"Vanishing American Air Superiority"

On Mar 19, 3:32*pm, Dean wrote:
On Mar 19, 1:28*pm, Bill Kambic wrote:

On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:53:42 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum

wrote:
Look up "Mulberry"

I know what a "Mulberry" was. *I also know that they were part of a
solution. *What was the rest of it?

Capturing Cherbourg.

Something that lasted until July 1.

"The Germans had so thoroughly wrecked and mined the port of Cherbourg
that Hitler awarded the Knight's Cross to Rear Admiral Walter Hennecke
the day after he surrendered for "a feat unprecedented in the annals
of coastal defense." The port was not brought into limited use until
the middle of August; the first ships were able to use the harbor in
late July. Nevertheless, the Germans had sustained a major defeat, as
a result of a rapid Allied buildup on their western flank and Hitler's
rigid orders. General Friedrich Dollman, commanding the German Seventh
Army, died of a heart attack on June 28, having just been informed of
a court martial pending as a result of the capture of Cherbourg."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cherbourg