D-DAY

FACTS & FIGURES

Considered by many historians to be the key to Allled victory in World War II, the D-Day invasion was the largest amphibious attack in the history of modern warfare. How big was it

CODE NAME: OPERATION OVERLORD
DATE JUNE 6, 1944
WHEN FIRST TROOPS HIT OMAHA BEACH AT 6:30 A.M.

BY THE NUMBERS:

5 BEACHES STRETCHING OVER 50 MILES OF FRENCH COASTLINE

156,000
AMERICAN, BRITISH, & CANADIAN TROOPS
6,000 SHIPS MANNED BY 195,000 PERSONNEL

7,000,000

POUNDS OF SUPPLIES

448,000

POUNDS OF AMMUNITION
10,000 TROOPS KILLED, WOUNDED, OR MISSING IN ACTION (MIA)
13,000 AIRCRAFT FLYING 14,000 MISSIONS
2,000 AIRCRAFT AND 12,00 AIRMEN SHOT DOWN OR LOST

Despite heavy losses of men and equipment, D-Day set in motion the eventual end of World War II, as Allied forces drove Germany out of France through the combination of the amphibious beach assault and in-country paratrooper drops behind enemy lines, effectively surrounding the German army and cutting off their supply lines.

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