Re: Operating Tanks at Omaha first 6 hours

On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:27:17 -0500, "Rich" <RichTO90@xxxxxxx> wrote:

But the issue is not the "offer" it is whether or not such an "offer"
had any utility? I could "offer" you a million dollars, but since I
don't have it, the "offer" would be somewhat moot.

I don't follow, the British did have funnies to offer. There weren't
enough to fully equip all the initial waves (and that may have had
some bearing on a US refusal) but I'm sure that wouldn't have stopped
Churchill and/or Hobart from re-assigning a significant number to the
US beaches if the US commanders had accepted an offer (or indeed
requested the funnies without an offer).

Cheers,

John

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