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Originally Posted by Guitar Woman
They didn't just parade into France after taking the beach head, dumbass. They were just sitting there, waiting for the big ships with all the troops on board to come in and completely secure the area. They could have held a lot more than 15 prisoners that had no will left to fight without incident.
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They were also waiting for the German counteroffensive, which did come. Even if They were strapped for manpower, the Allies didn't know that. They had every reason to believe that the Germans were coming to Normandy with the Wrath of God.
Now, you're on the beach. Your unit was just turned into ground chuck, you're hoping that reinforcements come soon. The only things you have are what you could carry that didn't get washed away or shot up when you hit the beach. There may even be some Germans still entrenched and fighting on the cliffs.
On top of that, the greatest war machine the world had ever seen is now aware you just invaded and is launching its counter attack at you.
How eagar are you to take care of prisoners?