After delays, due to both logistical difficulties and poor weather, the D-Day of Overlord was moved to 6 June 1944. Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery, commander of 21st Army Group, aimed to capture Caen within the first day, and liberate Paris within 90 days.

Plans

Allied

The coastline of Normandy was divided into seventeen sectors, with codenames using a spelling alphabet--from

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