James Holland

Let's go in there, and then we can take a view. But between Sicily happening and the fall of North Africa is the Trident Conference in Washington. And that is where the decision is made. The Americans go, OK, enough of this opportunistic stuff. Let's just, okay, we get it, we buy it, but no more faffing around. May 1944, one year hence, we are going to cross the Atlantic.

Let's go in there and then we can take a view.

But between Sicily happening and the fall of North Africa is the Trident Conference in Washington.

And that is where the decision is made.

The Americans go, okay, enough of this opportunistic stuff.

Let's just, okay, we get it, we buy it, but no more faffing around.

May 1944, one year hence, we are going to cross the Atlantic.

And the British go, okay, fair cop, we'll do that. So that is where Operation Overlord, as it becomes, gets given its code name, its operational name. That's when the planning starts. Serious planning starts at the beginning of 1944. And one of the lessons from Sicily to Normandy is that you can't have commanders fighting one battle whilst preparing for the next one.

And the British go, okay, fair cop, we'll do that. So that is where Operation Overlord, as it becomes, gets given its code name, its operational name. That's when the planning starts. Serious planning starts at the beginning of 1944. And one of the lessons from Sicily to Normandy is that you can't have commanders fighting one battle whilst preparing for the next one.

And the British go, okay, fair cop, we'll do that. So that is where Operation Overlord, as it becomes, gets given its code name, its operational name. That's when the planning starts. Serious planning starts at the beginning of 1944. And one of the lessons from Sicily to Normandy is that you can't have commanders fighting one battle whilst preparing for the next one.

And the British go, okay, fair cop, we'll do that.

So that is where Operation Overlord, as it becomes, gets given its code name, its operational name.

That's when the planning starts.

Serious planning starts at the beginning of 1944.

One of the lessons from Sicily to Normandy is that you can't have commanders fighting one battle whilst preparing for the next one.

So you have to have a separate command structure. And that's okay, because by this time, we've got enough people that have got experience of battlefield command that you can actually split it. There are very good reasons for going into Italy, not least getting the Foggia airfields. so that you can further tighten the noose around Nazi Germany.

So you have to have a separate command structure. And that's okay, because by this time, we've got enough people that have got experience of battlefield command that you can actually split it. There are very good reasons for going into Italy, not least getting the Foggia airfields. so that you can further tighten the noose around Nazi Germany.

So you have to have a separate command structure. And that's okay, because by this time, we've got enough people that have got experience of battlefield command that you can actually split it. There are very good reasons for going into Italy, not least getting the Foggia airfields. so that you can further tighten the noose around Nazi Germany.

So you have to have a separate command structure.

And that's okay because by this time we've got enough people that have got experience of battlefield command that you can actually split it.