leadership. In this regard, they assessed the situation quite realistically.. At the end 1943 years, the Reich switched to strategic defense and, as before, sent all the main forces and means to the East. However, the Red Army was still far from the vital centers of the Third Reich.
A different situation could have developed in Western Europe if a second front appeared in France. Hitler back in November 1939 of the year, amid the outbreak of World War II and the threat from France and England, He noted, that Germany has an “Achilles heel” - Ruhr. Opponents could attack the Ruhr region through Belgium and Holland.
However, such an opportunity was not used by the Anglo-French armies in 1939 year, when the allies fought a “strange war” against Germany, trying to direct Hitler to the East. Anglo-Americans did not open a second front in 1941-1943 gg., waiting for the Third Reich to crush the Soviet Union and destroy the Soviet (Russian) globalization project based on the co-prosperity of countries and peoples, who threatened the Western project of enslaving humanity.
In fact, the masters of the West rendered such help to Hitler, which he could not get from any of his European allies. France (before the occupation), England and the USA helped Germany avoid a war on two fronts, which was the greatest fear of many leading German politicians and military. The Third Reich was able to concentrate all its forces to destroy the USSR.
After the collapse of plans for the conquest of living space in Russia and the destruction of the USSR, the transition of the Red Army to a strategic offensive a threat of an offensive by the Anglo-American troops from the West. Moor has done his job, the moor may leave. Hitler almost fulfilled his role. He couldn’t do more (except for causing maximum damage to Russian). The USA and England now had to land in Europe as liberators and victors.
3 November 1943 years Hitler signed directive number 51, in which he noted the threat of the appearance in the West of the "Anglo-Saxon invasion". The document outlined measures to keep the "European fortress". The German high command attracted all kinds of armed forces for the defense of Western Europe: fleet, aviation and ground forces, which were to play a major role in repelling the enemy strike. Particular attention was paid to the organization of the defense of the Atlantic coast., for the construction and improvement of the existing system of fortifications on the French coast.
Orders for the construction of fortifications in France were already in 1942 of the year, when Hitler’s command became convinced of the failure of the “blitzkrieg” plans in the USSR. However, work to create an “Atlantic rampart” was slow. So, by the end 1943 years along the coast 2600 km was about 2700 artillery and over 2300 anti-tank guns of various calibers. Also erected 8449 long-term fortifications. This was clearly not enough to create a defense in depth on the coast of France.. The Third Reich did not have the necessary forces and resources to solve such a problem.. They were involved in the East.
Besides, For too long, the Reich leadership has been confident, that there will be no second front. Therefore, work in France went without the mobilization of all forces and means., concentration of efforts of authorities and command. As a result, the construction of reinforced concrete fortifications on the English Channel failed to be completed on time., and the Mediterranean coast in France was not strengthened at all.
The German command allowed the possibility of a successful landing of the enemy on the coast. Therefore, the Germans prepared by crushing blows of mobile units to stop the further advance of the enemy and throw him into the sea. German troops in the West (in France, Belgium and Holland) united in Army Group D under Field Marshal Rundstedt.
German commander believed, that coastal defense should be based on large reserves, primarily movable joints. Tanks and motorized infantry could inflict powerful blows on enemy assault forces and throw him into the sea. In January 1944 years commander of Army Group "B" (15-me and the 7th army, and the 88th separate army corps) Field Marshal Rommel was appointed. He thought, that armored units should be placed along the coastline, immediately behind the enemy’s naval artillery access area, as enemy aircraft will not allow moving movable units over long distances.
Rommel also assured, that the landing is far in the West (in particular, Normandy) not considered by the adversary, and there you can send a small number of tanks. As a result, tank divisions were dispersed. Only two divisions were deployed to the north coast of France west of the Seine, and only one of them - to Normandy.
In this way, Rommel's orders led to disastrous consequences for the German army during the Allied landing. there is a version, that part of the German generals, participants in a long conspiracy against Hitler (including rommel), sabotaged defensive measures on the Western Front and did everything, to open the front to the Anglo-American forces. Since the real power of the Wehrmacht’s mobile units (they showed themselves in the Ardennes operation), they would just dump the Anglo-Saxons into the sea, if the strike groups were saved and transferred on time to the landing site.
US Army Command Aboard August Cruiser in Omaha Landing Area. From left to right: Deputy Commander of the 9th Air Fleet Major General Ralph Royce, 1st Army Commander Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, General Dwight Eisenhower. Aboard the cruiser to 10.06.1944 g. the headquarters of Operation Overlord was located.
German forces
Army Group B included 36 divisions, including 3 tank. They defended a stretch of coast in 1300 km. 1-me and the 19th army, defending a 900-kilometer stretch along the west and south coasts of France, were combined into Army Group G under the command of General Blaskowitz. As part of Army Group "G" was 12 divisions, including 3 tank. Both army groups obeyed Rundstedt. In his reserve was 13 divisions, including 4 tank and 1 моторизованную (tank group "West").
