Index
–A–
Aachen: 693-95
Abbeville: 686-87
Air force, British. See Royal Air Force.
Air Force, Canadian. See Royal Canadian Air Force.
Air Force, German. See German Air Force.
Air Forces, U.S. See Army Air Forces.
Air operations. See also Airborne Divisions; Airborne operations; Army Air Forces; Royal Air Force; Royal Canadian Air Force; V-weapons.
air-ground coordination: 42-43, 55, 76, 202, 207-08, 221-22, 228-41, 333-34, 461
armored column cover, defined: 208
Brittany: 345-46, 355, 358, 373, 377-78, 383-85, 398-99, 403, 407-09, 411-13, 642, 645-46, 649-50, 652-53, 655
COBRA: 187-88, 198n, 202, 207-08, 210, 214-15, 217-18, 220-23, 224, 228-46, 247, 250, 252-56, 258, 261-62, 266, 273-74, 278-79, 294-95, 297, 299, 301-02, 309, 313-17, 322, 324, 325-27, 329, 333-34
command and organization of: 4, 8, 119, 420, 684
Cotentin: 26-27, 33, 55, 67-68, 76, 81, 85, 87-89, 95-96, 112-13, 115-16, 126, 128, 129-31, 135, 137-39, 141-42, 146, 151-52, 154, 158, 163-64, 166-67, 178-79, 181
drive to Caen: 120-22, 187, 189-93, 288-89
drive to Seine: 420-21, 450-51, 462-65, 474-75, 479-81, 490-91, 500, 503-07, 509-10, 517-18, 520, 522, 531-32, 538, 544-45, 556-57, 562-64, 567, 582-83, 590-91, 599, 613
east of Seine: 658, 666, 681-84, 690, 698
Eisenhower policy on: 120
losses: 400
method of requesting air support: 55n
supply of: 167, 206, 355, 489, 572, 599, 605, 626, 666, 691
Air operations, German. See also German Air Force; V-weapons.
Brittany: 351-52, 356, 371, 373
COBRA: 287
Cotentin: 179
drive to Seine: 461, 464, 467, 480
east of Seine: 668
jet, Allied concern over: 34
lack of: 55-56
strength: 33-34
Airborne Divisions
82nd: 54-55, 58-59, 60-63, 73, 76-77, 123-24, 126
101st: 81
Airborne operations. See also Allied Airborne Army, First.
drive to Seine: 572
east of Seine: 660-61, 679-81, 691, 697
Airel: 92-94, 97, 99-101, 105-07, 137
Aisne River: 664, 667-68, 672-73
Albert Canal: 419, 663, 674-75, 677-79, 686, 695-96, 698-99
Alençon: 421-23, 430, 433-34, 439-41, 444-46, 456-61, 466, 468, 471, 481-86, 494-504, 514-17, 524-27, 530, 562-63, 608
Alexander, Maj. Joseph M.: 412-13
Allard, 1st Lt. David W.: 588-89
Allgood, Capt. James D.: 137n
Allied Airborne Army, First: 658-60, 681, 687, 697-98
Allied Expeditionary Force: 3-10, 44, 516, 691. See also Air operations; Eisenhower, General Dwight D.; Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.
Ambrières-le-Grand: 446, 452-53, 456
Ambushes, German: 113, 127, 316-17, 372-73, 471, 579
Amiens: 657-58, 660-61, 674-75, 678-79, 683, 686
Ammunition
allotments: 57, 219-20, 284, 332
armor-piercing: 45
shortage of: 15, 37, 68-69, 87-88, 99-100, 179, 358, 372, 406-07, 409, 546-47, 572, 635-37, 642-46
Ammunition, German, shortage of: 33, 55-57, 64, 181, 224-25, 503, 517-18, 521, 551, 556-57, 683
Amphibious operations: 185-87, 225, 406, 413, 644n
Angers: 357, 359-61, 366-67, 421-22, 432-33, 559-63, 566-70, 585, 634
Angoville-sur-Ay: 126
Anne of Brittany, château of: 396-97
Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalions 377th: 86
453rd: 82
468th: 673-74
Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade, 54th: 354
Antiaircraft defense
Brittany: 354, 356, 388, 638, 642n
Cotentin: 131
Antiaircraft defense, German
east of Seine: 663
strength: 30
Antitank operations
Brittany: 638
Cotentin: 65-66, 68, 70-71, 74, 112-13, 130-31, 137-38
drive to Seine: 446, 452-53, 463, 550
east of Seine: 662
Antitank operations, German
Brittany: 357-58, 383, 396-97, 399, 406, 641-42, 646-47, 650
Caen: 193
COBRA: 253-55, 273, 300, 308-09
drive to Seine: 451, 454, 479, 482-83, 534, 538-39, 592-93, 609-10, 613
Antitank weapons: 45
Antitank weapons, German: 41-42, 107
Antwerp: 656-58, 660-61, 678, 686-87, 697, 699
ANVIL: 346n. See also Southern France.
Ardennes: 657, 659-60, 672, 685-86, 692
Argentan: 189-90, 195-96, 455-56, 495-97, 501, 502, 503-04, 511-13, 514, 524, 529, 533-34, 539, 541-43, 549, 568, 571-73, 575, 577, 585, 599-601, 606, 613, 664-66
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 479-628
Argentan, seizure of: 549
Bradley’s concept of operations: 492-502, 505, 506-09, 515, 523-24, 527, 529-30, 564
breakout and escape, German: 542-58
British-Canadian role in: 492-95, 501, 503-05, 506-08, 511-13, 517-18, 525-27, 528-29, 531-33, 540-42, 549, 554-58
casualties: 555
casualties, German: 546, 557-58
closing the pocket: 528-58
Collins and: 511-13
Eberbach and: 481-86, 500-505, 507, 517-19, 521-23, 530-33, 537n, 544-45
Eisenhower and: 492-94, 506, 508-10
escape route closed: 554
Falaise, capture of. See Falaise, drive on.
Haislip and: 497-505, 524, 564
Hausser and: 485, 518-22, 532-39, 542, 545-46, 549-50, 553-54, 557
Hitler and: 503, 516-23, 531-32, 534-37, 556
Hodges and: 494, 510-11, 529-30
juncture of Allied forces: 541-42
Kluge and: 503-05, 515-23, 525, 530, 535-37
Meindl and: 538-48, 549n, 552-54
Argentan-Falaise pocket-Continued
Montgomery’s concept of operations: 492-97, 507-09, 511, 523-24, 527-29
Mortain, battle for. See Mortain, actions at. Patton and: 494, 497-98, 501, 503-05, 506, 508-09, 513, 524-25, 527, 529, 564
results of closing the gap: 556-58
Southern France Campaign and: 486, 517, 521-22, 534-35
tactical plans: 492-502, 506-09, 513-14, 523-27, 528-30
tactical plans, German: 498-501, 503-05, 515-23, 528-40, 542, 545, 547-52
terrain of: 500, 502, 525, 528, 534, 540-42
weather, effect of, on operations: 503, 544-45, 548-49, 551, 553
Armies
First: 10, 14-16, 30, 36-47, 53, 55, 56-57, 78, 119-23, 133, 135, 175-82, 197-223, 228, 282-304, 343-56, 430-31, 440-56, 460, 470, 473, 491-505, 506-15, 529, 557-58, 577, 579, 589, 601-02, 605-06, 625, 631-32, 659-60, 665-66, 671-72, 674-75, 676, 678-80, 682-84, 688, 692-93, 696-97. See also Bradley, General Omar N.; Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H.
combat effectiveness of: 204-10
staff: 36n
Third: 37-38, 186, 197, 209n, 343-56, 357-68, 419-39, 440, 444, 449, 460, 471-73, 484, 492-505, 507-15, 523-27, 528-58, 559-89, 601-02, 624, 631-38, 654-60, 664-66, 668-75, 682, 684, 686, 692-93, 695-96, 698-99, 701. See also Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr.
becomes operational: 209-10, 213, 288, 318, 343-44
command of: 9
staff: 344n
Ninth: 637-56. See also Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H.
