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.

Countries

• United Kingdom
• United States
• Australia
• Canada
• India
• New Zealand
• South Africa

Occupied countries

• Belgium
• Czechoslovakia
• Free France
• Greece
• Luxembourg
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Yugoslavia

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Media

• Meeting of the Supreme Command.jpg

  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
• Dwight D Eisenhower.jpg

  General of the Army Dwight David Eisenhower when a 4-star General

• Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder on the Italian coast, 17 December 1943.jpg

  Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder on the Italian coast, 17 December 1943

• Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, in uniform.jpg

  Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, in uniform

• Frederick E. Morgan.jpg

  FrederickE.Morgan

• Hunfrey Gale, cropped from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force- Personalities TR2628 (cropped).jpg

  Hunfrey Gale, cropped from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force- Personalities TR2628 (cropped)

• James Milne Robb, cropped from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force- Personalities TR2632.jpg

  James Milne Robb, cropped from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force- Personalities TR2632

• Air Mshl Sir Roderick Carr.jpg

  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.

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  General of the Army Omar Bradley, 1st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Washington, D.C., circa 1950.

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