WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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the Germans feared their planes would be destroyed in the air.
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the Germans had little fuel due to Allied bombing.
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so many German pilots had been killed in the war.
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so many German aircraft were in need of repair.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rommel began constructing underwater obstacles and minefields, and set off for Germany to demand from Hitler personally more panzer divisions in the area. Bad weather and an order to conserve fuel grounded much of the German air force on June 5; consequently, its reconnaissance flights were spotty.
Detailed explanation-2: -German Air Forces in Normandy On 6 June 1944, the I/JG 2, I/JG 26, III/JG 26 and Stab squadrons were the only German Air Forces present on the spot. The I/JG 2 Richthofen squadron took off its 19 FW 190 aircraft towards the Normandy coast, armed for the occasion with rocket launchers.
Detailed explanation-3: -While maintaining the air superiority the fighter pilots were able to exploit their situation, flying armed reconnaissance in the battle area, firing rockets, dropping bombs, and unleashing their machine guns. At times the land battle ground to a halt and the Allied bombers were called in to break the stalemate.
Detailed explanation-4: -For years the Germans had been formulating plans for repelling an Allied landing in the west. But when it was time to act they found themselves aimlessly scrambling back and forth across Normandy, trying to put out whichever fire seemed most threatening.