[BeauBo]

Great Day to launch a counteroffensive. D-Day.

@ChuckPfarrer 4h
“NEVER FORGET: On this day in 1944, Operation Overlord landed some 156,000 Allied soldiers on the beaches of Normandy. Despite their success, some 4,000 Allied troops gave their lives during the amphibious assault.”

[blitz128]

I am always amazed at the number of deaths, for the size of the operation and the possibilities of disaster, they were minimal Relatively speaking.

Some islands in the pacific as a percent were far more deadly and brutal

God bless them all

[PIF]

some 4,500 Allied troops gave their lives during - the first hour of - the amphibious assault.”