During the Normandy invasion, should the Americans have delayed their?

landings from 0630 to 0730, in order to give the Navy an extra hour to pound the German defenses?

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I'm presuming you're talking about the Omaha Beach landing in particular. The other beaches had clearer weather, and the warships and aircraft had an easier time seeing their targets. At Omaha, the morning mist stayed longer and the gunners on the ships and in the air overshot their targets, leaving most of the beach defenses relatively untouched.

Perhaps another hour would've burned off the morning mist, but due to the time tables planned months in advance, the decision was made to carryon as they did. In hindsight, the delay would've helped, but the 'fog of war' (no pun intended), was the reality.

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