All told Telling , German forces stationed Placing in France were deprived Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of 45,827 troops and 363 tanks , assault guns , and self-propelled anti-tank guns on 6 June 1944 .

Meanwhile , Army Group Center was deprived Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of a total of 125,380 troops Hostile_encounter and 552 tanks , assault Attack guns , and self-propelled anti-tank guns on 22 June 1944 .

Driven forward by military escorts , the deportees were deprived of food and water and subjected to periodic robbery Robbery , rape Committing_crime , and massacre Killing .

This deprived Rewards_and_punishments the Libyan forces Military_operation of their habitual infantry , exactly when they found Know themselves confronting Confronting_problem a mobile army , well provided Supply now by the United States , Zaire and France with anti-tank and anti-air missiles , thus cancelling Removing the Libyan superiority in firepower .

To resist Defending the offensive , the Germans had committed Commitment their most powerful armoured reserves , which deprived Destroying them of the fighting power for a counter-offensive and forfeited Earnings_and_losses the initiative to the Allies .