Armor-infantry team. See Tank-infantry coordination.
Armored column cover, defined: 208
Armored Divisions. See also Combat Commands.
2nd: 149
casualties: 256, 279-81, 451-52
COBRA: 215, 217-18, 254-57, 272-81, 282, 297-304, 305-09, 329-30
combat effectiveness: 219
drive to Seine: 452, 471-72, 474-75, 481-82, 490, 511-15, 577, 579-80
east of Seine: 672-73, 680, 695
3rd
COBRA: 215, 217-18, 253-54, 256-63, 264-67, 305-06, 330
combat effectiveness: 110, 117, 307-08
east of Seine: 672, 682-84, 693-95
4th: 133
Brittany: 349-56, 357-68, 369-70, 381, 385-86, 413-14, 424-25, 564, 634
casualties: 315-17, 363-64, 367
COBRA: 267-68, 276-78, 310-22, 330
combat effectiveness: 315-16, 367-68
drive to Seine: 563-65, 567-68, 584, 600
5th
drive to Seine: 424-29, 433, 438-39, 448, 523-27, 571-79, 621-22
east of Seine: 673, 681, 692-93
6th
Brittany: 349-56, 359-68, 369-88, 389-93, 413-14, 428-29, 439, 634, 635, 637-40
7th
drive to Seine: 514-15, 562-65, 568-70, 573, 585, 587-88
east of Seine: 667-68
Armored Engineer Battalion, 23rd: 105n
Armored Field Artillery Battalions
50th: 641
62nd: 279
212th: 384
391st: 105n
Armored Infantry Regiment, 36th: 105n
Armored Medical Battalion, 45th: 105n
Armored personnel carriers: 479
Armored Regiments
33rd: 105n
Army Air Forces
Eighth: 8, 191, 221, 228-41, 267-68, 270-71, 653
Ninth: 8, 191, 221, 333, 362-63, 644, 653, 684
IX Tactical Air Command: 8, 87, 112, 164, 178-79, 207-08, 221, 223, 228-41, 278-79, 333-34, 345-46, 377, 413, 653, 684
XIX Tactical Air Command: 345-46, 567, 653
Army Groups
“Army Group Patton”: 32
Southern Group of Armies: 684, 702
12th: 632
and Bradley: 209-10, 288, 343-44
Brittany: 343-56, 357-68, 409, 439, 639-40
drive to Seine: 440, 455-56, 459, 467-68, 492-94, 574, 585, 606-07
east of Seine: 658-60, 669, 683, 691, 702
and FFI: 355
Army Information Service, Third Army: 349-56, 362-63
Aron: 435-36
Arras: 686
Artificial moonlight: 192
Artillery support
and air observation: 42-43
Brittany: 358, 370-71, 373, 381, 383, 385, 388, 391, 393, 399-401, 403-04, 406-09, 411-13, 635-36, 641-48, 650-53
COBRA: 199-200, 202, 208, 219-20, 222-23, 233-34, 243, 245, 252-53, 256, 268-70, 273, 277-80, 284-86, 299-302, 305, 306-07, 311-12, 314-17, 321, 332
coordination of: 99-100
Cotentin: 41-43, 55, 58, 62, 64-68, 70, 73-76, 80-89, 95-97, 99-100, 109-11, 113, 124-27, 129, 131, 135, 137-38, 141-42, 149-54, 156-63, 166-67, 170, 179, 181
drive to Seine: 436-37, 444-47, 462, 463-64, 469-71, 474-75, 480-82, 487-90, 500, 506-07, 516, 521, 524, 531-34, 544-53, 556-57, 570-71, 573, 581, 588, 608
Artillery support, British, at Caen: 15, 120
Artillery support, German
Brittany: 358, 363-65, 372, 379-83, 385-86, 390, 397-400, 402-03, 406, 408, 411-12, 638, 641, 647-48
COBRA: 199-200, 202-03, 231, 242-45, 250-52, 254-55, 268-69, 277, 284-85, 291-92, 297-302, 304, 307, 312-13, 315-17, 319
Cotentin: 4, 40, 42-43, 60, 65-71, 74-76, 78, 83, 85, 94-95, 97-100, 105-06, 115, 117, 127, 137, 141-44, 155-58, 160-63, 165-67, 171-75, 177-78, 181
drive to Seine: 428, 447-48, 451-52, 471, 482-83, 500, 503-04, 529, 533-34, 538-39, 544-46, 574, 588-89, 593, 609-10, 612-13, 615
Assault boats: 94-97
Ath: 681
Athis-Mons: 615
Atlantic Wall: 342, 419-20, 677. See also Port facilities.
Attack plans. See Tactical plans; Tactical plans, German.
Aubervilliers: 621
Aulock, Col. Andreas von: 397-98, 406-12
Aulock, Generalmajor Hubertus von: 593, 608-09, 615
Autheuil: 579
Avesnes: 682-83
Avranches: 10n, 24-25, 198n, 224, 281, 287-90, 303, 306, 308-35, 339, 341-42, 347-49, 352, 354-59, 363, 369-71, 373-74, 388-90, 421-27, 433, 438-39, 444, 456, 483, 491, 497, 560, 634. See also Mortain.
Avre River: 579
Ay River: 53, 55, 59, 72, 74-75, 124-28, 178, 267-68, 270-71
–B–
Baade, Maj. Gen. Paul W.: 153-63, 168, 172, 174, 268, 450, 487-88, 566-67
Bacon, Col. Robert L.: 436-37
Badinski, Generalleutnant Curt: 551-52
Bain-de-Bretagne: 360-61
Bacherer, Col. Rudolf: 325, 357-58, 401-02
Balkans: 419-20
Barenton: 444, 459-60, 465-68, 471-72, 481-82, 487-88, 490, 494, 511-13
Bar-le-Duc: 667
Barndollar, Col. Martin D., Jr.: 82
Barnett, Staff Sgt. Wardie: 562n
Barth, Col. George H.: 64, 69-71, 436-37
Barton, Maj. Gen. Raymond O.: 86-87, 129-30, 133, 243, 251, 307-08, 446-48, 470-71, 612, 614-15, 617-20
Barts, 1st Lt. Charles A.: 448
Basle: 676-77
Baum, Lt. Col. Otto: 275-77
Bayerlein, Generalleutnant Fritz: 135-37, 139, 228, 238-39, 248, 273
Bayeux: 4, 24-25, 90, 149, 440
Bazookas. See Rocket launchers, 2.36-inch.
Beaches, supply from: 666, 668-70
Beachhead, Normandy: 4, 5-6, 10, 25, 26-28, 119, 122, 178-80
Bealke, Lt. Col. Jacob W., Jr.: 127n
Beaucoudray: 69-72, 126-27, 201, 296
Beaugency: 654-55
Beauvais: 540, 576, 582, 660, 664, 673
Bécherel: 372-74
Belfort: 663
Belgian 1st Infantry Brigade: 580-81
Belgium: 31, 34, 419-20, 657-62, 676, 686-87, 688
Bell, Col. Robert P.: 562
Bellefontaine: 463
BENEFICIARY: 186n
Berchtesgaden conference: 26, 28
Bérigny: 149, 151-53, 156-59, 163-68, 282-83, 285-86
Biarritz: 654-55
Bicycle units, German: 102
Biddle, Col. William S.: 93-94, 100
Biéville: 298
Bingham, Maj. Sidney V., Jr.: 164-67, 172
Birks, Col. Hammond D.: 93-94, 100, 469-70
Biscay Bay: 29, 422-23, 598-99
Blavet River: 363
Blois: 566-68
Blumentritt, Gen. Guenther: 323, 519-22
Boatright, Pvt. Bennie F.: 579n
Bohn, Brig. Gen. John J.: 104-18
Boineburg-Lengsfeld, Generalleutnant Wilhelm Freiherr von: 592
Bois de Boulogne: 618-20
Bois de Vincennes: 621-22
Bois du Hommet: 141
Boisjos, Château de: 542
Bond, Lt. Col. Van H.: 468-69, 474
Booby traps, German: 271
Boudinot, Col. Truman E.: 253, 262, 306, 473
Boulogne: 340, 677-78, 686-87, 692, 699
Bourgtheroulde: 580-81
Bradley, General Omar N.: 14-15, 89-90, 102-04, 106, 122-23, 134, 140-41, 143-44, 153, 165-66, 201, 206-07, 217, 250, 261, 339, 343-44. See also Armies, First; Army Groups, 1st; Army Groups, 12th; COBRA.
