What name was given to the Allied plan to invade France?
Operation Overlord was the code-name given to the Allied invasion of France scheduled for June 1944.The overall commander of Operation Overlord was General Dwight Eisenhower.ecurity for the plan had to be total. The fact that the Germans were taken by surprise at Normandy indicates that the Allies were successful in this. The first issue that the Allies had to decide on was where to land in France. The Pays de Calais was an obvious choice as it was the nearest part of France to Britain.