D-Day

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Today, we commemorate the 64th anniversery of the D-Day invasion. Never forget!

 

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D-Day Deaths

150,000 troops stormed Normandy beaches. About 2,500 GI's died on the beaches and 2,600 paratroopers died. And 3,100 Germans died.

 

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It is likely that the number will never be known. Check out this site for more info: FOXNews.com - Still No Exact Figure for D-Day Dead - U.S. & World

 

On D-DAY the casualties on American side on OMAHA BEACH was about 3000 soldiers and on the British side 400 to 600 soldiers on other beaches especially on SWORD BEACH(about 200 soldiers) and on the German side that lies between 5000 to 8000 soldiers as casualties.

 

Total Allied KIA's on D-Day only are estimated at 2500. Death tolls for the entire war can be found at Twentieth Century Atlas - World War Two Casualty Statistics

 

The vast majority of D-Day deaths occurred at Omaha Beach where it is believed around 2,200 Americans died. Casualties during the other landingsa were unexpectedly light. No-one knows precisely how many people died in the war as a whole but it is belived to be around 50,000,000 of which some 6.000,000 slaughtered in the holocaust The Russians lost around 22,000,000 civilians and some 8,000,000 servicemen. The Germans lost around 3,500,000 servicemen and around 500,000 civilians. British casualties were comparitively light with around 350,000 deaths in total of which around 100,000 were civilians. The most dangerous activities for the British were RAF aircrew, merchant marine and special forces. Around half of the "few" that fought in the Battle of Britain were killed either in the battle of during the war and Bomber Command lost around half its total aircrew. Merchant marine lost around. (This answer was provided by Joe-snowsher

 

 

 

 

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The Allied air forces lost nearly 12,000 men and over 2,000 aircraft in operations which paved the way for D-Day.

 

Total Allied casualties on D-Day are estimated at 10,000, including 2500 dead. British casualties on D-Day have been estimated at approximately 2700. The Canadians lost 946 casualties. The US forces lost 6603 men.

 

Casualties on the British beaches were roughly 1000 on Gold Beach and the same number on Sword Beach. The remainder of the British losses were amongst the airborne troops: some 600 were killed or wounded, and 600 more were missing; 100 glider pilots also became casualties. The losses of 3rd Canadian Division at Juno Beach have been given as 340 killed, 574 wounded and 47 taken prisoner.

 

The breakdown of US casualties was 1465 dead, 3184 wounded, 1928 missing and 26 captured. Of the total US figure, 2499 casualties were from the US airborne troops (238 of them being deaths). The casualties at Utah Beach were relatively light: 197, including 60 missing. However, the US 1st and 29th Divisions together suffered around 2000 casualties at Omaha Beach.

 

The total German casualties on D-Day are not known, but are estimated as being between 4000 and 9000 men.

 

Naval losses for June 1944 included 24 warships and 35 merchantmen or auxiliaries sunk, and a further 120 vessels damaged.

 

Over 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded or went missing during the Battle of Normandy. This figure includes over 209,000 Allied casualties, with nearly 37,000 dead amongst the ground forces and a further 16,714 deaths amongst 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. The losses of the German forces during the Battle of Normandy can only be estimated. Roughly 200,000 German troops were killed or wounded. The Allies also captured 200,000 prisoners of war (not included in the 425,000 total, above). During the fighting around the Falaise Pocket (August 1944) alone, the Germans suffered losses of around 90,000, including prisoners.

 

Today, twenty-seven war cemeteries hold the remains of over 110,000 dead from both sides: 77,866 German, 9386 American, 17,769 British, 5002 Canadian and 650 Poles.

 

Between 15,000 and 20,000 French civilians were killed, mainly as a result of Allied bombing.

 

 

PS: I still have my dads "Blue Jackets Manual" dated: 1944

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You're in deep , Adolf.

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To the greatest generation, a heartfelt THANK YOU.

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Although my dad wasn't in the Navy during the war he did drive those Higgins landing crafts that you see the men leaving.

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Higgins was born in my home town.

"Andrew Higgins ..."

..Eisenhower said.. "is the man who won the war for us." "...If Higgins had not designed and built those LCVP's, we never could have landed over an open beach. The whole strategy of the war would have been different."

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Higgins was born in my home town.

 

 

Columbus, Nebraska is home to the National memorial to Andrew Higgins.

 

 

Here are some pics of the Higgins Memorial

 

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This pic is from phase 1 of the project. There are more walls with bricks and the sculpture below made from steel from the World Trade Center with an eagle on top.

 

 

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A full-scale Higgins boat, soldiers and sand collected from all over the world where our troops have fought are highlights of this park.

 

 

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The project began with a high school history assignment. These bronze soldiers are by a local artist whose work can be found world-wide. He modeled them after soldiers from 3 campaigns and a complete history of each one is included in the exhibits.

 

 

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Steel from the World Trade Center is topped with an eagle.