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We don’t have a Naval history section, but I’d like to leave a quote from the German commander’s chief defending. As most know, this landing was highly contested and Mark Clark for a time worried he might have to redeploy troops to hold the beach head.
The Germans had Mark IV tiger tanks and deployed radio guided bombs which damaged or sank several Allied ships.
Begin quote: For the Naval historian recording these events, it is a pleasure to read a tribute from General Westphalia, Kesselring’s chief of staff. After outlining the difficulties the Germans had encountered, he wrote: “But the greatest distress suffered by the troops was caused by the fire of ship’s guns of heavy caliber, from which they could find no protection in the rocky soil.”
The Germans had Mark IV tiger tanks and deployed radio guided bombs which damaged or sank several Allied ships.
Begin quote: For the Naval historian recording these events, it is a pleasure to read a tribute from General Westphalia, Kesselring’s chief of staff. After outlining the difficulties the Germans had encountered, he wrote: “But the greatest distress suffered by the troops was caused by the fire of ship’s guns of heavy caliber, from which they could find no protection in the rocky soil.”
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