Operation Overlord

Examples of Operation Overlord in the following topics:

• The Tehran Meeting

  • Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed on Operation Overlord and general war policy.
  • Operation Overlord was scheduled to begin in May 1944, in conjunction with the Soviet attack on Germany's eastern border.
  • The "Big Three" spent days wrangling about when Operation Overlord should take place, who should command it, and where operations should begin.
  • German intelligence was aware of this high profile meeting of the Allied wartime leaders, and tried to set up an assassination plot against them, called Operation Long Jump.
  • Operation Overlord would be launched during May 1944, in conjunction with an operation against southern France.

• The Invasion of Normandy

  • The invaders were able to establish a beachhead as part of Operation Overlord after a successful "D-Day," the first day of the invasion.
  • The Allies launched an invasion of southern France (code-named Operation Dragoon) on 15 August, and the Liberation of Paris followed on 25 August.
  • German forces retreated across the Seine on 30 August 1944, marking the close of Operation Overlord.
  • The Normandy landings (codenamed Operation Neptune) were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
  • The Operation Fortitude deception before the invasion kept German attention focused on the Pas de Calais, and indeed high-quality German forces were kept in this area, away from Normandy, until July.

• The Tehran Conference

  • The leaders then turned to the conditions under which the Western Allies would open a new front by invading northern France (Operation Overlord), as Stalin had pressed them to do since 1941.
  • Churchill argued for the invasion of Italy in 1943, then Overlord in 1944, on the basis that Overlord was due to lack of shipping physically impossible in 1943 and it would be unthinkable to do anything major until it could be launched.
  • The cross-channel invasion of France (Operation Overlord) would be launched during May 1944, in conjunction with an operation against southern France.
  • The invasion of France on 6 June 1944 took place about as planned, and the supporting invasion of southern France also took place (Operation Dragoon).
  • The Soviets launched a major offensive against the Germans on 22 June 1944 (Operation Bagration).

• D-Day and After

  • The Normandy landings (codenamed Operation Neptune) were the landing operations on Tuesday, June 6, 1944 (known as D-Day), of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
  • Operation Overlord was the name assigned to the establishment of a large-scale lodgement on the Continent.
  • The Operation Neptune was its first phase and aimed to establish a secure foothold. 
  • Elaborate deceptions, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, were undertaken in the months leading up to the invasion to prevent the Germans from learning the timing and location of the invasion.
  • The deceptions undertaken in Operation Fortitude were successful, leaving the Germans obligated to defend a huge stretch of coastline.

• War Aims and Strategy

  • The Allies undertook the invasions of French Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch) in November 1942.
  • One of the critical outcomes was agreement on Operation Overlord (Battle of Normandy) and general war policy.
  • Operation Overlord was scheduled to begin in May 1944, in conjunction with the Soviet attack on Germany's eastern border.

• American Arrival in Europe

  • Following the Normandy invasion in June 1944, the equivalent of seven US and French divisions were pulled out of Italy to Participate in Operation Dragoon: the allied landings in southern France.
  • In January 1943, at the Casablanca Conference, it was agreed Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command operations against Germany would be reinforced by the USAAF in a Combined Operations Offensive plan called Operation Pointblank. 
  • In the later stage of the war, the United States was heavily involved in the Operation Overlord (the code name for the Battle of Normandy) - the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe.
  • It commenced on June 6, 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day).
  • In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, Operation Bodyguard, using both electronic and visual misinformation.

• Operations

• Types of International Business Operations

• Operating Expenses, Non-Operating Expenses, and Net Income

  • Operating expenses and non operating expenses are deducted from revenue to yield net income.
  • Operating expenses, non operating expenses and net income are three key areas of the income statement.

• Designing the Operation

  • Operations management is a strategic function in organizations that adds value to customers and allows businesses to successfully produce goods and deliver services.
  • Operational decisions determine how well these goods and services meet the needs of the organization's target market, and consequently, whether the organization will be able to survive over the long-term .
  • Operations management and planning are common in industries such as the airlines, manufacturing companies, service provider organizations, the military, and government.
  • Operations management touches upon multiple areas of a business, from engineering and research & development, to human resources and accounting.
  • Operations management plays a key role in the success in airline companies.