French Foreign Legion and Polish troops were still arriving in the north as the Battle of France opened and drew Allied attention south. The figures given are roughly 38,000 British, French, and Polish troops and 50,000 Norwegian soldiers against an initial German invasion force of about 8,000, later rising toward 100,000. Those totals could not all be concentrated at one place, and dispersed landings, supply shortages, and disconnected commands prevented paper strength from becoming usable combat power. Germany kept winning locally while numerically outmatched across much of the campaign. Coalition manpower alone did not produce operational mass.
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Why Allied numbers did not produce operational advantage
Allied and Norwegian troop totals exceeded Germany's initial invasion force, yet command and supply failures let the smaller force keep the initiative.