Percy HobartJune 1944
Preparations included armoured vehicles specially adapted for the assault, developed under the leadership of Maj. Gen. Percy Hobart (Montgomerys brother-in-law, and an armoured warfare specialist)
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Preparations included armoured vehicles specially adapted for the assault, developed under the leadership of Maj. Gen. Percy Hobart (Montgomerys brother-in-law, and an armoured warfare specialist)
A total of 12,000 aircraft under Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory were to support the landings, including 1,000 transports to fly in the parachute troops; 10,000 tons of bombs would be dropped against the German defenses, and 14,000 attack sorties
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