Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Originally Posted by rainshot
Can’t really say with any auburn it sounds plausible. America did not take the British Admiralty’s advice on escorting convoys and blackouts along the shoreline. They lost a lot of tonage because of their arrogance. Mistakes were made.

In the article I posted the guy does skip over the prior amphibious landings by US Army troops.

Casablanca, Oran and Algiers (Operation Torch) 1942
Sicily 1943
Salerno 1943
Anzio 1944

Plus the Pacific Theater, so it weren’t like it was our first time at bat.

We might mention the Dieppe disaster- Operation Jubilee- 1942, at this point. It should have never went forward after original plan for naval and bomber support was removed. Waste of life to placate Stalin and get a few
Americans killed in the process. The Brits own that one.

I did read a report of another landing where some Brits were onboard American ships and were furious with what they considered cowardice of craft staying too far from shore. Still looking for that and will share if I find.

When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of
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