Index Part 2: Formations, Units and Corps
A. Canadian Forces
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force: 41, 472n., 622.
Formations and Units–
No. 6 (RCAF) Bomber Group: 74, 93, 120, 243.
Squadrons–
No. 443: 140.
Army
Armoured Corps. See Canadian Armoured Corps.
Army, First Canadian: preparing for invasion, 16, 28- 30, 34, 38, 40, 43, 75, command, 30-2, 60, 275, 373; position in 21st Army Group, 31-2, 42, 44; to France, 146; delay in becoming operational, 146, 152, 165-6; in the lino, 181-2, 196, 626; Normandy breakout, 199, 212, 215, 231; Falaise, 234-8, 244-6, 252, 258, 261, 268, 271, 276; Seine, 267, 279-80, 282-3, 293; Antwerp, 297, 299n., 510; Channel ports, 323, 329-31, 336, 341, 355; Scheldt, 357-90, 409, 424-6; Rhineland, 427-524; North Sea, 530-1, 535, 539-42, 545-6, 548; Netherlands, 562-4, 584-6, 607; final operations, 590; German surrender, 607, 611-13, 615; disbandment, 616-20; other rets 41-3, 120, 416n., 529-30, 559, 624-5, 627-8, 638, 641-3, Appendix A, Appendix E, Appendix F.
Army Groups, Royal Canadian Artillery–
No. 2: Normandy, 187, 202, 224; Leopold Canal, 393; Walcheren, 407-8; Rhine crossing, 533; Netherlands, 591; other refs 166, Appendix F.
Army Service Corps. See Royal Canadian Army Service Corps.
Army Troops, First Canadian: 39, 147, 166, 201, 458, Appendix F.
Artillery. See Royal Canadian Artillery.
Brigades–
Armoured–
1st: Italy, 31; Belgium, 529; Netherlands, 567, 570, 573, 580, 587; disbanded, 618; other rets 33, Appendix F.
2nd: D Day, 34, 37, 43, 46, 76, 80-1, 111; Le Mesnil-Patry, 139-40; Caen, 153, 166, 175; Operation “Totalize”, 216, 230-1; “Tractable”, 236-7, 239, 241, 249; Falaise, 263; Calais, 348; Rhineland, 475, 492, 499, 502, 519; Netherlands, 561, 600; disbanded, 618; other rets 33, 39, 81, 133, 150, 419, Appx “B„ Appx “FI’.
4th: Operation “Totalize”, 222-3, 226-8; Falaise, 248, 256, 260, 263-4, 276; Seine, 292; Antwerp, 300; Scheldt, 424; Operation “Schultz”, 455; Rhineland, 493, 505, 507, 511n.; North Sea, 547-8, 557-9; Emden-Wilhelmshaven Peninsula, 599-600; German surrender, 613; other rets 225, 240, 326, 328-9, 390, Appendix F.
5th: 567, 576-8, 592, Appendix F.
Infantry–
1st: Operation “Cannonshot”, 552; Apeldoorn, 573-4; Operation “Cleanser”, 575-6; other ref Appendix F.
2nd: Operation “Cannonshot”, 551-2; Apeldoom, 573-6; other ref Appendix F.
3rd: Operation “Cannonshot”, 552; Apeldoorn, 573-6; other refs 579, 587, Appendix F.
4th: Normandy, 40; Operation “Atlantic”, 171-2; “Spring”, 187, 190; “Totalize”, 216-19; Falaise, 236, 249; Forêt de la Londe, 288-92; Channel ports, 328; Scheldt, 365, 367, 381-4, 391, 401- 2; Rhineland, 484, 486-90, 497, 503, 508, 517- 18, 520; North Sea, 546-7, 554; Oldenburg, 601-2; other refs 443n., 603, Appendix F; frontispiece.
5th: Operation “Atlantic”, 171, 173-4; Normandy, 187, 190-1; Falaise, 204, 207, 216, 236, 268; Forêt de la Londe, 288-92; Channel ports, 327; Scheldt, 365-6, 381-4, 391, 402-3; Rhineland, 470, 484, 498, 503, 505, 508, 510, 513-18; Rhine crossing, 547, 554-5; Oldenburg, 601-3; other rets 40, 205, 404, 405n., 443, 486, Appendix F.
6th: Operation “Atlantic”, 171, 174-5, 178; “Spring”, 187-8; “Totalize”, 216, 218-19, 224; Forêt de la Londe, 288-92; Channel ports, 328; Scheldt, 366-7, 381-3, 391, 401-2; Rhineland, 473, 488, 497-500, 503, 507, 510-17; Rhine crossing, 541; North Sea, 552-5; Oldenburg, 601-3; other rets 193, 205, 250, Appendix F.
7th: D Day, 35, 37, 76, 78-81; Normandy, 91, 98- 107, 110-12, 112n., 125-6, 135-8, 140; Caen, 153, 161; Operation “Atlantic”, 171-3; Falaise, 240-1, 250, 256; Seine, 293; Channel ports, 326, 345-52, 599n.; Scheldt, 393, 400; Rhineland, 471-3, 479, 482-4, 489, 502, 514- 16; North Sea, 539-42, 548-51, 556; Ems and Leda, 595-7; other refs 187, 231, 276, 371, 599, Appendix ‘B”, Appendix F; illustrations 82, 402.
2nd/7th: 621.
8th: D Day, 35, 37, 76-7, 79-81, 91, 98, 100, 102, 107-12; Normandy, 134-5, 139-40, 144; Caen, 153, 155, 158, 162, 166; Operation “Atlantic”, 171; “Totalize”, 230; Falaise, 237, 240-1; Channel ports, 337, 340-3, 348, 348n., 349-52; Scheldt, 393-400; Rhineland, 471-3, 479, 492, 499, 502, 511, 513; North Sea, 538- 9, 542, 548, 550; other rets 101, 187, 224, 597, Appendix F.
2nd/8th: 621.
9th: D Day, 35, 77, 79-80, 80n., 81, 126-8, 135, 138, 150, 160-3; Operation “Atlantic”, 173; “Spring”, 186-7, 193; Falaise, 229, 231, 239, 263-4; Channel ports, 324, 337, 340-3, 348, 352-3; Scheldt, 393-5, 397-8, 400; Rhineland, 471, 473, 479, 492, 500-02, 505, 515-16; North Sea, 531-2, 538-9, 542, 548-50, 556; other rets 202, 293, 298, 595, Appendix F; illustrations 51, 402.
10th: training, 40; Operation “Totalize”, 222, 224, 228-9; Falaise, 240-1, 252, 256; Forêt de la Londe, 287, 293; Channel ports, 324, 326; Scheldt, 362-3, 390, 397, 424; Kapelsche Veer, 452; Rhineland, 500, 503, 505, 507, 510, 520- 1; Wierden, 557; Küsten Canal, 559, 598-600; other rets 205, 228, 280, 297n., 300, Appendix F.
11th: Operation “Destroyer”, 567-8; “Cleanser”, 577; other refs, 592, Appendix F.
12th: 632.
Canadian Armoured Corps: Appendix F; see also Units, Armoured.
Canadian Army Occupation Force: 136n., 615-22. Canadian Army Pacific Force: 616-20, 622.
Canadian Dental Corps: Units in North-West Europe, Appendix F.
Canadian Forces in the Netherlands: 618-19.
Canadian Forestry Corps: Units in North-West Europe, Appendix F: other refs 431, 639. Units–
Companies–
No. 1: 441. No. 9: 441. No. 14: 441. No. 16: 441. No. 25: 441. No. 27: 441. No. 30: 431.
No. 1 Forestry Group: 441, 639-40.
No. 1 Special Forestry Section: 639.
Canadian Military Headquarters, London. See Part I. Canadian Provost Corps: Units in North-West Europe, Appendix F.
Canadian Section, G.HQ First Echelon: 628-30, Appendix F.
Canadian Section, G.HQ Second Echelon: 630, Appendix F.
Canadian Women’s Army Corps: 630.
Corps–
1st: Italy, 30-2, 34-5; France, 529, 632; North Sea, 531, 535, 541, 545-6, 551-2, 562; Holland, 565-9, 571-3, 575, 580-1, 586-7; aid to Dutch, 591, 606- 8; German surrender, 611, 614, 616; other refs 9, 11, 197, 210n., 426, 621n., 628, Appendix A.
