Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yin amfani da kwarewar Operation Avalanche, Eisenhower ya lura cewa yana da "muhimmanci cewa duka adadin ikonmu na kai hari, gami da Sojojin Sama biyu, su kasance a shirye don amfani yayin mahimman matakan harin". Shirin saukowa na karshe, wanda Montgomery ya tsara, ya bukaci ƙungiyoyi tara su sauka a yankuna biyar. Runduna uku na sojojin sama za su sauka a bayan abokan gaba don su kama hanyoyi da gadoji masu muhimmanci. Da farko an shirya shi don Mayu 1944, Operation Overlord an tura shi wata daya, galibi saboda karancin jiragen ruwa. Saboda wannan dalili, Operation Dragoon
, saukar Allied a Kudancin Faransa, zai faru a watan Agusta 1944 maimakon lokaci guda tare da Overlord, kamar yadda aka tsara tun asali. Eisenhower ya nace cewa Birtaniyya ta ba shi cikakken iko a kan dukkan rundunonin sojin sama don sauƙaƙe saukowa, har zuwa barazanar yin murabus sai dai idan Churchill ya yi, wanda ya yi.