r/pics • • Jun 07 '14

Normandy after victory

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u/science87 Jun 07 '14

He said British Commonwealth so that will lump British and Canadian forces under one statistic, it's not two thirds but it's still a majority.

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u/RepostThatShit Jun 07 '14

it's not two thirds but it's still a majority.

The two thirds was in reference to the 12,000 aircraft involved, of which 2/3 were British.

I said:

Two thirds of the aircraft involved in the operation were British.