D-Day Facts – Unknown Facts about D-Day

Interesting D-Day Facts

On D-Day, 2,240 SAS troops of Allied Forces landed on French coastline to mislead the German soldiers from the actual invasion areas.

During D-Day the first wave of U.S troopers landed on Utah beach and had only 50/50 chance of survival.

Overlooking Utah Beach, the Germans were ready with 110 artillery pieces, with another 18 large batteries situated inland.

Utah beach saw a successful landing with only 300 causalities out of 20,000 men.

During D-Day, ‘A’ company of the U.S 116th Infantry Regiment troopers lost 96% of strength levels just within one hour of Battle combat on Omaha beach.

There were 2,400 casualties, out of 34,000 men who landed on Omaha beach on D-Day.

During the D-Day, the U.S Rangers climbed up the pointe Du Hoc cliff it is the highest point west of Utah beach and east of Omaha beach where they did not find any German soldiers or even German weapons around.

There were 400 casualties out of 24,970 British soldiers who landed on Gold Beach on D-Day.

There were 1,200 casualties, out of 21,400 Canadian soldiers who landed on Juno Beach on D-Day.

On Juno beach the Canadian soldiers did the fastest Inland advance, where they managed to advance up to six miles on D-Day.