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38,000 americans died in France....
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:34 pm
on this day 74 years ago. Can you imagine ? We live in a great country protected throughout history by great young men and women. So many died on June 6, 1944.
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Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:35 pm to Picayuner
Your math way off.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:36 pm to Picayuner
Where are you getting that number from? The official records are about 4,000 dead across all allies and 10,000 overall casualties for the allies
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:38 pm to athenslife101
American casualties on D-Day were a little over 6,000 with something close to 1,500 dead
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:38 pm to Picayuner
quote:that can't be right
38,000 americans died in France on this day 74 years ago
and you capitalized France but not Americans?
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:40 pm to Darth_Vader
OP is using the metric system.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:40 pm to Darth_Vader
38,000 was the number of ground troops killed in all of Operation Overlord (Battle of Normandy)
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:41 pm to Picayuner
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38,000 americans died in France....
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Can you imagine ?
You certainly need an imagination to come up with 38,000 dead Americans on D-Day
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:42 pm to Kafka
(Over 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded or went missing during the Battle of Normandy. This figure includes over 209,000 Allied casualties, with nearly 37,000 dead amongst the ground forces and a further 16,714 deaths amongst the Allied air forces)
SORRY, total casualties, including Americans. MY BAD !
SORRY, total casualties, including Americans. MY BAD !
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:42 pm to dbeck
quote:
OP is using the metric system.
I always wondered what the KIA metric conversion was
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:43 pm to Kafka
I have no idea where he got that number. Total American casualties for the entire Overlord Campaign from June 6 to Aug. 30 were just shy of 125,000 with a little over 20,000 dead.
(To give some perspective, the British lost 20,000 dead in the opening hours of the first DAY of the Battle of the Somme in WWI.)
(To give some perspective, the British lost 20,000 dead in the opening hours of the first DAY of the Battle of the Somme in WWI.)
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:43 pm to Picayuner
And to think we sacrificed so much for such delicious cheese.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:45 pm to Picayuner
For actual frick's sake...
(ETA: Conventional wisdom is the U.S. suffered ~2500 KIA on 6 June in France. This would include the amphibious operations on the beaches themselves, the push inland, the airborne operations, as well as related naval and air operations in support. Our allies were just under 2000 KIA for the same day.)
(ETA: Conventional wisdom is the U.S. suffered ~2500 KIA on 6 June in France. This would include the amphibious operations on the beaches themselves, the push inland, the airborne operations, as well as related naval and air operations in support. Our allies were just under 2000 KIA for the same day.)
This post was edited on 6/6/18 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:45 pm to Picayuner
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38,000 americans died in France....
...and that's just the ones that have been run down by Muslims in rented trucks.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:45 pm to terd ferguson
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38,000 was the number of ground troops killed in all of Operation Overlord (Battle of Normandy)
That’s a total of all Allies. It includes British, Canadian, French, etc.
As for American deaths during Overlord, that number is roughly 20,000.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:45 pm to Darth_Vader
I think that number (38,000) might also be the number of casualties that were predicted for D-Day... or close to it.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:47 pm to Soy Boi
quote:Lucas?
And to think we sacrificed so much for such delicious cheese
Did you steal that from reddit?
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:47 pm to upgrayedd
The Battle of Normandy occurred from June 6- August 30. It was not just one day.
The deadliest campaign in US history. Second deadliest is Meuse-Argonne from World War One.
The deadliest campaign in US history. Second deadliest is Meuse-Argonne from World War One.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:48 pm to terd ferguson
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I think that number (38,000) might also be the number of casualties that were predicted for D-Day... or close to it.
Estimated varied wildly before D-Day. Some even thought the first waves would suffer upwards of 90% casualties.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 12:49 pm to Picayuner
quote:Not only is your stat absurdly wrong, it throws into sharp relief just how many fricking Russians were pulverized to essentially protect this great country.
38,000 americans died in France....
on this day 74 years ago. Can you imagine ? We live in a great country protected throughout history by great young men and women. So many died on June 6, 1944.
In the battle of Kharkov alone (which you've likely never heard of), the following is true:
quote:
Kharkov was a strategically important city in the Ukraine that had seen fierce fighting in the autumn of 1941, when the Germans captured it. The following year the Red Army launched a major offensive to retake the prized city. Unfortunately for the Red Army, the Germans were still very much active in the area and were able to call upon forces to launch a strong defense and counter-offensive. The Germans encircled the three Soviet armies and effectively destroyed them. In a devastatingly effective operation, the Germans wiped out nearly 280,000 Russian men and 650 tanks.
2nd Battle of Kharkov - 16 days of hell
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