The True Glory: The Western Front in World War 2 Documentary - Part 3 (1945)

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After the Battle of Britain, the invasion of Great Britain could no longer be thought of as an option. While the majority of the German army was mustered for the invasion of the Soviet Union, construction began on the Atlantic Wall — a series of defensive fortifications along the French coast of the English Channel. These were built in anticipation of a cross-channel British invasion of France.

Because of the massive logistical obstacles a cross-channel invasion would face, Allied high command decided to conduct a practice attack against the French coast. On August 19, 1942, the Allies began the Dieppe Raid, an attack on Dieppe, France. Most of the troops were Canadian, with some British contingents and a small American and Free French presence. The raid was a disaster, and almost two-thirds of the attacking force became casualties. However, much was learned as a result of the operation — these lessons would be put to good use later in subsequent invasions.

For almost two years, there was no land-fighting on the Western Front with the exception of commando raids and the guerrilla actions of the resistance aided by the SOE and OSS. However, in the meantime, the Allies took the war to Germany, with a strategic bombing campaign the US Eighth Air Force bombing Germany by day and the RAF Bomber Command bombing by night.

Two early British raids for which battle honours were awarded were Boulogne (11 June 1940) and Guernsey (14--15 July 1940). The raids for which the British awarded the "North-West Europe Campaign of 1942" battle honour were: Bruneval (27--28 February 1942), St Nazaire (27--28 March 1942), Bayonne (5 April 1942), Hardelot (21--22 April 1942), Dieppe (19 August 1942), Gironde (7--12 December 1942).[3][4]

A raid on Sark on the night of 3/4 October 1942 is notable because after which a few days later the Germans issued a propaganda communiqué implying at least one prisoner had escaped and two were shot while resisting having their hands tied. This instance of tying prisoner's hands contributed to Hitler's decision to issue his Commando Order instructing all captured Commandos or Commando-type personnel be executed as a matter of procedure.

By the summer of 1944, when expectation of Allied invasion was freely admitted by German commanders, the disposition of troops facing it came under the command of OB West (HQ in Paris. In turn it commanded three groups: Wehrmacht Netherlands Command (Wehrmacht Befehlshaber Niederlande W.B.N.) covering the Dutch and Belgian coasts, Army Group B covering the coast of northern France with the German 15th Army (HQ in Tourcoing) in the area north of Seine, and the 7th Army (HQ in Le Mans) between the Seine and the Loire defending the English Channel and the Atlantic coast, and Army Group G with responsibility for the Bay of Biscay coast and the Vichy France, with its 1st Army (HQ in Bordeaux) responsible for the Atlantic coast between Loire and the Spanish border, and the 19th Army (HQ in Avignon) responsible for the Mediterranean coast.

The lack of predictability in where the Allies may choose to make their invasion landings necessitated substantial dispersion of the German mobile reserves that contained majority of the panzer troops. Each army group was allocated its mobile reserves. Army Group B had the 2nd Panzer Division in northern France, 116th Panzer Division in the Paris area, and the 21st Panzer Division in Normandy. The Army Group G, considering the possibility of an invasion on the Atlantic coast, had dispersed its mobile reserves, with the 11th Panzer Division located in Gironde, the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich refitting around the southern French town of Montauban, and the 9th Panzer Division stationed in the Rhone delta area.

The OKW retained a substantial reserve of such mobile divisions also, but likewise these were dispersed over a large area: the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler was still forming and training in Netherlands, the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend and the Panzer-Lehr-Division were located in the Paris-Orleans area, since Normandy coastal defence sectors or (Küstenverteitigungsabschnitte KVA) were considered the most likely areas for an invasion. The 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen was located just south of Loire in the vicinity of Tours.

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[crackerHero]

@Activity150 ich gehe jede Wette ein das du nicht mal einen dieser echten nazi getroffen hast stattdessen bist du nur ein möchtegern stück scheiße der denkt es wär "badass" feuchte Träume von hitler zu haben, fang an zu denken!

[VIPnews1]

niemand will diesen scheiß Krieg, und die die es wollen wissen noch gar nicht wie es auf dem Schlachtfeld aussieht!

[stoneyard100]

@trisclay1652 im not your pal buddy

[gagotika]

@thesharpeye12

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[L337karma]

Wogbasha I agree with triscaly on this one your a fucking noob learn history

[trisclay1652]

@wogbasha YOU FUKIN WANKER I LOST FAMILEY IN THIS PAL. I WOULD TEAR YA HEAD OFF PAL FOR THAT IF I SAW U. N DONT SAY I WAS JOKIN. THIS WAR WAS VERY BAD.

[trisclay1652]

WICKED DOCUMENTARY

[celticlofts]

@wogbasha: Industrialists, everybody else lost something !!