Something I have been wondering about. The Allied invasion of Normandy had many key objectives, one of which was to take the town of Cherbourg right? Cherbourg held obvious value being that it was a deep water poer from which the Allies could begin landing supplies without the hassle of mulberry docks. My question is,
Why didnt the allies just land a single massive assault directly on cherbourg? Why land on the normandy beaches and have to fight your way up the penninsula to them?
Seems like a concentrated effort of cherbourg would have been enough to take and hold it, but then again im asking the question because i dont know.
Why didnt the allies just land a single massive assault directly on cherbourg? Why land on the normandy beaches and have to fight your way up the penninsula to them?
Seems like a concentrated effort of cherbourg would have been enough to take and hold it, but then again im asking the question because i dont know.