Talk:Normandy landings

D-Day troop count: 156,115 vs 'nearly 160,000'

The article gives two incompatible figures for the total number of Allied troops landed on D-Day, 6 June 1944, and the two numbers differ by approximately 4,000.

In the opening section, the article states two specific figures in close succession: "156,000" and "156,115," both described as the total Allied personnel landed on D-Day.

In the legacy section, the article states: "On D-Day, nearly 160,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel."

Both passages refer to the same event — the number of Allied troops who landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944. The specific figures in the opening section (156,000/156,115) and the summary figure in the legacy section ("nearly 160,000") are not compatible approximations of the same number. "Nearly 160,000" implies something approaching 160,000; it cannot plausibly describe a figure below 157,000. The article offers no explanation for the discrepancy. Rome (talk) 23:30, 6 May 2026 (UTC)