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U.S. General Eisenhower, 4 star General. Later he became a very cool U.S. President. His nickname was Ike. I suppose he was the most responsible for D-Day, because he was willing to take responsibility for the failure of the invasion if it had not worked out.

The over person that gave the go ahead was Winstan churchill. However, General Dwight Eisenhower was put in charge of what became known as Operation Overlord. Eisenhower had the task of organising a million combat troops and two million men involved in providing support services.

The plan, drawn up by George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, Omar Bradley, Bertram Ramsay, Walter Bedell-Smith, Arthur Tedder and Trafford Leigh-Mallory, involved assaults on five beaches west of the Orne River near Caen (codenamed Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah) by the British 2nd Army and the American 1st Army. Follow-up forces included the Canadian 1st Army and the American 3rd Army under Lt. General George Patton.

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