Saturday, 7 April 2012

D-Day - Concentration & Routes

The build-up of men and material for the Normandy invasion totalled 20 American divisions, 14 British, 3 Canadian and one each from France and Poland. Nearly 8,000 aircraft, over 4,000 landing vessels, nearly 300 fighting ships were now ready. The total number of people involved was near 3 million.

Concentration areas in the south of England were defined and seaborne / airborne routes to the invasion areas designated.

Concentration and Routes June 1944
Concentration March 2012