Cute Now how what about the 9,700 American soldiers buried in the Normandy Cemetery? Landing craft caught in the wrong tide (due to the weather delay) too far from the beach and floating bodies from so many that drown. Huge fortifications pounding those on the beach with everything from huge guns to machine guns. Airborne troops dropped far from their intended landing zones. Radios not working because of wrong frequencies. We were so lucky we didn't get pushed off the beaches.