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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF; / ˈ ʃ eɪ f / SHAYF) was the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in northwest Europe, from late 1943 until the end of World War II. US General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander in SHAEF throughout its existence.
The Publicity and Psychological Warfare Division (G-6) under Brig. Gen. Robert A. McClure was initiated by SHAEF in February 1944. McClure's original role was to coordinate all Allied press and psychological warfare agencies in northwest Europe.
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF; / ˈ ʃ eɪ f / SHAYF) was the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in north west Europe, from late 1943 until the end of World War II. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander in SHAEF throughout its existence.
It was essential that they cooperate in what Winston Churchill called “much the greatest the thing we have ever attempted.”. The organization formed to direct Overlord was known as Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). All of the commanders in SHAEF reported to Eisenhower.
Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force. In late February 1945, [1] when the defeat of Germany appeared imminent, the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) was provided with a mandate for dispatching troops whose mission would be to secure the safety of Allied prisoners of war and to provide for their early evacuation.
Wikipedia cites noted military historian Stephen E. Ambrose ( Citizen Soldiers, Simon & Schuster, 1997, p. 199) as SHAEF having moved from London to Versailles "by December, 1944" (four months after the date indicated in the National Archives). Which (if either) is correct - and can additional substantiating documentation be cited? world-war-two.
The leaders of SHAEF: (Standing from left) Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley; Admiral Sir Bertram H. Ramsay; Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory; Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith; (Seated from left) Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder; Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower; General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery.
