What if the Allies had landed their troops at Normandy on D-Day, instead of Calais?
Huh, unique question, most people ask if they would have further east. Well, firstly, the Germans weren't expecting a landing in Normandy, anything more than a mock invasion to distract them from Calais, so if the actual D-Day was in Normandy, the allies would probably have much gotten farther than IRL. I doubt they would have won back all of France, though, the Soviets were way too fast for that. By the time they got to Paris, while definitely having taken some more land than OTL, I'm sure that most of Germany proper would already still be under Soviet occupation.
But that would mean, possibly, that the Allies could have France reunited as a Western ally, as opposed to the north-capitalist south-communist split we have today.
It could also mean a faster German surrender in general, which means there'd be less time for the Soviets to invade Manchuria and Korea before the allies got to them. Who knows, maybe the USA would unveil its atom bomb in the Japanese, and the Empire might surrender to America instead of Stalin.
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Huh, unique question, most people ask if they would have further east. Well, firstly, the Germans weren't expecting a landing in Normandy, anything more than a mock invasion to distract them from Calais, so if the actual D-Day was in Normandy, the allies would probably have much gotten farther than IRL. I doubt they would have won back all of France, though, the Soviets were way too fast for that. By the time they got to Paris, while definitely having taken some more land than OTL, I'm sure that most of Germany proper would already still be under Soviet occupation.
Well attacking where your enemy expects you to attack is a bad move. I went over the files - the Germans did not have a significant force in Normady.
So instead of getting a bloody nose at Calais an invasion of Normandy gets you a good foothold without much opposition.
Add a landing in South France (well it would make sense - landing in Greece was a bloodbath) and the Wallies are in Paris (likely) at the end of July...
Well Panzers can use hedgerows only if they are there. The only - and really only - outfit that has a good chance to oppose a Landing in Normandy was the Panzer Lehr, but only if it was moved early in the invasion - that means moving through the first (or second) night. Later it would have to move by day - a bad move considering the Wallied Air supremacy...
NO Normandy would be a good place to land...
A good place to land, not to break out of. The southern france landing seems like a pretty good idea. Another one would be land in Italy somewhere and knock the Italians out of the war. Removing the Italian refugees and soldiers from southern France (along with their Commie sympathies) would at least slow down the creation of the People's Commune.
as opposed to the north-capitalist south-communist split we have today.