D-Day 6 June 1944, An Allied Effort: the Heavy Toll
D-Day 6 June 1944 An Allied Effort
June 6th, 1944 also known as D-Day, some 156,000 American, British (73K) & Canadian (14K) French commando Kieffer (177) forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region.
Human losses (killed, wounded, missing or prisoners) D-Day Overlord
| 10,500 | Number of Allied casualties on 6 June at midnight (killed, wounded, missing, prisoners) |
| 10,000 | Estimated number of German losses on 6 June 1944 |
| 6,000 | US Losses on D-Day |
| 3,800 | Number of allied soldiers killed as part of Operation Neptune on June 6, 1944 |
| 2,500 | US Losses on Omaha Beach on D-Day |
| 1,063 | Canadian losses on Juno Beach on D-Day |
| 708 | Canadian wounded and missing in actions on Juno Beach on D-Day |
| 630 | British Losses on Sword Beach on D-Day |
| 413 | British Losses on Gold Beach on D-Day |
| 355 | Number of Canadian soldiers killed on Juno Beach on D-Day |
| 197 | US Losses on Utah Beach on D-Day |
| 41 | French losses of the Kieffer commando on June 6, 1944 |
| 31 | Number of French commandos injured on D-Day |
| 10 | Number of French commandos killed on D-Day (2 officers, 8 commandos) |