D-DAY - UNITS


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

Lewis H. Breton

Paul L. Williams

James H. Doolittle
 
      
 
      
 
      
 
ORDER OF BATTLE :
  Allied Expeditionary Force: General Dwight D. Eisenhower
    21st Army Group: General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
      1st U.S. Army: Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley
      2nd British Army: Lieutenant General Sir Miles C. Dempsey
    Naval Commander in Chef: Admiral Sir Bertram H. Ramsay
      Western Task Force: Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk
      Eastern Task Force: RearAdmiral Sir Philip L. Vian
    Air Commander in Chef: Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory
      8th US Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle
      9th US Air Force: Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton
      2nd Tactical Royal Air Force: Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham
      Transport Command: Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill
      Air Defense of Great Britain: Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Hill
      Royal Air Force Bomber Command: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris
 
LOADING PLAN :
  Allied Expeditionary Force:
    Assault Force "O" : Rear Admiral John L. Hall, Jr
      16th Regimental Combat Team (R.C.T.)
      116th Regimental Combat Team (R.C.T.)
    Follow Up Force "B": Commodore Campbell D. Edgar
      115th Regimental Combat Team (R.C.T.)
      175th Regimental Combat Team (R.C.T.)
      26th Regimental Combat Team (R.C.T.)
      Division Troop
      Corps & Army Troops
    Assault Force "U": Rear Admiral Don P. Moon
    Assault Force "G": Commodore 1st Class Cyril Eustace Douglas-Pennant
    Assault Force "J": Commodore 1st Class Geoffrey Nigel Oliver
    Assault Force "S": Rear Admiral Arthur George Talbot
    Follow Up Force "L": Rear Admiral William Edward Parry
 
AIR MOVEMENT TABLE :
  Airborne Movement Table :
    82nd Airborne Division: Major General Matthew B. Ridgway
    101st Airborne Division: Major General Maxwell D. Taylor
    6th Airborne Division: Major General Richard Nelson Gale
  Air Bombardment Tables :
    8th Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle
      1st Bombardment Division: Major General R. B. Williams
      2nd Bombardment Division: Major General J. P. Hodges
      3rd Bombardment Division: Major General C. E. Le-May
    IX Bombardment Command: Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton
 
LANDING TABLE :
  Utah Beach: Major General J. Lawton Collins
  Pointe du Hoc: Lt. Colonel James E. Rudder
  Omaha Beach: Major General Leonard T. Gerow