Invasion of Normandy: Difference between revisions

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|strength1=1,452,000 (by [[July 25]])<ref>Zetterling, p. 32: "On 25 July there were 812,000 US soldiers and 640,000 British in Normandy."</ref>

|strength2=380,000 (by [[July 23]])<ref>Zetterling, p. 32: "When Operation Cobra was launched, the Germans had brought to Normandy about 410,000 men in divisions and non-divisional combat units. If this is multiplied by 1.19 we arrive at approximately 490,000 soldiers. However, until July 23, casualties amounted to 116,863, while only 10,078 replacements had arrived."</ref>

|casualties1='''United States''': 29,000 dead, 106,000 wounded and missing;<br>'''United Kingdom''': 11,000 dead, 54,000 wounded and missing;<br>'''Canada''': 5,000 dead; 13,000 wounded and missing;<br>'''France''': 12,200 civilian dead and missing</ref>

|casualties2=23,019 KIA ,<br>67,060 wounded,<br>198,616 missing & captured<ref>Zetterling, p.77: "The following casualties were recorded during the summer of 1944 for OB West", followed by a table for the months of June, July and August, previously he also noted casualty ratings as reported in "British literature" he assumes to be based on wartime estimates; "210,000 prisoners and 240,000 killed and wounded"</ref>

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