For the Normandy Campaign; the allies committed a total of 39 divisions broken down as follows:
INFANTRY: 13 US, 8 British and 2 Canadian
ARMORED: 6 US, 4 British, 1 Canadian, 1 French and 1 Pole.
AIRBORNE: 2 US and 2 British
The Allied Air Forces fielded:
8th Air Force: 1,947 heavy bombers and 961 fighters
9th Air Force: 467 medium and 156 light bombers and 1,123 fighters
Bomber Command: 1,183 heavy and 97 light bombers
2nd Tactical Air Force: 67 medium and 146 light bombers and 831 fighters
Air Defense of Great Britain: 796 fighters
a grand total of 3,130 heavy bombers; 534 medium bombers; 399 light bombers and 3,711 fighters.
The Allied Navies committed a total of 7 battleships, 2 monitors, 23 heavy and light cruisers, 93 destroyers, 15 sloops and 142 escorts as well as 4,308 landing ships and craft, 514 DD tanks and 2,583 DUKWs.
The Germans opposed this force with 5 SS Panzer and 5 Panzer Divisions; 1 SS and 2 army Panzergrenadier Divisions; 35 Infantry Divisions, 2 Parachute Divisions and a Luftwaffe Field Division.
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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