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Hard to believe statistics from June 6, 1944 D-Day Normandy Invasion

June 6th, 2008 • Richard Cochrane

Filed Under: POLITICS

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June 6, 1944 D-Day NORMANDY INVASION involved:

1 million allies and 700,000 Germans;

8.000 artillery pieces;

2,546 ALLIED bombers and 1,731 fighters opposed 820 German Bombers and fighters;

24 warships and 35 merchant ships were sunk;

127 allied planes were shot down;

3,500 gliders were in the air behind towing planes;

100 glider pilots died;

D-Day casualties were:

2.700 British;

946 Canadians;

6,603 Americas:

Between 4,000 and 9.000 Germans;

Plus 12,000 airmen were killed and 200 war planes lost in April and May in preparations for D-Day.

By the time the Battle of Normandy ended 425,000 Allies and Germans were killed or wounded.

Today in 77 Normandy cemeteries remain 77.866 Germans; 9,386 Americans; 17,769 British; 5,002 Canadians and 650 Poles.

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2. Comment by Basil on 6 January 2009:

   can i know if this is a primary source or which sources did you use for these statistics.

   thanks!

3. Comment by Lanier on 11 April 2010:

   Where did you get your facts. According the Oxford Guide and D-Day(Ambrose), you are way off on a lot of your statistics.

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5. Comment by Jim on 6 June 2011:

   I do not know where you got your info but it sure does not add up. How could 12,000 airmen and 200 airplanes have been lost? That would be 60 men per plane unless you are counting glider losses but even at that I have a hard time believing you did much in the way of real research.

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