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17 January 1944

Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force established in London.

21 January 1944

Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery agree changes to General Morgan’s COSSAC plans which set the invasion date as 31 May, extending the landing area west across the Cotentin Peninsula towards Cherbourg and increase the initial seaborne force from 3 Divisions to 5 Divisions.

1 February 1944

Revised Overlord plan, Neptune, the sea transportation and landing phase of Overlord issued.

5 March 1944

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) moves from Grosvenor Gardens to former US 8th Air Force HQ at Bushey Park, near Hampton Court, code name Widewing. Eisenhower lives nearby in Telegraph Cottage, Warren Road, Kingston upon Thames.