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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
military organization
Alternative Title: SHAEF
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Normandy Invasion
In Anglo-American Chain of Command in Western Europe, June 1944
Eisenhower's Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) had authority over all the branches (air, sea, and land) of the armed forces of all countries whose contribution was necessary to the success of Operation Overlord (the planned Normandy invasion). These were grouped for the invasion under the…