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D-Day. Operation Overlord. June 6, 1944 Normandy, France Led by Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower Is the largest amphibious invasion in world history. 101 st Airborne. 101st suffered 182 killed, 557 wounded, and 501 missing equaled 1240 casualties out of 6,600 troops involved. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
D-Day
Operation Overlord
• June 6, 1944• Normandy, France• Led by Supreme Allied
Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Is the largest amphibious invasion in world history
101st Airborne
101st suffered 182 killed, 557 wounded, and 501 missing equaled 1240 casualties out of 6,600 troops involved.
Allies
• 156,000 troops from 9 different countries
• 73,000 from the United States
• About 12,000 casualties
• 6600 from the United States
By the Numbers
• 6,939 vessels: 1,213 warships, 4,126 transport vessels, and 736 ancillary craft and 864 merchant vessels.
• 11,590 aircraft-13,000 tons of bombs-14,000 sorties
British Sector American Sector
Gold 24,970 Utah 23,250
Juno 21,400 Omaha 34,250
Sword 28,845 —
Total 75,214 Total 57,500
War Memorial
• 9,387 U.S. Soldiers buried here that died between 1941-1945
• Notable Burials include Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. & Quentin Roosevelt.
War Memorial