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 492-502, 505-09, 515, 523-24, 527, 529-30, 564
armor reserve, use of: 78-80, 564
and Avranches: 425-39
biography: 36
and Brittany: 346-56, 357-68, 431-32, 634, 636-40, 644, 656
commands of: 9, 36, 209-10, 288, 343-44
concept of operations: 492-502, 505-13, 515, 523-24, 527, 529-30, 564
directive to, on command structure: 210
Eisenhower’s evaluation of: 36
and Montgomery: 53-55, 57, 188-89
and Mortain: 440-41, 450, 471-72
and operations east of Seine: 658-61, 664, 677, 679-81, 685-88, 691, 701-02
and Paris: 600-606, 613-14, 622, 625-26
and Paris-Orleans gap: 565, 572
and Seine drive: 559, 572-74, 577-78
and Vire River operations: 282-304
Braine: 673-74
Brandenberger, General Erich: 699
Breakout, definition of: 197
Breakthrough, definition of: 197
Brécey: 308-09, 316-17, 330-31, 334-35, 425, 443, 444, 446-48, 460-63, 481
Bite: 372-73
Bréhal: 217-18, 264, 272-73, 275-76, 313, 315-16, 324, 352
Brereton, Lt. Gen. Lewis H.: 8, 198n, 658, 681
Brest: 3-4, 186-87, 340-43, 346-49, 351, 354-55, 359, 361-62, 365-66, 369-88, 405-06, 409-10, 413-15, 439, 631-56
air-naval-ground coordination: 382, 384-85
Bradley and: 634, 636-38, 644, 656
Eisenhower and: 633, 644, 655-56
FFI and: 377-80, 386-88, 634-35
Patton and: 633, 635-36, 639-40, 656
Ramcke and: 387, 638-39, 648-49, 651-52, 655
Simpson and: 637-38
surrender: 281-83, 387, 648-49, 651-52
tactical plans: 10-11, 367-78, 380, 383-86, 562, 632-33, 642-43
weather, effect on operations at: 379, 388, 636-37, 643-44, 650, 653
Breteuil: 579
Bridgeheads. See River crossings; River crossings, German.
Bridges
Brittany: 363, 371, 377, 379, 389, 641, 655
COBRA: 199-203, 215, 243-44, 264, 267, 270-71, 274, 306-09, 311, 313-16
Cotentin: 33, 44, 92-93, 94-101, 105-06, 122, 138, 161
drive to Seine: 432, 433, 434-35, 438-39, 498, 552, 561-62, 565-68, 574-75, 582-83, 584, 586-87, 588-89, 593-94, 608-09
east of Seine: 667-68, 670, 680-82, 689-90, 694-96
Briouze: 520
British Army units
Army Group, 21: 10, 46, 343, 632. See also Caen. Argentan-Falaise pocket: 492-94, 507, 509-10
breakout from Avranches: 430-32
command of: 9
drive to Seine: 440
east of Seine: 658-60, 674, 684
Army, Second
battle for Vire: 454-55
Caen drive: 10, 14-15, 30, 122, 188-96, 207, 209-10
command of: 8-9
drive on Falaise: 480, 495, 508, 510-11
east of the Seine: 600, 674, 678, 686, 699
Corps
1: 686-87
8: 188-90, 192-95, 294-95, 454
Armoured Division, 11th: 294-95, 331, 454
Armoured Regiment, 141st: 649-50
British Broadcasting Company: 355
Brittany: 3-6, 122-23, 197, 288-90, 321-22, 324-25, 331, 334-35, 339-415, 424, 430-33, 440-41, 444, 452-54, 634. See also Brest; Lorient; Nantes; Rennes; St. Malo; St. Nazaire.
“Broad-front” concept: 686-88
Brooke, Field Marshal Sir Alan: 13
Brooks, Maj. Gen. Edward H.: 254-56, 272-73, 276, 278-79, 452, 471, 579, 680
Broons: 374
Brown, Pfc. Buster E.: 163n
Brown, Maj. Gen. Lloyd D.: 396-97
Bruges: 686-87
Brussels: 658-60, 668-69, 679, 681
Buhle, General Walter: 460
Bulgaria: 701
Bulldozers: 124-25, 187, 355, 510, 682. See also Tankdozers.
Butler, Sgt. Hollis: 673-74
Buzzard, Pfc. Clifford W.: 470n
Byrn, Capt. Delmont K.: 488
Byrne, Col. Bernard A.: 159-60, 566
–C–
Cabourg: 580-81
Caen: 4, 10-11, 13-15, 24-27, 28-30, 33, 48-49, 104, 120-23, 127, 149, 169, 181-82, 188-96, 226, 248-49, 288-90, 327, 341, 423, 443, 454-56, 479, 481, 494-95, 509-10, 517-18
COBRA, support of: 197, 288-89, 325-26
Eisenhower and: 14-15, 190, 194-96
Hitler and: 191-92
Kluge and: 248-49, 260-61, 271, 288-90, 327-28, 330-31
Montgomery and: 14-16, 122-24, 127-29
tactical air support for: 120-22, 187, 189-90, 192-93, 288-89
tactical plans, Allied: 120, 122, 188-96, 288-90
tactical plans, German: 191-92, 212-13
Calais: 340, 677-78, 686-87, 692, 699
Caldwell, Pfc. George J.: 541n
Cambry: 274
Camouflage, Allied: 143
Camprond: 257-59
Canadian Army units
Army, First: 343, 421. See also Caen. Argentan-Falaise pocket: 528-29
casualties: 480
east of Seine: 660-61, 674, 686-87
Falaise drive: 288-89, 454-55, 479, 495
Seine drive: 580-81
Corps, 2nd
Argentan-Falaise pocket; 528-29, 533, 540
breakout from Avranches: 454
east of the Seine: 686-87
operations east of the Vire: 288-89, 295-96
Seine drive: 580-81
Divisions
3rd Infantry: 540
4th Armoured: 528-29, 533, 537n, 540-42, 546-47
Cancale: 396, 405-06, 411-12, 414-15, 631
Candé: 561-62
Canham, Brig. Gen. Charles D. W.: 155-57, 164n, 652
Canisy: 217-18, 224, 247-48, 250-51, 255-56, 264-66, 272-75
Cannes: 685-86
Cap Fréhel: 393
Carantilly: 217, 228, 251, 260, 264-66
Carentan Bay: 38-39
Carentan-Périers isthmus: 40, 78-90, 127-34, 180, 214-15, 267, 269, 270-71, 310, 315-16
Carentan plain: 4, 11, 38-40, 46, 60-61, 90, 92, 111, 128-29, 139-40, 149
Carothers, Capt. Thomas F.: 490n
Carroll, Capt. Phillip H.: 67
Carrouges: 485-86, 492-95, 497, 498, 501-02, 504-05, 507, 513-14, 516-17, 520, 562-63, 568
Casablanca Conference: 7-8
Casey, Staff Sgt. Alvin P.: 641
Castle, Master Sgt. Alex: 382-83
Casualties, Allied
Brittany: 350n, 363-64, 367, 372, 388, 392-93, 402, 636-37, 641, 645-46, 651-53
COBRA: 229, 231, 235-37, 241, 249, 256, 269, 277, 279-81, 285, 291-92, 314-17
combat fatigue: 175-76
Cotentin: 41, 61, 63, 64-69, 71-72, 76, 83-84, 86-88, 94-95, 97-99, 101, 113, 115, 124-27, 129-30, 138, 149, 152-53, 155-58, 160-62, 174, 175-76, 700
drive to Seine: 439n, 449, 451-52, 467, 473-74, 487-92, 555
Casualties, German:
COBRA: 238, 240, 247-48, 277-79, 281, 319, 329
Cotentin: 63, 66-67, 135, 138-39, 157, 161, 181-82, 700
drive to Seine: 461-62, 490, 546, 557-58
