![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Eisenhower smoked up to four packets of Camel cigarettes a day in the months running up to D-Day.ġ0. In contrast, Montgomery was completely sober. All information pertaining to the invasion was marked “Bigot”, a classification even more secret than “Top Secret”.Ĩ. D-Day was originally planned for 5 June but had to be delayed by 24 hours due to poor weather.ĩ. Eisenhower was put in charge of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) and started work on coordinating and carrying out the Normandy landings.ħ. Eisenhower in Tunis and told him he would be commanding the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.Ħ. On 7 December 1943, US President Franklin D. Britain’s Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Morgan was appointed the chief of staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC) and in April 1943 was told to prepare for a “full scale assault against the continent”.ĥ. Watch Nowģ. In October 1941, Winston Churchill told Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten to start thinking about an invasion of Europe: “Unless we can go on land and fight Hitler and beat his forces on land, we shall never win this war.”Ĥ. D-Day veteran and Chelsea pensioner Bill Fitzgerald reveals the extraordinary preparations he and his fellow recruits underwent for D-Day with the famous 7th Armoured Division - better known as the 'Desert Rats'. ![]()
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