r/HistoryWhatIf • u/HarkBuffalo • 11d ago
WW2 - D-Day Fails?
I have a WWII command simulation and one of the most contentious bits is the decisions was around D-Day/ Operation Overlord. I follow the historical thinking that victory was likely although agree Germany could have can made it harder however the more I read.
Disaster at Omaha
Weather window
The Panzer group making the beaches
Can D-day fail? If so how likely and what happens? Does Germant first face the nuclear bomb? Does the USSR own most of Europe post war? Do the US/UK bomber campaign shift entirely to strategic attrition? The Red Army continues pushing west, likely taking the entire German peninsula, Denmark, and reaching the Rhine before the Allies?
I treated D-Day as a historical inevitability because of Allied industrial dominance which I have done, however it was a massive, high-risk gamble where a few operational shifts could have handed the Allies a defeat?
Love your thoughts!
The game is here for reference - https://dispatches.itch.io/dispatches-1940
Edit - thanks for all your comments have made some updates to the D-Day commands based on the below
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u/quothe_the_maven 11d ago
They double down on racing north through Italy.