Largest Invasion Force 22 JUN 1941
- Germans attack on the Soviets
- 38 day delay (Balkans Campaign, heavy rains, distributing fuel, and establishing forward airrfields
- Did not anticipate a long campaign, therefore preparations for Winter were not made
- Four objectives (Red Army, Leningrad, Donbass [Eastern Ukraine], Moscow)
- 1,800 mile front
- By 31 DEC 1941, advanced 1,050 miles
- 3.7 million Axis soldiers
- 153 Axis Divisions
... 104 Infantry
... 19 Panzer
... 15 Motorized
- 3,350 tanks
- 2,770 aircraft
- 7,200 artillery
- 600,000 motor vehicles
- 650,000 horses
Normandy Invasion 6 JUN 1944 (D-Day)
- 1,213 Allied warships
- 4,126 transport vessels
- 736 anxillary craft
- 864 merchant vessels
19 JUN 1944 (D+13) [Storm]
- 629,051 Allied soldiers
- 95,000 vehicles
- 218,000 tons of supplies
30 JUN (D+24)
- 850,000 Allied soldiers
- 148,000 vehicles
- 570,000 tons of supplies
Strength by 24 JUL (D+48)
1,332,000 Allies
380,000 Axis
Casualties by 24 JUL (D+48)
120,000 Allies
113,059 Axis
Battle of Kursk Attack - 5 JUL 1943
Germans 780,900 soldiers
2,928 tanks
9,966 artillery
Soviets 1,910,361 soldiers
5,128 tanks
25,013 artillery
Counter Attack - 12 JUL 1943
Germans 940,900 soldiers
3,253 tanks
9,467 artillery
2,110 aircraft
Soviets 2,500,000 soldiers
7,360 tanks
47,416 artillery
3,100 aircraft
Losses - 23 AUG 1943
Germans 198,000 soldiers
760 tanks & assault guns
681 aircraft
Soviets 254,470 soldiers
6,064 tanks & assault guns
1,800 aircraft
German Peak Levels 5,202 tanks on the east front NOV 1944
5,041 aircraft DEC 1944
By D-Day, German divisions:
157 in the Soviet Union
59 in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
26 in Italy
21 in the Balkans
12 in Norway
9 in Germany
6 in Denmark
6 in Finland
North Africa Campaign 10 JUN 1940 - 13 MAY 1943 (U.S. involvement 11 May 1942)
Germans 130,000 captured
22,000 dead
2,550 tanks destroyed
6,200 artillery destroyed
8,000 aircraft destroyed
70,000 trucks destroyed
2,400,000 tons of supplies sunk
Italians 340,000 captured
22,000 dead
Dead 35,478 - British
16,000 - French
9,243 - U.S.
Allies 2,000 tanks destroyed
1,400 aircraft destroyed
