Set 2 - Minutes of Meeting, 2 June 1944

The following minutes were recorded for the top secret meeting of the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, chaired by General Dwight Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander. This highest-level planning committee had the difficult and onerous task of deciding on the date, time and details of the largest military invasion known to history.

Pictured (from left to right): Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Sir Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Sir Bernard Montgomery, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-mallory and General Walter Bedell Smith.

Study the Minutes of Meeting below.

How soon before "D-Day" did the meeting take place?

Were the military planners confident of success?

Did they express any fears about the operation?