Table of contents : List of maps. Assault on Normandy, June 1944 Final Overlord plan, June 6, 1944 -- Map legend -- Allied countries and chain of command -- Axis countries and chain of command -- World War II timeline -- Key players -- A note to readers -- The plan -- The invasion -- Epilogue: The days that followed -- The United States declaration of war on Germany -- The five greatest tanks of the war -- The largest battleships of the war -- The most effective bombers of the war -- Weapons carried by U.S., U.K., Canadian, and German ground troops -- Carrier pigeons -- Operation Fortitude: the inflatable army -- Caring for the wounded -- Clothing and equipment issued to a new GI in 1943 -- Monthly pay for an American GI in 1940 -- What they carried -- U.S. Airborne divisions -- What they carried -- U.S. ground assault troops -- K Rations: food on the go for American troops -- Numbers tell part of the story -- Operation Overlord timeline.