Staff engaged
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1 527 000
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- Number of American troops in England on the eve of D-Day
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287 000
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- Number of personnel on board ships allies on D-Day
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156 115
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- Number of allied soldiers and paratroopers engaged in Normandy on June 6, 1944 at midnight
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132 000
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- Number of Allied soldiers who landed on June 6, 1944 at midnight
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25 000
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- Number of Allied sailors committed under Operation Neptune
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73 000
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- Number of British soldiers who landed on June 6, 1944 at midnight
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59 000
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- Number of American soldiers who landed on June 6, 1944 at midnight
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40 000
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- Number of German soldiers spread across sectors landing
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34 250
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- Number of U.S. soldiers landed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944 at midnight
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28 845
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- Number of British soldiers landed on Sword Beach on June 6, 1944 at midnight
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24 970
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- Number of British soldiers landed on Gold Beach on June 6, 1944 at midnight
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23 250
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- Number of U.S. soldiers landed on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944 at midnight
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21 400
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- Number of Canadian soldiers landed on Juno Beach on June 6, 1944 at midnight
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15 500
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- Number of Americans parachuted on June 6, 1944 at midnight
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7 900
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- Number of British parachuted on June 6, 1944 at midnight
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360
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- Number of Allied paratroopers scouts (Pathfinders) dropped over Normandy
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225
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- Number of U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion committed to Pointe du Hoc on June 6, 1944
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177
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- number of French Commando Kieffer soldiers who landed on Sword Beach
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15
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- Number of different nations and regions involved in the Allied forces for Operation Overlord
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