What if Hitler Authorized the Mobilization of the Reserve Panzer Units in Normandy?

nbcman

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Which Reserve Pz Divisions are you referring to? There were 4 of them and 3 of the 4 were merged into other Pz Divisions prior to Op Overlord.
 
I've seen this gamed out a few times. It results in a bloodier June/July battle in Normandy, Cherbourgs capture in delayed. The trade off is the German ground force is attrition away a bit faster, while the Allied losses are still replaced as needed. The result in all cases is the German position in Normandy collapsed a few weeks earlier.

In some of those games the Allied player saw the opportunity to seize a under defended port with a secondary landing, usually commandos & airborne. Then following up with corps delivered straight to the docks. Thus the German was faced with twin punches of this RANKIN type operation & the historical DRAGOON op.

How fast the Allied player advanced across France in August and September depended on how well he'd played in the June & July.
 
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