Cossac - Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan and the Genesis of Operation Overlord

"When Frederick Morgan was appointed COSSAC (Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander), in the spring of 1943, there was no approved plan for a cross-Channel attack and no commander. There was not even agreement about when the re-entry into the Continent would occur. The western Allies were in the midst of a great debate about the strategy or strategies to defeat Nazi Germany. COSSAC's primary task was to create a plan that would be approved by the inter-allied Combined Chiefs of Staff. COSSAC presents a new interpretation of Morgan's vital contributions to the development of the OVERLORD plan by exploring his leadership, his unorthodox approach to problem-solving, and his willingness to disregard or modify orders he thought wrong"--

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By Stephen C. Kepher

Summary

When Frederick Morgan was appointed COSSAC (Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander), in the spring of 1943, there was no approved plan for a cross-Channel attack and no commander. While often overlooked in the D-Day story, Morgan was one of the most important contributors to OVERLORD's success.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Kepher, Stephen C. Kepher
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781682475089
• ISBN: 978-1-68247-508-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 236 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 675 g
• Series: Studies in Naval History and S; Studies in Naval History and Sea Power
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Biografien: allgemein, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Military / World War II, History - Military / War, HISTORY / Military / Strategy