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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
"21st Army Group"
Supreme Allied Commander: General Jason "Grifter" White
SHAEF Chief of Staff (COS): Major General Steve Risken
US 1st Army Commander: Brigadier General Steve "Str8shooter" Armstrong
British Commonwealth Commander: Major General Ray "HarleyHunk" Adams III
Free French 1st Army Commander: Major General Damian "TicToc" Capello
The Allied 21st Army Groups Forces are broken down into several primary elements: Seaborne (Infantry and Rangers), Airborne (Parachute Infantry and Pathfinders), Armor (Tanks and Mechanized Infantry), Navy (Battleships), Air (Fighter Bombers) and special units. Each element is further broken down into units that have specific missions.
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Seaborne ForcesThe Allied Army consisted of several seaborne infantry units which landed on five beaches along a 50 mile line. The beaches were code named running east to west, Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah.
The British, Canadian, French, and Polish along with a contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands and Norway assaulted Sword, Juno and Gold beaches. These units made up the British 2nd Army and Canadian 1st Army.
The United States 1st Army landed on the beaches code named Omaha and Utah.
At Oklahoma D-Day we use Sword, Omaha and Utah which will be assaulted on June 11th, 2011. The British and Canadian land at Sword beach and the US forces land at Omaha and Utah.
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US 1st Infantry
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US 4th Infantry
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US 238th Engineer
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Brit/Can 3rd Infantry
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US 1st Ranger
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US 2nd Ranger
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US 5th Ranger
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Airborne Infantry“Operation Tonga” was the codename given to the landing of the British 6th Airborne Division on the eastern flank of the invasion area during the Battle of Normandy on the night of the 5/6 June 1944. The objective was to help to defend the flank primarily by capturing and holding the only crossing of the Orne River north of the town of Caen.
“Operation Detroit” was the insertion, by parachute and glider, of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division into Normandy on the night of 5–6 June 1944 as part of Operation Overlord. The drop zone for the 82nd Airborne was around Sainte-Mère-Église, to the west of Utah beach, intending to protect the western flank of the invasion.
“Operation Chicago” was the airborne insertion of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division into Vierville in Normandy on the early morning of June 6, 1944. It was part of the Allied invasion of northern France, Operation Overlord. Secure the four causeway exits behind Utah Beach and Disrupt German communications to name a few.
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US 82nd Airborne
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US 82nd Airborne
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US 101st Airborne
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US 101st Airborne
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Brit/Can 6th Airborne
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Seaborne Armor
“13/18th Royal Hussars” - The early morning of the 6th June 1944 was dry but a stiff breeze was blowing. Dawn found the East Yorkshire Regiment preparing to load into its landing craft, and although there were distant sounds of war, the whole atmosphere was exactly as though this was just another exercise.The landing craft were lowered into the heavy swell, took up their appointed stations and commenced the run in. The landing craft pushed on, just a little behind the amphibious 'D D' tanks of A & B Squadrons of the 13/18th Hussars and as the landing craft approached the shore of 'Queen Red' beach, Major C K 'Banger' King, commander of A Company, read the words of Shakespeares Henry V to his men to calm their nerves.
“US 2rd Armored Cavalry Division” - The division "Hell On Wheels " the US First Army through Normandy, taking part in a number of engagements, notably including the Battle of Saint Lo, where it suffered significant casualties. After facing heavy fighting in the hedgerows, and developing methods to overcome the vast thickets of brush and earth that constrained its mobility, the unit broke out at Marigny, alongside the Big Red One 1st Infantry Division, and swung south to Mayenne.
“899th Tank Destroyer Battalion” - Company “A” and Company “C” landed on Utah Beach on D-Day, with the remainder of the 899th arriving D plus 4 and 5. The 899th, the first TD Bn to land in France, teamed with four infantry divisions, including the Fourth Infantry Division, until D plus 11, when it was attached to the Ninth Infantry Division. objective Cherbourg.
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Special Units
“French Marquis” - Out of this German conquest of France a Resistance movement arose, this movement is normally referred to as the "Marquis". The Marquis were normally groups of armed men and women which build escape networks that helped allied soldiers. Later these groups began working with Allied secret services for providing intelligence on the Atlantic Wall being built by the Germans. These brave resistance fighters started coordinating sabotage along with other actions that would contribute to the success of Operation Overlord.
“Royal Marine No. 41 Commando” - The British Commando units gave rise to other "inter-allied" Commando units as well as the US Ranger force.
Successes with campaigns in Burma, Italy, and the French port of St Nazaire the along with the coastal raids and training the allied special operation forces the Commando built solid reputation among the allied commanders.
On June 6th, 1944 on the far right side of Sword Beach No. 41 commando together with No. 46, No. 47, and No. 48 Commandos landed and together with the British and Canadian 3rd Infantry Division moved inland to link up with British Airborne.
“Allied Snipers” - A sniper is an infantry soldier specialized in shooting from concealment and from longer ranges (than is a regular infantryman), often using a specially-designed or -adapted sniper rifle.
"Office of Strategic Services" -
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