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TCinLA's avatar

As a matter of fact, the majority of the casualties in the ETO happened beween D-Day and VE-Day. Every infantry unit in the American Army had 100% casualties - dead and wounded - during that period of the force that landed on June 6..

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Fay Reid's avatar

Agreed, there were a lot of tight fights still to come with the nazis determined to shed as much blood as possible, including sending boys as young as 14 to be cannon fodder to 'protect' their seasoned troops.

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