D-Day Delayed? The War Could Have Ended a Year Early
An invasion of Nazi-held Western Europe had been considered as early as 1943. Key Point: On June 6, 1944, the Allies unleashed on land, air, and sea the largest invasion force in world history in an enormous effort to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny. Code-named Operation Overlord, the invasion consisted of five divisions, more than 7,000 ships and landing craft, and 195,000 naval personnel from eight countries. The massive invasion of the European continent included 133,000 troops from the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. A month after D-Day, over 850,000 men, 148,000 vehicles, an...
Source: nationalinterest.org
