Some of the "other factors" will be further analyzed after we have examined the divisional strength of the German Army. As of May 15, 1944, the German Army possessed about 320 divisions of all types.

Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western Europe from Nazi Germany. The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany ...