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Allied order of battle

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D-day assault routes into Normandy

Commander, SHAEF: General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Commander, 21st Army Group: General Bernard Montgomery[1]

Western Beaches

  79th Armoured Division: Major General Percy Hobart[2] provided specialised armoured vehicles which supported the landings on all beaches in Second Army's

U.S. zones

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Commander, First Army: Lieutenant General Omar Bradley[1]

The First Army contingent totalled approximately 73,000 men, including 15,600 from the airborne divisions.[3]

Utah Beach
Omaha Beach
  1. ^ a b Whitmarsh 2009, Map, p. 12.
  2. ^ Ford & Zaloga 2009, p. 201.
  3. ^ Portsmouth Museum Services.
  4. ^ a b c d e Ford & Zaloga 2009, p. 125.
  5. ^ Whitmarsh 2009, p. 53.
  6. ^ a b Ford & Zaloga 2009, p. 66.