What If the Americans Lost Omaha Beach?

We ask a professional military historian what would have happened if the Americans lost Omaha Beach, and whether the Germans could have possibly repelled the D-Day landings. Dr. John Prados is a Senior Fellow at the National Security Archive and the author of many books, including “The Normandy Crucible.“ If you watched our epic D-Day wargame here on Little Wars TV, you saw the Germans successfully muster a counter-attack to eliminate Omaha Beach. Wargaming allows us to test all kinds of alternate strategies, so let’s explore the intersection of wargaming and history with Dr. John Prados. If you didn’t see our epic, seven-player wargame yet, you can watch that right here: