[Ragnar]

I think you’re right in any case Solidus, (no matter what you are) but it depends on how you’re counting.

Take a look.
The historians speak of the Battle of Stalingrad as the most bloody/devastating battle in WWII, because 600 000 to 700 000 Germans and Russians were killed during the battle. That’s more than in Normandy. On the other hand, it lasted for almost 270 days, and was really several battles. Based on those numbers I have roughly figured out that an average of2 000 to 2 500 (including civilians) were killed each day.

Let’s see what we got in France. On the first day of the invasion of Normandy, approx. 5 000 allied men were killed. 3 964 of them were Americans (airborne included) and 335 were Canadians. That’s a lot more than in Stalingrad and we haven’t counted the Germans yet. Gen. Rommel reported that his losses were approx. 250 000 men during the month of June. How many casualties? I don’t know.

I agree Solidus, that we can discuss the soldier’s conditions as well. As you compared starving against mortars etc, but I think it’s more difficult so I will leave that to somebody else.

Anyway, based on the figures above, I will put my vote on the Invasion of Normandy.

Note: Bear in mind I haven’t got any reliable numbers from the Pacific War.

(I will act like I haven’t read your last reply Iwo Jima