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On 6 June 1944 the sky over Normandy was filled with Allied aircraft, more than 10,000 of them. It was arguably the largest air armada the world will ever see.
https://www.maxwell.af.mil/News/Display/Article/1859844/key-to-success-allied-airpower-at-normandy/
“The aircraft flew over us continuously, passing above us like a conveyor belt…My front positions resembled a scene from the moon, and at least 70% of my troops were out of action—dead, buried, or stunned. All of my forward tanks were disabled and the roads were practically impassable.”
—Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, Panzer Lehr Division commander, after the air attacks.
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/v...lay/Article/1789416/operation-overlord-d-day/
https://www.maxwell.af.mil/News/Display/Article/1859844/key-to-success-allied-airpower-at-normandy/
“The aircraft flew over us continuously, passing above us like a conveyor belt…My front positions resembled a scene from the moon, and at least 70% of my troops were out of action—dead, buried, or stunned. All of my forward tanks were disabled and the roads were practically impassable.”
—Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, Panzer Lehr Division commander, after the air attacks.
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/v...lay/Article/1789416/operation-overlord-d-day/
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