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- 1 million allies and 700,000 Germans;
- 8.000 artillery pieces;
- 2,546 ALLIED bombers and 1,731 fighters opposed 820 German Bombers and fighters;
- 24 warships and 35 merchant ships were sunk;
- 127 allied planes were shot down;
- 3,500 gliders were in the air behind towing planes;
- 100 glider pilots died;
D-Day casualties were:
- 2,700 British;
- 946 Canadians;
- 6,603 Americas:
- 4,000-9,000 Germans;
- 12,000 airmen were killed and 200 war planes lost in April and May in preparations for D-Day.
By the time the Battle of Normandy ended 425,000 Allies and Germans were killed or wounded.
Today in 77 Normandy cemeteries remain 77.866 Germans; 9,386 Americans; 17,769 British; 5,002 Canadians and 650 Poles.
Again, I stand in awe.
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D-Day: Eisenhower and the Paratroopers
Retain Mike | 06/05/09 | Retain Mike
Posted on 06/05/2009 11:24:06 AM PDT by Retain Mike
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"For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a trimphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.” - General George S. Patton Jr.
"Old Blood & Guts" final resting place at the head of 5,075 WWII U.S. Armed Forces graves at the American Cemetery and Memorial in Hamm, Luxembourg. It was a humbling experience when I visited the cemetery and George's grave on a business trip that allowed me to make a side trip to Luxembourg. It was my third major WWII European cemetery to visit. It's a beautiful place and a vivid reminder what it cost to have the freedoms we enjoy.
ABMC administers, operates, and maintains 24 permanent American burial grounds on foreign soil. Presently there are 124,913 U.S. war dead interred at these cemeteries. Eleven of the 24 cemeteries are located in France. There are 60,487 U.S. Armed Forces graves in France with another 7,063 names of the missing inscribed on the cemeteries’ walls and granite tablets. In the France, Belgium, and Luxembourg triangle there are 15 cemeteries with 79,252 graves and 8,389 missing inscribed names. Even if you don’t know much about U.S. war history, visiting cemeteries like Normandy, Lorraine, and Luxembourg will change your life.
From FlAttorney's FR "Straight Talk"
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