# "The Fallen"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fallen/669629>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 25, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fallen/669629 "2013-09-25T06:19:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fallen/669629/1 "2013-09-25T06:19:35Z")

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It’s been a long time since an [art installation](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2429903/Peace-Day-Reminder-millions-lives-lost-war-artists-stencil-9-000-bodies-Normandy-beach.html?ICO=most_read_module) affected me so deeply.

It started out small, but once the locals got word, they joined up _en masse_.

And then…well, read the last paragraph and you understand why I found it so deeply moving

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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fallen/669629/2 "2013-09-25T21:14:56Z")

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Where is ‘like’ button.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fallen/669629/3 "2013-09-25T22:18:32Z")

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Yup. That’s amazing.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fallen/669629/4 "2013-09-26T13:30:37Z")

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A terrific idea well executed. I give it a 10/10.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fallen/669629/5 "2013-09-27T00:16:15Z")

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I like it, but why 9,000? Is that just the number they could fit in the space or time available? Because it doesn’t appear to have any direct correspondence to numbers I can find about D-day losses.

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**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fallen/669629/6 "2013-09-27T21:45:00Z")

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> [@Sailboat](#):
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> I like it, but why 9,000? Is that just the number they could fit in the space or time available? Because it doesn’t appear to have any direct correspondence to numbers I can find about D-day losses.

Remember, this includes the German losses as well. From the [D-day fact sheet](http://www.nationalww2museum.org/media/press-releases/d-day-fact-sheet.html) of the World War II Museum in New Orleans

> [@](#):
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> Casualties (Numbers represent total killed, wounded, missing or captured)
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> United States – 6,603 (1,465 killed)  
> United Kingdom – 2,700  
> Canada – 1,074 (359 fatal)  
> Germany – Estimated between 4,000 – 9,000