The German Radar Station That Wasn't There

The Germans had built a sophisticated coastal radar network along the Atlantic Wall, but Allied intelligence had missed that the major radar installation at Pointe de la Percée, overlooking Omaha Beach, had been dismantled three days before D-Day. The Germans moved the equipment inland to avoid naval gunfire, leaving only the concrete foundations. American naval bombardment targeted these foundations for over an hour on D-Day morning, wasting shells on empty concrete. Had the radar still been operational, they may have detected the invasion fleet hours earlier.