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D Day, 1944. What would have happened to the 13,100 paratroopers already behind enemy lines if all the morning amphibious landings failed? What was the extraction plan for them?

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D Day, 1944. What would have happened to the 13,100 paratroopers already behind enemy lines if all the morning amphibious landings failed? What was the extraction plan for them?	1474
Why didn't the airborne divisions attack the beach defences from behind on D-Day?	138