Background
General Eisenhower planned and prepared for the Allied invasion of Normandy in great detail and it started with Opertaion Fortitude which was the deception and confusion group. There was an Airbourne component and finally the Naval warships and bombings that occurred before landings of troops which was called Operation Overlord which was the seabourne part of the battle.
The leader of the Allied troops and boss of SHAEF (Strategic Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) was Dweight Eisenhower. The leader of the Axis Powers on the Coastal Regions of France was the 'Desert Rat' Rommell. |