On D-day when the planes mostly missed the bombing of the beaches in Normandy due to weather why didn’t they use the ships guns to bombard the beaches before sending the troops to land?

by WacoPewPew

I’ve seen lots of documentaries that say the planes mostly missed their bombing marks because of the weather which meant more resistance on the beaches. Why did they not use the gunships to back up the bombardment of the beaches to give the troops an easier landing?

thefourthmaninaboat

There was a naval bombardment of the beaches at Normandy. I've covered this before here, here, here and here.