D-DAY FACTS
1. 6,000,000 people: The number of people involved in the invasion from the Allied side.
2. 138 battleships, cruisers and destroyers:
3. 287 minesweepers
4. 310 landing ships and 3,817 landing craft and barges
5. 10,000 aircraft
6. 3 airborne divisions
7. 2,500,000 troops and 4,000,000 tons of supplies: The men and supplies unloaded through the Arromanches Mulberry Harbour over the 10 months following D-Day
8. Estimated 10,000 casualties on D-Day
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