Troupes britanniques à l'état-major de la 2nd Army le 17 juin 1944. Photo : IWM B 5667

Figures for the Battle of Normandy in 1944

Figures for the Battle of Normandy in 1944

Troupes britanniques à l'état-major de la 2nd Army le 17 juin 1944. Photo : IWM B 5667

British troops at 2nd Army headquarters on June 17, 1944, during the Battle of Normandy.
Photo : IWM B 5667

On this page, you can discover the figures of the Battle of Normandy and gain a new understanding of the fighting between Allied and German troops from June 6 to August 29, 1944.

Figures for the Battle of Normandy in 1944 1 Click here for D-Day figures.

  • During the Battle of Normandy:
59Number of Allied ships sunk (June 6-30, 1944).
120Number of Allied ships damaged (June 6-30, 1944).
35 000Number of Allied air force sorties (June 6-13, 1944).
50 000Number of German prisoners in Allied hands as of June 30, 1944.
54 186Number of Allied vehicles landed in Normandy (June 6-12, 1944).
104 428Total quantity (in tons) of Allied material landed in Normandy (June 6-12, 1944).
116 863
German 7th Army casualties (killed, wounded, taken prisoner or missing) (June 6 to July 23, 1944).
140 000Total quantity (in tons) of Allied equipment lost at sea during the storm of June 19-20, 1944.
165 000Number of German soldiers who managed to withdraw east of the Seine on August 20, 1944.
326 547Number of Allied soldiers landed in Normandy (June 6-12, 1944).
  • Figures covering the entire Battle of Normandy, from June 6 to August 29, 1944:
1 683 Number of Luftwaffe sorties against the Allied armada in the English Channel.
2 200Number of Normandy civilians killed in the Orne département during the Battle of Normandy.
3 800Number of Normandy civilians killed in the Manche département during the Battle of Normandy.
5 750Number of Normandy civilians killed in the Eure département during the Battle of Normandy.
8 000Number of horses killed during the Battle of Normandy.
8 140Number of Normandy civilians killed in the Calvados département during the Battle of Normandy.
19 890Number of Normandy civilians killed during the Battle of Normandy.
100 000Number of cattle killed during the Battle of Normandy.
300 000Number of Normans left homeless at the end of the Battle of Normandy.
500 000Number of vehicles landed from the artificial harbors of Arromanches-les-Bains and Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.
2 500 000Number of soldiers landed from the artificial ports of Arromanches-les-Bains and Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.
4 000 000Total quantity (in tons) of equipment landed from the artificial ports of Arromanches-les-Bains and Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.
  • During the Battle of Normandy and in the months that followed:
410 000Total quantity (in tons) of goods transported along the Red Ball Express logistics route, from August 25 to November 16, 1944.
781 000Total quantity (in cubic meters) of fuel moved between England and France by submarine hose (operation PLUTO), from August 1944 to May 1945.

 

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