Question about D-Day

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popularsi — 9 years ago(January 21, 2017 04:05 PM)

Did the Germans have any ammo (MG-42 etc) shortages/problems during the beach landings due to Allied bombardments of Axis weapons/ammunition factories during WW2?
I'm curious about the amount of German supplies because the war was drawing to an end.

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MadTom — 9 years ago(January 21, 2017 08:02 PM)

Rommel had been building up the Atlantic Wall since he took command of it at the beginning of 1944, but there were ammunition shortages that he hadn't fixed by D-Day. The bombing campaign on top of the Germans fighting on two other fronts were factors in that shortage. As far as I know, however, the Allies won the battle by sheer overwhelming numbers before the Germans ran out of ammo.

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justanicknamed — 9 years ago(January 26, 2017 07:48 AM)

Good points. Also to be included was Hitler's refusal to move troops from Calais until it was too late.