I don't know either - I know I should - but I'm immensely grateful to all of
them who were there whatever their flag, in due time, and to the peril of their
life.
Philippe
Le 7 juin 2014 à 02:52, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> and just how many troops did France supply for the D day landings ?
>
> From https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/D-Day_beaches#Other_allies
>
> The main invading force was American, British and Canadian,... on
> D-Day there were Free French on the beaches ... [and] Free French
> paratroopers were dropped in Brittany (the province west of Normandy)
> to help with that; their success was a factor in the American victory
> on the Cotentin Peninsula.
>
> I think the force on the beaches was a token couple of hundred
> commandos sent in with a British division, but they were there.
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