Original sentence: The 155mm guns would have threatened the Allied landings on both Omaha and Utah beaches when finished, risking heavy casualties to the landing forces.The plan was to build six casements but two were unfinished when the location was attacked.To provide increased defensive capability, the Germans began upgrading the battery in the Spring of 1944 with fully enclosed H671 concrete casements
Edited sentence: (wrong... the Rangers were NOT sent to attack an observation post.)... They were sent to the wrong battery for political reasons.Pointe du Hoc was empty on D-day and had been for a while, yet Rommel had shown it off... so it had to be destroyed.The 105mm casemated guns would have threatened the Allied landings on both Omaha and Utah beaches when finished but that was months off happening.The battery nearby was doing the shelling.The plan was to build four casements but the two were unfinished when the location was attacked.To provide increased defensive capability, the Germans began upgrading the battery in the Spring of 1944 with the construction started on two fully enclosed H671 concrete casements