1. At a meeting of the military chiefs a few hours earlier, the British, at first hesitant, were raising additional objections to fixing the date for the invasion of northern France, known by the code name Overlord. 在几小时之前召开的一次军事首脑会议上,英国人先是犹豫不决,后来又节外生枝,反对商定攻占法国北部,即代号为“霸王”行动的日期。