2nd: preparing for invasion, 31, 40, 46, 61; ommand, 31, 33, 275, 426, 545; move to Continent, 39, 146, 152; Caen, 165-6; Operation “Atlantic”, 168-70, 172-4; “Spring”, 183-6, 194, 198; “Totalize”, 208, 211, 214-15, 229, 231; “Tractable”, 236-7; Chambois, 252, 256-7, 261, 265, 268; Seine, 279-83, 288, 321; Somme, 297-8, 299n., 323n., 324, 326; Calais, 330, 345, 348-9, Scheldt, 358, 360-4, 367-8, 371-3, 378, 380-1, 641; Walcheren, 412-4; Rhineland offensive, 428- 30, 433, 437-8, 443; Operation “Veritable”, 456, 458, 464, 481-4; “Blockbuster”, 490-1, 503, 516, 521; Netherlands, 531, 535, 541, 546, 551-3, 556- 7, 561-9; Frisian Islands, 590-1, 595; final operations, 603-4, 611; Staff appointments, Appendix G; other refs 33, 200-01, 204, 247n., 304, 621n., 627-8.
Corps Troops, 1st Canadian: 30, Appendix F.
Corps Troops, 2nd Canadian: 46, 146, 435, 618, Appendix F.
Divisions–
Armoured–
4th: preparing for invasion, 40, 46, 60; command, 33, 276, 426, 557; move to France, 146, 202, 205; Operation “Totalize”, 207-9, 214, 222-5, 229, 231; “Tractable”, 237, 240-1, 247n., 249- 50, 252, 256, 259, 263-4; Seine, 280, 286-7, 303; Somme, 324, 326; Channel ports, 358; Scheldt, 361, 363-4, 367, 371-2, 383, 390-3, 401, 424; Rhineland, 443, 452, 500-2, 515-16, 520-1; North Sea, 541, 546-8, 552, 557; final phase, 562, 591, 597-601, 603,610; German surrender, 613; disbanded, 618-19; other refs 46, 268, 276, 395, 430, 435-6, 533, 560-1, 620, Appendix F; illustration 467.
5th: Italy, 30; command, 33; Belgium, 529; Neder Rijn, 566-8; Netherlands, 572-6, 587; final operations, 591-4; German surrender, 615; disbanded, 618-19; other rets 11, 552, 563, Appendix F.
Infantry–
1st: Britain, 28; Italy, 8, 30, 91, 390n; command, 33, 426, 573; North-West Europe, 529; Ijssel, 551, 570, 572-4; clearing the “Island”, 566, 569-70; Apeldoorn, 574-6, 578; German surrender, 614-15; disbanded, 619-20; other refs 542, 551, 580, 587, 618, Appendix F.
2nd: command, 33, 373, 426; Dieppe Raid, 7, 97; training and movement to France, 40, 46, 60-1, 146, 152; Operation “Atlantic”, 171-6, 178, 180; “Spring”, 186-94, 202; Tilly-laCampagne, 205-7; Operation “Totalize”, 208, 214-16, 224, 231; “Tractable”, 236, 238; Falaise Gap, 249-50, 259, 268, 271, 276; Bourgtheroulde, 279-80, 286; Forêt de la Londe, 287-8, 290, 292, 486; Somme, 297, 300, 303, 305; Channel ports, 326-7, 329, 358; Scheldt, 360-1, 365, 367, 371-2, 379-84, 387, 390-1, 406. Operation “Vitality”, 401-2; Walcheren, 407; Nijmegen bridgehead, 430, 434, 443; Operation “Veritable”, 456n., 465, 467-8, 470-2, 475, 484, 488-9; “Blockbuster”, 492-4, 496-7, 500, 504, 507, 510-11, 513-14, 516, 520, 522; North Sea, 541, 546-8, 552, 554, 556-7; Oldenburg, 600-3; German surrender, 613, 618; disbanded, 619-21; other refs 11, 243, 284, 287, 304, 329, 487n., 526, 566, 591, 598, Appendix F; illustration 275.
3rd: command, 34, 224, 259; training, etc., 12, 35, 37-9, 43, 60-1, 66, 69, 72-3, 76, 136n., 91, 97-8; D Day, 100 ff.; operations after D Day, 133, 134n., 138-40, 146-7, 150, 277, 631; Caen, 153, 157, 160, 162n., 166; Operation “Atlantic”, 170, 173-4, 176; “Spring”, 186-7, 189-90, 192-3; “Totalize”, 208-10, 215, 223-4, 229-31; Laison, 237-9; Falaise Gap, 249-50, 252, 256, 259, 263, 268; Seine, 280, 286-8, 292-3; Somme, 297, 303, 324-7; Operation “Wellhit”, 329, 336, 337n., 338; “Undergo”, 345, 348n., 349n., 349-51, 358, 360-1, 368; Scheldt, 364, 371-2, 422; Operation “Switchback”, 380, 392-3, 397-8, 400; “Veritable”, 438-9, 443, 465, 471, 473, 475, 479-80, 482, 486, 487n.; “Blockbuster”, 492-4, 499-500, 502, 504, 511, 513, 515-16; “Plunder”, 531-2, 538-42, 546; Zutphen and Deventer, 548; North Sea, 552, 556; Netherlands, 561-2; Ems, 591-5, 597; German surrender, 610-11, 613; disbanded, 619; other refs 44, 46, 202, 430, 434, 567-8, 618, 621, 630, Appendix F; illustrations 146, 306, 466.
Engineers. See Royal Canadian Engineers.
First Canadian Army Headquarters Defence Company. See Royal Montreal Regiment.
First Canadian Army Terminais: 626-7, Appendix F. Medical Corps. See Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps.
Reinforcement Units: 630-2, Appendix F.
Roadheads, Canadian Army: 625-8.
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps: Units in North-West Europe, Appendix F; other refs 458, 537n., Appendix F.
Units–
General Hospitals–
No. 11: 373.
No. 16: 373.
No. 17 Light Field Ambulance: 419.
No. 10 Field Dressing Station: 419.
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps: Units in North-West Europe, Appendix F; other rets 215, 457-8, 608, Appendix B; illustration 115.
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. See Canadian Armoured Corps.
Royal Canadian Artillery: Appendix B, Appendix F; see also Units, Artillery and Army Groups, Royal Canadian Artillery.
Royal Canadian Corps of Signais: Units in NorthWest Europe, Appendix F; other refs 82, 324, 636.
Units–
First Canadian Army Signals, 202.
2nd Corps Signals: 40.
1st Air Support Signal Unit: 466.
No. 1 Railway Telegraph Company: 626.
Royal Canadian Dental Corps. See Canadian Dental Corps.
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: Units in North-West Europe, Appendix F; other rets Appendix B; Unit-Advanced Workshop Detachment: 210.
Royal Canadian Engineers, Corps of: Units in North-West Europe, Appendix F; other refs 457-8, 599, Appendix B; illustration 498.
Units–
1st Army Troops Engineers: 39-40, 543.
2nd Corps Troops Engineers: 173, 543, 595.
1st Infantry Divisional Engineers: 551n.
2nd Infantry Divisional Engineers: 173.
3rd Infantry Divisional Engineers: 173.
Field Companies–
6th: 104, Appendix B.
14th: 571. 16th: 153-5, 394, 480, Appendix B.
Field Park Companies–8th: 419n.
Field Squadrons–
No. 1 Railway Operating Group: 626.
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps: supply system, 624- 5; units in North-West Europe, Appendix F; other refs 458, 634.
Units–
Base Ordnance Depot: 624.
Central Ordnance Depot: 628.
Units, Armoured–
British Columbia Dragoons, The (9th Armd. Regt.): Operation “Cleanser”, 577-80; Delfzijl, 593; other rets Appendix F.
British Columbia Regiment, The (28th Armd. Regt.): disaster at Estrées, 225-9, 247; Leopold Canal, 395; IDdem, 501; Veen, 520; Küsten Canal, 559- 60, 598; other refs 248, 263, 424, 601, Appendix F.
Calgary Regiment, The (14th Armd. Regt.): 580-1, Appendix F.
Canadian Grenadier Guards, The (22nd Armd. Regt.): Operation “Totalize”, 207, 222, 229-30, 396; Laison, 241; Falaise, 248, 252, 256, 263-4; Operation “Blockbuster”, 501, 505, 511, 521; Emden-Wilhelmshaven Peninsula, 599-601; other rets 240n., 558, 611, Appendix F.
8th Princess Louise ‘s (New Brunswick) Hussars (5th Armd. Regt.): 577, 579, 593-4, Appendix F.
Elgin Regiment, The (25th Armd. Delivery Regt.): 631-2, Appendix F.
4th Princess Louise Drageon Guards (4th Recce. Regt.): Appendix F.
