By June 6th 1944, the Allies had landed 150,000 men in Normandy. The five beaches were secure and the troops were pushing inland.
[History on the Net] The total number of casualties that occurred during Operation Overlord, from June 6 (the date of D-Day) to August 30 (when German forces retreated across the Seine) was over 425,000 Allied and German troops. This figure includes over 209,000 Allied casualties:
Nearly 37,000 dead among the ground forces
16,714 deaths among the Allied air forces.
Of the Allied casualties, 83,045 were from 21st Army Group (British, Canadian and Polish ground forces) 125,847 from the US ground forces.
And Colin, this is why our flag is important.
My Grandfather operated one of the landing crafts.
ReplyDeleteI watched the ceremony on u-tube since local stations virtually ignored it to run stories of #me too actresses barely dressed. Our president was brilliant.
ReplyDeleteThat's something to be very proud of 9:48.
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