Transcription: The launch date for Overlord was carefully chosen. A full moon was necessary to pinpoint targets for the advance paratroops which would land behind German lines slightly after midnight, but the moon had to set early to conceal Allied landing craft approaching the beaches shortly before dawn. At the same time, the landing craft had to arrive during low tide when the hazardous beach obstacles planted by the Germans as part of their coastal defense could be easily detected and destroyed. All these conditions could be met on June 5 through the seventh. If Overlord did not take place on one of thos ...
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