1st Armd. Personnel Carrier Regt.: 335 n., 474, 487, 497, Appendix F.
1st Armd. Personnel Carrier Squadron: 334-5, 348.
1st Hussars (6th Armd. Regt.): D Day, 37, 78, 80-1, 102-5, 111-12; Normandy, 126, 135-6, 139-40; Operation “Atlantic”, 171, 176; “Spring”, 187, 191-2; “Totalize”, 216, 220, 224; Laison, 241; Falaise, 249, 264; Operatien “Undergo”, 345, 350; “Blockbuster”, 498-9, 511. 513; Apeldoorn, 573- 4; EmdenWilhelmshaven Peninsula, 600; other rets 353, Appendix B, Appendix F.
Fort Garry Horse, The (10th Armd. Regt.): D Day, 37, 78, 80-1, 107-9, 111; Normandy, 133, 138; Carpiquet, 153-5, 162; Operation “Wellhit”, 340, 342-3; “Undergo”, 349; “Vitality”, 401; Moyland Wood, 484; GochCalcar Road, 487-8, 488n.; Operation “Blockbuster”, 497, 502; Oldenburg, 601-2; other refs 189, 205, 207, 383-4, 488n., 547, Appendix B, Appx “F”.
14th Canadian Hussars (8th Recce. Regt.): Operation “Totalize”, 216, 219; “Tractable”, 236, 238; Somme, 297, 300; Channel ports, 327, 329; Scheldt, 366, 383; Operation “Vitality”, 547, 553-4; Oldenburg, 603; other ref Appendix F.
Governor General’s Foot Guards, The (21st Armd. Regt.): Operation “Totalize”, 227, 230-1; Falaise, 248, 256, 263; Operation “Blockbuster”, 500-1, 512. other rets 61, 240n., Appendix F.
Governor General’s Horse Guards, The (3rd Armd. Recce, Regt.): 568, 577, Appendix F.
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) (2nd Armd. Regt.): 577-9, Appendix F.
Ontario Regiment, The (11th Armd. Regt.) 567-8, 570-1, 580, Appendix F.
Royal Canadian Dragoons, The (1st Armd. Car Regt.): 554-6, 600, Appendix F.
Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, The (27th Armd. Regt.): D Day, 79-81, 111; Normandy, 126, 132; Caen, 160-2; Operation “Atlantic”, 175-6; “Spring”, 188, 193; “Blockbuster”, 497, 510, 519; North Sea, 541, 550, 556, 561 other rets 155, 236, 250, 486, 595, 600, Appendix B, Appendix F; illustration 147.
South Alberta Regiment, The (29th Armd. Recce. Regt.): Operation “Totalize”, 224, 229; Chambois, 256, 260, 262, 264; Kapelsche Veer, 452-3; Hochwald, 503-4, 507; Veen, 520; other rets 207, 327, 383, 599, Appendix F; illustration 435.
Three Rivers Regiment (12th Armd. Regt.) 33, 575, Appendix F.
12th Manitoba Draguons (18th Armd. Car Regt.): Laison, 240; Seine, 280, 300; North Sea, 553; Neder Rijn, 565-7; Emden-Wilhelmshaven Peninsula, 598-600; other refs 231, 328n., 329, 399n., 435, Appendix F.
17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars (7th Recce. Regt.): D Day, 82; Caen, 162; Laison, 239, 241; Operation “Undergo”, 345-6, 348, 351; Braakman, 397-9; other refs 297, 399n., 556, Appendix B, Appendix F.
Units, Artillery–
Anti-Aircraft Batteries, Light–
88th: 593.
112th: 408.
Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Heavy–
2nd: 368.
Anti-Aircraft Regiments, Light–
3rd: 602.
6th: 408.
Anti-Tank Batteries–
16th: 593.
18th: 489.
82nd: 593.
Anti-Tank Regiments–
7th: 570.
Army Field Regiments–
19th: D Day, 37, 80; Normandy, 98-9, 109, 128, 134; Operation “Spring”, 187; “Switchback”, 393.
Field Regiments–
4th: 385.
12th: D Day, 37, 80, 98-9, 106, 136; Laison, 243; Calais, 338n., 345; other ref 432.
13th: D Day, 37, 80, 98-9, 106, 136.
14th: D Day, 37, 80, 98- 9, 109, 128; Cape Gris Nez, 353; other refs 432, 556.
Medium Regiments–
1st Rocket Battery: formation, 408; Operation Veritable”, 467, 482; “Plunder”, 534; “Destroyer”, 567; “Cannonshot”, 570.
2nd Survey Regiment: 468n.
Units, Infantry–
Algonquin Regiment, The, 1st Bn.: Operation “Totalize”, 225-9; Falaise, 241, 248, 252; Scheldt, 361-3, 383, 392, 397, 424; Hochwald, 503-5, 507, 511-13; Veen, 520-1; Küsten Canal, 559-60; Emden-Wilhelmshaven Peninsula, 598; other refs 61, 633, Appendix F; illustration 467.
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, The (Princess Louise’s): Tilly-la-Campagne, 207; Operation “Totalize”, 224, 229-30; Falaise Gap, 252, 256, 260; Ghent Canal, 326; Braakman, 397; Kapelsche Veer, 453-4; Operation “Blockbuster”, 501, 505, 507; Veen, 520-1; North Sea, 557-8, 560; Emden Wilhelmshaven Peninsula, 598-601; other refs 620-1, Appendix F; illustration 605.
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, The: Operation “Atlantic”, 172, 174-6; disaster in “Spring”, 187, 191-5; St. André-sur-Orne, 207; Scheldt, 365, 367, 382, 384-6, 402, 404; Operation “Blockbuster”, 496, 498; Hochwald, 505; Xanten, 519; other rets 286, 327, 435, 602.
Calgary Highlanders, The: Operation “Atlantic”, 174; “Spring”, 188, 191; Tilly-laCampagne, 205- 6; Operation “Totalize”, 220, 224; “Tractable”, 236; Forêt de la Londe, 292; Scheldt, 365, 382-4, 391; Walcheren Causeway, 404-5; Operation “Veritable”, 468, 470-1; Hochwald, 505, 519; other refs 327, 602, Appendix F.
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG), The: Normandy, 126, 131, 136; Carpiquet, 153; Chambois, 264; Operation “Wellhit”, 342; “Undergo”, 350-2; Braakman, 396; Moyland Wood, 486; other rets 80n., 399n., 596, Appendix B, Appx ‘FI’.
Canadian Scottish Regiment, The, 1st Bn.: D Day, 77-8, 102, 104-6, 125-6, 135-7; Caen, 161; Operation “Atlantic”, 173; “Undergo”, 350-2; Leopold Canal, 393-5; Moyland Wood, 484, 486, 496; Hoch Elten, 541-2; Wagenborgen, 561; other rets 249, 345, 399, 472, 516, 550, 596-7, 621, Appendix B, Appendix F.
Cape Breton Highlanders, The: 568, 579, 593-4, Appendix F.
Carleton and York Regiment, The: Appendix F.
11th Independent Machine Gun Company (The Princess Louise Fusiliers): 593, Appendix F.
Essex Scottish Regiment, The: Operation “Atlantic”, 174-6; “Spring”, 187; “Totalize”, 216, 219-20; Forêt de la Londe, 288-90, 292; Scheldt, 365, 381-2, 385; Operation “Vitality”, 401; GochCalcar, 487-9; Hochwald, 508, 510-11; Xanten, 517, 520; Groningen, 555; Oldenburg, 602; other rets 205, 249, 328, 547, Appendix F.
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion: D Day, 72, 93, 116-17, 120; Ardennes offensive, 441; Operation “Plunder”, 352, 537; Baltic, 591, 603-6; other rets 46, 265, Appendix B, Appendix F ; illustration 605.
48th Highlanders of Canada: 552, 575, Appendix FI’.
Fusiliers Mont-Royal, Les: Operation “Atlantic”, 175-6; “Spring”, 187-8; “Totalize”, 218-20; Forêt de la Londe, 289-92; Scheldt, 366-7, 383, 402; Operation “Blockbuster”, 497, 513, 517; Beilen, 554; other rets 205, 250, 284, 328, 620, 637, Appendix F; illustrations 147, 499.
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, The: 573, 575, Appendix F.
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, The: D Day, 79; Normandy, 111, 132-3, 138; Caen, 158, 160, 163; Operation “Atlantic”, 172-3; “Spring”, 187, 189; Chambois, 264; Operation “Wellhit”, 341, 343; Cape Gris Nez, 353; Braakman, 396-9; IDdem, 502; Rhine, 537-9; Harlingen, 556; Ems, 595-6; other rets 293, 479-80, 550, Appendix F.
