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.

Cover title.

Signed: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force.

"13 July 1945"--P. 96.

"For use in the Troop Information Program."

Preface: Summary of operations in Northwest Europe -- Planning and preparation: The COSSAC Plan -- Development of Plan OVERLORD -- Logistical problems -- German miscalculations -- Preparatory operations -- Enemy capabilities. The assault -- Establishment of the lodgment area -- The breakthrough -- The battle of the Falaise-Argentan Pocket -- The advance to the Seine -- The build-up and the Allied Navies -- The advance from the Seine to the German border -- Consolidation on the frontier -- The Ardennes counteroffensive -- Plans for the 1945 campaign -- Operations to reach the Rhine -- Crossing the Rhine -- The envelopment of the Ruhr and the junction with the Russians -- The final phase -- The surrender.