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Commanders before D-Day: Tedder, Eisenhower and Montgomery (seated); Bradley, Ramsay, Leigh-Mallory and Bedell Smith (standing).
U.S. National Archives

The air chiefs: Eisenhower with (left to right) Coningham, Leigh-Mallory, Brereton and Quesada.
General Elwood R. Quesada

Before D-Day: American Airborne pathfinders pose beside their Dakota. Private

Matériel
massed for the invasion.
Imperial War Museum

THE 21ST ARMY GROUP TEAM

FRONT ROW: Thomas (43 Div.); Bucknall; Crerar; Montgomery; Dempsey; Broadhurst; Ritchie. MIDDLE ROW: Bullen-Smith (51 Div.); Keller (3 Cdn Div.); Graham (50 Div.); Roberts (11 Armd Div.); O’Connor; Barker (49 Div.); Crocker. BACK ROW: Macmillan (15 Div.); Gale (6 Abn. Div.); Erskine (7 Armd Div.).
Imperial War Museum

Richardson is third from the right in the second row, wearing helmet.
F.O. Richardson

American soldiers are briefed for D-Day.
Imperial War Museum

Montgomery inspects the 5th/7th Gordons of 51st Highland Division during the run-up to OVERLORD. Lt-Col. Eric Hay walks behind the C-in-C.
Lt-Col Eric Hay

The myth of Rommel as a ‘good’ German hostile to Nazism prevailed in the west for many years after the war. In reality, the C-in-C of Army Group B remained passionately devoted to Hitler until he became convinced that the war was militarily unwinnable.
U.S. National Archives

D-Day: on the beach.
Imperial War Museum

A fascinating glimpse of the Supreme Commander in mid-Channel; caught by the photographer looking far tougher than when pictured with the accommodating grin of the familiar Ike.
U.S. National Archives

Beach defenders surrender to the Americans.
U.S. Army photograph

The build-up: American troops move inshore from the beaches.
U.S. Army photograph

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