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To: Richnorth who wrote (235)	3/24/1998 3:24:00 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) of 1615

<< the Germans could have dealt the Allies a crushing defeat had Hitler been awake to order the Panzer Divisions to roll into action. The Allies were so lucky, weren't they? An Act of God?!?!! >> Hitler was convinced (and the allies did all they could to keep him so) that Normandy was just a diversion and that the real invasion would come at the Pas de Calais. He would not have released the Panzer divisions to repel the Normandy invasion had he been awake. In fact, he did not do so for several weeks when it became quite obvious that Normandy was the real thing. Hitler and Rommel (in command of the French waterline defenses at that time) both believed Patton was the best American general and that he would lead the invasion of France. The fact that he was still back in England during the landings (in the doghouse because of slapping a GI) helped convince them that Normandy was a ruse. The allies had built up a cardboard army around Patton to fool German spies and reconnaisance. They even faked radio traffic for it. This was what the Germans believed would be the real invasion army. Hitler has been accused of a lot of things, but being a good general isn't one of them. Luck and acts of God had nothing to do with it.

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