Richard, where did you get these numbers?
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The line up as it was then in March 1945 -
Allies
3 armies containing 29 divisions, more than a million and quarter men
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Your quote would more accurate to describe troop numbers in late summer 1944.
Would not the number in Mar 1945 be more along the lines of:
3 Army Groups - 21st, 12th and 6th
7 Armies - Canadian 1st, British 2nd, US 9th, 1st, 3rd, 7th (I won't count the 15th as it was forming) and the French 1st.
75 divisions (at least) - The British had at least 14 Infantry and armored divisions, the Canadians at least 5.
The US 15 armored and 36 Infantry (with US infantry divisions each having, on average, more tanks than German Panzer Divs by then).
I don't know how many divisions the French had formed by then, but it was more that 5, I suspect closer to 10.
Adding up Allied divisions on the continent Mar 1945, the number is closer to 75, but this is not counting Commonwealth armored brigades and US cavalry groups and independent regiments and my numbers for divisions are intentionally low.
One and quarter million men would be a good number for a single army group
I have not included forces in Italy in these numbers nor RAF, RCAF or USAAF.