Although King had certainly used the allocation of ships to the European Theatre as leverage to get the necessary resources for his Pacific objectives, he provided (at General Marshall's request) an additional month's production of landing craft to support Operation Overlord.
Selv om King bestemt havde anvendt tildelingen af skibe til det europæiske operationsområde som argument for at få de nødvendige ressourcer til sine mål i Stillehavet, leverede han (på general Marshalls anmodning) en yderligere måneds produktion af landgangsfartøjer til støtte for Operation Overlord.