Irish Regiment of Canada, The: 568, 578-9, 593-4, Appendix F.
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), The: Operation “Totalize”, 222; Falaise, 248, 256; Operation “Schultz”, 455; “Blockbuster”, 501, 505, 511-13, 521; Twente Canal, 547; Sogel, 558; Emden-Wilhelmshaven Peninsula, 599, 601; other rets 207, 424, Appendix F.
Lincoln and Welland Regiment, The: Tilly, 205-6; Operation “Totalize”, 229; Trun, 260; Seine, 283,287; Forêt de la Londe, 293; Ghent Canal, 327; Kapelsche Veer, 452-4; Operation “Blockbuster”, 501; Tüschen Wald, 505-7; Veen, 520-1; Twente Canal, 547-8; Emden-Wilhelmshaven Peninsula, 599-601; other rets 362, 424, 558, 560-1.
Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment), The: Appendix F.
Loyal Edmonton Regiment, The: 33, 574, 620, 633, Appendix F.
North Nova Scotia Highlanders, The: D Day, 79-80, 111 and n.; Authie, 126-8, 131-3; Caen, 161; Operation “Atlantic”, 172; “Spring” (Tilly), 187, 189-90, 193-4; “Wellhit”, 340-3; Cape Gris Nez, 353-4; “Switchback”, 396-9; “Veritable”, 479-80; Udem, 502, 505; Leda, 595-6; other rets 468n., 538-9, Appendix B, Appendix F.
North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, The: D Day, 78-9; Normandy, 107-9, 111, 134, 138; Carpiquet, 153-5; Operation “Atlantic”, 171-2; “Totalize”, 223-4, 230-1; Boulogne, 340-3; Noires Mottes, 349, 350n.; Braakman, 397, 400; Operation “Veritable”, 472-3; “Blockbuster”, 499- 500, 511, 513; Hoch Elten, 538, 542; other refs 128, 241, 393, 550, 556, Appendix B, Appendix F; illustration 114.
Perth Regiment, The: 568, 579, 593, Appendix F. Prince Edward Island Light Horse, The: Appendix F. Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry: 551, 574-5, Appendix F; illustration 499.
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, The: Operation “Atlantic”, 175-6; “Spring”, 187-8; “Totalize”, 218-20; Falaise, 250; Forêt de la Londe, 290-1; Antwerp-Turnhout Canal, 366-7; Operation “Vitality”, 401-2; Goch-Calcar Road, 488-9; Operation “Blockbuster”, 497, 513, 517; North Ses, 552, 556; other rets 206, 243n., 276n., 328, 383, 601, Appendix F.
Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, The: D Day, 78-9, 107-9, 111-12; Le Mesnil-Patry, 139-40; Carpiquet, 153-5; Operation “Atlantic”, 171-2, 176; Quesnay Wood, 230-1; Operation “Wellhit”, 340-1, 343; “Undergo”, 351; “Blockbuster”, 498- 9, 511, 513; Hoch Elten, 542; German surrender, 611; other rets 134, 138, 397, 399, 473, 550-1, 621, Appendix B, Appendix F.
Régiment de la Chaudière, Le: D Day, 178-9, 107, 109, 111; Normandy, 126, 134, 138-9; Carpiquet, 153-5; Operation “Atlantic”, 171, 176; “Wellhit”, 340-1, 343; Blanc Nez, 349; Zuidzande, 399; Keppeln, 499-500; Tuschen Wald, 511, 513; Hoch Elten, 542; Zutphen, 550; other rets 230, 472, 556, Appendix B, Appendix F.
Régiment de Maisonneuve, Le: Operation “Spring”, 187, 192; Bretteville-sur-Laize, 224; Clair Tizon, 236; Albert Canal, 366; Walcheren Causeway, 404-6; Den Heuvel, 470-1; Moyland Wood, 486; Operation “Blockbuster”, 496, 498, 505, 516, 519; Oldenburg, 602-3; other rets 173, 207, 284, 382, 384, 637, Appendix F.
Regina Rifle Regiment, The:. D Day, 78, 102-4; Normandy, 125-6, 135-8; Abbey of Ardenne, 161; Operation “Atlantic”, 172-3; “Undergo”, 350-2; Leopold Canal, 393-5; Rhineland, 471-3; Moyland Wood, 483-6; Sonsbeck, 516; Emmerich, 541-2; Deventer, 551; other rets 597, 621, Appendix B, Appendix F; illustration 50.
Royal Canadian Regiment, The: 573-5, Appendix F.
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, The: Operation “Spring” (Verrières), 187, 190, 193; “Totalize”, 216, 219-20; Forêt de la Londe, 288, 290, 292; Bruges, 329; Woensdrecht, 384-5; Operation “Vitality”, 401-2; GochCalcar Road, 487-9; Operation “Blockbuster”, 497, 511, 517-18, 520; Twente Canal, 547; Oldenburg, 602; other rets 229n., 383-4, Appendix F.
Royal Montreal Regiment: 394-5; Appendix F.
Royal Regiment of Canada, The: Operation “Atlantic”, 172, 174; Rocquancourt, 187, 190-1; Operation “Totalise”, 216, 219-20, 224; Laison, 243-4; Forêt de la Londe, 288-90; South Beveland, 384-4, 401-2; GochCalcar Road, 487-9; Xanten, 517-18; Twente Canal, 547; Oldenburg, 602; other rets 205, 236, 365, Appendix F.
Royal 22e Régiment: Appendix F.
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, The: D Day, 38, 77-8, 102-6, 112-14; Normandy, 125-6, 135-6; Carpiquet, 153- 5; Calais, 345, 350-2; Leopold Canal, 395; Moyland Wood, 482-3, 486-7; Emmerich, 542; Julianen Park, 597; other rets 173, 249, 473, 550, 621, Appendix B, Appendix F.
Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G), The. 576, Appendix F.
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, The: 551, 574, Appendix F.
South Saskatchewan Regiment, The: Operation “Atlantic”, 175-6; “Totalize”, 218-20; Falaise, 250; Forêt de la Londe, 290-2; Channel ports, 328; Antwerp-Turnhout Canal, 366-7; Lochtenberg, 381; Scheldt, 383-4; South Beveland, 401; Operation “Blockbuster”, 497, 513; other rets 187, 517, 519, Appendix F; illustration 274.
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, The: D Day, 79; Normandy, 132-3, 138; Caen, 160-2; Colombelles, 171-2; Laison, 240-1; Boulogne, 340-2; Braakman, 396-9; Operation “Veritable”, 479; Udem, 502; Fms, 595-6; other rets 190, 263, 294n., 432, 538, Appendix B, Appendix F; illustration 51.
10th Independent Machine Gun Company (The New Brunswick Rangers): 260, 520n., 559, Appendix F.
Toronto Scottish Regiment (MG), The: Operation “Totalize”, 216; Calais, 345; South Beveland, 402; Kapelsche Veer, 453; GochCalcar Road, 487; Oldenburg, 601-2; other ret Appendix F.
Westminster Regiment (Motor), The: Operation “Destroyer”, 567; “Cleanser”, 577, 579; Delfzijl, 593-4; other ref Appendix F.
West Nova Scotia Regiment, The: 575, Appendix F.
Navy
Royal Canadian Navy: 120, 616, illustrations 51, 115. See also Part I, ships by name.
Formations–
31st Minesweeping Flotilla: 90.
B. British and Allied Forces
British (United Kingdom) Forces
Air Force
Air Defence of Great Britain: 22.
Bomber Command: pre-D-Day bombing, 74-5; D Day, 91, 93; Normandy offensive, 156-8, 171, 198; Falaise, 209, 212, 218, 223, 237, 250n.; accidental bombing by, 243-4; Channel ports, 300, 332, 334-5, 337-40, 344, 348-51, 353; Scheldt, 358-60, 370; Walcheren, 372, 374-8, 380, 410-11, 421; Rhineland, 465, 467, 479, 535; Netherlands relief, 608; other rets 23, 429.
2nd Tactical Air Force: Normandy, 141, 144; Falaise, 211, 233, 238, 257, 259; Channel ports, 348; Scheldt, 370, 372, 409, 412; Rhineland, 465-6, 558; other rets 12, 22, 41n.
Groups–
No. 2: 41, 343, 348, 416, 465, 518n., 521.
No. 11: 12.
No. 83: D Day, 120; Normandy, 169, 202; at Falaise, 212, 233, 238n., 444;. Rhineland, 465-6, 472n., 532; other rets 12, 41, 144.
