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 10 Facts About D-Day and the Allied Advance
The Normandy landings beginning on ‘D-Day‘ made up the largest seaborne invasion in history and were the start of what was code-named ‘Operation Overlord’. The successful Allied advance into German-occupied Western Europe under the command of US General Dwight D. Eisenhower comprised the mass-deployment of 3 million troops. Here are 10 facts about D-Day and the Allied advance at Normandy. 1. 34,000 French civilian casualties were sustained in the build up to D-Day.. This included 15,000 deaths, as the Allies implemented their plan to block major road networks. 2. 130,000 Allied soldiers traveled by ship over the Channel to the Normandy coast on 6 June 1944.They were joined by around 24,000 airborne troops. 3. Allied casualties on D-Day amounted to around 10,000.. German losses are estimated at anywhere from 4,000 to 9,000 men. 4. Within a week over 325,000 Allied soldiers had crossed the English Channel. By the end of the month around 850,000 had entered Normandy. 5. The Allies sustained over 200,000 casualties in the Battle of Normandy. German casualties totaled a similar amount but with a further 200,000 taken prisoner. 6. Paris was liberated on 25 August 7. The Allies lost around 15,000 airborne troops in the unsuccessful Market Garden operation in September 1944 8. The Allies crossed the Rhine at four points over the course of March 1945. This paved the way for the final advance into the heart of Germany. 9. Up to 350,000 concentration camp prisoners are thought to have died in pointless death marches..These occurred as the Allied advance accelerated into both Poland and Germany. 10. Goebbels used news of the death of President Roosevelt on 12 April to encourage Hitler that they remained destined to win the war  Warriors4Trump Comment Policy
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