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Why even draft such a letter until it was necessary? Eisenhower must not have had much faith in Operation Overlord.
Ike drafted both success and failure letters before the invasion. It was not a lack of faith that had him draw it up but a sense of preparedness. Most projections had the D-day invasion with at best a 50-50 chance of succeeding. It is amazingly difficult and costly to assault a defended beachhead. The drafting of a failure letter was simple prudence. What is significant is that Ike takes all responsibility for failure on his own shoulders.
This is the discussion thread for the article, “Eisenhower’s letter in case of D-Day defeat”.
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