No. 84: to support Canadian Army, 41; Normandy, 202, 212; Falaise, 233, 257; Channel ports, 330, 338, 348, 352; Scheldt, 372, 378, 409-11, 413; Rhineland, 465-6, 486, 508, 510, 516, 532, 546, 558; other rets 297n., 324, 615.
Wing–
No. 35: 256.
Squadrons–
No. 181: 193n. No. 182: 193n. No. 183: 418.
Royal Air Force: Normandy, 75, 121, 143, 187-8, 256; attacks Rommel, 150; Channel ports, 336, 339, 348; Netherlands, 372, 376, 416, 418, 421, 571; pathfinder force, 427; Rhineland, 466, 521, 532, 552, 556, 599; other rets 12, 586; illustrations 147, 306.
Army
Armies–
Second: D Day plans, 21, 30-1, 39, 41, 72, 82-4, 115; D Day, 126; Normandy, 142-7, 150-1, 267-8; Normandy supply system, 625-6, 627n.; Caen, 153, 156-7, 165-9; the breakout, 181-3, 185, 195, 203; Falaise plans, 199, 200-2, 209, 210-11; Falaise, 215, 220-1, 234, 237, 259; pursuit across the Seine, 280, 283; towards Antwerp, 297-8, 301; Arnhem, 312-13, 357; advance beyond Somme, 323, 326; Scheldt, 359-60, 364, 379-80, 387, 389- 90; Netherlands, 427-8, 436-7, 439; Ardennes, 441-4; Rhineland, 457, 475, 478, 494n., 521; Rhine crossing, 530-3, 535; Northern Germany, 539, 541, 545-6, 548, 562, 590-1, 601; 18th US Airborne Corps under command, 604; other rets 76, 177, 303-5, 319n., 356, 642.
Army Groups–
15th: 629n.
21st: pre-D-Day exercises, 11; D Day plans, 20, 30- 2, 39, 83, 84n., 85; special armament for, 37; and First Canadian Army, 29, 41-2, 44-6; casualties, 119, 271; Normandy, 159, 182, 204, 212; strength 25 July, 185; Falaise, 233n., 245, 267; across the Seine, 282-3, 297, 299n.; maintenance of, 300; Ruhr plans, 307-9, 316-17, 389, 437-9; Antwerp, 330, 356, 388n., 389, 422, 427; Czechs under command, 368; Scheldt, 372, 374-6, 379n.; Rhine crossings, 427-9, 434; Ardennes, 440-1, 444, 449; Rhineland, 467, 522, 530, 533n.; Netherlands, 539, 541, 552, 558-9, 563-4, 588; Netherlands relief, 582, 584, 607-9; German surrender, 610; postsurrender, 613, 619; Canadian supply and administration, 625-6, 628, 630, 632; Forestry companies allotted to, 639; other rets 15, 99, 113, 126, 136, 142, 158, 165, 259, 305; Appendix A, Appx “E„
Army Groups, Royal Artillery–
5th: 487.
8th: 187.
9th: Allied bombing of, 224; supports Channel port attacks, 334, 338, 353; supports 9th Brigade, 393; supports Walcheren assault, 407-8, 420.
Beach Groups–
No. 102: 625.
Brigades–
Air Landing–
6th: 117.
Anti-Aircraft, Royal Artillery–
31st: 593.
76th: 408.
Armoured–
5th (Guards) : 515. 22nd: 118, 187, 192. 27th: 187. 33rd: 208, 334, 586. 34th: 332, 469, Appendix E.
Commando–
4th: 563, 585. See also Royal Marines.
Infantry–
8th: 114, 116. 9th: 114n., 116, 131.
32nd (Guards): 494.
44th (Lowland) : 469, 474, 476-7, 490.
46th (Highland) : 469, 474, 482-4.
69th: 139.
130th: 482.
152nd: 473. 153rd: 134n, 469, 473, 478, 490.
154th: 368, 458, 473, 478, 532, 538.
163rd: 10.
185th: 116.
214th: 477, 482, 490, 503, 514, 601.
227th (Highland): 469, 474, 477, 479, 490.
Parachute–
3rd: 93, 116, 265-6, 532, 537, 604.
Special Service–
4th: D Day plans, 77; at Channel ports, 114; in Normandy, 135n., 181; at Dunkirk, 360, 365, 368, 372; at Walcheren, 411-13, 430n.; at Westkapelle, 414n., 416, 418-19, 421.
Tank–
31st: 341, 348. 34th: see 34th Armoured Brigade. Corps–
1st: pre-D-Day plans, 9-11, 29-30, 34, 72, 76, 84, 115; D Day, 91, 112, 118; in Normandy, 139, 142-3, 144n., 145, 147, 169-70; at Caen, 150, 153, 157-8, 160, 163; under First Canadian Army, 181, 196, 198; at Falaise, 201, 203, 213, 215; to and across Seine, 265-6, 279, 282, 293, 297; Channel ports, 323, 330-2, 334, 336, 345, 627; Scheldt plans, 358-60; Scheldt, 364, 367-8, 380, 390, 424; Netherlands, 428, 430, 435-6, 439, 567; Rhineland, 456, 464, 466; leaves First Canadian Army, 545; Canadian reinforcement companies attached to, 631; other refs 187, 208, 221, 229, 257, 286, 381, 452, 458, 642.
8th: before Caen, 145, 147, 150, 160; “Goodwood”, 166-70, 173-4, 177; Falaise, 183, 210; Netherlands, 429; other rets 280, 300, 482, 604, Appendix D.
9th: 196.
12th: pre-D-Day exercises and plans, 11, 31; in Normandy, 146, 166, 169; Falaise, 210, 280; Scheldt, 358-61; Netherlands, 390, 450; Rhine crossing, 532; other rets 197, 215, 259, 330, 364, 381, 535.
30th: D Day plans, 72, 76, 84; D Day, 114, 118; Normandy, 139, 142-3, 147, 169, 210; across the Seine, 280, 298; captures Brussels and Antwerp, 201; Arnhem, 312-14, 361; Netherlands, 429; Rhineland plans, 338, 442, 449, 456-7, 460, 464, 466; Siegfried Line, 472; Materhorn Gap, 474, 476, 478; Moyland Wood, 481-2; capture of Goch, 489; “Blockbuster” plans, 493-4; Hochwald, 508, 514-15, 521:, Churchill visits, 515; Rhine crossing, 532-3, 535, 539, 541; capture of Bremen, 562, 602; relieves 2nd Corps, 615; post-surrender, 619, 621; other refs 9n., 145, 197, 215, 428, 437, 441, 458, 471, 475, 492, 557, 591, 642.
Divisions–
Airborne–
1st: 142, 313-14, 316, 321, 378.
6th: D Day plans, 72, 115; D Day, 91, 116-17, 121, 125; under First Canadian Army, 181; Falaise, 265-6; withdrawn from operations, 283; Ardennes, 441; Rhine crossing, 532, 537; final operations; 604; other refs 142, 201, 373, 590, 658n., Appendix C, Appendix F.
Armoured–
7th: D Day plans, 118; before Caen, 142, 151n.; Normandy, 169-70, 174; the breakout, 186-7, 190, 193; Falaise, 266; transferred to Second Army, 283; across the Seine, 286, 293, 300; relieved by Poles, 327; Scheldt, 381, Appendix D, Appendix E.
11th: Normandy, 160-70; relieved by 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 174; captures Amiens, 298; captures Antwerp, 301; Rhineland, 491, 494, 502; Hochwald, 502, 505, 508, 511, 513; other refs 516, 533.
79th: supervises DD tank training, 37; Carpiquet, 153; Falaise, 216, 239; Channel ports, 334, 353; Braakman crossing, 396, 398; Rhineland, 471, 490; Ijssel crossing, 551, 576, Appendix F; illustration 499.
Guards: Normandy, 169-70, 186; captures Brussels, 301; Arnhem, 313-14; Rhineland, 465, 476n., 481, 494, 515-16, 533; other ref 146.
Infantry–
3rd: D Day plans, 76-7, 115-16; D Day, 95, 114- 17; Normandy, 124, 138; 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade under, 150; at Caen, 157, 160, 162; “Goodwood”, 170; under First Canadian Army, 181, 601-3; the breakout, 198; to Second Army, 201; to 2nd Canadian Corps, 443; Rhineland, 494, 508, 513, 515-16, 522; other rets 61, 123, 131, 133, 533, 591, Appendix C.
