MontyB

There is no doubt to that had the German ground forces been able to go toe to toe with the allied ground forces they would have defeated the allies on D-Day but the problem for German counter attacks on and around D-Day was quite comprehensive:
1) Road, Rail and Bridges were in chaos which would make large scale armoured movement very slow.
2) Allied air drops were also causing large scale confusion in the German rear.
3) Any air activity on that day was going to be allied and that wouldn't be good for German armour formations.
4) Even had the allied air force stayed away any German counter offensive within 10 miles of the beach was going to be met with naval gun fire.

This is why I tend to back Rommel on this, basically the tanks needed to be on the beach as the allies landed as this would have negated both allied air superiority and naval support.

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