Caumont: 10, 29-30, 37-38, 49, 122, 123, 133-34, 149, 175, 197, 215-17, 261, 282-85, 289-91, 294-96, 298, 422-23, 440-41, 443, 454, 480
Cavalry units
Groups
6th: 349-50
106th: 267, 270, 428-29, 433-34, 436-38, 497
113th: 93-94, 100, 106, 110-11, 134-35, 141, 197, 299-300, 695
Squadrons
4th Reconnaissance: 467-68
24th Reconnaissance: 141
38th Reconnaissance: 607
86th Reconnaissance: 642n
Cérences: 217-18, 272-74, 276-77, 305, 310-11, 314-16, 324
Cerisy-la-Salle: 260-61, 264-66, 274-75
Cermak, Staff Sgt. James J.: 277n
Cézembre, lie de: 397-400, 402-06, 411-14
Châlons-sur-Marne: 664-67, 674-75
Chambois: 525, 527, 528-34, 537-42, 544-46, 547-50, 553, 554-55, 572-73
Chammes: 436-37
Champosoult: 544-46, 552-53, 555
Channel Islands: 341-42, 393-77
Charleville: 682
Chartres: 357, 359, 365-66, 503, 520-21, 563-65, 568-73, 576, 583-84, 585, 608, 666, 690
Château-en-Thymerais: 608
Château-Gontier: 432-33, 438-39, 560-62
Château-Thierry: 664-65, 667-68, 672
Châteauneuf-d’Ille-et-Vilaine: 390-91, 396
Châteauroux: 654-55
Châtelaudren: 392
Chemical Mortar Battalions:
82nd: 163
Chemical mortars: 65, 68, 70, 82, 95-97, 99-100
Chemical weapons: 41. See also Chemical Mortar Battalions; Chemical mortars; White Phosphorus, tactical use of.
Cherbourg: 3-4, 5-6, 10n, 23-24, 38, 53, 55-56, 57, 58, 78, 208-09, 340, 346-47, 631, 632, 656
Chérencé-le-Roussel: 446-48, 458, 460-63, 467-71, 474-75, 481-82, 487
Chevallerie, General Kurt von der: 570
Chevreuse: 610
Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC) : 13, 13n
China: 6
Choltitz, Generalleutnant Dietrich von: 127-28, 181-82
as commander of LXXXIV Corps: 49, 58-59, 75, 226-27, 247-48, 259-60, 274-77, 295-96, 324, 327-28, 460
in Paris: 591-98, 602-09, 614-21, 628
Churchill, Winston S.: 7-8
Churchill tank: 45
Civil affairs administration: 175n, 588-89, 590-91, 605, 618-20, 625
Civilians. See also French Forces of the Interior. demonstrations by, in Paris: 595-98
evacuation of, from St. Malo: 398, 403-04, 409
German armistice with: 596-97, 602, 606-07
relief measures for, in Paris: 590-91, 605, 626-27, 691
resistance to enemy: 9-10, 16, 662
Clamart: 618-20
Clarke, Col. Bruce C.: 318-20, 363, 366-67, 566, 584n
Clarke, Lt. Col. Christian E., Jr.: 202-03, 428, 436-37, 534n
Clermont-Ferrand: 534-35
Coblenz. See Koblenz.
air-ground coordination: 207-08, 221-22, 228-41, 333
airborne operations: 198n
Bradley and: 197-98, 213-14, 219-20, 231-32, 261-62, 266-67, 282, 286-87
breakthrough achieved: 247-63
breakthrough developed: 264-81
breakthrough exploited: 282-304, 305-09, 329-31, 440-42
Caen drive in support: 197, 288-89, 325-26
Choltitz and: 226-27, 247-48, 259-60, 324, 327-28
Collins and: 213-23, 229-309, 329-32
Hausser and: 239, 247-49, 259-61, 266-67, 275-77, 295-96, 298-99, 317, 328, 330
Kluge and: 225-26, 239-41, 248-49, 260-61, 275-76
objectives: 197-98, 201, 209-10, 215-19, 241-44, 271-73, 290, 440-42
post-COBRA planning: 286-90
preliminary operations: 198-204
smoke, use of: 222, 234-35, 268-69
tactical plans, Allied: 187-223, 262-63, 264-67, 270, 279, 282-86
tactical plans, German: 199, 201, 224-28, 246, 247-49, 266, 275, 325-31
tank-infantry coordination: 243-44
terrain: 214-15, 228, 241-42, 253-56, 257, 263, 265-68, 327
Vire River, diversion east of: 282-304
weather: 210, 223, 228-30, 233-35, 262, 270, 326, 333
Cocteau, M.: 602-03
Coleman, Lt. Col. Wilson D.: 279n
Collier, Col. John H.: 680
Collins, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton: 78-80, 82-87, 132-33, 197-98, 280-81, 606. See also Corps, U.S , VII. and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 506
biography: 80
and COBRA: 213-23, 229-309, 329-32
and Mortain actions: 444-49, 452-53, 466, 470-74, 486
and operations east of Seine: 672, 682, 693-94
and operations west of Vire River: 282-86, 305-09
and Périers drive: 128-29, 134, 138-39, 144
Collonan, Maj. William K. C.: 489n
Column time lengths: 105-06, 241
Combat Commands
CCA, 2nd: 254-57, 272-81, 297-309, 329, 449-52, 491-92, 580, 680
CCA, 3rd: 104-05, 107, 110-11, 134-35, 264-67, 306-09, 444, 466-67, 471, 490
CCA, 4th: 318-22, 357-68, 369, 565, 584, 666-68
CCB, 2nd: 272-81, 330, 449, 451-52, 680
CCB, 3rd: 104-18, 133-40, 142, 218, 253-54, 256-63, 305-09, 446-48, 471, 473-75, 487
CCB, 4th: 311-22, 360-68, 567-68, 584, 666-68
CCB, 5th: 681
CCR, 6th: 369-88
tactical doctrine: 369-70
Combat fatigue: 175-76
Combat teams: 43. See also Task Forces.
Combined Air Transport Operations Room (CATOR) : 691
Combined Chiefs of Staff directives: 590, 603, 657
Combourg: 372-73
Command
control: 85, 88, 125-27, 164, 210, 213, 345, 349-50, 353-54, 620, 622-23, 625, 628
decisions: 506-09
structure: 8-10, 210, 288, 343-44, 684
Command, German
control: 224-25, 275, 325, 327-28, 342-43, 670-71, 700
structure: 17-22, 25, 28, 32-33, 47
Committee of National Liberation: 591
Communications
air-ground: 208, 222, 229, 333-34, 382, 384-85
armor-infantry: 43-44
facilities: 4, 14, 43-44, 213. 241, 352-53, 384-85, 472-73, 565
interception of: 326
problems of: 65, 71, 73, 82, 85, 87-88, 113, 115-16, 137-38, 142, 155-56, 160, 164-65, 236-37, 299, 332, 351-54, 357, 374-78, 381-82, 392, 429, 473-74, 513, 563, 571-72, 636-37, 653, 666, 673, 685
Communications, German
facilities: 397
problems of: 238, 242, 275-76, 323-29, 331-32, 380, 384, 503-05, 516, 518, 521, 537-38, 540, 544-45, 549-51, 556-57, 670-71, 682-83, 689
sea: 343
Communications Zone, ETO: 209, 347, 572, 625-27, 631-32, 635-36, 666, 690-92
Concarneau: 634
Conches: 579
Condé-sur-Noireau: 454, 455, 518
Conley, Sgt. Irvin F.: 163n
Cook, Maj. Gen. Gilbert R.: 565, 567-68. See also Corps, XII.
