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Whilst is was a general Allied coalition of leaders, the head position of COSSAC (Chief of Staff of the Supreme Allied Command) was initially held by the British Liutenant-General Frederick E. Morgan, before American General Dwight D. Eisenhower was given the role in late 1943 after his efforts in the Italian campaign (1943-1945). It was his task, along with board of leaders from the Western Allied nations, to review the plan for invasion into France (OVERLORD), first scheduled to take place in Brittany, then Normandy.
Delegates below the position of COSSAC were also a mixed coalition of generals from the different Western Allied nations, each commanding a respective section.
Naval delegation was organised as follows; the Western Naval task force commanding shipping in the American section of the Baie de la Seine fell to the command of Rear-Admiral Kirk of the US Navy, whilst the Eastern British Naval task force was run by Rear-Admiral Sir Phillip Vian of the Royal Navy. Several more commanders commandeered the naval blockade around the mouth of the Normandy coastline, to protect U-boat and Surface Raider interdiction on both Allied supply shipping and troop ferrying. Commander in Chief of the overall naval operation was headed by Sir Bertram Ramsay of the Royal Navy.
Air control would rely on bombers, fighters and transport aircraft from both the US 9th Air Force and the British 2nd Tactical Air Force. Both of these air fleets were under the control of Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, previous leader of the Eastern England Fighter Group 11 during the Battle of Britain in 1940, and later leader of overall Fighter Command of the RAF before promotion to the Allied Expeditionary Air Force (A.E.A.F.) and beyond during Overlord.
Land Control would be divided under general control of leaders from the two main national armies (the UK and the US) into two initial armies for the main landings. Both initial armies were under overall command of the 21st Army Group with Field Marshall Montgomery as head.
The British 2nd Army was composed of two corps led by British General Miles Dempsey, containing the half-half Canadian and British 1st Corps of one division each with attachments under General John Crocker (bound for Juno and Sword Beaches, respectively), and the British 30 (XXX) Corps with Liutenant-General Gerard Bucknell to Gold Beach.
The American 1st Army was also composed of two corps with one-two divisions each; 5th (V) Corps with Major-General Leonard T. Gerow heading to Omaha Beach, and 8th (VIII) Corps with a General Collins heading to Utah.
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