Description Operation Overlord, the Normandy invasion-like William the Conqueror\'s before it or the Inchon landing afterwards-will long be studied as a classic in military planning, logistics, and operations.
Simply stated without air power, Normandy would have been impossible..
Yet, the airplane still had a profound impact upon the success of the invasion.
A half-century ago, aircraft were primitive vehicles of war compared to the modern attackers of the Gulf War era, with their precision weapons, advanced navigational, sensor systems, and communications.
Overlord depended to a remarkable degree upon the use of air Power in virtually all its forms.
Description Operation Overlord, the Normandy invasion-like William the Conqueror\'s before it or the Inchon landing afterwards-will long be studied as a classic in military planning, logistics, and operations
