How many allied vehicles were involved in the D-Day landings?

The initial shipment as part of Operation Neptune (naval portion of Operation Overlord) was 20,000 vehicles. Not all of these would have landed on D-day but shortly after as the Mulberry harbours were set up. read more

They have recorded the names of individual Allied personnel killed on 6 June 1944 in Operation Overlord, and so far they have verified 2,499 American D-Day fatalities and 1,914 from the other Allied nations, a total of 4,413 dead (much higher than the traditional figure of 2,500 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