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COSSAC : Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan and the genesis of operation overlord / Stephen C. Kepher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kepher, Stephen C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morgan, Frederick, 1894-1967.
- Morgan, Frederick.
- Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Office of the Chief of Staff--History.
- Allied Forces.
- Operation Overlord.
- Combined Chiefs of Staff (U.S. and Great Britain)--History.
- Combined Chiefs of Staff (U.S. and Great Britain).
- Generals--Great Britain--Biography.
- Generals.
- Military planning--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Military planning.
- Military planning--United States--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- COSSAC presents a new interpretation of Morgan's vital contributions to the development of the OVERLORD plan by exploring his leadership, his unorthodox approach to problem-solving, and his willingness to disregard or modify orders he thought wrong.
- Contents:
- A common bond of danger
- No substantial landing in France unless we are going to stay
- For what are we to plan?
- I am to plan the reconquest of Europe
- The Indian Army and chasing Pancho Villa
- For the first time I really believe in this operation
- This operation will be the primary U.S.-British ground and air effort in Europe
- Passing phase
- The far shore
- I'm asking for your army, your General Marshall, and your Ambassador Biddle
- The Supreme Operations for 1944
- Monty didn't bring us anything new
- Epilogue
- Glossary of selected code names and abbreviations
- Appendix A: British Chiefs of Staff (COS) and American Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
- Appendix B: Structure of the British Army's Home Forces,1940-44
- Appendix C: Outline OVERLORD plan, cover letter, and digest
- Appendix D: Organizational charts of COSSAC, initial formation and as of January 1944
- Appendix E: Organizational chart of Western Allies command structure
- Appendix F: Organization chart of the chain of command from the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander for OVERLORD.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-68247-521-2
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