The US and Marshall were all for an invasion of France in 1942, latest 1943.
What if Churchill and Brooke cannot get Marshall off the idea but have to let the US have overall command, provide the best part of the troops and the airforce (which was not really in place at that time)?
As Brooke commented to Marshall "So, now you are ashore. Then what? Do you go East, North or South". Apparantly Marshall had not thought that through.
What were the US capabilities of even planning such an invasion?
Would they have aimed at a port (Dieppe lessons) or the beaches?
Could any lessons from Pacific have been applied at this stage? Hardly in 1942 I should think, and problematic in 1943?
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Ivan