On the other hand, from the author’s research it appears evident that this destroyer squadron, with their British counterparts, may have had a more pivotal influence on the breakout from the beachhead and the success of the subsequent campaign than was heretofore realized. Their experience at Omaha Beach can be looked upon as typical of most U.S. This monograph provides firsthand accounts of Destroyer Squadron 18 during this critical battle upon which so much of the success of our campaign in Europe would depend. Nevertheless, the military victory could not have happened without the naval forces to move the armies across the Channel, to put the troops ashore on the assault beaches, and then to provide the naval gunfire that, with close air support, enabled the assault forces to break out of the beachhead. The landings in Normandy and the defeat of the German army were the Army’s tasks and clearly among its finest hours.
Navy in the Normandy invasions is an important example of this kind of oversight. Because of these generalizations, attention to the key contributions of the "subordinate service" can all too easily be diminished.
Europe has always been considered as the Army’s main theater of operations in World War II, just as war in the Pacific was considered the U.S. As the 50th Anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy is observed, most of the commemorative events and historical reminiscences are concerned with the experiences of the troops that fought their way ashore and then regrouped to begin the drive across France to the Rhine that gave the Allies victory in Europe.
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