Corbeil: 588, 610-11, 614-15, 621-22
Cordes, Sgt. Harold B.: 449n
Corlett, Maj. Gen. Charles H.: 90, 100-101, 288. See also Corps, XIX.
and operations east of the Seine: 672-73, 679-82, 695-96
and operations east of the Vire: 296-304
and St. Lô: 102-18, 134, 149, 153-54, 158-59, 161, 165-66, 168, 173-74
and Seine crossing: 579
Cornog, Col. William, Jr.: 487
Corps
II: 36
V: 53, 90-118, 122-23, 133-40, 146-74, 178, 215-17, 282-86, 290-95, 298, 424, 449-56, 471-72, 481-82, 491-92, 510-15, 529, 533-34, 541, 577, 600-601, 606, 608, 610-11, 621-22, 672-73, 681-83, 692, 695-96. See also Gerow, Maj. Gen. Leonard T.
VII: 40, 53, 76-77, 78-90, 122-23, 124, 127, 128-34, 140-41, 143-45, 165-66, 175, 197, 214, 215-46, 249-81, 282-86, 287-88, 305-10, 314, 318, 329-32, 333-35, 347-48, 425, 428, 430, 444-49, 466-75, 486-92, 494-505, 510-15, 524-27, 672, 682, 692-96. See also Collins, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton.
VIII: 37, 40, 53-77, 78-81, 122-28, 143-44, 175, 197-204, 215-46, 261-64, 266-81, 283-84, 287-88, 306-07, 309-22, 330, 345-57, 369-415, 419-39, 440, 484, 495-97, 559-89, 631, 633-56, 666. See also Middleton, Maj. Gen. Troy H.
XII: 345-56, 563-68, 572-73, 583-89, 634, 665-67. See also Cook, Maj. Gen. Gilbert R.; Eddy, Maj. Gen. Manton S.
XV: 345-56, 419-39, 446, 448-49, 484-86, 494-515, 523-27, 559, 563-65, 568-69, 571-81, 665-66, 672-73. See also Haislip, Maj. Gen. Wade H.
XIX: 40, 53, 90-118, 122-23, 133-41, 143, 149-75, 206, 215-17, 282-86, 288-90, 295-304, 305, 330, 430, 446, 449-56, 471, 481-82, 491-92, 494, 510-15, 577-89, 672-73, 678-83, 692, 695-96. See also Corlett, Maj. Gen. Charles H.
XX: 104, 345-56, 432, 471-72, 559-65, 567-80, 583-89, 665-68. See also Walker, Maj. Gen. Walton H.
Provisional, Third Army: 527, 529-30. See also Gaffey, Maj. Gen. Hugh J.
Corps Artillery
VII: 55, 80, 219-20, 250, 274-75
VIII: 202, 268, 315, 406-07, 409, 411-12, 643-44, 647-48
XV: 575
Cossé-le-Vivien: 438
Cota, Maj. Gen. Norman D.: 166, 170-71, 511, 622
Cotentin: 1-184, 259-61, 263, 267, 272-76, 279, 283-84, 307, 326, 328, 330, 347, 440
results of July offensive: 175-82
terrain of: 10-13, 38-40, 53-55, 119, 122-23, 214, 226-27, 288
weather in: 119
Coudehard: 538, 542-43, 545-46, 549, 552-55
Couesnon River: 371-72
Counterbattery fire: 42-43, 67, 143, 161, 164, 202, 242, 250, 268, 298-99, 307, 446, 490, 644
Counterbattery fire, German: 66
Coutances-Caumont drive: 37, 38, 40, 53-61, 78-80, 90, 175-82, 197-223, 226-27, 249-50, 257-58, 261-63, 264, 266, 267-68, 271, 280, 306-07, 314, 325, 328
Crabill, Col. Edwin B.: 82, 408
Craft, Pfc. Roy V.: 684n
Craig, Maj. Gen. Louis A.: 672
Craon: 438
Crerar, Lt. Gen. Sir Henry D. G.: 9, 454-56, 479, 509-10
Criegern, Col. Friedrich von: 275-77
Crocodiles: 649-51
CROSSBOW: 34
Crozon peninsula: 638-39, 641, 647-48, 651-52
Culin, Sgt. Curtis G., Jr.: 206
Curry, Pfc. Clifford L.: 285n
Cuves: 447
–D–
Dager, Brig. Gen. Holmes E.: 311-12, 316-19, 567-68
Danhauser, Generalleutnant Paul: 556
Daoulas promontory: 387, 638-42, 651-52
Deauville: 580-81
Deception: 32, 209, 235-36, 238-39, 329, 345
Deception, German: 318
DeFelice, Capt. Mario T.: 256n
Demolitions: 26-27, 94-97, 402, 404, 408, 641, 643-44, 649-52
Demolitions, German: 5-6, 168, 339-40, 360-61, 366-67, 398-99, 420, 535, 580-81, 598, 608-09, 614, 618, 655, 698
Dempsey, Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C.: 9, 14, 188-96, 289, 294-95, 454-56, 574
Derval: 360-61
Dettling, Generalleutnant Augustus: 552
Devers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L.: 702
DeWitt, Lt. Gen. John L.: 236
Dickson, Col. Benjamin A.: 36n, 46, 211-12
Dietrich, Generaloberst Josef: 29
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 483, 505, 517-19, 521, 532
and operations east of Seine: 663-64, 699
and Seine drive: 576-77, 579-82
Dijon: 535, 566-67, 575, 654-55, 662, 669-70, 685, 702
Dinan: 350, 354-55, 369-79, 384, 386, 389-94, 396, 400
Dinant: 693-94
Dinard: 394-97, 399-403, 406, 410-11
Distinguished Service Cross, awards of: 704-06
Dives River: 518-19, 521-22, 523, 525, 527-29, 530, 532-34, 537-43, 547-55, 580-81
Division Artillery
2nd: 641n
83rd: 242
90th: 553
Divisions, German, organization and strength: 32-33. See also German Army units, Divisions.
Divisions, U.S. See Airborne Divisions; Armored Divisions; Infantry Divisions.
Doan, Lt. Col. Leander L.: 307-09
Doenitz, Grossadmiral Karl: 18, 26, 28, 119
Dol-de-Bretagne: 341, 350, 369-79, 372-73, 389-90, 396
Dollman, Generaloberst Friedrich: 29, 47
Doinfront: 422-23, 430, 443, 444-46, 450, 456, 466-67, 482-83, 492-95, 511, 517-18, 520
Dormans: 667-68
Douai: 686
Douarnenez: 652
Douve River: 38-39
DRAGOON. See Southern France.
