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<blockquote data-quote="Eight" data-source="post: 2727887" data-attributes="member: 73370"><p>i hadn't heard of battery maisy, but i remember from reading about the invasion in books as a kid the placements were emplty when the rangers got to them and that the guns were found inland in a grove of trees. </p><p></p><p>watching longest day they had a scene where they got to the placements, found them empty, and if i recall correctly one of the actors has a line about the assault all being for nothing.</p><p></p><p>goodness knows this wasn't the only command mistake made in the invasion, i find it hard to believe rudder had access to french intelligence on a boat crossing the channel that his superiors didn't in regards to the guns not being in the batteries, and from talking to friends who have served [ What the heck? ] orders and plans going wrong are pretty much the norm. </p><p></p><p>i don't really understand citino's comment about showing kid's the cliff's at du hoc? everyone i have talked to who has been to the memorial there talks about the idea of climbing up the face with defenders on top being something that is hard to imagine having the courage to try. don't recall anyone talking about the strategic importance as much as they awe they felt of someone being willing to make that climb under fire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eight, post: 2727887, member: 73370"] i hadn't heard of battery maisy, but i remember from reading about the invasion in books as a kid the placements were emplty when the rangers got to them and that the guns were found inland in a grove of trees. watching longest day they had a scene where they got to the placements, found them empty, and if i recall correctly one of the actors has a line about the assault all being for nothing. goodness knows this wasn't the only command mistake made in the invasion, i find it hard to believe rudder had access to french intelligence on a boat crossing the channel that his superiors didn't in regards to the guns not being in the batteries, and from talking to friends who have served [ What the heck? ] orders and plans going wrong are pretty much the norm. i don't really understand citino's comment about showing kid's the cliff's at du hoc? everyone i have talked to who has been to the memorial there talks about the idea of climbing up the face with defenders on top being something that is hard to imagine having the courage to try. don't recall anyone talking about the strategic importance as much as they awe they felt of someone being willing to make that climb under fire. [/QUOTE]
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