General Omar Bradley

 General Omar Bradley 

General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley is a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II. Bradley oversees the U.S. military's policy-making in the Korean War. —————————————————

Born in Randolph County, Missouri, Bradley worked as a boilermaker before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated from the academy in 1915 alongside Dwight D. Eisenhower as part of "the class the stars fell on." During World War I, Bradley guarded copper mines in Montana. After the war, Bradley taught at West Point and served in other roles before taking a position at the War Department under General George Marshall. In 1941, Bradley became commander of the United States Army Infantry School.

After the U.S. entrance into World War II, Bradley oversaw the transformation of the 82nd Infantry Division into the first American airborne division. He received his first front-line command in Operation Torch, serving under General George S. Patton in North Africa. After Patton was reassigned, Bradley commanded II Corpsin the Tunisia Campaign and the Allied invasion of Sicily. He commanded the First United States Army during the Invasion of Normandy. After the breakout from Normandy, he took command of the Twelfth United States Army Group, which ultimately comprised forty-three divisions and 1.3 million men, the largest body of American soldiers ever to serve under a single field commander. After the war he spearheaded a tank program to modernize the American Military which proved extremely capable and able to defeat even the best Soviet tanks which has been shown in the Korean War. He masterminded plans in Korea and has been able to land a huge amount of troops near Pyongyang most other plans are currently classified until later notice.