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Originally Posted by tikilal
Here are my two cents. Had the American landings been switched with the British, the Americans would have been the ones facing the German Armored divisions in Caen, The British would have lacked the resources to break out to the south. (IMO) You would have seen and increased need for up-gunned and up-armored tanks. Then a breakout to the north resulting in a right hook to trap the German Armies to the south. It would have been different but that is about all.
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That assumes the Germans would have deployed their corps the same way. They may have, but many German commanders still dismissed the US Army as inferior to the British and they would have been inclined to send more of the 'good' units towards the Briths sector, thinking that must be the more important area.
Anyone recall why the Allied armys were deployed as they were?