walter smith is un-american. 1947, he will become the first -- walter smith is an american. 1947, he will become the first director of the cia. central intelligence agency. if you take a look at this thing, all of the seniormost operational commanders are british. i always get that question, why did the british get all of the seniormost operational command jobs? you got un-american at the very -- you got an american at the very top of the chain of the command. however, montgomery will be commanding the 21st army group, and under that will be the u.s. first army under general omar bradley, one of the five-star generals we produce. then you have general dempsey, a british commander, commanding the british second army, which will land alongside the u.s. forces at normandy. this command structure is a holdover from the mediterranean theater. eisenhower was made supreme commander also and the british tended to get the seniormost operational assignments. let's think about this job, eisenhower. who else might have been in the running for this job? patton? you could make an argument for patt

general walter smith, chief of staff. who is he? he is an american. the firstill become director of the cia. if you take a look at this thing, all the seniormost operational commanders are pretty. -- are british. why did the british get all of the seniormost commanders? montgomery will commend the 21st -- command the 21st army group. general bradley will be one of the five-star generals we produce. then you have general dempsey, a british commander, commending the -- commending the forces at normandy. this command structure is a holdover from the mediterranean. the british tended to get the seniormost operational assignments. let's think about this job for a minute. else might have been in the running for the job? patton, you could make an argument for him. patton will be given an interesting assignment. he will be in charge of a fake army. we call this operation fortitude. it is a planned invasion with no troops involved. it is a deception plan. is given the assignment. we create the illusion we are going to attack in the calais area. ton does have a