brigades. The
             United States had six armoured divisions, thirteen infantry and two airborne
             divisions. With one armoured division and two infantry divisions Canada also
             contributed greatly with the war effort especially when you look at the size of
             the country at the time. In the air Britain's one hundred RAF squadrons (1,200
             aircraft) paled in comparison to the one hundred and sixty-five USAAF squadrons
             The entire Operation Overlord was supposed to go according to Montgomery's
             Master Plan which was created by General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery. His plan
             was initiated by a command system which connected the U.S. and Britain and
             helped them jointly run the operation. His plan was to have five divisions act
             as a first wave land on the sixty-one mile long beach front. Four more
             divisions as well as some airborne landings would support the first wave. The
             beaches of Normandy would be separated into five beaches, codenamed, from west
             to east Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. The Americans would invade the two
             westernmost beaches, being Utah and Omaha and the British and it's Dominions
             would take Gold, Juno and Sword. The Canadians were nearly the entire force to
             land on Juno beach. The operation was also coordinated with various French
             resistance groups called the "Secret Army."
             The naval plans were to transport the allied expeditionary forces, help secure
             and defend a beachhead, and to help setup a method of constant resupplying of
             allied forces. Operation Overlord, in short, was as follows: The airforce
             would be used to knock out German defences and immobilize their forces, blowup
             tanks and other dummies were used to fool Germans into thinking the invasion was
             coming at Pas de Calais, the navy would transport the troops while doing
             whatever it can to help them gain ground, and enough of France would be
             liberated and held by allied forces so that they wou...