Draper, Pvt. William J.: 490n
Dreux: 440, 455-56, 502, 520-21, 523-24, 563-65, 568-73, 577-78, 583, 587-89, 600, 666
Dronne, Captain: 615
Dual-purpose gun, 88-mm., enemy: 107
Dunkerque: 340, 677-78, 686-87, 692, 699
Dunn, Lt. Col. Carroll H.: 94
Durden, Lt. James I.: 379n
Dwyer, Col. Philip R.: 164, 166
–E–
Earnest, Brig. Gen. Herbert L.: 349-51, 374, 389-93, 651-52
Eberbach, Gen. Heinrich: 169, 182
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 481-86, 500-05, 507, 517-19, 521-23, 530-33, 537n, 544-45
and breakout to Avranches: 325-27
and Caen drive: 48, 50, 121-22
and COBRA: 191-94, 225-26, 239
commands Panzer Group West: 47
and counterattack on Avranches: 459-60, 465
Normandy defensive plan: 48, 50
and operations east of Seine: 663-64, 674, 678
Echternach: 693
Eckesparre, Maj. Arthur von: 483
Ecorches: 540-41
Ecouché: 502, 504-05, 518, 520, 524-27, 533-34
Eddy, Maj. Gen. Manton S.: 221n, 243, 249, 448. See also Corps, XII; Infantry Divisions, 9th.
biography: 134-35
and Paris–Orléans gap: 584-85
and Périers drive: 137-38, 141-42, 144
and pursuit to Rhine: 669
Edlin, 1st Lt. Robert: 642
Ednie, Col. Alfred V.: 93, 169-70
Eisenhower, General of the Army Dwight D.: 14-15, 55, 119, 134-35, 204, 287, 334-35, 343-44, 394. See also Allied Expeditionary Force; Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.
and airborne and amphibious operations: 186
appointed Supreme Commander: 13n, 8-9
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 492-94, 506, 508-10
on artillery shortages: 45
and beachhead build-up: 186-87
on breakout into Brittany: 431
and command of ground forces: 8-9, 684-85
command structure, directive on: 197-98
and drive west of Orne: 454
evaluation of Bradley: 36
on exploitation at Avranches: 339
and Montgomery: 119
on nature of Normandy combat: 177
and operations east of Seine: 632, 658-61, 679-81, 684-85, 697-98, 701-02
orders bombing of V-weapons sites: 34
and Paris drive: 591, 599-608, 622-26
on tactical air support: 120, 326
Ekman, Lt. Col. William: 61
Elfeldt, Generalleutnant Otto: 328, 539-40, 550
Elorn River: 640-41
Elster, Generalmajor Botho H.: 654-55
Elwell, Pfc. Joseph A.: 450n
Ernélie: 162-63
Emery, Col. Harold R.: 160-61, 172
Encirclement of enemy: 471-628
Engineer Combat Battalions
15th: 236n
60th: 163
105th: 94
121st: 650
159th: 389
Engineer Group, 1117th: 567-68
Engineer support: 41-42, 44, 65-66, 82, 94-100, 107-08, 124-27, 142, 163, 241, 244, 268-72, 306-07, 310-12, 314-16, 332, 355-56, 382, 385, 391-92, 400, 403-04, 407-08, 434-35, 438, 467-68, 480, 498, 510, 547-75, 583, 586-89, 608, 622n, 641, 642n, 643-44, 649-52, 667-68, 680-81, 688
Engineer support, German: 161, 582-83, 662
Eon, Col. Abert M.: 354-55, 391-93, 634
Erichson, Capt. Reynold C.: 488
Escaut River. See Schelde River.
Essonne River: 586
Eupen: 695
Eure River: 3-4, 440, 530, 564-65, 571-72, 576-81
Evreux: 455-56, 563-64, 576, 580
Evron: 273, 435-37, 497-98, 513-15, 524
–F–
Fahrmbacher, General der Artillerie Wilhelm: 49, 324-25, 342-43, 357-58, 364, 387
Falaise: 11, 122, 188-90, 194-96, 288-90, 327, 330-31, 421, 442, 454-56, 465, 479-86, 492-97, 498-500, 501, 503, 504, 506-11, 515, 517-18, 523-24. See also Argentan-Falaise pocket.
Fales, Col. Clarke K.: 64, 66, 68
Felix, Prince of Luxembourg: 693
Ferenbaugh, Brig. Gen. Claude B.: 82, 131, 402-03
Fickett, Col. Edward M.: 349-50
Field Artillery Battalions
18th: 301-02
26th: 469
44th: 301-02
60th: 236n
65th: 301-02
84th: 236n
113th: 489
174th: 370-71
183rd: 274-75
224th: 642n
230th: 488
310th: 434n
312th: 434n
343rd: 434n
344th: 428n
“Field of ruins” order: 598, 608-09
Fismes: 668
Flame throwers: 121-22, 192, 408, 641, 643-44, 646-47, 649-52
Flares, tactical use of. See Illumination, battlefield.
Flers: 440, 443, 454-55, 480, 484, 492-94, 495-97, 510-13, 515, 517-18, 520, 528, 577
Flint, Col. Harry A.: 141, 231
Flynn, Pfc. Milo J.: 285n
Foch, Marshal Ferdinand: 701-02
Fontainebleau: 566, 583-84, 586-87, 666
Fontenay-Trésigny: 672
Forêt de Argonne: 668
Forêt d’Ecouves: 502-05, 514, 524
Forêt de Feuillet: 540, 550-52, 556
Forêt de Gouffern: 525, 539-40, 548-49, 551-52
Forêt de Perseigne: 500
Fork de Rambouillet: 588
Forêt de St. Sever: 288, 422-23, 448, 452
Forêt l’Evêque: 289-90, 294-95
Fort Benning: 93
Fort Bougen: 647-48
Fort de Dellec: 651
Fort du Portzic: 651
Fort Grand Bey: 404-05
Fort Keranroux: 648-49
Fort la Varde: 397, 399, 402-04
Fort Montbarey: 648-51
Fort National: 404-05
FORTITUDE: 32, 46, 209, 236, 345
Fortuna, 1st Lt. Mario J.: 470n
Foster, Col. Robert T.: 399
Fougères: 37-38, 197, 347, 425, 428-31, 433-35, 438-41, 443, 471-72
Fougerolles-du-Plessis: 444
Frankland, Lt. Col. Robert E.: 474n
Frantz, Staff Sgt. Carl J.: 163n
2nd Armored Division
casualties: 614
in Argentan-Falaise pocket: 497-505, 507,
combat effectiveness: 523
in drive to Seine 559, 564, 599-601, 610, 612-13, 614, 618, 620-24
CC Billotte: 610-17
CC Langlade: 610, 612-13, 615-16
French Forces of the Interior (FFI) : 181
Brittany: 354-55, 363-64, 367, 377-80, 386-89, 391-93, 396, 399-400, 408, 410-11, 634-35
control of: 355
command of: 9-10
drive to Seine: 433-35, 438, 586-87, 594-607, 610, 617-24, 628
east of Seine: 668, 674, 678-79, 682-83, 688
Fresnay-sur-Sarthe: 500
Fresnes: 613
Friendly troops, firing on
by aircraft: 115-16, 142, 208, 220, 228-41, 243, 245, 299, 510
by small arms: 164
Fromental: 510-11
Fuller, Lt. Col. Arthur H.: 101n
Fuller, Tech. Sgt. Joseph P.: 163
Funck, General Hans Freiherr von: 29, 423-24, 459, 462-64, 484, 548, 557
–G–
Gacé: 520-21, 523, 525, 528, 530, 577-78, 581
Gaffey, Maj. Gen. Hugh J.: 345n, 362-63, 527, 529-30, 560-61
Gardner, Pvt. Francis A.: 402
Garman, Pvt. Harold A.: 587n
Gathemo: 446-48, 450, 452-53, 463, 465-66, 468-70, 491-92
Gaulle, General Charles de: 591, 594, 598-601, 603-04, 610, 614, 618-26
Gaullois, Major: 602-03
Gavin, Brig. Gen. James M.: 60
Gavray: 224, 264, 266, 274-76, 278-79, 280, 281, 296, 299, 303, 306-07, 313, 328, 333
Geach, Pfc. James L.: 62n
Geffosses: 248-49, 260, 267-68, 271
Gennevilliers: 621
Gentry, Capt. Harry L.: 126n
Georgeatos, Pfc. Lawrence: 450n
Gerhardt, Maj. Gen. Charles H.: 154-59, 163-74, 303, 451, 648, 652
German Air Force
ground units: 32-33
16th Field Division: 121-22, 442, 561, 577-78
17th Field Division: 575-76, 579
18th Field Division: 575-76, 581-84, 671, 683
German Army
casualties in west, estimate: 516, 661
command structure: 3-9, 605-08,
inter-service friction: 4-6
Kampfgruppe defined: 49
outlook in July 1944: 47-50
tactical concept: 22
units, organization and strength of: 32-33, 514-15, 524-27, 533-34, 541, 558-59
German Army units
OB WEST
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 517, 519, 521, 531, 535, 566-67
COBRA: 323
Cotentin: 19-20, 27-28, 31, 47, 140, 168-69, 182
drive to Seine: 420-21, 458-60, 609
east of the Seine: 662-63, 677-78, 698-700
initial boundaries: 19-20
operational control: 19-20
Rommel’s criticism of: 47
Army Groups
B: 20, 24, 29, 31, 47, 168-69, 225-26, 281, 323, 327, 340-42, 435, 443, 459-60, 483, 486, 505, 516, 518-23, 528, 531, 534-35, 555-57, 582, 591-92, 609, 658, 661-62, 669-71, 678, 697-700
G: 20, 31, 421, 534-35, 592-93, 658, 661-62, 687, 697-98, 700
Armies
First: 20, 390, 532-33, 561, 566-67, 570, 575-76, 582-84, 593-94, 663-65, 669-72, 677-78
Fifth Panzer: 422, 442-43, 459, 461-62, 464-65, 481, 483, 503, 505, 517-20, 522-23, 530, 532-33, 540, 557, 566, 575-76, 579-82, 593-94. See also German Army units, Panzer Group West.