15th (Scottish): Odon battle, 147-9; Rhineland, 465, 469-71, 474, 476-7, 491, 493, 535; relieved by 3rd British Division, 494, 503; other refs 169, 487n., 490, 538.
43rd (Wessex): at Carpiquet, 154-5; Bourguébus Ridge, 166; Falaise, 215; crosses Seine, 283; Arnhem, 314; “Blackcock”, 450; Rhineland, 465, 476-8, 482, 490, 494, 516, 562, 601; 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade under, 538; other rets 484, 487n., 503, 514, 518, 533, 547.
49th (West Riding): pre-D-Day exercises, 10; the breakout, 181, 198, 201; Normandy, 266, 293, 297; Le Havre, 300, 332, 334-5, 358; to Antwerp, 359, 361; Scheldt, 367, 381, 390, 424; to Second Army, 428; under 1st Canadian Corps, 545; Western Netherlands, 565-6, 568- 73, 580-1, 587; Apeldoorn, 574-5; returns to Second Army, 590; takes over Utrecht area, 614; other refs 145, 265-6, 430, 433, 538n., 577.
50th (Northumbrian): D Day plans, 76; D Day, 114; under 2nd Canadian Corps, 428, 430; other refs 61, 69n., 100, 140, Appx “C„
51st (Highland) : D Day, 118; Normandy, 134-5, 142; to First Canadian Army, 181, 208; Falaise, 215, 218, 220; return to 1st Corps, 229; bombed, 257; advance to the Seine, 265-6, 297; takes St. Valéry-en-Caux, 300; Channel ports, 334-6, 338, 345, 348; returns to First Canadian Army, 381, 428, 430; fiooded out, 433; Rhineland, 468, 475-6, 478, 482, 490; Rhine crossing, 531, 533-5, 538; other refs 358-9; 368, 441-2, 456, 494, 508, 566, 602, Appendix E.
52nd (Lowland): Scheldt, 388, 397, 398n., 401, 402; the Causeway, 405-7; Walcheren, 412, 414, 416, 422, 434, 436; Rhineland, 482, 490, 494, 508, 514-15, 521; takes over from CAOF, 622; other ref Appendix E.
53rd (Welsh): Falaise, 259, 264; relieved at Antwerp, 359, 360-1; Rhineland, 465, 469, 473, 478, 491, 493-4; Hochwald, 508, 514-15; other refs 146, 299, 456, 475, 487n.
59th (Staffordshire) : 146, 157, 160-2, 169, 215. 61st: 11.
General Headquarters Home Forces: 9, 16.
Headquarters Lines of Communication: 591, 608, 625. Pioneer Corps: 480, 596; No. 277 Company: 551. Royal Army Service Corps: 457, 608.
Royal Artillery: 336. See also Units and Army Groups Royal Artillery and Brigades Anti-Aircraft.
Royal Engineers: 91, 102, 457, 639. See also Units.
Units–
Armoured–
15th (Scottish) Reconnaissance Regiment: 476.
43rd Reconnaissance Regiment (The Gloucestershire Regiment) : 503, 514.
1st, The Royal Dragoons: Appendix E.
Household Cavalry Regiment, The 2nd: 476. Inns of Court Regiment, The: 81, 112, 162.
Fife and Forfar Yeomanry: 542.
4th County of London Yeomanry: 174.
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards: 514.
Royal Scots Greys, The, (2nd Dragoons) 205, 606.
Royal Armoured Corps–
141st Regiment (The Buffs): 353, 596.
147th Regiment: 473.
148th Regiment: 220.
2nd (Armoured) Bn., Irish Guards, The: 515.
3rd (Armoured) Bn., Scots Guards, The: 483.
4th (Armoured) Bn., Grenadier Guards, 604.
Royal Tank Regiment, The:
7th Bn.: 335.
9th Bn.: 473.
Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen’s Own Royal Regiment) : 116, 535.
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own) : 472.
22nd Dragoons: 81, 106-7, 334.
Artillery–
Anti-Tank Battery–245th: 161.
Anti-Tank Regiment–62nd: 80n.
Coast Regiment–540th: 338.
Field Regiments–
6th: 80n.
25th: 187.
61st: 407.
110th: 407.
191st: 80n.
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiments–
86th (Honourable Artillery Company): 80n. 103rd: 80n.
115th: 384.
Heavy Battery–16th/1 st: 596.
Heavy Regiments–
51st: 408.
52nd: 407.
59th (Newfoundland): 408.
Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments–
93rd: 80n.
114th: 80n.
Medium Battery– 2nd/11th: 578.
Medium Regiments–
9th: 407.
11th: 407.
15th: 407.
79th: 80n.
84th: 384.
107th: 407.
121st: 384.
Searchlight Battery– No. 344 (Independent): 225n.
Super-Heavy Regiment– 3rd: 407-8.
Survey Regiment– 9th: 80n.
Commando–
No. 4: 414, 416. See also Brigades and Royal Marines.
Engineers–
Assault Squadrons–
79th: 216.
87th: 340.
Assault Regiment–
5th: 81, 102, 106-7, 110, 396.
Field Companies–
260th: 316.
553rd: 316.
GHQ Troops, 8th: 287.
Inland Water Transport Group, No. 3: 571.
Infantry–
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), The, 5th Bn.: 134, 478, 538.
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), The, 6th (Lanarkshire) Bn.: 406.
Coldstream Guards: 515.
Gordon Highlanders, The, 1st Bn.: 473-4. 2nd Bn.: 479.
Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment), The, 7th Bn.: 114. Grenadier Guards: 474, 515.
Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), The, 1st Bn.: 404-6.
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, The, 4th Bn.: 416. 6th Bn.: 474.
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, The, 2nd Bn.: 116.
Monmouthshire Regiment, The, 2nd Bn.: 473. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, The, 1st Bn.: 469. 2nd Bn.: 91.
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, The, 5th Bn.: 220.
Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), The, 7th/9th Bn.: 421. 8th Bn.: 474.
Royal Scots Fusiliers, The: 477.
Royal Welch Fusiliers, The, 6th Bn.: 473.
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, The Duke
of Albany’s), The, 2nd Bn.: 220. 5th Bn.: 220.
Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s), The, 4th Bn.: 482, 518. 7th Bn.: 478.
South Wales Borderers, The: 473n.
Welsh Guards, 1st Bn.: 515.
Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s), The, 5th Bn.: 503, 518.
Parachute–
Parachute Regiment, The: 8th Bn.: 116. 9th Bn.: 116-17.
Navy and Marines
Royal Navy: D Day, 99, 104; support at Caen, 170; Dieppe, 300; Le Havre, 332, 336; Scheldt, 372; Westkapelle, 412, 417, 422; Rhine crossing, 535, 563; Arnhem, 571; Netherlands relief, 586; other rets 12, 81, 388. See also ships and formations by name, Part I.
Flotilla, LCA– 529th: 109.
Forces–
Bombarding Force “D”: 94-5.
Bombarding Force “E”: 94.
Bombarding Force “K”: 94.
Force “J”: pre D-Day, 9, 12, 35- 6, 73; D Day, 90-1, 96-7, 101; other ref 94;
Force “L”: 73.
Submarines– X20 and X23: 90.
Support Squadron, Eastern Flank: 417-18, 420-1.
Royal Marines: 20, 102, 106, 110, 338, 418, 585, 599.
Royal Marine Commandos: 77, 114, 116, 414n.
No. 41 Commando: 114, 144, 416, 418-19.
No. 47 Commando: 417, 419-20, 452.
No. 48 Commando: 77-8, 110, 114, 416-18, Appendix C.
United States Forces
Air Force
US Army Air Forces: 74-5, 223, 532.
8th Air Force: placed under Eisenhower’s command, 23; D Day, 74, 93; accidenta) bombing by, 223; to bomb Walcheren, 358, 374, 378, 421; aids First and Ninth US Armies, 429; the Rhineland, 465; Netherlands relief, 608, other rets 243, 41 1n. 9th Air Force: 22, 24, 75, 233n., 246, 294, 465. 9th Tactical Air Command: 532.
Army
Armies–
First: D Day, 21, 30, 72, 82-4; Cherbourg, 142, 144- 5; Brittany, 164-8, 180, 182, 199, 202; Falaise, 232, 258-9, 261; Seine, 283; Arnhem, 312-13; plans for Berlin, 316-17, 319; plans for the Ruhr, 323, 379-80, 387, 389, 427; Roer, 429, 456-7; Ardennes, 439, 441-3, 449, 475, 493; Rhineland, 508, 524, 534, 588; Ruhr, 545; other rets 150, 151n., 185, 201, 211, 251, 286, 305, 309-10.
