Omar Bradley

Omar Bradley (1893-1981) was one of the most successful generals in United States' war against the Race's Conquest Fleet. He and General George Patton scored a major victory in the winter offensive in 1942. Later, Bradley defeated the Lizard offensive against Denver.

Bradley was born to a poor family near Clark, Missouri, the son of a schoolteacher. A West Point graduate, he joined the Army in 1915, and held a variety of stateside assignments, including along the U.S.-Mexican border, attaining the rank of captain. He was not deployed to Europe after the U.S. entered World War I.

After the war, Bradley taught and studied through the 1920s. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1936 and worked directly for Army Chief of Staff George Marshall from 1938 on. In February 1941 he was promoted to brigadier general and sent to command Fort Benning. After the U.S. entered World War II Bradley took command of the 82nd Infantry Division in February, 1942.

The Race's fleet arrived in 1942. Bradley was one of the key U.S. generals responsible for successfully defending American soil. In Winter, 1942, he and General Patton launched a successful counter-offensive against the Race after its successful attack on Chicago, the first the U.S. had been able to state. The planned encirclement succeeded, preventing the Race from advancing beyond Chicago.

In 1944, Bradley and General Leslie Groves oversaw the defense of Denver, the city that housed the U.S. vitally important atom bomb program. The battle was fought just outside the city. When the U.S. deployed a atomic bomb against the invaders, the offensive was haulted, and the city saved.