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Invasion of Normandy

BelligerentsAlliesUnited StatesUnited KingdomCanadaFrancePolandAustraliaNew ZealandBelgiumCzechoslovakiaGreeceLuxembourgNetherlandsNorwaySouth AfricaSouthern RhodesiaAxisGermanyItalian Social RepublicCommanders and leadersSHAEF:Dwight D. Eisenhower21st Army Group:Bernard MontgomeryMiles DempseyOmar BradleyHarry CrerarGeorge S. PattonAllied Air Force:Trafford Leigh-MalloryHoyt VandenbergArthur ConinghamAllied naval force:Bertram RamsayOKW:Adolf HitlerOB WestGerd von RundstedtGünther von KlugeArmy Group BErwin RommelWalter ModelFriedrich DollmannPaul HausserKurt v.d. ChevalleriePanzer Group West:Leo v. SchweppenburgHeinrich EberbachStrengthMore than 1,452,000 troops by 25 July2,052,299 (by the end of August)380,000 troops (by 23 July)~640,000 troops total2,200–2,500 tanks and assault gunsCasualties and losses 124,394 casualties; 20,668 killed ~65,000 casualties; 11,000 killed; 54,000 wounded or missing 18,444 casualties; 5,021 killed 2,097 casualties16,714 Allied airmen killed (8,536 members of the USAAF, and 8,178 flying under the command of the RAF) 226,386 casualties in total4,101 aircraft~4,000 tanks~80,000 killed233,000 capturedCasualties differ by source2,127 aircraft1,500–2,400 tanks and assault guns lostCivilian deaths:11,000–19,000 killed in pre-invasion bombing13,632–19,890 killed during invasionTotal: 25,000–39,000 killedOperation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.

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