D- Day was in June 6 1944 an invasion that the Allies made in effort to rescue France from German control. The Allies send 11 divisions and planned to drive inland to a distance of nine miles. On June 11, the allies overcame Germany to unite, the divisions united into one large group. There was 155,000 troops including 40,000 vehicles, 1,000 tanks, 7,000 naval crafts, and 11,500 aircrafts. On the first day there was about 10,000 casualties in which 6,600 of those were US troops. By August 25 Allies were able to free Paris; and on September 16 troops reach the German borders.
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It is really sad that there were so many casualties but it is good that we prevailed.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that so many people was involove in the D-Day invasion. Thats a lot of people giving up their lives for the rights of other people.
ReplyDeleteWow there was a lot of weapons, and aircraft involved. It's crazy how so many U.S. troops died.
ReplyDeleteWow, even though we were most of the casualties in the D-Day invasion I can't believe we were the victor in this.
ReplyDeleteBeing the victor is phenomenal due to how many casualties there were.
ReplyDeleteThere was a lot of weaponds, aircraft, and people in this fight Never known that
ReplyDeleteI didnt know so many people risked thier life for freedom!
ReplyDeleteI knew quite a bit of information about D-Day, but I never knew how many weapons and people were used and risked for freedom and also to see how many people were willing to fight for what they believe in.
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