By nightfall on the 6th, over 25,000 British soldiers and Commandos had landed on Gold beach and held the territory to 5-6 miles inland.
23,250 landed,=200 casualties.=
about 140,000 men landed on Utah beach with ten thousand made it out alive
Casualties on Gold Beach were approximately 1,000. This number includes deaths and wounded.
D-DAY LANDINGS (June 6, 1944) #Utah Beach - 23,250 American troops were landed. US 1st Army 7th and 5th US Corps #Omaha Beach - 34,250 American troops were landed. 29th and 1st US Div. #Gold Beach - 24,970 British troops were landed. 50th Division, British 2nd Army #Juno Beach - 21,400 Canadian troops were landed. 3rd Canadian Div. #Sword Beach - 28,845 British troops were landed. 3rd British Div. By 12th June 326,000 troops and 54,000 vehicles were on the beaches. By 2nd July 2 another 929,000 men and 177,000 vehicles had been put ashore.
Three British Brigades and a British Marine Commando landed on Sword Beach. This was approximately 28,450 men who stormed the beach with less than 800 casualties.
23,250 landed,=200 casualties.=
about 140,000 men landed on Utah beach with ten thousand made it out alive
200 Casualties 23,250 men landed
Casualties on Utah Beach were the lightest of any beach with 197 out of the roughly 23,000 troops that landed
197 men from the 4th ID were killed there out of the 23,000 who landed. The lightest casualties of any beach.
Casualties on Gold Beach were approximately 1,000. This number includes deaths and wounded.
D-DAY LANDINGS (June 6, 1944) #Utah Beach - 23,250 American troops were landed. US 1st Army 7th and 5th US Corps #Omaha Beach - 34,250 American troops were landed. 29th and 1st US Div. #Gold Beach - 24,970 British troops were landed. 50th Division, British 2nd Army #Juno Beach - 21,400 Canadian troops were landed. 3rd Canadian Div. #Sword Beach - 28,845 British troops were landed. 3rd British Div. By 12th June 326,000 troops and 54,000 vehicles were on the beaches. By 2nd July 2 another 929,000 men and 177,000 vehicles had been put ashore.
Three British Brigades and a British Marine Commando landed on Sword Beach. This was approximately 28,450 men who stormed the beach with less than 800 casualties.
On D-Day, the Allies landed around 156,000 troops in Normandy. The American forces landed numbered 73,000: 23,250 on Utah Beach, 34,250 on Omaha Beach, and 15,500 airborne troops. In the British and Canadian sector, 83,115 troops were landed (61,715 of them British): 24,970 on Gold Beach, 21,400 on Juno Beach, 28,845 on Sword Beach, and 7900 airborne troops.
Gold medalists at the 2008 Games in Beijing: Men's Indoor: United States Women's Indoor: Brazil Men's Beach: United States (Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser) Women's Beach: United States (Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor)
The U.S. won the men's 1996 Olympic beach volleyball gold and silver and Brazil won the women's gold and silver.
Approximately 29,000 British and other Allied soldiers and Commandos landed on Sword Beach and were opposed by the German 716th Infantry Division and the 21 st Panzer Division