No More D-Days: Why a Similar Sea Invasion Is Never Going to Happen
No More D-Days: Why a Similar Sea Invasion Is Never Going to Happen Modern weapons would make such an assault more difficult and D-Day was, in many ways, a very unique battle. Key point: Remember that modern weapons are deadlier, more accurate, and can attack from a difference. The first wave at D-Day had 50 percent casualties and that was without today's weapons such as missiles. Even 70 years later, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944—D-Day—is awe-inspiring. The statistics alone boggle the mind. Seven thousand ships, 12,000 aircraft and 160,000 troops. All conce...