Appendix "C"
Approximate Casualties of the Allied Armies by Sectors
Normandy, 6 June 1944

The task of compiling accurate casualty figures for the landing in Normandy ought to be easy; but it is, in fact, impossible. Of the three countries involved in the operation, only Canada, it appears, has prepared post-war casualty statistics on the basis of the records of individual soldiers of the units concerned. The only figures available for the United Kingdom and United States forces are the rough and necessarily approximate ones set down at the time; and for some sectors there are really no figures at all. In these circumstances it might seem useless to attempt a compilation; but Operation "NEPTUNE" was so significant an enterprise that an account of it without casualty figures would be an historical absurdity. Accordingly the attempt has been made, with the following results.

UNITED STATES AIRBORNE SECTOR
(82ND AND 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISIONS)

"UTAH" SECTOR (4TH U.S. INFANTRY DIVISION)

"OMAHA" SECTOR (1ST U.S. INFANTRY DIVISION, WITH A REGIMENT OF 29TH U.S. INFANTRY DIVISION ATTACHED)

"GOLD" SECTOR (50TH (NORTHUMBRIAN) INFANTRY DIVISION)

"JUNO" SECTOR (3RD CANADIAN INFANTRY DIVISION)

"SWORD" SECTOR (3RD BRITISH INFANTRY DIVISION)

BRITISH AIRBORNE SECTOR (6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION)

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