History of COSSAC

• Historical Sub-Section, Office of Secretary, General Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
• A Merriam Press World War 2 History
  
• Sixth Edition 2020
• 112 6x9-inch pages
• 5 photos
• 1 illustration
  
• 2 charts
• 1 document
  
• Paperback Edition
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Official history of the initial planning for the Normandy invasion, prepared by the Historical Sub-Section, Office of Secretary, General Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force. Covers the origins, aims, and the development of COSSAC, Operation Cockade, Operation Rankin, and Operation Overlord. Includes a biography of Lt.-Gen Sir Frederick E. Morgan, Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC), the original planner of Operation Overlord.

Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Origins of COSSAC
• Chapter 2: The Aims of COSSAC
• Chapter 3: The Development of COSSAC
• Chapter 4: Operation Cockade
• Chapter 5: Operation Rankin
• Chapter 6: Operation Overlord
• Appendices
• The Badge of Supreme Headquarters
  
• The First COSSAC Plan
  
• Lieutenant General Sir Frederick E. Morgan, KCB, Royal Army
  
• Bibliography