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65 TH ANNIVERSARYOFTHENORMANDYINVASION “The Allied victory in Northwest Europe...will lead to the end of the German military domination of ; it is the beginning of the end of .” – Part of a directive issued by General , Aug. 20, 1944

Numbers can be interesting, but they don’t tell the THELANDINGBEACHES BYTHE NUMBERS whole story. To get that, it is best to read the various histories or, better yet, talk to those who were there during that summer 65 years ago. We present the following for quick reference, noting that in some cases the numbers are approximations. FÉCAMP CHERBOURG Date of Allied Allied minesweepers deployed to UTAH OMAHA 4TH4TH US D DIVISIONIVISION 1ST1ST US D DIVISIONIVISION 06/06/44 247 ‘sweep’ 10 approach channels to 2929THTH U USS DI DIVISIONVISION JUNO the Normandy beaches 3RD CANADIAN INF. DIV. 2ND CANADIAN ARMD. BDE. LEHAVRE Allied invasion beaches or sectors, 5 codenamed—from west to east— Allied men landed STE.MÈRE-ÉGLISE GOLDGOLD SWORD Utah (US), Omaha (US), Gold (Brit.), Juno 132,000 on D-Day 50TH50TH B BRITISHRITISH D DIVISIONIVISION 3RD3RD BR BRITISHITISH DI DIVISIONVISION (Cdn.) and Sword (Brit.) 82ND US AIRBORNEDIVISION GRANDCAMP 101ST US MAISY Troops landed by sea or by AIRBORNEDIVISION ST. LAURENT DEAUVILLE ARROMANCHES Panzer or panzer-grenadier (armoured air by day’s end on D-Day COURSEULLES- 155,000 ÈVES SUR-MER 10 infantry) divisions in the West by D-Day. S HOULGATE PONT LESSAY OUISTREHAM Six were considered battle-ready 6TH BRITISH L’ÉVÊQUE E Vehicles, including , AY LES AIRBORNEDIVISION MUM PÈRIERS UL 6,000 landed on D-Day OME DR SE RE Tonnage of bombs dropped by AU the RAF Bomber Command in SAINT-LÔ TO LISIEUX 6,000 UQ Air force squadrons of fighters and CE the final hours prior to the invasion UE fighter bombers that attacked the VILLERS- S 171 MUAN Luftwaffe or ground positions UNITEDKINGDOM L S BELGIUM A ONO VE IZE I IS D Allied , CHANNEL LA VIE LUX. 23,400 including Canadians, who ENGLISH O jumped or landed in gliders behind German Tonnage of stores or R NNE supplies required per day PARIS ESCAPEROUTE coastal defences 26,000 FALAISE OFGERMANARMY to sustain Allied armies in Normandy TRUN FRANCE SWIT. Allied vessels employed in the FALAISEPOCKET CHAMBOIS D-Day fleet commanded by German soldiers squeezed (16-21 AUGUST, 1944) 7,016 ATLANTIC OCEAN Sir , including six 100,000 by Allied forces into the Falaise , an area that measured 30 kilo- ITALY SÉE battleships, two monitors, 22 cruisers, 93 , 71 corvettes, and various types metres long by 20 wide on Aug. 16, 1944 of , numbering in the thousands

SPAIN MEDITERRANEANSEA German casualties between SÉLUNE 0 10 20 30 RENNE 400,000 June and late August 1944 VA KILOMETRES Allied naval personnel, 195,701 including merchant navy that supported the invasion Allied casualties between June and late August 1944 Codename for the 1944 Allied D-DAY Allied staff term for the unnamed day on which an 206,000 invasion of occupied Northwest Europe. operation commences or is to commence. The letter D is a mili- For a bird’s eye view of on the morning of , 1944, Sources: Bloody Victory: Canadians and the D-Day Campaign 1944 by tary symbol standing for the day the operation is to happen. please see our illustrated pullout poster in the centre of the magazine. J.L. Granatstein and Desmond Morton; D-Day: The Illustrated History by OPERATION NEPTUNE Codename for the assault phase Stephen Badsey; Juno: Canadians At D-Day, June 6, 1944 by Ted Barris; Legion Magazine; Normandy 1944: The Canadian Summer by Bill (the Normandy landings and associated operations) of the JUNO The Allied codename given to the Normandy beach For a timeline on the Normandy Campaign, please visit McAndrew, Donald E. Graves and Michael Whitby; Oxford Companion 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy. where Canadians landed on June 6, 1944. Legion Magazine’s website at www.legionmagazine.com To World War II; The Victory Campaign: The Operations In North-West Europe, 1944-1945 by C.P. Stacey; Veterans Affairs .