European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sources West Point Atlas of american War 1900-1953, France Magazine Atlas of world War ii. Triumph and 1 tragedy a cart Fox the Pas de Calais was where the invasion would a the germans were preconceived to accept what the allies wanted them to believe a said col. Cole Kings cd associate professor of history at the . Military Academy at West Point . As a result the germans put 15 combat divisions including a number of crack Panzer armoured units in the Pas de Calais area. Even after the invasion was launched a and Well into july a the germans thought the Normandy landings were a feint and kept that huge piece of their regional combat Power locked up near Calais awaiting an attack that would never come. A the ultimate Success of a Day was based in Large part on that deception Effort a Kings cd said. A Long after the invasion Force was already moving Inland the germans still thought the real thrust was still to come in even so once the americans and the British had established their beachhead they had a very difficult time making headway Inland a for different reasons. N the left flank the British found i themselves facing the bulk of the German heavy forces in the invasion area. A the terrain there is relatively open and Flat and its an easy shot to Paris from Caen so the germans threw most of their armament into that area a Hammond said. Hammond said Many analysts also believe the sluggishness of the offensive on that flank was partly due to British fears of a Bloodbath in which they would lose Large numbers of men. A there was a suspicion that British leaders did not want to continue sacrificing an entire generation of their people when there was a Large Allied army present to shoulder a Good amount of the work a Hammond said. A that was a Point of tension Between the americans and the British for on the right flank the americans were struggling with a different problem a they were getting their first taste of the Bocage the infamous Norman hedgerows. Four to five feet thick taller than a Man with great tangles of roots that had grown Over the years the Hedges ringed virtually every Field in the Region. A one of the biggest Allied failures of overlord was that no one thought about How the Bocage would affect the fighting a Hammond said. A Why continued on Page 6 june 6, 1994 a stars and stripes commemorative edition 5
