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| 1943 | Bradley, Omar Nelson |  |
| Aug Normandy Commands the USA1st Army during Operation Overlord |
| Oct Normandy Arrives in England to take command of the 1st Army |
| 20th Oct Normandy The HQ for the 1st USAArmy opens in England |
| 1943 | Brereton, Lewis H | |
| Sep Normandy Arrives in England to organize a USAtactical air force in the United Kingdom |
| 1943 | Deane, John Russell | |
| Oct Moscow Meets Russian representives & confirms the decision at Quebec to launch Overlord |
| 1943 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 29th Oct Normandy Opposes a diversionary attack on Southern France as this will weaken the main attack |
| Dec Cairo Appointed Supreme Allied Commander for 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 | Marshall, George Catlett | |
| 11th Dec Normandy Directs Commanders to divert as many LCS carriers as possible to Overlord & Anvil |
| 1943 | Morgan, Frederick E | |
| July Normandy Morgan & COSSAC advise landong in Normandy within the Bay of the Seine close to Caen |
| Sep Normandy Ordered by the CCS to take "necessary executive action" to implement Overlord |
| 1943 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| Nov Tehran Agreed to mount Overlord & send a diversionary force to the sth of France in May 1944 |
| 1943 | Roosevelt, Theodore | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1944 | Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| 5th June Caen 3 Airbourne Divisions land behind enemy lines at St-Mere-Eglise & Caen |
| 6th June Normandy Lands the 2nd British Army from the river Orme to St-Vaast-La-Hogue |
| 6th June Omah Beach The USAArmy succesfully captrures Omah & Utah beaches |
| 9th June Cotentin Commands paratroopers who land on the eastern side of the Cotentin Peninsular only |
| 9th June Isigny The USA5th Corps capture Isigny on the way to uniting the Utah & Omaha |
| 3rd Aug Normandy Orders Patton to clear Britanny with a "minimum forces" |
| 8th Aug Falaise Orders Patton to create a "short hook" from Le Mans to Falaise to trap the Germans |
| 1944 | Brereton, Lewis H | |
| Normandy Commands the 9th USAAirforce for Operation Overlord |
| 1944 | Collins, Joseph | |
| 6th June Normandy Commands the USA7th Army Corps on Utah beach |
| 1944 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Normandy Carries out a plan to bomb the French railway system, despite Churchill's opposition |
| Jan Normandy Arrives in England to assume duties as Supreme Allied Commander of Operation Overlord |
| 15th Jan Normandy The Allies agree the plans for D-Day |
| 25th Jan The directive appointing Eisenhower Supreme Allied Commander for Overlord is issued |
| 31st Mar Slaptonds USAD-Day beach landing training exercise (Operation Beaver) at Slapton Sands , Devon, demonstrate a dangerous lack of coordination between units |
| 28th April Normandy German torpedo boats nearly discover a mock landing but all 600 soldiers are drowned |
| 3rd June Normandy The Allied invasion force of 150,000 departs from England on 5,300 ships |
| 4th June Portsmouth Postpones Operation Overlord, due 5th June, because of bad weather |
| 4th June Normandy The weather in the Channel deteriorates & the Allied invasion force is recalled |
| 5th June Normandy 176,000 men & 20,000 vehicles are to be landed in 2 days |
| 5th June Portsmouth Gives the go ahead for Operation Overlord for 6th June |
| 6th June Normandy Plans & commands the Allied capture of Germany from D-Day |
| 6th June Normandy The Allied landings take place with 487,653 men & 89,728 making it ashore |
| 6th June Normandy The Allies land 130,000 men & 22,000 parachutists & lose 9,500 killed or wounded |
| 1944 | Gerow, Leonard | |
| 6th June Normandy Commands the USA5th Army Corps on Omaha beach |
| 1944 | Goering, Herman | |
| June Normandy Instructions to construct bogus airfields to be bombed by the Allies are decrypted |
| 1944 | Hodges, Courtney Hicks | |
| 6th June Normandy Commander of the 1st USAArmy during Operation Overlord |
| 1944 | Kirk, Alan | |
| 6th June Commands the ships of the Western Task force which lands forces on Utah & Omaha |
| 1944 | Manton, Eddy | |
| 10th June Leads the 9th Div ashore at Utah Beach |
| 1944 | Patton, George Smith | |
| Pas de Calais Helps convince the Germans he will be leading an Allied landing in the Pas de Calais |
| 7th July Patton arrives in Normandy |
| 8th Aug Falaise Ordered by Bradley to create a "short hook" from Le Mans to Falaise |
| 9th Aug Normandy Turns the 5th & Free French 2nd northward to Le Mans |
| 13th Aug Argentan The "Falaise Pocket" forms as a French patrol enters Argentan |
| 1944 | Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 6th June River Merderet Commands a landing of paratroopers to capture a bridgehead on the the Merderet |
| 1944 | Roosevelt, Quentin | |
| 6th June Omaha Beach Lands on Omaha Beach, grandson of the late President |
| 1944 | Roosevelt, Teddy | |
| 6th June Utah Beach Leads the 1st assault, 8th Regimental Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division |
| 6th June Utah Beach Son of the late President, the only General to land with the 1st wave |
| 1944 | Taylor, Maxwell | |
| 6th June River Merderet Commands a landing of paratroopers to capture a bridgehead on the Merderet |
