Operation Neptune

195,701 - Number of personnel assigned to Operation Neptune (sailors and soldiers)

25,000 - Number of Navy allies crews engaged in the framework of Operation Neptune

15,500 - Number of U.S. airborne units parachuted on June 6, 1944 at midnight

11,590 - Number of aircrafts provided for the operation Neptune (fighters, bombers, transport and reconnaissance aircrafts, gliders)

10,750 - Number of trips of the Allied air forces during 24 hours on June 6, 1944

9,500 - Number of Allied attack and support planes on flight on D-Day

7,900 - Number of British airborne units parachuted on June 6, 1944 at midnight

6,939 - Total number of ships deployed during operation Neptune

6,460 - Number of warships and civilian ships deployed during the amphibious assault

1,900 - Number of aircrafts and gliders used in the night of June 5 to 6, 1944

319 - Total interventions of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) on June 6, 1944

200 - Number of warships that participated in the naval bombardment of June 6, 1944 (battleships, monitors, cruisers and destroyers)

120 - Number of damaged Allied ships (June 6 to 30, 1944)

59 - Number of sunk Allied ships (June 6 to 30, 1944)