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How many Allied forces died in the D-Day landing?

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The following article on D-Day casualties is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman' D-Day Encyclopedia. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Allied figures for D-Day casualties are contradictory, and German figures will necessarily remain inexact. read more

In April and May 1944, the Allied air forces lost nearly 12,000 men and over 2,000 aircraft in operations which paved the way for D-Day. The Allied casualties figures for D-Day have generally been estimated at 10,000. Broken down by nationality, the usual D-Day casualty figures are approximately 2700 British, 946 Canadians, and 6603 Americans. read more

In April and May 1944, the Allied air forces lost nearly 12,000 men and over 2,000 aircraft in operations which paved the way for D-Day. The Allied casualties figures for D-Day have generally been estimated at 10,000, including 2500 dead. read more

The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. read more

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