D-Day Facts – Unknown Facts about D-Day

Unknown D-Day Facts

On Sword Beach 28,845 British soldiers landed with just 630 casualties on D-Day.

The only Victoria Cross awarded on D-Day was given to Stanley Hollis of British Armed force.

During the D-Day invasion 21% of Allied Force wounded soldiers were operated within one hour in the Battlefield itself.

For the D-Day invasion two separate temporary harbors called ‘Mulberry’s’ were built to unload supplies.

Before 100 days for D-day invasion, 2,500,000 soldiers, 500,000 vehicles, 4,000,000 tons of equipment and rations was unloaded at the respected Harbors.

To continue fuel supply to the D-Day invasion armies a PipeLine Under The Ocean (PLUTO) was laid to deliver fuel directly to France.

For the D-Day invasion, a U.S tank consumes an average of 8,000 gallons of fuel per week.

German Nazi Leader Hitler is the only one who can give orders to his Germans west Panzer Lehr armed division to counter attack the British but he was asleep until mid day on the D-Day invasion.

Allied Forces wanted D-Day invasion to take place on full moon night and to land at dawn on a flood tide. Only few days were suitable for this and June 5 was chosen but due to bad weather the attack was delayed.

For the D-Day invasion the British sent Low-Flying Spitfires to survey the beaches of invasion zones and brought back thousands of photos to analyze on Beach Defense strategy.