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The D-Day Landings🎙️ Operation Neptune vs Operation Forager Ft Ian
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Craig and Ian discuss the D-Day landings at Normandy and compare them to the near simultaneous landings on Saipan.
Did you know while the United States participated in the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6th, over in the Pacific another enormous amphibious assault was performed in the Marianas?
Operation Neptune, the landings at Normandy occurred nearly simultaneously with Operation Forager the amphibious assault of the Marianas. Both saw an incredible amount of men landed under fire under vastly different circumstances.
Comparing both of these operations highlights the difficulties faced in amphibious warfare, especially when colossal in size.
At Normandy the Americans landed 73,000 men (including 15,600 of airborne division), while the British and Canadians landed 83,115 men. Operation Forager's invasion force, commanded by Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner, consisted of 127,000 troops. This means the Americans simultaneously were landing over 200,000 men in two different areas of the world!
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Manage episode 422242948 series 2801567
Craig and Ian discuss the D-Day landings at Normandy and compare them to the near simultaneous landings on Saipan.
Did you know while the United States participated in the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6th, over in the Pacific another enormous amphibious assault was performed in the Marianas?
Operation Neptune, the landings at Normandy occurred nearly simultaneously with Operation Forager the amphibious assault of the Marianas. Both saw an incredible amount of men landed under fire under vastly different circumstances.
Comparing both of these operations highlights the difficulties faced in amphibious warfare, especially when colossal in size.
At Normandy the Americans landed 73,000 men (including 15,600 of airborne division), while the British and Canadians landed 83,115 men. Operation Forager's invasion force, commanded by Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner, consisted of 127,000 troops. This means the Americans simultaneously were landing over 200,000 men in two different areas of the world!
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