D Day Casualties by Country 2022

Known as D-Day, the Battle of Normandy occurred from June through August 1944 under the codename Operation Overlord.

World War II’s D-Day, or Normandy landings, took place on June 6, 1944. Invading Normandy in northern France, the Allied armies of Great Britain, the United States, Canada, and France battled German forces. The Allies would liberate Western Europe from Nazi Germany after the Battle of Normandy.

On the eve of D-Day, the Allied forces deceived Germany about their planned invasion objective. General Dwight Eisenhower led Operation Overlord.

The Allies staged a deception operation to fool the Germans into believing that the major invasion would occur in Pas-de-Calais before the invasion. Radio broadcasts, equipment, and a “ghost army” stationed in England across the Pas-de-Calais were all faked by the Allied forces.

The liberation of France was completed by the end of August 1994, when the Allied forces reached the Seine River. The Battle of Normandy had come to an end, and Germany had been driven out of northern France.

The D-Day invasion, the greatest seaborne invasion in history, was the turning moment for the Allies in their battle against the Nazis. The invasion psychologically damaged the Nazis, but they were also unable to deploy soldiers to form a front against the Soviets.

The Allies officially acknowledged the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany the following spring, on May 8, 1945.

Casualties

An estimated 10,000 people lost their lives on D-Day, including those who died, were injured, went missing, or were taken prisoner by the enemy. Despite the lack of an “official” D-Day mortality count, research attempts have emerged to estimate the number of deaths.

According to this investigation, approximately 1,465 Americans were killed, 3,184 were killed, 1,928 were missing, and 26 had been captured. More than 2,499 of the total American losses were from airborne forces. According to various estimates, 4,000 and 9,000 German soldiers perished on D-Day.

Around 3,300 British soldiers were killed or missing in action. Each Gold Beach and Sword Beach had an estimated 1,000 casualties. In addition, over 1200 British airborne soldiers and about 100 glider pilots were killed or wounded.

Less than 1,000 soldiers were killed in Canada’s wars. Three hundred forty people were murdered, 574 injured, and 47 were held hostage.

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425,000 Allied and German men were killed or captured during the Battle of Normandy. Over 209,000 Allied soldiers were killed, including 125,847 U.S. combat personnel and 83,045 members of the 21st Army Group (British, Canadian, and Polish ground forces).

At the end of the conflict, Germany had around 200,000 dead or injured soldiers and approximately 200,000 captive soldiers.