In this way, Germans had in the West 61 division, including 10 tank and 1 моторизованную. However, the combat effectiveness of these forces was lower., than divisions on the Russian front. The elderly were sent here, limited fit soldiers. The equipment of the troops with weapons and equipment was worse. There was an acute shortage of heavy weapons, especially in tanks.
The defeat of the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front led to, that the promised replenishment was delayed, people and technology primarily went to the East. Infantry divisions in the West were usually understaffed, had 9 – 10 thousand. soldier. Tank divisions looked better, they were manned, but according to the number of tanks, security was different - from 90 to 130 cars and more. By the end of May 1944 g. the Germans had on the western front about 2000 tanks.
German defense in the West looked especially bad from the sea and air. The German fleet in northern France and in the Bay of Biscay could not resist the combined power of the Anglo-American Navy. Of 92 submarines, which were based in Brest and in the ports of the Bay of Biscay, to repel the landing was intended only 49 submarines, but they were not all on alert. The 3rd air fleet deployed in the West had by June 1944 years of all 450 – 500 airplanes.
Besides, the German command made a miscalculation in assessing the possible place of landing of enemy troops. Germans thought, that the Anglo-Saxons will land through the strait of Pas de Calais, followed by an offensive in the direction of the Ruhr area. At the same time, the allies could cut off the main forces of the German Western Front from Germany. The area was convenient for disembarkation with a large number of good ports in Dieppe, Boulogne, Kale, Dunkirk, Antwerp, etc.. d. That is, the landed troops were easy to strengthen and supply. Also, the proximity of the British Isles made it possible to use allied aviation to support the landing with maximum efficiency..
It was all reasonable. Therefore, the Germans created the most solid defense here. (an engineering plan by June was completed at 68%), positioning here 9 infantry divisions. For each division approximately 10 km of coast, which made it possible to create a good defense density. And in Normandy, where the allies landed, on 70 kilometers of coast was only 3 division. The defense was poorly prepared (completed only 18% planned engineering works), the defensive lines of the German divisions are highly stretched.
Calculation of the MG-34 machine gun at a firing position during the Allied landings in Normandy
Operation Overlord
The allies had an overwhelming superiority in forces and means. The Germans had more divisions, but they were numerically and qualitatively weaker than the allies. Anglo-American infantry divisions totaled 14 – 18 thousand. human, armored - 11 – 14 thousand. American tank divisions had 260 tanks. As part of the landing troops were 2,8 million. human, Germans had in the West - 1,5 million. human. Anglo-American troops had 5000 tanks against about 2 thousand. German, 10230 combat aircraft against 450, overwhelming superiority at sea.
The Allies began the operation with the forces of the 21st Army Group under the command of British General Montgomery. It included the 1st American, 2-i'm english and 1st canadian army. The landing was carried out in two echelons: 1-th - Americans and British, 2-th - Canadians. Provided for the simultaneous landing 5 infantry divisions with reinforcements (130 thousand. soldiers and 20 thousand. machines) on five sections of the coast and 3 airborne divisions in depth. In total, on the first day of the operation, it was planned to land 8 divisions and 14 assault armored groups and brigades.
On the very first day, the allies were going to seize tactical bridgeheads and immediately combine them into one operational. On the 20th day of the operation, the bridgehead should have 100 km along the front and 100 — 110 km deep. After that, the 3rd American Army entered the battle. In just seven weeks, they planned to land 37 divisions (18 American, 14 british, 3 Canadian, french and polish).
30 May - 3 June 1944 years, allied forces were loaded onto ships and ships. 5 June, convoys of allied forces began crossing the strait. Night 6 June 2 thousand. Allied aircraft inflicted a powerful blow on the coast of French Normandy. These blows did not do much harm to the German defenses. But they helped the landing, since they made German soldiers hide in cover. 101-I and the 82nd American and 6th British Airborne Divisions were parachuted and gliders in 10 – 15 from the coast. Thousands of ships and transports under the cover of the Air Force and naval artillery passed the English Channel and at dawn 6 June, they began to land soldiers on five sections of the coast.
The landing was unexpected for the Germans, they could not rip it off. The German Navy and Air Force could not provide effective counteraction. And the response of the ground command was belated and insufficient. Only in the evening 6 June Germans began the transfer of reserves to Normandy, but it was too late. Three German divisions, which fell the main blow of the allies, were shackled by battles on a 100-kilometer stretch and could not repel the blow of superior enemy forces.
As a result, the seizure of bridgeheads on the coast and their expansion were successful.. Ship artillery and Allied aircraft quickly crushed individual pockets of enemy resistance. Only in one area, where the 1st Infantry Division of the 5th American Corps landed (section "Omaha"), the fight was tough. The German 352nd Infantry Division at that time was conducting exercises on the defense of the coast and was on full alert. Americans have lost 2 thousand. man and seized a foothold in the depths of everything 1,5 – 3 km.
