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Irish_Dem

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2. The weather had been bad for at least three days before the landing.

Reply to Thunderbeast (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2024, 05:15 PM

Apr 2024

Eisenhower had a small window or D Day would have to be postponed for months due to the tides.
The allies had tricked Hitler into thinking it would occur at another location at a later date.

I would think that there may have been some interest stateside.
After all there were over 133, 000 allied troops on D Day and by the end of June over 850,000 troops.
So probably rumors had been floating around.

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