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Revision as of 12:46, 18 December 2010
- See also changes related to Battle of Normandy, or pages that link to Battle of Normandy or to this page or whose text contains "Battle of Normandy".
Parent topics
- Second World War [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dwight D. Eisenhower [r]: (1890-1969) A career soldier who was the top Allied commander in Europe in World War II, and who later served as the 34th president of the United States (1953-1961). [e]
- Operation OVERLORD [r]: Add brief definition or description
- London Controlling Section [r]: An extremely secret British staff organization, in World War II, in charge of strategic deception, principally to convince the Nazis that the main invasion of Europe would come at any of a variety of places other than Normandy; U.S. counterpart was Joint Security Control [e]
- Plan BODYGUARD [r]: In World War II, the main Allied strategic deception plan to convince the Wehrmacht that the main invasion of the continent of Europe would take place at the Pas de Calais, while diversions would be staged at other locations including Normandy. [e]
Subtopics
Allied theater level
- Operation NEPTUNE [r]: Allied code name, within Operation Overlord, for the actual Normandy landing on D-Day (6 June 1944). [e]
- Eisenhower and the Normandy Invasion [r]: The decisionmaking of Dwight D. Eisenhower associated with the Battle of Normandy and the selection of the place and date of that invasion [e]
Allied operational level
- Bernard Montgomery [r]: Field Marshal of the British Army, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, senior British and joint commander in the Second World War (1887-1976) [e]
- Twenty-first Army Group [r]: First major operational headquarters in 1944 Operation Overlord in Western Europe; Commonwealth force commanded by Gen. Bernard Montgomery and served as ground forces headquarters for the Operation Neptune initial landings [e]
- Omar Bradley [r]: (1893-1981) An American general during World War II and the Korean war, as well as Chief of Staff of the Army and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. [e]
- George Patton [r]: (1885 - 1945) Controversial American general in World War II, famed for his successes in armored warfare against the Germans in 1944-45. [e]
Battles
- Gold Beach [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Juno Beach [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Omaha Beach [r]: one of the two American beachheads in the Normandy Invasion of 6 June 1944, and the bloodiest [e]
- Sword Beach [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Utah Beach [r]: Add brief definition or description
Logistics
- Mulberry (code name) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pluto (code name) [r]: Add brief definition or description Pipe Line Under The Ocean
German command
German operational level
- Army Group B [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Erwin Rommel [r]: Add brief definition or description