Third: D Day, 75, 84; Brittany, 166, 181-3, 203; Falaise, 234-6, 252; Canadian liaison, 258; Metz, 386; Rhine, 427, 429; Ardennes, 444; Rhineland, 524, 588; other refs 250, 309.
Ninth: Rhine, 427; Roer, 429, 439; Ardennes, 442, 456; Rhineland, 491, 493, 508, 522, 530-1, 535, 539, 543; Ruhr, 545; Berlin, 563; other rets 475- 6, 489, 509, 514-15, 522, 533n., 548.
Army Groups–
Central Group of Armies: See 12th Army Group.
1st US: 20, 75, 83-4, 185. See also 12th United States Army Group.
12th: D Day, 84; Falaise, 210-11, 232-4, 245; Seine, 267, 282-3, 307; redesignated Central Group of Armies, 309; Ruhr, 312, 359, 388-9, 427-8, 449, 524, 539, 543; Rhineland, 588; other rets 182, 185, 203-4, 305, 317, 374, 386, 548.
Corps–
5th: 72, 84, 113, 251, 259, 261, 283.
Divisions–
Airborne–
82nd: 113, 313-14, 428, 430, Appendix C.
101st: 91, 113, 313-14, 428, 430, 444, Appendix C.
Armoured–
5th: 508.
7th: 387.
8th: 508.
Infantry–
1st: 113, 195, 390, Appendix C.
4th: 113, Appendix G.
29th: 113, Appendix C.
35th: 522. 69th: 588. 80th: 251, 259.
104th: 390, 424, 428, 612, Appendix E.
Units–
17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron: 514.
359th Infantry Regiment: 260-2.
Navy
US Navy: 73.
Marines
Allied Forces (other than US)
Belgian
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade: 265, 323, 570, 624.
Belgian White Brigade: 328, 365.
1st Belgian Parachute Battalion: 553, 561, 600.
Czechoslovak
1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade Group: 368, 380, 642.
French
First French Army: 269, 429, 588.
2nd French Armoured Division: 251-2, 283. 2nd Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes: 553. 3rd Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes: 553.
Netherlands
Netherlands Army: 567n., 572, 592.
Royal Netherlands Brigade (Princess Irene’s): 265, 323, 642, Appendix E.
Polish
10th Polish Armoured Brigade: 561, 598.
3rd Polish Infantry Brigade: 364, 561, 598.
Polish Parachute Brigade: 313-14.
1st Polish Armoured Division: under Canadian command, 208; Falaise, 214, 222-4, 238, 243, 249, 252, 256-7, 259-61, 263-4; Channel ports, 324-6, 358; Scheldt, 361, 364, 368, 372, 379, 381, 390, 424; under British command, 367; Schouwen, 430; Kapelsche Veer, 452; rejoins 2nd Canadian Corps, 552; Rhineland, 554, 557, 560-1, 591, 594-5, 597-8, 610; other rets 268, 276, 298, 303-4, 337n., 390, 435, 448, 454-5, 566, 618, 642.
2nd Polish Armoured Regiment: 256-7, 262.
9th (Polish) Infantry Division: 452, 561.
10th Dragoons (10th Polish Motor Battalion): 261, 364.
10th Polish Mounted Rifle Regiment: 261.
USSR
58th Guards Division: 588.
Inter-Allied Organizations
Allied Expeditionary Air Force: D Day, 94; Caen, 143; Falaise, 257, 259; Channel ports, 338, 348; Walcheren, 375, 377-8, 420; redesignated Air Staff SHAEF, 409n.; other rets 212, 223n., 244.
First Allied Airborne Army: 283, 297, 312, 372-4. First Special Service Force: 269n.
Naval Force “B”: 73.
Naval Force “O”: 36, 73, 89-90, 95, 97.
Naval Force “U”: 36, 73, 89, 96-7, 535, 543, 571. No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando: 416, 419.
SHAEF: D Day, 71; German atrocities, 136; bombing of ailied troops, 244; Ruhr, 307, 312, 316; Arnhem, 314; Le Havre, 336; Scheldt, 374, 376; Antwerp, 389, 422; Ardennes, 439, 449; Roer dams, 457; Rhineland, 465, 531, 559; German casualties, 524; Netherlands relief, 582, 584-5, 608; clandestine activities, 635; civil affairs, 638; other rets 42, 44, 88-9, 143, 167, 176-7, 202, 318-19, 544, 620.
C. Enemy Forces
German Forces
Air Force
Air Force (Luftwaffe): pre-D-Day plans against, 18, 23, 74; anti-invasion preparations, 54, 57, 60; radar station, 70; D Day, 96; casualties, 294, 444; used as infantry, 450, 463; other rets 15, 255, 466, 602, 641.
No. 3 Group of Kampfgeschwader 3: 355n.
Hermann Goring Division, Parachute and Air Force Field Divisions (all tactically under Army Command). See Army.
Army
Armed Forces Operations Staff (WFSt.): 57, 122n.
Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht-OKW) : and the West Wall, 48; command structure, 57, 58-9; reserve of armour, 62, 122, 178; Caen, 150, 178; the Rhineland, 475, 495, 509, 519; surrender, 610; other refs 23, 51-2, 254, 296, 488n., 641.
Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres OKH): 57, 447.
Commander Armed Forces in the Netherlands: 58, 301- 2.
Foreign Armies West (Intelligence Section OKH): 59-61, 125, 355n.
Armeeabteilung Straube: 613.
Armeegruppe “G”: 55, 62-3, 195.
Armies–
First Parachute: takes over Antwerp-Albert Canal sector, 303; on the Maas, 431, 434, 447; the Rhine, 463; damages sluice gaies at Spoy Canal, 480; weapons available, 507n.; Rhineland, 496, 509-10, 522, 533-4.
Fourth Panzer: 321.
Fifth Panzer: gains Army status, 246; Falaise, 246-7, 254-5, 259, 261; strength, 270; Seine crossing, 294-5; HQ captured, 298; Ardennes, 440; surrounded, 545; other refs 285-6, 296, 303, 495, see also Panzer Group West.
Panzer Armee Afrika: 51.
Sixth Army: 51.
Sixth Panzer Army: 440, 446, 449n.
Seventh Army: Normandy defence, 55, 62-4; D Day, 121, 123-4, 129; Caen, 149-50, 203, 214; Falaise, 233, 247, 254-5, 259, 261; Seine crossing, 285; Somme, 296, 298; takes over Antwerp-Albert Canal sector, 303; other ref 270.
Fifteenth: Normandy defence, 50-1, 55-6, 62-3; D Day, 64n.; Gen. von Zangen commands, 296; along the Somme, 296, 324; Channel ports, 301; escapes after Antwerp, 302, 320, 356-7, 362-3; takes over Antwerp-Albert Canal sector, 303, 366, 447; and Battle Group Chili, 381; Scheldt, 424; Maas, 431; Ardennes, 440, 446; Rhine, 509, 524; surrounded, 545; other refs 164, 178, 195, 286, 368, 390, 495.
Twenty-fifth: 446, 463, 509, 550, 570.
Army Groups–
“B”: composition, 54-6, 62-3, 67; reaction to assault, 121-2, 124; change of command, 150, 178-9, 254; intelligence, 185, 214; encirclement of, 261-2, 264; casualties, 270-1; Antwerp, 302-3; Arnhem, 313-14; deterioration, 320; other refs 446, 448, 510, 545.
“H”: at the Maas, 431; Ardennes, 446, 448; Kapelsche Veer, 450; Gen. Blaskowitz commands, 455; Reichswald, 475; retires to Maas, 495; Rhine, 509, 533; other ref 550n. Also known as Army Group “Student”.
Army Group for Special Employment. See Army Group “B”.
Battalions–
Anti-tank–
559th (Heavy): 368.
655th (Heavy): 463.
Artillery–
1260th (Coastal G.HQ): 68.
Infantry–
85th (Fusiliers) : 248.
276th Magen (Stomach): 463.
346th (Fusilier) : 483.
642nd (East) : 66.
Battalion Koch: 455.
Battalion Munster: 463.
Ostbataillone (East Battalions) : 52, 66.
Panzer–
2nd: 158.
101st SS Heavy Tank: 221.
503rd G.HQ Heavy Tank: 178.
Parachute–
Parachute Army Assault Battalion: 510, 513, 520.
12th Reconnaissance Battalion: 487.
Battle Groups–
Chill: 381-2.
Gericke: 597.
Kohn: 178.
