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Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000, with 4,414 confirmed dead [13] and the Germans had 4,000–9,000 casualties (killed, wounded, missing, or captured). [15] The Germans never achieved Hitler's stated aim of "throwing the Allies back into the sea" on D-Day or at any time thereafter. [198]
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 ( D-Day ) with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune).
According to the records of the western Allies 2.8 million German soldiers surrendered on the Western Front between D-day and the end of April 1945; 1.3 million between D-day and March 31, 1945,; [50] and 1.5 million of them in the month of April. [51]
Almost 4,500 of them were killed on D-Day and 5,800 were wounded or missing. German casualties were estimated at 4,000 to 9,000. German casualties were estimated at 4,000 to 9,000.
5 a.m.: Allied naval forces begin shelling German coastal defenses. 6:30 a.m.: Beach landings begin. How D-Day progressed on the five beaches: Utah: Assaulted by U.S. forces. This beach saw the fewest Allied casualties: 197 troops killed or wounded among 23,000 that land. Omaha: The longest, most heavily defended and bloodiest beach.
World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]
Why the Allies Won: Explaining Victory in World War II. London: Pimlico. ISBN 978-0-7126-7453-9. Pogue, F. C. (1950). "D-Day to the Breakout". The Supreme Command. United States Army in World War II The European Theater of Operations. Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army. OCLC 252766501
The Western Allies agreed to open a Second Front in northern Europe in 1942 to aid the Soviet Union. However, with resources for an invasion lacking, it was postponed [ 15 ] but planning was undertaken that in the event of the German position in western Europe becoming critically weakened or the Soviet Union's situation becoming dire, forces ...