“Second World War: Europe; “Into the Jaws of Death — U.S. Troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire”, circa 1944-06-06. Chief Photographer’s Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent, Records of the US Coast Guard (NAID 355)”
“The official British history gives an estimated figure of 156,115 men landed on D-Day. This comprised 57,500 Americans and 75,215 British and Canadians from the sea and 15,500 Americans and 7,900 British from the air. The original estimate for Allied casualties was 10,000, of which 2,500 were killed. Research under way by the National D-Day Memorial has confirmed 4,414 deaths, of which 2,499 were American and 1,915 were from other nations.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings
The invasion of Normandy in June 1944 was the culmination of three years of planning and preparation gathering by Allied forces in Britain… Instrumental to Allied success was the American, British, and Allied naval and amphibious contingents at Normandy…
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