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D-Day landing site where almost 3000 allied soldiers were killed or wounded?
50,000 were killed and 230,000 were wounded
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Yes, because they were killed or wounded trying to find cover on the beachhead. Those not killed or wounded had found 'some' type and tried to fire on German defenses, but for the most part, there were no exposed German positions.......
Casuality
Australia: 18.500 wounded and missing - 7,594 killed. New Zealand : 5,150 wounded and missing - 2,431 killed. British Empire (excl. Anzac) : 198,000 wounded and missing - 22,000 killed. France : 23,000 wounded and missing - 27,000 killed. Ottoman Empire (Turkey) : 109,042 wounded and missing - 57,084 killed. Furthermore 1.700 Indians died in Gallipoli, plus an unknown number of Germans, Newfoundlanders and Senegalese.
The first battle of Bull Run - July 1861 - 460 Union/387 Confederate soldiers were killed, 1124 Union/1582 Confederate were wounded. The second battle of Bull Run - August 1862 - Union casualtieswere approximately 10,000 Union soldiers were killed or wounded out of 62,000, and 1300 killed - 7,000 wounded out of 50,000 Confederate soldiers.
It is not known how many Australian troops were involved in the landings at Gallipoli. However, the entire Gallipoli campaign resulted in 26,111 Australian casualties, and this included between 8,150 and 8,500 deaths. The total number of Allied troops who took part in the Gallipoli campaign was about 480,000, but this included Australians, New Zealanders, British and French.
Of the 13,560 allied casualties at the second battle of El Alamein (Including soldiers who were wounded or went missing), 22% were Australian.
half of all the soldiers
A total of 935,136 - 1,977, 779 soldiers were killed, and about 2,098,200 were wounded.