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| 1941 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| 13th Aug Quebec 13 Aug-23 August, the Allies agree to mount an invasion called "Overlord" in May '44 |
| 1942 | Paget, Bernard | |
| Jan Normandy Studies plans written by the British & USA Combined-Chiefs-of-Staff |
| 1943 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 27th May Washington Churchill & Roosevelt meet in Washington where they agree a cross-Channel invasion (Operation Overlord) to be provisionally be launched on 1 May 1944. |
| 17th Aug Quebec Churchill & Roosevelt meet in Quebec, Canada to further discuss Overlord timetable, planning |
| Nov Tehran Agrees to mount Overlord & send a diversionary force to the sth of France in May 1944 |
| Dec Gets some LCTs from Burma against the Japanese for use in Operation Overlord |
| 6th Dec Cairo Churchill & Roosevelt agree Gen Eisenhower will command Allied forces for the planned invasion of Europe, Eisenhower's appointment as Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, publicly announced by Roosevelt |
| 1943 | Leigh-Mallory, Trafford | |
| London Appointed to plan British & USAtactical air forces for Operation Overlord |
| 3rd June Urville Hague The German radio intercept station is bombed & "wiped off the map" |
| 7th June Bordeaux The RAF bombs a German Air Force base about to bomb the Overlord Channel fleet |
| 1943 | Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Nov Normandy Given command of the assault phase for Overlord on the ground |
| 1943 | Ramsay, Bertram | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Navy for Operation Overlord |
| 1944 | Brotheridge, Danny | |
| 6th June Pegaus Bridge 1st Allied death in Normandy |
| 6th June Pegaus Bridge Leads the infantry capture of 2 bridges codenamed Pegasus & Horsa |
| 1944 | Browning, Frederick | |
| June Normandy Commands the 1st Airbourne Division during the Normandy landings |
| 1944 | Bucknall, Gerard | |
| 6th June Normandy Commands the British 30th Corps on Gold beach |
| 1944 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 15th May Montgomerry presents Overlord plans to senior commanders, the King, Smuts & Churchill |
| 28th May Subordinate commanders are informed D-Day will be 5th June |
| 5th June Normandy 1,000 British bombers strike 10 German gun batteries, 5,000 tons of bombs are dropped |
| 5th June Normandy 176,000 men & 20,000 vehicles are to be landed in 2 days |
| 5th June Announces an imminent Allied assault on the coast of France in the Commons |
| 5th June Normandy Dummy parachutists are dropped just east of the intended landing area |
| 5th June Normandy The highest tonnage of bombs in one night during the war is dropped by Britain |
| 6th June Caen 1st day of the bombing of Caen |
| 6th June Normandy By midnight neither Bayeux nor Port-en-Bessin had been taken, the depleted American force was several kilometres short of Port-en-Bessin but the French Resistance had taken over Bayeux |
| 6th June Normandy To the east, Rommel's nightmare had been realised, a continuous British-Canadian beachhead, 20km (12 miles) across and up to 10km (six miles) deep |
| 4th Aug Marsailles Wants Eisenhower to transfer "D-Day" from Marsailles to Brest, Eisenhower refuses |
| 9th Aug Marsailles Fails to persuade Eisenhower to transfer D-Day from Marsailles to Brest |
| 15th Aug Watches the D-Day landings & wires Eisenhower saying how succesful they are |
| 1944 | Conningham, Arthur | |
| Normandy Appointed Commander of the 2nd Tactical Airforce |
| 1944 | Dempsey, Miles | |
| Normandy Commands the British 2nd Army during Operation Overlord |
| 1944 | Dunn, Edward | |
| 6th June St Marcouf Captures the Islands of St-Marcouf off Utah beach |
| 1944 | Gale, Richard | |
| 6th June Hermanville At about 9:30 Hermanville is captured |
| 6th June Benouville Parachutes behind enemy lines & captures Benouville, including Pegasus Bridge |
| 6th June Ranville Sets up an HQ at Ranville |
| 1944 | Hill, James | |
| 6th June Merville Parachutes behind enemy lines & helps disable gun emplacements at Merville |
| 1944 | Hobart, Percy | |
| Normandy Given the responsibility of developing ampibious armoured support, "Hobart's funnies" |
| 1944 | Howard, John | |
| 5th June Benouville Commands infantryman who land by glider & capture 2 bridges codenamed Pegasus & Horsa |
| 1944 | Leigh-Mallory, Trafford | |
| Normandy Commander-in-Chief of the Allied airforces for Operation Overlord |
| 1944 | Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Jan Succesfully argues the case for more troops & a broader landing area |
| 15th Jan Normandy Montgomery's plans for D-Day are approved by the Allies |
| 15th May London Expresses his belief that that Allied tanks will reach Falaise on D-Day |
| 15th May London Final conference at Montgomery's HQ in St Paul's School |
| 15th May London Presents the final plan to senior commanders, the King, Smuts & Churchill at St Pauls |
| 15th May The USAwill invade Utah & Omaha beaches, the British Gold & Juno & the Canadians Sword |
| 6th June Normandy By the end of the day the Allies land 130,000 men & 22,000 parachutists |
| 6th June Normandy Commander of all ground forces for Operation Overlord |
| 6th June Arromanches Royal Marine Commandos land on Gold Beach & capture Arromanches |
| 6th June Normandy The Allies lose 9,500 killed or wounded |
| 6th June Caen The British 3rd Division fails to capture Caen |
| 6th June Bayeaux The British capture Bayeaux |
| 11th June Normandy Manages to land 16 Divisions ashore facing 14 enemy Divisions |
| 23rd June River Odon The Allies gain a bridgehead over the River Odon near Caen |
| 29th June Hill 112 The Allies capture Hill 112 but Dempsey withdraws & the Germans recapture it |
| 4th Aug Normandy Endorses Bradley's order for Patton to clear Brittany with "minimum forces" |
| 1944 | Otway, Terence | |
| 6th June Merville Parachutes behind enemy lines disabling gun emplacements threatening Sword Beach |
| 1944 | Poett, Nigel | |
| 6th June Pegaus Bridge Parachutes behind enemy lines & helps secure Pegasus Bridge |
| 1944 | Ramsay, Bertram | |
| 6th June Normandy Commands 137 warships, 4,000 landing craft & 2,000 support ships |
| 1944 | Vian, Philip | |
| Normandy Commands the Tactical Forces East during Operation Overlord |
