Report by
The Supreme Commander
To the Combined Chiefs of Staff
On the Operations in Europe
of the
Allied Expeditionary Force
6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945

CONTENTS

Preface		viii
Planning and Preparation		1
	The COSSAC Plan	1
	Development of Plan OVERLORD	3
	Logistical Problems	11
	German Miscalculations	13
	Preparatory Operations	14
	Enemy Capabilities	17
The Assault		19
Establishment of the Lodgement Area		27
The Breakthrough		35
The Battle of the Falaise-Argentan Pocket		42
The Advance to the Seine		46
The Build-Up and the Allied Navies		52
The Advance From the Seine to the German Border		61
Consolidation on the Frontier		67
The Ardennes Counteroffensive		75
Plans for the 1945 Campaign		81
Operations to Reach the Rhine		87
Crossing the Rhine		96
The Envelopment of the Ruhr and the Junction With the Russians		103
The FInal Phase		112
The Surrender		118
Conclusion		121

	MAPS
1.	The Assault	20
2.	Establishment of the Lodgement Area	31
3.	The Breakthrough	37
4.	Battle of the Falaise-Argentan Pocket	44
5.	Advance to the Seine	48
6.	Advance from the Seine to the German Border	64
7.	Consolidation on the Frontier	70
8.	Ardennes Counteroffensive	78
9.	Operations to Reach the Rhine	88
10.	Crossing the Rhine	97
11.	The Envelopment of the Ruhr	108