For no reason at all.
"We crossed the English Channel to land at Omaha Beach. The ship in front of us sank, and there were no survivors. As we apporached the shore, a tank on our left rolled into deep water. It was bedlam. The noise of battle, the wounded and dying soldiers screaming for medics, and the dead lying like scattered sticks of wood. We rode the jeep into cold water as officers screamed, "Keep moving!" I remember going up that hill and never lookinb back. It was a terrible, frightening experience and our first taste of combat."
"When German troops along the Atlantic Wall spotted the Allied ships approaching, they were extremely surprised. They were at a definite loss, for their leader, General Rommel, had recently returned to Germany to celebrate his wife's birthday. When the attack was first reported to the high command in Germany, officials, unsure of the weight of the invasion, were afraid to wake Hitler or tell Rommel. And so, the morning Allied attack went virtually unknown to the biggest Nazi Army leaders. When finally told of the events, Hitler sent troop reinforcements toward the beaches, but initially withheld his Panzer tank divisions until the afternoon, when they were too late too repulse the invaders.
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i just found the second one rather funny.
During the battle of the Buldge, the German forces surrounded a unit of paratroopers.
The germans sent an envoy to the paratroopers telling them to:
"Surrender, your reenforcements are cut off, you have no supplies, there is no hope for you, etc...... What is your response?"
The paratrooper commander gives the envoy a note of response, the german envoy returns to the German high command and reads the note infront of his leaders, and it reads.....
"Nuts"
yay i saw that in battle of the bulge movie. and speaking of funny stuff, in that movie, there was a scene in which the germans were executing allied POWs...they got shot in a whold field of pure white snow...not a trace of red...oh well