Post by ic59 on Jun 1, 2024 16:35:37 GMT -5
Well D-Day is a little less than a week away, and I want to post some info that is new to me. I thought about D-Day, because on Memorial Day, the Story Channel (#519 on Fios) had four hours of D-Day programming. Much of the clips was a repeat of videos I had seen before, but a point(s) they presented finally sunk in, at least for me. I'm sure many of you already know this. The Allies had two advantages:
1. The planning that went in to Operation Overlord was better than Rommel's plan of defense of the Atlantic Wall/Fortress Europe.
2. And when many things went wrong, the Allied officers were able to improvise/change tactics. While the Germans had to wait for orders from their Commanders. Even something as simple of not wanting to wake up Hitler who was asleep, to get permission to release Panzer tanks that were being held in reserve.
And it was the planning process that caught my attention. I knew of the generals, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Bradley and Patton. The men who hit the beaches and lived to tell their stories. Even a few who were awarded the Medal of Honor. But, I had no idea who put the plan (Overlord) together. And thanks to Google/Wikkepedia (Sp?) I came up with the following.
In early 1943 Lieutenant-General Frederick Morgan was appointed Chief of Staff to the yet unnamed Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces. And we know that role was filled by Dwight Eisenhower. Following the Trident Meeting in Washington in the summer of 1943, Morgan was tasked with coming up with a plan to invade France from England in the May-June period of 1944. And a possible reason I had never heard of Frederick Morgan was that he was English. It is kind of surprising since my first address was 43 Morgan Street. I just feel that Morgan should have gotten more credit for D-Day.
And, maybe my interest stemmed from the date of D-Day. It occurred one month to the day before my seventh birthday. And now you know the rest of my story.
1. The planning that went in to Operation Overlord was better than Rommel's plan of defense of the Atlantic Wall/Fortress Europe.
2. And when many things went wrong, the Allied officers were able to improvise/change tactics. While the Germans had to wait for orders from their Commanders. Even something as simple of not wanting to wake up Hitler who was asleep, to get permission to release Panzer tanks that were being held in reserve.
And it was the planning process that caught my attention. I knew of the generals, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Bradley and Patton. The men who hit the beaches and lived to tell their stories. Even a few who were awarded the Medal of Honor. But, I had no idea who put the plan (Overlord) together. And thanks to Google/Wikkepedia (Sp?) I came up with the following.
In early 1943 Lieutenant-General Frederick Morgan was appointed Chief of Staff to the yet unnamed Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces. And we know that role was filled by Dwight Eisenhower. Following the Trident Meeting in Washington in the summer of 1943, Morgan was tasked with coming up with a plan to invade France from England in the May-June period of 1944. And a possible reason I had never heard of Frederick Morgan was that he was English. It is kind of surprising since my first address was 43 Morgan Street. I just feel that Morgan should have gotten more credit for D-Day.
And, maybe my interest stemmed from the date of D-Day. It occurred one month to the day before my seventh birthday. And now you know the rest of my story.