American logistics played a key role in the success of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of northwest Europe during World War II. The campaign officially commenced on D-Day, 6 June 1944, and end
USS LST-21 unloads railway cars in Normandy in June 1944.
Headquarters, ETO, at 20 Grosvenor Square, London
Regional Organization of SOS in the United Kingdom
General Depot at Ashchurch, north of Cheltenham. Originally developed as a British automotive depot, this was handed over to SOS in 1942. It consisted of 158 buildings, including 10 hangars and three warehouses. Nearly 3,000 US personnel worked there in August 1942.
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force was the headquarters of the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, in northwest Europe, from late 1943 until the end of World War II. American G
SHAEF commanders at a conference in London Left to right: Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley, Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Sir Bernard Montgomery, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, and Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith