At that time there were about 2 million allied soldiers in France and the Germans had around 700 thousand so yes overall size was different. A US front soldier had around 2 in support while it was only 1:1 for Germans.

But one reason for the understrength German division was the fighting before September. Overall losses were around the same for both sides but the Germans could only replace a few of them compared to the Allies. The Germans had 3-4 million men on the Eastern Front. But IMO losses is a better way to see the difference between the Western and Eastern Front. In both 1942 and 43 most of the fighting was done on the southern part so although lots of divisions were deployed there they did not all engaged in the same intense fight.


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