Order of Battle
SHAEF commanded the largest number of formations ever committed to one operation on the Western Front, with American, French army of liberation, British and Canadian Army forces. It had three Army Groups under its command, which controlled a total of eight field armies;
- First Allied Airborne Army
- British 21st Army Group
- First Canadian Army
- Second British Army
- American 12th Army Group
- First United States Army
- Third United States Army
- Ninth United States Army
- Fifteenth United States Army
- American 6th Army Group
- French First Army
- Seventh United States Army
SHAEF also controlled substantial naval forces during Operation Neptune, the assault phase of Overlord, and two tactical air forces: the US Ninth Air Force and the RAF Second Tactical Air Force. Allied strategic bomber forces in the UK also came under its command during Operation Neptune.
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