D.Day Commanders Planning Group - Set #1
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Special Promotional Set DD315-1 includes a figure of the Supreme Allied Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (DD284).
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded a team of many of the best Allied
military leaders of WW2 among them were...
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder (1890-1967), Ike’s Deputy Supreme
Commander of the AEF (Allied Expeditionary Force). Tedder, a senior
Royal Air Force officer was a loyal and trusted subordinate ensuring
Gen. Eisenhower’s instructions were fully understood and carried out.General Omar Bradley (1893-1981), the ‘soldiers general’, had a
distinguished career even before D.Day having successfully commanded
U.S. troops in North Africa and Sicily. He was chosen to command the
First United States Army during the Invasion of Normandy and was
responsible for both of the American landings at OMAHA and UTAH beaches.
Later he took over the Twelfth United States Army Group which
ultimately comprised 43 Divisions and over 1.3million men.
After WW2 he was promoted to become the 1st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff.General Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976) was Commander of Allied Ground
Forces for the invasion and made major contributions to the original
planning of ‘Overlord’. Although popular with soldiers and civilians,
he could frequently be tactless and arrogant causing unnecessary
conflict with his American allies and others.
After D.Day he was a key figure during the campaign in north west
Europe and received the surrender of all German Forces in North Germany,
Holland and Denmark in May 1945.Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay (1883-1945), Commander in Chief of All
Allied Naval Forces for ‘NEPTUNE’, the naval part of D.Day. Previously
he had overseen and been responsible for the successful evacuation of
the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk in 1940.
Ramsay’s long experience and naval skills greatly contributed to the
Invasion’s success.
Sadly, he was killed in a plane crash on his way to meet Field
Marshal Montgomery on 2 January 1945.D.DAY MAP BOARD
Here is the large Map Board showing one of the many planning maps
for D.Day complete with seaborne routes for the invasion fleet and the
individual landing beaches for the American, British and Canadian
forces.
Notice: This DD315 set comprises the four Allied Commanders and the Special D.DAY Map Board.
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