Which was the most successful German naval intervention against the Overlord landing forces.
By chance more than planning the Germans caught the D-Day forces practicing and attacked with torpedo boats.
Allied forces rehearsed their roles for D-Day months before the invasion. On April 28, 1944, in south Devon on the English coast, 749 U.S. soldiers and sailors were killed when German torpedo boats surprised one of these landing exercises, Exercise Tiger. I don't know of any other Naval engagements that cost the Allies that many men and equipment. This may be the same incident you mentioned MontyB.
You got all but the code name of the mission.
Indeed it was (an all black unit that is), they have a website I found interesting information at...I think the 555th was an all black unit also. It's been a while since I read up on this but it was very interesting. The first intercontinental bombing, I may be wrong about that one.
You're right, it was operation firefly. I have a book with some history of the 555th in it and they were a pretty fascinating outfit.
You're next.
Well, since Tibbets was a bomber pilot and Operation Torch was an invasion of North Africa, I'm guessing that he either led or was in a bomber group that bombed Rommel's armor before the ground forces were put ashore. I know the German's had heavy gun emplacements that would play havoc on landing forces.
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