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The initial Allied forces that landed in Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, consisted of elements of two armies, comprising the 21 Army Group, under the command of British General Bernard Montgomery. ​
Troops from four nations landed on D-Day:
  • United States, 73,000
  • British, 61,715 
  • Canadian, 11,400
  • French, 177 (most French troops were fighting in the Mediterranean Theater)
D-Day, 6 June 1944
D-Day, 6 June 1944
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From east to west, the major Allied units that came ashore or landed by air on 6 June were:
British Second Army (Miles Dempsey).
From the air, near the Pegasus Bridge:
  • British 6th Airborne Division (Gale).
◼Sword & Juno Beaches, British I Corps (Crocker):
  • Sword Beach, British 3rd Infantry Division (Rennie).
  • Juno Beach, Canadian 3rd Infantry Division (Keller).
◼Gold Beach, British XXX Corps (Bucknall):
  • British 50th Infantry Division (Graham). 
US First Army (Omar Bradley).
◼Omaha Beach, V Corps (Gerow):
  • 29th Infantry Division (Gearhardt) --> XIX Corps 14 June.
  • 1st Infantry Division (Huebner) --> VII Corps 15 July.
◼From the air, VII Corps, behind Utah Beach:
  • 101st Airborne Division (Taylor) --> VIII Corps 15 June --> Ninth Army 15 July.
  • 82nd Airborne Division (Ridgway) --> VIII Corps 19 June --> Ninth Army 13 July.
◼Utah Beach, VII Corps (Collins):
  • 4th Infantry Division (Barton) --> VIII Corps 16 July --> VII Corps 19 July.
The ETO Situation Map, 6 June 1944
The ETO Situation Map, 6 June 1944
The ETO Situation Map, 6 June 1944
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