Normandy Landings - People

Can you name the people involved in the Normandy Landings, aka D-Day? *Last names work, as well as nicknames!

These are just the highest-ranking commanding officers.

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Allied Forces

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American; Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force; Later- 34th President of the United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower

British; Deputy Supreme Commander at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force

Arthur W. Tedder

British; In command of all Allied ground forces during the landings; Highly-respected senior officer

Bernard L. Montgomery

American; Commander of the First Army during the landings; Later- 1st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Omar N. Bradley

British; Commander of the Second Army during the landings, who made rapid advancements

Miles C. Dempsey

British; Senior commander in the Royal Air Force & Air commander during the landings

Trafford Leigh-Mallory

British; Responsible for the Dunkirk evacuation; Helped w/ planning & commanding of the landings

Bertram H. Ramsay

American; Major General that commanded the VII Army Corps, in charge of taking Utah Beach

J. Lawton Collins

American; Major General that commanded the 4th Infantry Division, on Utah Beach

Raymond O. Barton

American; Major General that commanded the 82nd Airborne Division, on Utah Beach

Matthew B. Ridgway

American; Brigadier General that commanded the 90th Infantry Division, on Utah Beach

Jay W. MacKelvie

American; Major General that commanded the 101st Airborne Division, on Utah Beach

Maxwell D. Taylor

American; Major General that commanded the V "Fifth" Corps, in charge of taking Omaha Beach

Leonard T. Gerow

American; Major General that commanded the 1st Infantry Division, on Omaha Beach

Clarence R. Huebner

American; Major General that commanded the 29th Infantry Division, on Omaha Beach

Charles H. Gerhardt

British; Lieutenant General that commanded the XXX Corps, in charge of taking Gold Beach

Gerard C. Bucknall

British; Major General that commanded the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, on Gold Beach

Douglas Graham

British; Lieutenant General that commanded the British I Corps, in charge of taking Juno & Sword Beach

John T. Crocker

Canadian; Major General that commanded the 3rd Canadian Division, on Juno Beach

Rod F. L. Keller

British; Major General that commanded the 3rd Infantry Division, on Sword Beach

Tom G. Rennie

British; Major General that commanded the 6th Airborne Division (UK), on Sword Beach

Richard N. Gale

British; Commanded the 79th Armoured Division, which provided the vehicles for all beaches

Percy C. S. Hobart

British; Meteorologist attached to the RAF; Convinced Dwight Eisenhower to change the date of the landings

James M. Stagg

American; Senior US Naval Admiral during the landings; Western Naval Task Force

Alan Goodrich Kirk

British; Senior Royal Navy Admiral during the landings; Eastern Naval Task Force

Philip Louis Van

American; Lieutenant colonel (at that time); Commanded historic Pointe du Hoc battle

James E. Rudder

American; Eldest son of a well-known US president; First senior officer ashore on Utah Beach

Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Axis Powers

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Field Marshal & highest-ranking Nazi officer present; Supreme Commander West

Gerd von Rundstedt

Field Marshal; Had to be called back to Normandy after leaving for wife's birthday

Erwin E. Rommel

Field Marshal in the Luftwaffe; Failed to repel the Allied landings in Normandy

Hugo W. Sperrle

Naval Admiral & Commander-in-Chief of Navy Group Command West during the landings

Theodor Krancke

General in the Wehrmacht; Commanded the 5th Panzer Army during the landings

Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg

General in the Wehrmacht; Commanded the 7th Army during the landings

Friedrich Dollmann

General in the Wehrmacht; Commanded the 15th Army during the landings

Hans von Salmuth

General in the Wehrmacht; Commanded the LXXXIV Corps during the landings

Erich Marcks

General in the Wehrmacht; Commanded the 709th Static Infantry Division during the landings

Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben

General in the Wehrmacht; Commanded the 716th Static Infantry Division during the landings

Wilhelm Richter

General in the Wehrmacht; Commanded the 352nd Infantry Division during the landings

Dietrich Kraiss

General in the Wehrmacht; Commanded the 21st Panzer Division during the landings

Edgar Feuchtinger

General in the Wehrmacht; Commanded the 125th Panzergrenadier Regiment during the landings; Author of "Panzer Commander"

Hans von Luck

Excellent panzer general & Olympic equestrian; Commanded the 100th Panzer Regiment during the landings

Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski

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