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Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
D-Day - Order of battle |
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Supreme Allied Commander:  General Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur W. Tedder
Bernard L. Montgomery
Omar N. Bradley
Leonard T. Gerow
Lawton J. Collins
Miles C. Dempsey
John T. Crocker
Gerald C. Bucknall
Bertram H. Ramsay
Allan G. Kirk
Philip L. Vian
Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory
Arthur Harris
Carl Spaatz |
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Deputy Supreme Allied Commander:  Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W. Tedder |
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| Chief of Staff: Lieutenant General Walter B. Smith |
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| Deputy Chief of Staff: Lieutenant General Sir Frederick E. Morgan |
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| Deputy Chief of Staff: Lieutenant General Sir Humfrey M. Gale |
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| Deputy Chief of Staff: Air Vice Marshal James M. Robb |
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| Secretary, General Staff: Colonel Ford Trimble | |||||||
| G-1: Major General Ray W. Baker | |||||||
| G-2: Major General K. W. D. Strong | |||||||
| G-3: Major General Harold R. Bull | |||||||
| G-4: Major General Robert W. Crawford | |||||||
| G-5: Lieutenant General A. E. Graselt | |||||||
| Engineer Division: Major General B. W. Hughes | |||||||
| Signal Division: Major General H. H. Vulluamy | |||||||
| Adjutant General: Colonel C. Boehnke | |||||||
| Headquarters Commandant: Colonel Robert Q. Brown | |||||||
| Air Defense Division: Major General A. M. Cameron | |||||||
| Medical Division: Major General Albert W. Kenner |
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| Psychological Warfare Department: Brigadier General Robert A. McClure |
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| Political Officers: Ambassador William Phillips |
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| 21st Army Group: General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery |
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| 1st U.S. Army: Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley |
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| V Corps: Major General Leonard T. Gerow |
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| 1st Infantry Division: Major General Clarence R. Huebner |
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| 29th Infantry Division: Major General Charles H. Gerhardt |
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| Provisional Engineer Special Brigade: Brigadier General William M. Hoge |
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| Provisional Ranger Group: Lt. Colonel James E. Rudder |
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| VII Corps: Major General Lawton J. Collins |
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| 4th Infantry Division: Major General Raymond A. Barton |
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| 82nd Airborne Division: Major General Matthew B. Ridgway |
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| 101st Airborne Division: Major General Maxwell D. Taylor |
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| 1st Engineer Special Brigade: Colonel Eugene M. Caffey |
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| 2nd British Army: Lieutenant General Sir Miles C. Dempsey |
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| I Corps: Lieutenant General Sir John Tredinnick Crocker |
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| 3rd British Division: Major General Tom G. Rennie |
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3rd Canadian Division:  Major General Rodney Frederick Leopold Keller |
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| 51st (Highland) Division: Major General David Charles Bullen-Smith |
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| 6th Airborne Division: Major General Richard Nelson Gale |
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| XXX Corps: Lieutenant General Gerard Corfield Bucknall |
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| 50th British Division: Major General Douglas Alexander Henry Graham |
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| 49th (West Riding) Division: Major General Evelyn W. Baker |
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| 7th Armoured Division: Major General George Watkin Eben James Erskine |
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| 1st Special Service Brigade: Brigadier Simon Christopher Fraser, Lord Lovat |
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| 4th Special Service Brigade: Brigadier B. W. Leicester |
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| Naval Commander in Chef: Admiral Sir Bertram H. Ramsay |
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| Western Task Force: Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk |
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| Assault Force "O": Rear Admiral John L. Hall, Jr |
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| Assault Force "U": Rear Admiral Don P. Moon |
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| Follow Up Force "B": Commodore Campbell D. Edgar |
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| Service Force: Rear Admiral John Wilkes |
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| Mulberry Harbour: Captain Dayton A. Clark |
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| Eastern Task Force: RearAdmiral Sir Philip L. Vian |
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| Assault Force "G": Commodore 1st Class Cyril Eustace Douglas-Pennant |
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| Assault Force "J": Commodore 1st Class Geoffrey Nigel Oliver |
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| Assault Force "S": Rear Admiral Arthur George Talbot |
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| Follow Up Force "L": Rear Admiral William Edward Parry |
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| Air Commander in Chef: Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory |
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| 9th US Air Force: Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton |
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| IX Tactical Air Command: Major General Elwood R. Quesada |
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| XIX Tactical Air Command: Major General Otto P. Weyland |
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| IX Troop Carrier Command: Major General Paul L. Williams |
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| IX Bombardment Command: Major General Samuel E. Anderson |
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| IX Air Department Command: Brigadier General Richardson |
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| IX Engineer Command: Brigadier General James B. Newman Jr |
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| 2nd Tactical Royal Air Force: Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham |
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| No. 2 (Bomber) Group: Air Vice-Marshal Basil Edward Embry |
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| No. 34 (Baloon Barrage) Wing: Wing Commodore C. R. Lousada |
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| No. 83 (Composite) Group: Air Vice-Marshal Harry Broadhurst |
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| No. 84 (Composite) Group: Air Vice-Marshal Leslie Oswald Brown |
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| No. 85 (Base) Group: Air Vice-Marshal John Beresford Cole-Hamilton |
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| Transport Command: Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill |
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| Airborne & Transport Force: Air Vice-Marshal Leslie Norman Hollinghurst |
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| No. 38 Group: Air Vice-Marshal Leslie Norman Hollonghurst |
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| No. 46 Group: Air Commodore Arthur Leonard Fiddament |
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| No. 44 Group: |
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| Air Defense of Great Britain: Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Hill |
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| No. 10 Group: Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Vere Harvey |
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| No. 11 Group: Air Vice-Marshal Hugh William Lumsden Saunders |
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| No. 12 Group: Air Vice-Marshal Malcolm Henderson |
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| No. 13 Group: Air Commodore John Auguste Boret |
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| Bomber Command: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris |
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| Royal Air Force Bomber Command: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris |
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| No. 1 Group: Air Vice-Marshal Edward Arthur Beckton Rice |
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| No. 3 Group: Air Vice-Marshal Richard Harrison |
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| No. 4 Group: Air Vice-Marshal Roderick Charles Carr |
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| No. 5 Group: Air Vice-Marshal Ralph Alexander Cochrane |
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| No. 6 Group: Air Vice-Marshal Clifford ('Black Mike') M. McEwen |
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| No. 8 Pathfinder Group: Air Vice-Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett |
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| No. 100 (BS) Group: Air Vice-Marshal Edward Barker Addison |
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| U.S. Strategic Air Force: Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz |
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| 8th US Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle |
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| 1st Bombardment Division: Major General R. B. Williams |
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| 2nd Bombardment Division: Major General J. P. Hodges |
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| 3rd Bombardment Division: Major General C. E. Le-May |
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| VIII Fighter Command: Major General W. E. Kepner |
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| 15th US Air Force: Lieutenant General Nathan F. Twining |
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| Special Air Service Brigade: Brigadier Roderick McLeod |
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| 1 Special Air Service: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne |
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| 2 Special Air Service: Lieutenant Colonel Brian F M Franks |
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3 Special Air Service:  Capitaine Pierre Château-Jobert |
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| 4 Special Air Service: Commandant Pierre-Louis Bourgoin |
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5 Special Air Service:  Capitaine Edouard ‘Eddy’ Blondeel |
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