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Originally Posted by Graham Boak
The Army did not lack CAS in Normandy: it was not a lack of CAS that prevented it taking Caen. In the first days excessive timidity perhaps paid a key part, in the reliance on experienced but over-used veterans who were inclined to take cover rather than risks after fighting through Africa and Italy.
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Graham.
You are completely and slanderously wrong.
3rd British Infantry Division had not fought since Dunkirk, so how could it have been over-used and experienced after fighting through Africa and Italy?
Ditto the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.
These were the two tasked with taking Caen on D-Day.
And there was no significant CAS on D-Day or for days afterwards.
You are probably thinking of the 7 Armoured Division, the Desert Rats, who were worn out and should never have been sent. But they had nothing to do with Caen.
Tony