Video spoilers history, starting with the blitzkrieg on Poland

Outside the sky.

tomorrow.

Seeing this, I thought of my own pursuit of Japanese pirates.

Qi Jiguang could only say:

"Defense everywhere, but no defense anywhere."

"Without a strong navy and air force, we are just so passive."

"The German army was already outnumbered."

"We are forced to fortify multiple areas and multiple beaches again."

"Even if the German army focuses on defending Normandy, they can only deploy a few divisions on the front line at most."

"The Allied forces on the other side can use hundreds of ships, thousands of aircraft, and dozens of divisions to attack in turns."

"How could the Germans defend the beach in such a situation?"

The deputy general at the side asked: "Doesn't that mean the Allies will be unstoppable in Normandy?"

Qi Jiguang sighed and said calmly:

"That's not necessarily the case."

"On the same beach, the Allied forces have limited forces."

"If the Germans can continue to provide support, prevent the beachhead from expanding, and try to affect the Allied logistics."

“There is a chance to hold on.”

"But I think that with the current strength of the German army, it's a bit risky..."

The sky continues.

[Omaha Beach became the most tragic battlefield in the entire Normandy Landing. ]

[The terrain here is dangerous, and the German army set up dense firepower points on the cliffs and fired at the landing troops from a high position. ]

[When the landing craft approached the beach, they were attacked fiercely by German artillery and machine guns. Many landing craft were sunk and soldiers fell into the water one after another.]

[Even the soldiers who successfully landed faced fierce fire suppression from the German army, and it was difficult to move forward.]

[As soon as the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division of the US Army jumped off the landing craft, they were mowed down by the German MG42 machine guns.]

[The German 352nd Infantry Division occupied the high ground and used 88mm artillery to directly bombard the landing craft. ]

[Many soldiers were blown to pieces before they even reached the shore.]

[A survivor recalled: "The bodies were piled on the beach like firewood. The tide rushed up and then receded, carrying blood foam...]

[The worst part was that many landing craft dropped off soldiers far from the beach due to miscalculation of the tide.]

[As a result, they had to wade several hundred meters with heavy loads.]

[Becoming a living target for the German army! ]

[The casualty rate on Omaha Beach was as high as 50%! ]

[The U.S. military once considered abandoning the attack. ]

[It was not until the subsequent naval destroyers ventured close to fire and suppressed the German defensive firepower that a breakthrough was barely opened.]

[In comparison, the operations at Gold Beach, Sword Beach, and Juno Beach, which were under the charge of the British and Canadian forces, were slightly smoother.]

【But it came at a heavy price. 】

[On the day of the landing, although the Allies successfully established beachheads in all five landing areas, they did not fully achieve the planned combat objectives.]

[Many towns and strongholds scheduled for capture were still in German hands.]

[The Allies need to gradually expand their victory in subsequent battles and advance into the interior of France. ]

[The nightmare has just begun! ]

[The Normandy area is full of hedges and bushes, and German snipers and anti-tank teams are elusive.]

[Every meter the Allies advance has to pay a huge price! 】

[Especially the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth"! ]

[This group of fanatical Nazi youth soldiers even launched a suicide charge, causing great psychological shock to the Allied forces! ]

[A Canadian soldier recalled: "They rushed over like crazy, and they kept shooting even when their legs were blown off..."]

【And the Allied response strategy is. 】

【Blast it for me! 】

【Thanks to the sufficient supply of materials. 】

[Thousands of bombers carpet-bombed German positions every day, and naval guns bombarded them day and night.]

[Use absolute firepower to advance the position step by step. ]

[In the next few days, the Allies continued to send additional troops and supplies to the Normandy area to consolidate the beachhead and gradually break through the German defense line.]

[On July 7, the number of people landing has reached 5 million! ]

[About 56.7 tons of supplies and 17.2 vehicles were transported ashore.]

[On July 7, the first phase of the Normandy Campaign ended, with the Allied and German forces deploying 24 million and 288 troops respectively.]

【The Allies wiped out a total of 11.4 German troops.】

【The Allied casualties were 12.2.】

[But neither side is satisfied with the current situation. ]

[As for the Allied forces, millions of troops were still confined to northwestern France two months after the war.]

[Germany was also very worried about the Allied occupation of northwestern France and the current situation of unlimited military expansion. ]

[On August 8, the German army launched a large-scale counterattack, but it ended in failure.]

[More than 50000 German troops were surrounded by Allied forces near Falaise.]

[This battle is called the "Falaise Pocket". The German army suffered heavy losses in this battle, and a large number of troops were annihilated or captured.] [The Allies took this opportunity to quickly break through the German defense line.]

