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Vlad_The_Impaler on scored.co
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>The Allies suffered over 10,300 total casualties (killed, wounded, or missing), of which approximately 2,400 were on Omaha Beach.
>Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on D-Day, made up of major forces from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and 12 other Allied nations. Some 23,400 airborne troops jumped into Normandy from 822 aircraft and gliders. Over 34,000 Americans came ashore at Omaha alone on June 6. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/media/press-releases/d-day-fact-sheet-0
Germans picked off 6.4% of the invading force that day according to these numbers
>Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on D-Day, made up of major forces from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and 12 other Allied nations. Some 23,400 airborne troops jumped into Normandy from 822 aircraft and gliders. Over 34,000 Americans came ashore at Omaha alone on June 6. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/media/press-releases/d-day-fact-sheet-0
Germans picked off 6.4% of the invading force that day according to these numbers