How many paratroopers were there D Day?

Answer 1

I can't seem to find a total for both 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions.

"By the end of the day, the 101st Airborne Division had assembled only 2,500 of the 6,600 men who had dropped during the morning hours."

Quoted from page 288 of US Army's History of WW2 volume entitled "Cross-Channel Attack".

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For D-Day, the US airborne divisions landed 3 parachute infantry regiments (PIR) with about 11,000 (TO&E 11,432) troopers in each division. That is for both the 82nd and the 101st. This figure includes all attached units, glider, artillery, and parachute infantry, plus medical, headquarters, etc.

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Answer 2

1,200 Paratroopers from the famous 101st airborne were dropped behind enemy lines in Normandy just before D-Day

ANS 2 - Over 19,000 American and British paratroops were landed on D-Day,6th of June. Each of the 3 Parachute Divisions, 82 nd, 101 st and 6 th Airborne had over 6,000 troops.

Answer 3

Almost 24,000 Airborne troops were used in total by the Allies on June 6.
The American 82 and 101st parachute Infantry divisions were comprised of about 13,000 men. The British 6th Airborne landing east of Caen were a further 6,000 paratroops supported by almost 4,000 glider borne troops.

Answer 4

two American airborne divisions and 1 british airborne division

Answer 5

There were approximately 13,100 American paratroopers in the 82nd and 101st Airborne in the west. In the east around Caen there were approximately 6,000 British and Canadian paratroopers.