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Example Statistics of WW2 An army of 1/2 Million men required 68 Liberty ships of supplies to support it each Month. The army at Anzio was supplied by 350-400 trucks per day carriying 1750-2000 tons. Sicily Landings in July 1943 employed 7 Divisions requiring 3000 ships. US paratroopers were landed in Sicilly on July 11, 1943. A total of 144 C-47 a/c carried 2,060 paratroopers of the US 82nd Airborne Division. They were fired on by about 5000 guns from friendly ships off the coast and resulted in 229 casualties, 23 a/c destroyed and 37 a/c badly damaged.

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