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June 9, 2020

D-Day by the Numbers: Here's All the Data You Could Want About That Famous Invasion

The data shows how huge the operation was.
by Warfare History Network

Key Point: This enormous understaking involved thousands of soldiers and ships. Here's how the Allies smashed the Nazis and secured a beachhead.
 
The largest amphibious invasion in history began on the night of June 5-6, with the roar of C-47 engines preparing to take off , and climaxed on the beaches of Normandy.

But just how many paratroopers did it take to support the Normandy landings, how many soldiers braved machine gun fire and artillery to secure those crucial beachheads, and how many German soldiers were they up against?

History on the Net’s article on the D-Day invasion provides the astonishing raw figures.

Operation Overlord Statistics

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/d-day-numbers-heres-all-data-you-could-want-about-famous-invasion-162156