On the first day of Operation Overlord, 160,000 troops landed with many more following.
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The Invasion of Normandy, also known as Normandy Landings (D-day), commenced on a Tuesday, June 6, 1944. There were 24,500 US paratroopers that landed at the battle scene of Normandy (500 of them being highly trained commandos). This mission started at 6:30 AM and was successful. The US casualties on this mission to this date was 6603 soldiers.
Iraq has had about 4,000 U.S. soldiers die there. That is about what we lost in the first hour of the Normandy invasion on D-day. Freedom is never free.
An estimated 156,000 allied troops landed in Normandy on D-Day in 1945.
An estimated 156,000 allied troops landed in Normandy on D-Day in 1945.
An estimated 156,000 allied troops landed in Normandy on D-Day in 1945.