Access is restricted. During this individual development course, students analyze Operation Overlord, the Normandy invasion, from conception through execution. Emphasis is given to the planning process and to analyzing the German countermeasures for the expected invasion. The landing is examined in detail using the "eleven basic" decisions outlined in amphibious warfare doctrine. The basic tactical plans of each corps are examined, as are close air support and the problem of breakout. The following readings are included in the instructional material: German defense measures, 1944; Introduction to amphibious operations; The nature of SHAEF; Outline Overlord (January-July 1943); Overlord revised; The inception of Overlord and its logistic aspects; The Overlord logistical plan; Administrative history of 21 Army Group, 6 June 1944-8 May 1945; SHAEF's air problems, January-June 1944; Armour vs. obstacles on the D-Day beaches; Launching the invasion: organizing the beaches; The Breakthrough idea; Cobra; Maps from final Overlord plan; Special bibliography No 50, Normandy campaign, 6 June-24 July 1944; Digest of Operation Overlord; and Chronology of main planning papers from 1 January 1944.