{"id":48745,"date":"2019-06-06T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T08:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=48745"},"modified":"2019-06-05T22:10:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T02:10:08","slug":"on-d-day-what-did-the-germans-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/06\/06\/on-d-day-what-did-the-germans-know\/","title":{"rendered":"On D-Day what did the Germans know?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z3UHrnTUgZE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Military History Visualized<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Published on 28 May 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to D-Day and the German perspective there are a few bits out there, but the sources are sometimes lacking. So, for this, we will be looking at some proper sources namely, the situation report of Operations Staff of the <em>Wehrmacht<\/em> and the war diary of the 7th German Army.<\/p>\n<p>Cover design by vonKickass.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb\u00bb SUPPORT MHV \u00ab\u00ab<br \/>\n\u00bb paypal donation &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/mhvis\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/paypal.me\/mhvis<\/a><br \/>\n\u00bb patreon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/mhv\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/mhv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES \u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Mehner, Kurt (Hrsg.): <em>Die geheimen Tagesberichte der Deutschen Wehrmachtf\u00fchrung im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945<\/em>. Band 10: 1. M\u00e4rz 1944 \u2013 31. August 1944, Biblio Verlag: Osnabr\u00fcck, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Schramm, Percy E.: (Hrsg.): <em>Kriegstagebuch des OKW 1944-1945<\/em>. Teilband I. Eine Dokumentation. Bechterm\u00fcnz: 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Lieb, Peter: <em>Unternehmen Overlord. Die Invasion in der Normandie und die Befreiung Westeuropas<\/em>. C.H. Beck: M\u00fcnchen, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Horst Boog, Gerhard Krebs, Detlef Vogel: <em>Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg. Band 7. Das Deutsche Reich in der Defensive \u2013 Strategischer Luftkrieg in Europa, Krieg im Westen und in Ostasien 1943 bis 1944\/45<\/em>, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 2001.<\/p>\n<p><em>Germany and the Second World War. Volume 7. The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia 1943\u20131944\/5<\/em>. 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Citino, Robert M.: <em>The Wehrmacht\u2019s Last Stand. The German Campaigns of 1944-1945<\/em>. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Fennell, Jonathan: <em>Fighting the People\u2019s War. The British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War<\/em>. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Harrison, Gordon A.: <em>Cross-Channel Attack. United States army in World War II<\/em>. Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington D.C., 1993 <\/p>\n<p>Blumenson, Martin: <em>Breakout and Pursuit. United States army in World War II<\/em>. Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington D.C., 1993 <\/p>\n<p>Messenger, Charles: <em>The D-Day Atlas. Anatomy of the Normandy Campaign<\/em>, Thames &#038; Hudson: London, 2014 (2004). <\/p>\n<p>Penrose, Jane (ed.): <em>The D-Day Companion. Leading Historians explore history\u2019s greatest amphibious assault<\/em>. Osprey Publishing: Oxford 2009 (2004). <\/p>\n<p>T\u00f6ppel, Roman: <em>Kursk 1943. The Greatest Battle of the Second World War<\/em>. Helion: Warwick, UK: 2018. <\/p>\n<p>Document for June 6th: D-day statement to soldiers, sailor, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6\/44 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=z3UHrnTUgZE&#038;event=video_description&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.gov%2Fglobal-pages%2Flarger-image.html%3Fi%3D%2Fhistorical-docs%2Fdoc-content%2Fimages%2Fww2-eisenhower-d-day-order-l.jpg%26c%3D%2Fhistorical-docs%2Fdoc-content%2Fimages%2Fww2-eisenhower-d-day-order.caption.html&#038;redir_token=CEAMesfpBndipBy10V8GK-Wn7uZ8MTU1OTg3MjA0NUAxNTU5Nzg1NjQ1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/global-pages&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The Invasion of France, June 6, 1944, House of Commons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=z3UHrnTUgZE&#038;event=video_description&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwinstonchurchill.org%2Fresources%2Fspeeches%2F1941-1945-war-leader%2Fthe-invasion-of-france%2F&#038;redir_token=CEAMesfpBndipBy10V8GK-Wn7uZ8MTU1OTg3MjA0NUAxNTU5Nzg1NjQ1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/winstonchurchill.org\/resource&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-06-On-D-Day-what-did-the-Germans-know-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-06-On-D-Day-what-did-the-Germans-know--480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-48748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-06-On-D-Day-what-did-the-Germans-know--480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-06-On-D-Day-what-did-the-Germans-know--150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-06-On-D-Day-what-did-the-Germans-know--768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-06-On-D-Day-what-did-the-Germans-know--853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-06-On-D-Day-what-did-the-Germans-know-.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military History Visualized Published on 28 May 2019 When it comes to D-Day and the German perspective there are a few bits out there, but the sources are sometimes lacking. 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