Battle of Normandy/Related Articles

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World War II [r]: War between the Allies (most notably the UK, US and Soviet Union) and the Axis (principally Germany and Japan) 1939–1945. ^[e]
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dwight D. Eisenhower [r]: (1890-1969) A career soldier who was the top Allied commander in Europe in World War II, and who later served as the 34th president of the United States (1953-1961). ^[e]
Operation OVERLORD [r]: Allied code name for general operations in northern and western Europe in 1944; not restricted to the Normandy invasion proper, which was a subset codenamed Operation NEPTUNE ^[e]
London Controlling Section [r]: An extremely secret British staff organization, in World War II, in charge of strategic deception, principally to convince the Nazis that the main invasion of Europe would come at any of a variety of places other than Normandy; U.S. counterpart was Joint Security Control ^[e]
- Plan BODYGUARD [r]: The main Allied strategic deception plan to convince the Nazi military that the main invasion of the continent of Europe would take place at any of a number of places other than Normandy; formerly Plan JAEL; directed by the London Controlling Section ^[e]

Operation NEPTUNE [r]: Allied code name, within Operation OVERLORD, for the actual Normandy landing ^[e]
Eisenhower and the Normandy Invasion [r]: The decisionmaking of Dwight D. Eisenhower associated with the Battle of Normandy and the selection of the place and date of that invasion ^[e]

Bernard Montgomery [r]: Field Marshal of the British Army, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, senior British and joint commander in the Second World War (1887-1976) ^[e]
- Twenty-first Army Group [r]: First major operational headquarters in 1944 Operation OVERLORD in Western Europe; Commonwealth force commanded by Gen. Bernard Montgomery and served as ground forces headquarters for the Operation NEPTUNE initial landings ^[e]
Omar Bradley [r]: (1893-1981) An American general during World War II and the Korean war, as well as Chief of Staff of the Army and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ^[e]
- Twelfth Army Group [r]: Second major operational headquarters in the invasion of Western Europe under Operation OVERLORD; commanded by Gen. Omar Bradley and activated on 1 August 1944, with 21 ground divisions and air support totalling 903,000 men. ^[e]
George Patton [r]: (1885 - 1945) Controversial American general in World War II, famed for his successes in armored warfare against the Germans in 1944-45. ^[e]
- First U.S. Army Group [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Third United States Army [r]: In United States Central Command, the headquarters organization for United States Army Components. Also designated ARCENT. ^[e]