Instead, in their memoirs they argued that Rommel was at best an adequate tactician and not a bad leader of small units, that he had been an adequate division commander, but his command of corps, army and army groups was often flawed. read more
Normandy is also not that far away from Paris, and the coast is long enough that the Allies could land several divisions without many logistical problems (stretching out the German defenders). Source: Ford, Ken & Zaloga, Steven J. (2009). Overlord: The D-Day Landings. read more