D-Day June 6th 1944

Operation Overlord

-Code name for D-Day.

June 6th, 1944

-The date of D-Day, the allied invasion of Normandy, -France.

D-DAY JUNE 6TH 1944

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.