Nearly More died in rehearsal of DDay in UK than DDay itself

Re:Nearly More died in rehearsal of DDay in UK than DDay itself by rawling on Monday August 28, 2023 @01:11PM (#37297323)

What's the comparison here? Just from the Wikipedia pages (and just the allied side),

Exercise Tiger:

749 killed ~200 wounded 2 LSTs sunk 2 LSTs damaged

Operation Overlord:

United States 124,394 casualties; 20,668 killed United Kingdom ~65,000 casualties; 11,000 killed; 54,000 wounded or missing Canada 18,444 casualties; 5,021 killed Poland 2,097 casualties

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Re:Nearly More died in rehearsal of DDay in UK than DDay itself by Tagbert on Monday August 28, 2023 @03:51PM (#37299559)

That sounds like the posting title is wrong about the relative number of deaths.

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Re:Nearly More died in rehearsal of DDay in UK than DDay itself by chillstreem on Monday August 28, 2023 @04:54PM (#37300278)

One should be comparing with Operation Neptune, not Overlord.

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Re:Nearly More died in rehearsal of DDay in UK than DDay itself by icegreentea2 on Monday August 28, 2023 @05:18PM (#37300520)

First day casualties for the allies are in the 10k range.

Title is still off.

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Re:Nearly More died in rehearsal of DDay in UK than DDay itself by rawling on Monday August 28, 2023 @08:08PM (#37301898)

Ah, thanks. The WP link on "D-Day" goes to the wrong page.

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