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What were the main targets of the kamikazes?
ships or boats
Why was the German air forces was almost grounded by the time of the D-Day invasion?
By mid 1944 the Luftwaffe had been severely reduced by Allied bombing attacks on airfields, aircraft production factories and refineries. By June the Luftwaffe was extremely low on aircraft, parts and aviation gas.
Why did aircraft have the stripes on their wings for the invasion of Europe and not before?
The stripes were to identify Allied Aircraft to Allied Anti-Aircraft Units so that the aircraft carrying the Allied Airborne Forces would not be shot down by their own anti-aircraft units as they were at Sicily. The only Airborne operations between Sicily & Normandy was at Salerno. There the entire Fifth Army was simply ordered not to fire their weapons on a particular night. Richard V. Horrell WW 2 Connections
How devistating was the bombing in Germany during World War 2?
Far far greater than that inflicted on UK in 1940. Berlin Hamburg Dresden & Cologne, among other targets were particularly badly affected. The effect of both German fighter & anti aircraft artillery defence was much reduced by 1945. Having said that the Allied air foces took great losses in the air attacks.
How many allied and German casualties were there an D-Day?
At least ~12,000 overall Allied casualties , German casualties were estimated at between 4,000 and 9,000 casualties .
