A common bond of danger -- No substantial landing in France unless we are going to stay -- For what are we to plan? -- I am to plan the reconquest of Europe -- The Indian Army and chasing Pancho Villa -- For the first time I really believe in this operation -- This operation will be the primary U.S.-British ground and air effort in Europe -- Passing phase -- The far shore -- I'm asking for your army, your General Marshall, and your Ambassador Biddle -- The Supreme Operations for 1944 -- Monty didn't bring us anything new -- Epilogue Glossary of selected code names and abbreviations -- Appendix A: British Chiefs of Staff (COS) and American Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) -- Appendix B: Structure of the British Army's Home Forces,1940-44 -- Appendix C: Outline OVERLORD plan, cover letter, and digest -- Appendix D: Organizational charts of COSSAC, initial formation and as of January 1944 -- Appendix E: Organizational chart of Western Allies command structure -- Appendix F: Organization chart of the chain of command from the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander for OVERLORD.
Summary:
"When Frederick Morgan was appointed COSSAC (Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander), in the spring of 1943, there was no approved plan for a cross-Channel attack and no commander. There was not even agreement about when the re-entry into the Continent would occur. The western Allies were in the midst of a great debate about the strategy or strategies to defeat Nazi Germany. COSSAC's primary task was to create a plan that would be approved by the inter-allied Combined Chiefs of Staff. COSSAC presents a new interpretation of Morgan's vital contributions to the development of the OVERLORD plan by exploring his leadership, his unorthodox approach to problem-solving, and his willingness to disregard or modify orders he thought wrong"-- Provided by publisher.
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