As Supreme Expeditionary Forces Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower had the top military men of Great Britain and the United States under his command. These men would help him play out the great plans for the long awaited invasion. Their orders from the Combined Chiefs of Staff were very simple; they were to land on the coast of France and destroy the German armies. The Nazis General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took many different measures …showed first 75 words of 1152 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1152 total…episode in World War 2, but it caused a lot of human casualties. Allied casualties added up to around 210,000 and the Germans lost close to 300,000. Bibliography Collier, Richard. D-Day: June 6, 1944 The Normandy Landings. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1992 Young, Brigadier Peter. D-Day. New York: Galahad Books, 1981 Edwards, Tudor. D-Day. East Sussex: Wayland Publishing Inc., 1975 Skipper, G.C. D-Day. Chicago: Regensteiner Publishing Enterprises, Inc., 1982 “Operation Overlord-Normandy Invasion” Robert Swanson “http://yourinternet-esq.com/ussaugusta/overlord/index.htm”