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D-Day Inc.’s Ownership Structure, Board of Directors, and Key Personnel

holly owned subsidiary of the United States and ’s W military services.

Board of Directors:

Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States and chairman of the Board, D-Day Inc Winston S. Churchill, prime minister of the United Kingdom, vice-chairman Josef Stalin, secretary of the Communist Party, leader of the Henry “Hap” Arnold, general, CEO of U.S. Army Air Forces Alan Brooke, field marshal, CEO of the British Army Ernest J. King, , CEO of U.S. Navy George C. Marshall, general, CEO of the U.S. Army Other members of the board were Admiral William Leahy, chief of staff to President Roosevelt (the equivalent of the modern chairman of the joint chiefs), lead like ike

and the senior British officers in charge of the and Royal Air Force.

Key Personnel:

General Sir Harold Alexander, Eisenhower’s No. 2 in North Africa, , and Italy. General Omar N. Bradley, commander of all U.S. land forces in from June 1944 until the war’s end in May 1945. Named five-star General of the Army in 1950. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Ike’s naval deputy from July 1942 until January 1944, when he became Britain’s first sea lord. General Courtney Hodges, commander of the U.S. First Army. Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, air forces deputy from January 1944 until war’s end. Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, commander of all British and Canadian forces in France from June 1944 until war’s end. Became CEO of the British Army after the war. General George C. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army. Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, deputy naval forces from January 1944 until war’s end. General William H. Simpson, commander of the U.S. Ninth Army. General , Ike’s chief of staff at D-Day Inc. Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Eisenhower’s No. 2 from January 1944 until war’s end, previously Ike’s air forces deputy for North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. h Appendix B h

Glossary

Avalanche: Amphibious assault of Italy, September 9, 1943. D-Day Beaches: From the west near Ste. Mère Église to the east near Caen along the north coast of Normandy—Utah and Omaha Beaches (both assaulted by U.S forces), and Gold, Juno, and Sword Beaches (assaulted by the British and Canadian forces). : Site of miraculous evacuation of British forces in June 1940 by thousands of small craft, sailed by British civilians. Gallipoli: Site of British amphibious assault in in the Crimea—a disaster. Husky: Amphibious assault of Sicily, July 10, 1943. Market-Garden: Combined Airborne and Armored assault in Holland, September 17, 1944. mulberries: Artificial harbors created by the filling of ship hulls with cement and then sinking the hulls. Used in the Normandy invasion. Overlord: Amphibious assault of Normandy, June 6, 1944. Sledgehammer: Planned “suicide” mission for September 1942 in northern France—to be used only in the event that the Soviet Union needed immediate relief. Torch: Amphibious assault of North Africa (at Casablanca, Oran, and Algeirs), November 8, 1942. h Appendix C h

U.S. Army Structure in World War II*

Squad: 9–10 men Platoon: 3 or more squads, 16–44 men Company: 3 or more platoons, 62–190 men : 3 or more companies, 300–1,000 men Brigade/Regiment: 3 or more , 3,000–5,000 men Division: 3 or more brigades, 10,000–15,000 men Corps: 3 or more divisions, 20,000–45,000 men Army: 3 or more corps, 50,000 or more men : 3 or more armies, 100,000 or more men— Bradley’s Twelfth Army Group had more than a million men in it by the end of the war.

* Source: Department of the Army lead like ike

D-Day Inc. Command Structure (as of December 1944)

Board of Directors CEO: Eisenhower Twelfth Army Group: Bradley Twenty-first Army Group: Montgomery First Army: Hodges Third Army: Patton Ninth Army: Simpson