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  20. ​ @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-  The invasion of France. The evidence is clear... US General Marshall turned up in London in Mid 1942 with some gung-ho plan (SLEDGEHAMMER) to invade France in 1942, which Alanbrooke and Churchill quickly dealt with. 'Former Naval Person to President 8 July 42 ‘No responsible British general, admiral, or air marshal is prepared to recommend “Sledgehammer” as a practical operation in 1942. The Chiefs of Staff have reported “The conditions which would make “Sledgehammer” a sound, sensible enterprise are very unlikely to occur. They are now sending their paper to your Chiefs of Staff.’ At the Casablanca (SYMBOL) conference, despite intense US pressure, Alanbrooke was able to get the plan to invade France in 1943 delayed until 1944. His argument being helped by the poor performance of Eisenhower in command of Tunisia which meant that North Africa would not be cleared until May 1943. This from a person who would become a close associate of Eisenhower: WITH PREJUDICE The War Memoirs of Marshall of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder G.C.B. CASSELL & COMPANY 1966 P 395 ‘At this distance of time, there can be no possible doubt that Brooke was right. Not only did we have no hope in 1943 of sufficient picked and trained troops, with a vast armada of shipping and landing craft for a cross-Channel invasion; even more important, we should not possess until the end of the year the air strength which, wisely used in advance of an assault on France, would ensure its success. It seemed clear to me that our right policy was to clear North Africa first, to take Sicily as a springboard for operations in Italy, the weak spot of the Axis, and to cause in the coming months the maximum devastation of German productive capacity.' At the Third Washington Conference (TRIDENT) in May 1943, a target date of 1st May 1944 was set for the invasion of France. On taking over as allied land forces commander for invasion of France in January 1944 (By now OVERLORD), Montgomery completely changed the OVERLORD assault plan, to include British Second Army in the initial assault in Normandy, which mean adding two more assault beaches (UTAH and SWORD), a one-month delay to target date for D-Day, now to be 1st June 1944, while the required additional landing shipping was acquired. The date in June when the tides, moon, etc., would be at their best would be the 5th June. As we all know (Possibly not Para Dave), bad weather on the 5th meant that D-Day took place on the following day. Again from Tedder, one of Montgomery’s harshest critics: WITH PREJUDICE The War Memoirs of Marshall of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder G.C.B. CASSELL & COMPANY 1966 P 505 ‘On 21January 1944, we foregathered at Norfolk House under Eisenhower’s chairmanship to compare or impressions. Montgomery, who was to command all the ground forces in the initial stages of ‘Overlord’ said at once that the planned assault by three divisions was insufficient to obtain a quick success. We must take a port at the earliest possible moment. He pressed that the proposed area of assault in Normandy be extended to include an area of the eastern side of the Cotentin Peninsular. The American forces should be placed on the right and he British to the left, the former to capture Cherbourg, and then drive for the Loire ports, while the British and Canadian forces would deal with the enemy’s main strength approaching from the east and south-east.’ ‘He suggested an assault by five divisions plus one airborne division. The area from Bayeux to the east should be British and to the west should be American.’ ‘Eisenhower agreed with Montgomery that the assault should strengthened and that Cherbourg should be taken rapidly.’ ‘He thought too that the Combined Chiefs of staff should not lay down too exact a charter of arrangements for command. He proposed that Montgomery should be left in sole charge of the ground battle.’ So there we have it, there is zero evidence that Churchill tried to stop an invasion of France. No doubt Para Dave will field his William Weidner and his Carentan being a British D-day objective, his Martin Van Creveld and his superb study logistics, his Antony Beevor and his nonsense, and so on…none of whom took part in a single day in the Second World War.
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