General McArthur, Admiral Kincaid,Admiral Fletcher, and a few thousand more officers did not command forces on D-Day
One officer who did not command any D Day forces was Officer T. A. Mahoney. General McArthur and Admiral Fletcher also did not command forces on that day.
Greek forces did not participate at the D-Day beaches
Dwight d eisenhower
D-Day was necessary for allied forces to gain a foot hold in Europe in order to attack and defeat German forces which ended WW2
Dwight Eisenhower was the allied commander at D-day.
One officer who did not command any D Day forces was Officer T. A. Mahoney. General McArthur and Admiral Fletcher also did not command forces on that day.
Gen. Bradley was in Command of American forces, not British or Canadian.
General McArthur, Admiral Kincaid,Admiral Fletcher, and a few thousand more officers did not command forces on D-Day
British General Bernard Montgomery was in overall command of Allied forces on D-Day
The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces on D-Day was General Dwight Eisenhower, however he delegated Area command to General Bernard Montgomerey for the British and Canadian Forces, and to General Omar Bradley for American Forces.
Gen Omar Bradley was in command of US forces and Gen Bernard Montgomery in charge of British and Canadian forces.
Nothing significant happened in Berlin on D-Day except panic among the High Command of the German forces. - Berlin is over 500 miles from Normandy.
The German forces had approximately 300,000 troops of different types in the area of the D-Day fighting. -These were split in different commands and this caused confusion. The German command structure was old fashioned. This alone was one factor that helped Allied victory, as Eisenhower had taken great organisational care in his entire command structure.
Greek forces did not participate at the D-Day beaches
The overall command was under General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (SCAEF), with the ground forces commanded by British General Bernard Montgomery.
The Allied forces were the winner of D-Day.
The Allied forces had almost 9,000 casualties on D-Day.