The main leader of D-Day in Europe was General Eisenhower. There
where a few others who helped from the British forces. Obviously
the above answer is from an American. Actually General Bernard
Montgomery was the Ground Forces Commander in Chief (21st Army
Group). The senior U.S. Commander was Lieutenant-General Omar
Bradley Commander U.S. 1st Army (composed of the 1st U.S. Infantry
Division, the 4th U.S. Infantry Division, the 29th U.S. Infantry
Division, the 82nd U.S. Airborne Division and the 101st U.S.
Airborne Division). while Lieutenant-General Mike Dempsey Commanded
the 2nd British Army (composed of the 3rd British Infantry
Division, the 6th British Airborne Division, the 50th British
Infantry Division and the 3rd Canadian infantry Division under
Major-General R.F.L. Keller)