Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF; /ˈʃeɪf/ SHAYF) was the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in north west Europe, from late 1943 until the end of World War II.
U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander in SHAEF throughout its existence. The position itself is similar to that of Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Atlantic, but they are different titles.
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Media
SHAEF commanders at a conference in London Left to right: Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley, Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Sir Bernard Montgomery, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, and Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith
General of the Army Dwight David Eisenhower when a 4-star General
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder on the Italian coast. Later that month he returned to Britain to take up his appointment as Deputy Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces then being assembled for the cross-channel invasion.
Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, in uniform
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Hunfrey Gale, cropped from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force- Personalities TR2628 (cropped)
James Milne Robb, cropped from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force- Personalities TR2632
Air Mshl Sir Roderick Carr
General Sir Bernard Montgomery in England, 1943*Portrait of the Commander of the Eighth Army General Sir Bernard Montgomery taken during a visit to England.
General of the Army Omar Bradley, 1st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Washington, D.C., circa 1950.
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Other websites
- United States Army in World War II European Theater of Operations The Supreme Command By Forrest C. Pogue. Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, Washington, D. C., 1954. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 53-61717
- BBC WW2 People's War article on Uxbridge SHAEF and London Bushey Archived 2005-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Directive to Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force Dwight D. Eisenhower at his nomination
- Original Document; Order of the day Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