Lier: 601.
Waldmüller: 221.
Wünsche: 227.
Brigades–
280th Assault Gun: 368.
7th Mortar: 155.
Corps–
Flak–
See Air Force.
Infantry–
67th: 296, 302, 366, 368, 381, 391.
84th: Normandy defence, 64; D Day, 121, 124, 129; composition 29 Jun, 150; Falaise, 262; Lt: Gen. Elfeldt captured, 262; other ref 123.
86th: composition 29 Jun, 151; Caen, 179; Seine, 285-6; Antwerp, 302; Reichswald, 463; Rhineland, 495; Rhine, 509, 533; other refs 177, 500, 597.
88th: in Netherlands, 58; Ardennes crisis, 446n., 447, 448, 450; Reichswald, 463; Rhine, 550; surrender, 614; other ref 381.
Panzer–
1st SS: Normandy defence, 63, D Day, 122-3; Caen, 141, 178-9; composition 29 Jun, 151; the breakout, 185, 194-5, 222; Falaise, 247-8, 255; other rets 143n., 149, 213.
2nd SS: moves to Eastern Front, 62; returns to Western Front, 147; composition 29 Jun, 151; Caen, 178; Falaise, 204, 247, 255, 261-2; Arnhem, 313n., 314.
3rd: 321.
47th: composition 29 Jun, 151; Caen, 178, 183; the breakout, 195; Falaise, 255; Ardennes, 463; Rhineland, 476-8, 487, 495-6, 500, 507n., 509, 514, 533-4.
Parachute–
2nd: composition 29 Jun, 150; Falaise, 262; Rhineland, 490, 495, 509, 514, 519, 533, 559, 597; other refs 447, 487.
Divisions–
Air Landing–
German Air Force Field–
16th: 151, 158, 161, 163, 178.
17th: 287.
Infantry–
70th: 368, 376n., 383-4, 397, 419.
77th: 150.
84th: Normandy, 203; commander captured, 262; part of Battle Group Chill, 381; Reichswald, 434, 463; Rhineland, 472, 474, 477-9, 490, 495, 509; other refs 476, 484, 522n.
89th: Falaise, 203, 214, 220-21, 247-8; part of Battle Group Chill, 381.
180th: 463, 469, 500, 514, 522n.
226th: 332.
271st: 221,248.
276th: 151.
277th: 151.
319th: 64.
344th: 368.
346th: part of Panzer Group West, 151; Falaise, 266; Antwerp-Turnhout Canal, 366, 368; Scheldt, 384; Ardennes, 442, 446-7; Rhineland, 478, 484, 519, 541, 571, 576.
347th: 302.
352nd: 64, 66-7, 100n., 113, 150.
353rd: 150.
708th: 260.
711th: D Day, 64n., 121-2; part of Panzer Group West, 151; Ghent Canal, 327; Scheldt, 366, 368; Reichswald, 442; Ardennes, 446; transferred, 448; Kapelsche Veer, 450.
716th: 64, 66-8; D Day, 119, 122-4, 120-30; 151. 719th: 302, 365, 368.
Panzer–
Hermann Goring: 62.
1st SS (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler): movement controlled by Hitler, 58; returns from Eastern Front, 62; part of 1st SS Panzer Corps, 151; Caen, 164, 169, 177; the break out, 185, 190, 194; Tilly-la-Campagne, 205-7; relieved by 89th Inf. Div., 214; Falaise, 232; fighting state 23 Aug, 271; other refs 51, 129, 161, 220, 277, Appendix D.
2nd SS (Das Reich): partly in Seventh Army and 2nd SS Panzer Corps, against Americans, 165, 183; Falaise, 214, 232; fighting state 23 Aug, 271; Seine, 286-7; Arnhem, 314; other refs 51, Appendix D.
2nd: under Rommel, 62; Caen, 142; part of 47th Panzer Corps, 151; in front of Americans, 260n.; the breakout, 178, 183, 185, 195; Falaise, 214, 232, 255; fighting state 23 Aug, 271; Arnhem, 313n.; Appendix D.
7th: 51.
9th SS (Hohenstaufen): moved to Eastern Front, 62; returns, 147; part of 2nd SS Panzer Corps, 151; Normandy, 169, 178, 183-5, 195; Falaise, 204, 206, 214, 222, 247; fighting state 23 Aug, 271; Seine, 286; Arnhem, 313n., 314; Appendix D.
10th SS (Frundsberg) : to Eastern Front, 62; returns, 147; part of 2nd SS Panzer Corps, 151; Normandy, 169, 183-5, 204; fighting state 23 Aug, 271; comments on Allies, 274; Seine, 286; Arnhem, 313n., 314.
11th: 320.
12th SS (Hitlerjugend): movement controlled by Hitler, 58; Normandy defence, 63; D Day, 122; description of, 128; action 7 Jun, 129, 133-7; part of Panzer Group West, 151; Carpiquet, 153-5; Caen, 158, 161-3; the breakout, 177-8, 185; Falaise, 220-1, 224, 227, 247-8, 250, 255; fighting state 23 Aug, 271; other refs 141, 164, 169, 243, 277, Appendix D.
20th: 227n.
21st: under Rommel, 62; defence of Normandy,
63, 67; D Day, 115, 122, 124, 126; Normandy, 130-1, 141; part of Panzer Group West, 151; Caen, 161, 169, 185, 195; Falaise, 255; fighting state 23 Aug, 271; other rets 130, 177, 286, Appendix D.
26th: 51n.
116th: under Rommel, 62; Caen, 178, 185; Falaise, 214, 232, 255, 259; fighting state 23 Aug, 271; Arnhem, 313n.; Rhineland, 463, 478, 483-4, 488, 495, 500, 533; Hochwald, 502, 507, 514, 519, 522n.; other refs 195, 286- 7, 513.
Lehr: movement controlled by Hitler, 58; goes to Hungary and returns, 62; defence of Normandy, 63; D Day, 122; part of 47th Panzer Corps, 151; in action against Americans, 165, 185; destroyed at St. Lô, 270n.; Goch-Calcar Road, 487, 489; Rhineland, 508, 522n.; other refs 130, 133, Appendix D.
Panzer Grenadier–
15th: Rhineland, 463, 477-8, 482, 495, 509; Rhine crossing, 522n., 533, 538.
Parachute–
1st: 51n.
2nd: 446, 463, 495, 509, 522n.
6th: Ardennes, 442, 446; Kapelsche Veer, 450, 452, 454; Cleve, 477, 484, 486; Calcar, 495; Hochwald, 514, 519, 522n.; Emmerich-Hoch Elten, 541; Twente Canal, 546; Western Netherlands, 578, 579; Netherlands relief, 607; other ref 500.
7th: Ardennes, 447; Rhineland, 463, 474, 476, 484, 490, 495, 522n.; Hochwald, 514; Rhine crossing, 519; Küsten Canal, 598; other refs 559, 597.
8th: 495, 507, 514-15, 519, 522n., 597.
Volksgrenadier–
246th: 320.
363rd: See 363rd Infantry Division.
“Adolf Hitler” SS: See 1st SS Panzer.
“Das Reich” SS: See 2nd SS Panzer.
“Totenkopf” SS (later 3rd SS Panzer) : 51.
Luftwaffe: See German Air Force.
Panzer Group Eberbach: 254-5, 259, 262.
Panzer Group West: formed, 58; staff wiped out, 141; Caen, 149; composition 29 Jun, 151; casualties, 163; counter-attack plans, 164; break out, 194, 204, 213; redesignated Fifth Panzer Army, 246. See Fifth Panzer Army.
Regiments–
German Air Force Field–
31st: 158.
Grenadier–
743rd: 365.
858th: 571, 576-’l.
953rd: 573.
1019th: 422.
1051 st: 463.
1062nd: 463.
1222nd: 469.
Panzer–
12th SS: 136.
Panzer Grenadier–
1st SS: 161.
21st SS: 274.
60th: 483.
304th: 183n.
Parachute–
2nd: 463.
19th: 484.
31st (Reserve): 546.
Police Regiment: 546.
Replacement Training Regiment “Hermann Göring”: 381.
Security Regiment: 5th: 332.
Navy
Naval Group West: 57, 64, 95, 122.
Naval Operations Staff: 64, 419, 432.
162nd Naval Infantry Regiment: 573.
202nd Naval Coastal Artillery Battalion: 407.
242nd Naval Coastal Artillery Battalion: 352.
5th Torpedo Boat Flotilla: 95.
15th Patrol Flotilla: 95.
Patrol Vessel VP 1509: 96.