Seventh: 20, 24, 29-31, 47-49, 59, 64, 66-67, 70-72, 89, 102, 122, 135, 152, 168-69, 173-74, 180, 211-12, 224, 226-27, 239-41, 247-49, 260-61, 281, 294-96, 303, 317, 323, 327-28, 331, 421-23, 430, 433, 435-38, 442-43, 457-58, 461, 465, 481-83, 485-86, 498-500, 503, 505, 510-11, 515-18, 520, 522-23, 528-33, 537-38, 544-45, 548, 551, 553-57, 566, 575-77, 582-83, 658-59, 663-64, 670-72, 677-78, 698-99
Fifteenth: 20, 31-32, 46, 193, 226, 261, 295, 345, 442, 482, 577-78, 582, 658, 660-61, 671-72, 677-78, 699
Nineteenth: 19-20, 261, 296, 486, 534-35, 661-62, 680
Corps
I SS Panzer: 29-30, 422-23, 517-19, 528-29, 531-33, 537n, 540, 576-77, 581-82, 694
II Parachute: 29-30, 49, 89, 95, 102, 133, 135-37, 148, 151-52, 155-57, 161, 169, 173-74, 224, 227, 240, 247-48, 250-51, 255-56, 260-61, 273, 287, 290-92, 295-96, 298, 324, 326-27, 331, 422-23, 443, 451, 458, 481-82, 528, 537-40, 542, 547, 549-51, 553-54, 582
II SS Panzer: 25-26, 29-30, 46, 192, 422-23, 454, 458, 464, 481, 517, 522-23, 529-30. 532, 537n, 538-39, 544, 551, 555, 576-77, 580-82, 671, 683-84
XLVII Panzer: 29-30, 192, 295-96, 298-99, 324, 328, 422-24, 443, 457-59, 461-62, 481-86, 502-03, 532, 537-39, 548-49, 557
LVIII Panzer: 295, 422, 465, 482-83, 502, 520, 522, 534, 537n, 576, 637-38, 671-73, 683-84
LXVII: 671
LXXIV: 227, 422-23, 481, 531-32, 537, 539-40, 550-52, 683
LXXXI: 422-23, 433, 435, 457-58, 461, 481-86, 498-503, 520-21, 523, 528, 576-79, 581-82, 671, 673
LXXXIV: 22-23, 29-30, 49, 58-60, 63, 66-67, 71-72, 81, 89, 94-95, 127-28, 143, 146, 182, 224, 226-27, 247-48, 250-51, 255-56, 259-61, 273, 275-77, 281, 287, 295-96, 323-24, 326-28, 330-31, 342, 421-24, 443, 448, 451, 458, 461, 482-83, 518-19, 520, 528, 537, 539-40, 550-51
LXXXVI: 29-30, 528-29, 533, 540, 576, 581-82
LXXXVIII: 20
Divisions
Panzer Lehr: 102, 112-13, 117-18, 122, 127-28, 133-44, 155-57, 161, 169, 173-74, 180-82, 226-28, 238-40, 247-51, 255-56, 260-61, 273-75, 296, 326-27, 422, 442, 444, 461, 482, 498-500, 577-78, 597
Volksgrenadier: 662-63, 669-70
1st SS Panzer: 122, 193, 226n, 423, 443, 460-65, 467, 482-83, 485-86, 490, 503-05, 516, 520, 528, 537, 539, 548-50, 552, 576-79
2nd Panzer: 423, 443-46, 458, 460-64, 467, 481-83, 485-86, 490, 503-05, 516, 520, 528, 532, 539, 548-49, 552, 576-79
2nd Parachute: 341-42, 372, 387, 442-43, 638-39
2nd SS Panzer: 60, 70, 75, 89, 95, 102, 112-13, 128, 133, 135, 180, 226n, 227, 240-41, 248, 253, 259-61, 274-77, 281, 295-301, 324, 326-28, 422-23, 443-46, 458, 461, 464, 467-70, 481-82, 488-90, 494, 525, 529-30, 532, 537, 544-46,552–53,576–79,694
3rd Panzer Grenadier: 662-63
3rd Parachute: 148, 151, 157, 227, 260-61, 324, 342, 422, 442-43, 451, 454, 533, 537-38, 542, 546, 548, 550, 582, 683
5th Parachute: 60, 89, 140, 157, 169, 180-81, 227, 242, 247-48, 250-51, 261, 274-75, 342, 393, 442
6th Parachute: 498-500, 503, 520-21, 575-78, 592-93, 671, 683
9th Panzer: 464, 467, 481-83, 485, 498-505, 516, 664-65
9th SS Panzer: 46, 226n, 239-40, 248-49, 261, 295-96, 421-23, 433, 435, 437, 442, 454, 457, 464, 481-82, 516-18, 520-21, 529, 532, 544-45, 576-78
10th SS Panzer: 46, 226n, 423, 442-43, 454, 464-65, 481-82, 490, 503-04, 516-18, 539, 548, 552, 576-77
12th SS Panzer: 121-22, 181-82, 191-93, 226n, 423, 442-43, 464-65, 479, 481-82, 518, 534, 537, 539-40, 550-51, 576-77, 694
15th Panzer Grenadier: 662-63
17th SS Panzer Grenadier: 81, 87-89, 94-95, 102, 128, 133, 135, 180, 227, 259-61, 266, 274-77, 281, 422, 442, 461, 488-89, 570, 577-78, 664-65, 667, 669-70
21st Panzer: 121-22, 181-82, 193, 324, 423, 442-43, 464, 516-18, 534, 577
48th: 570, 575-76, 583-84, 586-88, 592-93, 667, 669-70
77th: 58-60, 66-67, 70-72, 227, 261, 325, 342, 401-02, 442
84th: 261, 324, 421-24, 443-44, 463, 483, 533, 537-40, 550-52, 582
89th: 324, 421, 462, 479, 533, 582
91st: 58, 60, 71-72, 227, 261, 275-76, 281, 324, 342, 358, 422, 442
116th Panzer: 193, 296, 301, 324, 422-23, 443, 446-47, 458, 460-63, 465, 467, 482-83, 485-86, 501-05, 520, 525, 529-30, 532, 534, 537, 539, 548-49, 552, 576-77, 579-80
158th Reserve: 561
243rd: 58, 60, 72-74, 181-82, 227, 261, 442, 582
265th: 58, 60, 66-67, 71-72, 227, 261, 342, 372, 442-43
266th: 94-95, 148, 161, 342, 372, 384-87, 392, 442-43
275th: 94-95, 140, 169, 173-74, 180-81, 226-27, 238, 240-41, 247-48, 251, 260-61, 273-75, 342, 372, 422-24, 442-44, 459-60, 482
276th: 533, 537, 539, 550-51, 582
277th: 226n, 533, 537, 539-40, 550-51, 582
325th Security: 592-93
326th: 226n, 294-95, 324, 442, 533, 537, 539, 550-52, 582
331st: 261, 421, 461, 465, 481-82, 503, 520-21, 575-79
338th: 570, 575-76, 583-84, 592-93, 667. 669-70
343rd: 342, 372, 386-87, 442-43
344th: 575-79
348th: 583-84, 597-98, 608, 621, 671
352nd: 94-95, 148, 161, 169, 173-74, 181-82, 227, 247-48, 250-51, 255-56, 260-61, 295-96, 298, 327, 422, 442, 448, 498-500, 503, 520-21, 536, 593
353rd: 58-60, 66-67, 71-73, 95, 148, 157, 226-27, 239-41, 247-50, 253, 259-60, 274, 342, 422-23, 442-43, 448, 451, 461-62, 482, 490, 492-94, 501-05, 641
363rd: 226, 296, 421-24, 443, 451, 461-62, 481-82, 533, 537-40, 550-52, 582
708th: 261, 421-23, 433, 435, 437, 457, 598-501, 503, 566, 570, 582-84, 667
716th: 181-82
Brigades
8th Werfer: 534
12th Assault Gun: 148
394th Assault Gun: 448
Regiments
6th Parachute: 81, 128, 227, 250-51, 261, 277, 281, 448
7th Parachute: 651
15th Parachute: 66-67, 70-72, 95, 180, 227, 324
Battalion, 17th SS Engineer: 277, 281
Kampfgruppen
Fick: 577-79
Heinz: 94-95, 99, 102, 107-09, 133-35, 227-28, 240, 247-48
Kentner: 94-95
Mohnke: 577-79
Panzer Group Eberbach: 483, 498-503, 515-23, 528, 530-32, 537
Panzer Group West: 22-24, 28-31, 47-49, 102, 121-22, 133-34, 140, 169, 182, 191-94, 224-26, 239-41, 260-61, 294-96, 324, 327-28, 330-31, 422-23. See also, German Army units, Armies, Fifth Panzer.
