Chronology of World War II
Tuesday, February 1
MEETING OF THE SUPREME COMMAND
(Left to right: Lt-Gen Omar Bradley, Commander in Chief, 1st US Army; Adm Sir Bertram H Ramsay, Allied Naval Commander in Chief, Expeditionary Force; Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W Tedder, Deputy Supreme Commander, Expeditionary Force; Gen Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Expeditionary Force; Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery, Commander in Chief 21st Army Group; Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Allied Air Commander, Expeditionary Force; and Lt-Gen Walter Bedell-Smith, Chief of Staff to General Eisenhower.)