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GUEST,Teribus	BS: Normandy -- 68 years ago... (61* d)	RE: BS: Normandy -- 68 years ago...	08 Jun 12
Forces involved on D-Day US 1st Army - 73,000 men assigned Omaha and Utah Beaches (number includes 15,600 Airborne Troops British 2nd Army - 83,115 men (61,715 of them British the bulk of the remainder being Canadian along with Poles and Free French troops) they were assigned as follows: 6th Airborne Left Flank Sword Beach - 1 Corps; 1st Special Service Brigade; 3rd Infantry Division; 27th Armoured Brigade; 41 Juno Beach - 1 Corps; 3rd Canadian Infantry Division; 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade; 46 Commando RM & 48 Commando RM Gold Beach - XXX Corps; 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division; 8th Armoured Brigade; 47 Commando RM & 79th Armoured Division Only the Canadians fighting out from Juno Beach made their original D-Day objectives only to be ordered to retire because nobody else had made theirs and the line had to be consolidated.

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