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D-Day

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.

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D-Day

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  1. D-Day

  2. Operation Overlord • June 6, 1944 • Normandy, France • Led by Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower • Is the largest amphibious invasion in world history

  3. 101st Airborne 101st suffered 182 killed, 557 wounded, and 501 missing equaled 1240 casualties out of 6,600 troops involved.

  4. Allies • 156,000 troops from 9 different countries • 73,000 from the United States • About 12,000 casualties • 6600 from the United States

  5. 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

  6. War Memorial • 9,387 U.S. Soldiers buried here that died between 1941-1945 • Notable Burials include Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. & Quentin Roosevelt.

  7. War Memorial

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