Ray Barker

Ray W. Barker ( born December 10, 1889 in New York; † June 28, 1974 ) was a Major General of the Allied Forces, and served during the Second World War in Europe.

Major General Barker was a key figure of the combined American-British planning group (Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander) was known as Cossac. This group planned the Allied assault on mainland Europe codenamed Operation Overlord. This attack was to liberate France. He served in the years 1943 to 1945 as deputy chief of Cossac - bar or from SHAEF, where he was Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel ( G-1).

From 16 to 22 May 1945, Barker and Lieutenant General KD Golubev met with representatives of the Soviet Reparations in Halle ( Saale). During the Yalta Conference, the basic framework for the talks in Hall was created. At the talks, Hall was clarified how the Western Allied prisoners of war can come back to their homes as soon as possible. The conference went on until the early morning hours of May 22, 1944. Barker and Golubev signed the treaty, which entered into force the following day.

He was commander of the American sector of Berlin and commander of the 78th U.S. Division stationed there in late 1945. As such, he was also responsible for the Demilitarisierungsmaßnahmen in its command area.

Ray Barker was named after his discharge from military service in 1946 at the headmaster of a military school for boys in Manlius / New York. He led the school until his retirement in 1960.