D-Day commemorations 80 years on DW 06/05/2024
Briefly

As long as they were in England, we couldn't lay our hands on them. Now we finally have them where we can beat them.
The largest German military units were waiting in the wrong place, near Calais, where the English Channel is at its narrowest. The Wehrmacht had fallen for a deliberate deception.
Hitler's habit of staying up late and getting up at midday caused a delay in deploying tanks to support the Germans, impacting the outcome of the battle.
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