US Troops wading through water after reaching Normandy and landing Omaha beach on D Day, 1944. Universal History Archive
Business Insider: D-Day by the numbers: Here's what it took 76 years ago to pull off the biggest amphibious invasion in history
* The scale of the Allied invasion that began 76 years ago, on June 6, 1944, was unlike anything the world had seen before or will most likely ever see again.
* An unprecedented landing force of 132,715 Allied troops, among which were 57,500 Americans and 75,215 British and Canadian forces, made landfall at five beaches in Normandy. The landings came at a heavy toll.
* By that summer, the Allies had managed to slow the forward march of the powerful German war machine, which was also struggling against Russian forces on the eastern front.
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 was the largest amphibious invasion in history. The scale of the assault was unlike anything the world had seen before or will most likely ever see again.
By that summer, the Allies had managed to slow the forward march of the powerful German war machine. The invasion was an opportunity to begin driving the Nazis back.
The invasion is unquestionably one of the greatest undertakings in military history. By the numbers, here's what it took to pull this off.
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WNU Editor: Some impressive numbers in this post.
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