[On August 8, they successfully broke through the Normandy area and quickly advanced into the interior of France. ]

【The German army was forced to withdraw to the area east of the Seine River.】

【So far, the Normandy Landing has achieved a decisive victory. 】

[On August 8, the Free French Army entered Paris amid the cheers of the people, marking the victorious end of the Battle of Normandy! ]

[According to statistics, from D-Day to August 8, the Allied forces landed more than 25 million people in northern France. ]

[Casualties exceeded 22.6, including 7.2 killed or missing and 15.3 wounded.]

[The German army suffered more than 24 casualties and 20 were captured.]

[Most importantly, Hitler's "Fortress Europe" was torn open with an unhealable wound.]

[The second front was successfully opened, and Germany fell into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, which greatly dispersed the German army's manpower and limited resources. ]

【Not only did it relieve the pressure on the Soviet Union. 】

[It also allowed the Allied Forces on the Western Front and the Red Army on the Eastern Front to form a pincer attack on Germany! ]

【It accelerated the demise of Nazi Germany.】

What do you think was the most critical factor in the Normandy Landing? Was it the Allied deception tactics or the German command errors?

[If Hitler had not been fooled, would the outcome of the battle have been different? ]

【Welcome to leave your comments in the comment section! See you next time! 】

The sky screen video ends here.

There were many complaints in the barrage.

"The landing soldiers were really miserable. They were carrying heavy military supplies and were almost dead after being sunk. They couldn't float up at all."

"Hein Sefero was just an ordinary German machine gunner."

"In fact, the German army's preparations in Normandy were relatively complete."

"But defense is inherently passive, and defenses must be set up everywhere."

"After watching the massive battles involving millions of people on the Eastern Front, the Western Front seems like a fight between children."

"The entire German army on the Western Front, including the air defense force, had only 80 troops, while the enemy had 230 million troops."

"The number of German troops on the Western Front was small at this time, but their armored forces were stronger than those on the Eastern Front, so they had combat effectiveness."

"It's just that the gap in strength between the two sides is too big at this moment."

"If I were the Fuhrer, I would deploy a large number of infantry divisions on the Western Front to fill the line, not to push back, but to defend and slowly retreat to the Siegfried Line."

"Anyway, the US and Britain have poor offensive capabilities and are unwilling to suffer huge casualties, so I will just delay the process, just like the Italian front."

"Deploying the eleven armored divisions in Normandy to the Eastern Front, the Soviet Union would hit a wall if it launched Operation Bagration at this time."

"Let Manstein lead the counterattack and annihilate another 50 Soviet troops."

"This way we can easily delay until 1946... and then we'll be hit by the atomic bomb... Well, it's better to send it earlier."

"On D-Day, the German Air Force dispatched 319 sorties, and the Allied Air Force dispatched 14674 sorties..."

"It seems that no matter how hard the German army struggles, it is useless. Under the suppression of absolute military power and naval and air power, it is just a matter of dying early or late."

"They didn't land when the Soviet-German battlefield was at its most tense...they reaped the benefits when the Soviets began their strategic counter-offensive."

"There is nothing to argue about. Salute to the anti-fascist fighters, whether on the Eastern or Western Fronts!"

"Here we have to insert another post from the German Embassy's official Weibo account: Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, when the Allied Forces landed in Normandy on June 1944, 6. This brave and dangerous decision by the Allies became a turning point in the fight against Nazi Germany and the anti-fascist war in World War II..."

……

And outside the sky.

Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng said in a deep voice: "For such a large-scale battle, the coordination and careful planning of all parties are worthy of praise."

"The intelligence gathering and troop deployment during the Normandy Landing were indeed commendable."

"I used to think that the Qin army was like the German army of later generations."

"But now, I find that at the grand strategic level, the Qin is more like an ally. Do you know why?"

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the Qin court.

"Because Daqin won!"

"My soldiers are fearless and brave, just like the Allied soldiers landing on the beach!"

"The allied forces are unstoppable, just like the Qin army sweeping across the six kingdoms."

At last, Ying Zheng smiled and said:
"Because of logistics and strategy!"

"The Great Qin of those days had the best logistical capabilities among all the other states."

"The Battle of Changping is irrefutable evidence."

"Just like the Normandy landings, the Allied logistics performed extremely well."

"During the process of unification, the Qin Dynasty used various strategies to unite many countries and alienate the rulers and ministers of the six countries."

“It’s also a strategy at the national level.”

"It was like a strategic deception by the Allies before the landing."

"This is why I said that at a grand strategic level, the Qin Empire is more like an ally."

After listening to what Ying Zheng said.

Whether it was out of sincerity or other reasons, everyone in the court did so.

Anyway, everyone applauded and cheered.

"Your Majesty is wise!" (End of this chapter)