What is Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force?
'''Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force''' ('''SHAEF'''; {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|eɪ|f}} {{respell|SHAYF|'}}) was the headquarters of the Commander of [[Allies of World War II|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 [[Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic|Atlantic]], but they are different titles. == Countries == * {{Flag|United Kingdom}} * {{Flag|United States|1912}} * {{Flag|Australia}} * {{Flag|Canada|1921}} * {{Flagcountry|British Raj|variant=Viceroy}} * {{Flagcountry|Dominion of New Zealand}} * {{Flagcountry|Union of South Africa}} '''Occupied countries''' * {{Flag|Belgium|state}} * {{Flag|Czechoslovakia}} * {{Flagcountry|Free France}} * {{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|variant=state}} * {{Flag|Luxembourg}} * {{Flag|Netherlands}} * {{Flag|Norway}} * {{Flagcountry|Second Polish Republic|variant=1928}} * {{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia|variant=state}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Supreme/ 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 *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A2631205 BBC WW2 People's War article on Uxbridge SHAEF and London Bushey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050904170704/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A2631205 |date=2005-09-04 }} *[http://www.valourandhorror.com/DB/BACK/Eisenhower_dir.php Directive to Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force Dwight D. Eisenhower at his nomination] *[http://www.footnote.com/viewer.php?image=4346703 Original Document; Order of the day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815215343/http://www.footnote.com/viewer.php?image=4346703 |date=2011-08-15 }} [[Category:World War II]] [[