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This is an 11 page paper that discusses June 1944. It talks about the situation and asks the question, "Could D-Day have possibly failed?". Four sources cited.
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destroy the Red Army, and it was gaining strength on a daily basis ("The Moment..." 14). The Germans were definitely on the defensive, But Hitler had the firepower at that
point to stop the Soviet advance if he could concentrate his forces on the Soviets ("The Moment..." 14). Meanwhile, the Americans and British had yet to play a significant
role in the European conflict ("The Moment..." 14). But they were amassing their strength and preparing invasion forces. If Hitler could manage to stop this invasion, he would then be
free to move major forces from his western to his eastern front, and this might have proven enough to stop the Soviets. It is possible that had Hitler been able
to stop the invasion, it could have been translated into a German victory, or at least a stalemate ("The Moment..." 14). Another consequence that might have been expected if D-Day
had failed would have been a vote of no confidence from the American people on the reelection of Franklin Roosevelt ("The Moment..." 14). Could D-Day have possibly failed? The Allied
supreme commanders son, John Eisenhower, one of the most respected World War II historians, says no ("The Moment..." 14). Eisenhower compares the strategy employed for D-Day to engineers building a
bridge. Engineers will guarantee that a bridge will carry a specified load, when they know that the bridge is structurally capable of carrying twice that load ("The Moment..." 14).
Eisenhower believes that it would have been impossible for the Germans to maintain their coast fortifications, Hitlers "Atlantic Wall," against the amassed firepower of the Anglo-American forces ("The Moment..." 14).
Stephen Ambrose, another noted World War II historian, says yes. The invasion forces could have been stopped, but not by "Hitlers obsession with poured concrete" (a result of his frontline
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