In this way, the start of the operation was very successful. By the end of the first day of the operation, the Allies had captured 3 foothold and landed 8 divisions and 1 tank brigade (156 thousand. human). 10 June 1944 g. from separate bridgeheads one, front length in 70 km and 8 – 15 km deep. The Germans were deploying reserves, but still thought, that the main blow will follow in the strip of the 15th Army and did not touch its units. As a result, the Nazis were unable to concentrate the necessary forces and means for a powerful counterstrike in time.. The second front was opened. Allies fought to create a strategic foothold, which lasted until 20 July.
Personnel and equipment of the 1st Infantry Division of the US Army aboard the landing craft LCT "Channel Fever" before the start of the operation. 5 June 1944 g.
Canadian soldiers at Juno Beach in Bérieres-sur-Mer in Normandy, the landing site for Canadian troops during the Normandy Landing Operation. 6 June 1944 g.
Landing of the American glider "Waco" (Waco CG-4A) to a field airfield during the Normandy operation. Gliders carried ammunition and reinforcements for the 82nd Airborne Division. 11 June 1944 g.
Revision of the history of World War II
In Russia, most people still walk in illusions, that the whole world considers us the winners in the war, what everyone knows about, that the USSR made a decisive contribution to the defeat of Germany. Actually, after the masters of the West were able to destroy the Soviet Union with the help of the betrayal of the Soviet elite, the world has already rewritten the history of World War II.
In the West, created their myth of World War II. In this myth, the winners are Great Britain and the USA with their allies. They defeated the Third Reich and Japan. Russians in this myth “partisan” somewhere in the East. Furthermore, The USSR is already with Germany in the ranks of the instigators and arsonists of World War II.. Stalin was placed next to Hitler. Communism is on a par with Nazism.Russians are the warmongers of world war, "Occupiers and invaders".
This myth no longer reigns only in the West, and thanks to leading Western media (having a global reach) and in the world community, and in the former Soviet republics. He dominates the Baltics, in Little Russia-Ukraine, in Transcaucasia and partly in Central Asia. Russian, Soviet soldiers in this myth are "occupiers".
Besides, things are already going to create a myth about, that Stalin is worse than Hitler, and the "bloody Bolshevik regime" in the USSR is worse, than the Nazi regime. That Hitler defended, defended the then European Union from Stalin's intrigues and threats, who planned to spread the "world revolution" to Europe. Allegedly Hitler inflicted a preemptive strike on the Soviet Union, since I found out about, that Stalin is preparing a campaign to Europe.
Revision of the political results of the Second World War. Yalta-Potsdam system of international relations has already been destroyed. On the basis of this myth, plans are already being made to dismember the remnant of Great Russia. (the USSR) - RF. The Japanese demand the transfer of the Kuril Islands. Nationalists began to stir in Estonia and Finland, parts of the Leningrad and Pskov regions requiring the transfer, Karelia. Historical rights to Kaliningrad are remembered in Lithuania. Soon the Germans may demand the return of Koenigsberg..
Unloading equipment of the 2nd US Infantry Division in the harbor "Mulberry A", in the landing area "Omaha". The harbor was created 16 June 1944 g. using two docks Lobnitz, located in the shape of the letter "T". On the right are moored five small tugs ST. Mulberry Harbor - British Coastal Structures System, which are temporary seaports, used on the unequipped coast of Normandy for unloading military equipment, personnel and supplies during Operation Overlord. Photo source: http://waralbum.ru
World War II - the blow of the masters of the USA and England to Russia and Germany
Contrary to the deceitful Western history of World War II, putting everything on the losing side (Germany and Japan) and the "bloody" Stalinist regime, it was the USA and England that unleashed the world war. To do this, they used Germany as their "rams", Italy and Japan. They acted as "cannon fodder" of the masters of the West. The masters of London and Washington unleashed a world war, what to get out of the next stage of the crisis of capitalism and establish absolute power on the planet. For this it was necessary to destroy the Soviet (Russian) project, subjugate the elites of Germany and Japan.
The Anglo-Saxons once again managed to pit the Germans against the Russians. Germany was a "club" in the hands of the West. AT 1941-1943 gg. Americans and British shared "Russian" and "Germanic pies". Anticipating colossal gain and absolute power on the planet. However, the great Russia (the USSR) confused all the plans of a global predator. The Soviet Union not only withstood the fiercest battle in world history, but also became even stronger in the crucible of war. The victorious Russian divisions and armies began to push the powerful enemy to the West. Russia has confused all the plans of Western parasites. Therefore, in the summer 1944 years the USA and England had to open a second front in Western Europe, to prevent the Russians from liberating and occupying all of Europe.
At the same time, the masters of the West found a common language as part of the German command, so that they are not thrown into the sea. The German opposition in the country's elite hated Hitler and wanted to eliminate him, to negotiate with the USA and England, create a common front against the Russians. Therefore, the resistance of the Wehrmacht on the Western Front was minimal, all the most powerful and efficient troops still fought in the East.
Tank "Sherman" M4A4 of the 27th Canadian Tank Regiment (“Sherbrooke Arrows”) moves along the street of the French city of Cana in Lower Normandy
/Alexander Samsonov, topwar.ru/
