74 years ago today 132,000 soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy, France in the greatest amphibious and air invasion ever attempted in wartime.
The defenders, the Axis coalition was comprised of various European volunteers all over Europe including some outside of Europe such as Indians and a Korean division that attempted to halt the Allied invasion into Western Europe, mean while at the same time the Axis defending against the Bolshevik rampage in the east.
Remember the dead.
Axis soldiers death toll on D-Day approximately 4,000 to 9,000.
Allied soldier death toll on D-Day approximately 10,000.
Over 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded or went missing during the entirety of the Battle of Normandy. 50,000 French civilians would perish mostly under the weight of indiscriminate Allied bombing.
Remember the dead.
