empt, and hopefully by then Roosevelt and Churchill, would be gone. The allies had to penetrate Hitler's Atlantic Wall. This stacked the deck in Hitler's favor, because the Allies would have to cross the English Channel an make an amphibious assault on the German fortifications. Prior to WWII there had only been two times that an attack such as this was successful One was led by Julius Ceaser, and the other was led by William the Conqueror. The Allies had managed three successful landings by 1943 in North Africa, and the Mediterranean. They would have the guns of the American and British Navy the two strongest at that time. They lacked a good landing craft for the infantry to go ashore in, this problem was solved with the advent of the Higgens boat. There was also a problem that no one could do anything about, they were allies, and there were many negative feeling between the American soldiers in Britain, and the British soldiers. Not only did the allied commanders have to face Hitler's army, they also had to keep the peace between their own men. The next chapter introduces the commanders of both armies. The fist part of the chapter talks about how the lives of Dwight Eisenhower and Erwin Rommel. Were almost a mirror image of the others both were of German descent both played sports, both joined their country's respective military academies, both had risen to the top through there missions in North Africa in the earlier part of WWII. Next the author describes the confusion that Rommel has to deal with because of the German command structure. He also talks about the strenuous schedules of both Rommel and Eisenhower. This chapter is important because it allows the reader to understand where the leaders are thinking when they are making their decisions on what way to win the war. Chapters four through ten discuss all of the little details that went into planning the operation. Many obvious things such as deciding on a landing place were ve...