German Navy, Group West: 19
Gerow, Maj. Gen. Leonard T.: 291, 303. See also Corps, V.
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 529-30, 533, 541
biography: 607
and Mortain: 449-50
and operations east of Seine: 681-82, 692-93
and operations east of Vire River: 282-86, 288, 290-95
and Paris drive: 600-601, 605-08, 610-26
and St. Lb: 149-74
Gerrie, Capt. Jack S.: 586
Gersdorff, Generalmajor Rudolf-Christoph Freiherr von: 317, 328, 458, 532
Geyr von Schweppenburg, Gen. Leo Freiherr: 22-23, 28, 47
Gibb, Col. Frederick W.: 257
Gibney, Col. Jesse L.: 141, 695n
Giebelstein, Pfc. Walter C.: 541n
Gill, Pvt. Jack: 285n
Giordano, Pvt. Joseph J.: 447n
Giraud, General Henri: 628
Givet: 694
Glider Infantry Regiment, 325th: 61-63
Glider operations: 355
Goering, Reichsmarschall Hermann: 17-18, 26, 28, 32-33, 119, 180-81
Goins, Pfc. Earl G.: 549n
Gorniak, 2nd Lt. Joseph, Jr.: 468n
Gorron: 446
Grandcamp: 4
Granville: 281, 296, 303, 309, 310-21, 323-24, 380, 405, 411-12, 631
Grenade launchers: 42
Grenades: 151-52, 268, 304, 404-05, 641, 649
Grenades, German: 579
Griffith, Col. Welborn B., Jr.: 518n
Grow, Maj. Gen. Robert W.: 310-11, 316-18, 349-51, 369-88, 635, 644
Guderian, Generaloberst Heinz: 210-11
Guerrilla forces. See French Forces of the Interior; Resistance forces.
Guesnay: 259-60
Gugala, Staff Sgt. Konstanty: 291-92
Guided missiles. See V-weapons.
Guillebon, Maj.: 601-02, 605, 611
Guingand, Maj. Gen. Sir Francis de: 354-55, 509n
Guipavas: 380-81, 383, 385, 644
Guns, Allied, 90-mm: 45
Guns, German, 88-mm: 107
Guyancourt: 609-10
–H–
Haislip, Maj. Gen. Wade H. See also Corps, XV.
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 497-505, 524, 564
biography: 424
and breakout from Avranches: 424-39, 456
and drive to Seine: 574, 578-79
Hall, 2nd Lt. Earl O.: 643n
Hallman, Staff Sgt. Sherwood H.: 649
Hamberg, Lt. Col. William A.: 500n
Hambye: 217, 273-74, 275, 277, 306
HANDS UP: 186n
Hansen, 1st Lt. Harry F.: 303
Hanson, Col. Harry R.: 369-72
Harbors. See Port facilities.
Harris, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur: 8
Harrison, Brig. Gen. William K., Jr.: 112, 243n
Hausser, General Paul: 29, 59, 64, 89, 135
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 485, 518-22, 532-39, 542, 545-46, 549-50, 553-54, 557
and COBRA: 266-67, 239, 247-49, 259-61, 275-77, 295-96, 298-99, 317, 328, 330
command of: 47
and drive to Seine: 423-24, 442, 457-58, 460, 462-65, 576
and St. Lô: 152, 157, 168-67, 173-74
Hauts-Vents: 111-12, 114-17, 137-39, 142-43
Hawk, Sgt. John D.: 553
Hébécrevon: 228, 240, 243-44, 246-48, 250
Allied concept of attack: 13, 41-44
armor vulnerability in: 24
battle of the: 53-182
devices for overcoming: 205-07
description: 11-13
effect of, on operations: 11-13, 30, 39-41, 176, 178
tank-infantry coordination in: 41-42
Heinzelman, Staff Sgt. Richard F.: 285n
Hellmich, Generalleutnant Heinz: 58
Hennebont: 363-64
Herkness, Lt. Col. Lindsay C., Jr.: 256n
Hermanspan, 2nd Lt. John F.: 292n
Herve: 695
Heydte, Col. Friedrich A. Freiherr von der: 83-84, 281
Hickey, Brig. Gen. Doyle O.: 111, 265-66, 306-09
Hill 82: 645-46
Hill 91: 111-12, 116-17, 138-39, 142
Hill 92: 644-46
Hill 95: 62-63
Hill 97: 648
Hill 103: 644-45
Hill 105: 644
Hill 122: 68-69, 148-49, 153-73, 576-77, 579-81, 583-86
Hill 137: 533
Hill 154: 640-41
Hill 183: 255-56
Hill 192: 148-54, 172-73, 178, 282-83
Hill 211: 446-47
Hill 216: 307
Hill 219: 451-52
Hill 232: 424
Hill 239: 544
Hill 242: 309
Hill 262 north: 540-41, 543-47, 554-55
Hill 317: 462, 466-67, 469-72, 474-75, 488-90
Hill 330: 651-52
Himmler, Reichsführer Heinrich: 18-19, 210-12
Hinds, Col. Sidney R.: 275-75
Hirschfelder, Col. Chester J.: 151, 291n
Hirson: 682
Hitler, Adolf
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 482-83, 503, 516-23, 531-32, 534-35, 556
armed forces, reorganizes: 211-12, 339, 420
and Avranches: 339-43, 421, 457-60, 464-65, 481-86, 515-16, 536-37
and Caen: 191-92
and Cherbourg: 58
commanders, opinion of: 28
defense, directive on: 182, 421
fortress defense, policy on: 339-43, 397-98, 413, 535, 677-78, 684
France, plan for withdrawal from: 339-43
heads OKH: 17-18
and Mortain: 591-92
and Normandy, directives on defense of: 20-23, 25-28, 30, 182
and operations east of Seine: 661-63, 698-99
and Paris: 591-94, 597-98, 608-09, 620-21
and Paris-Orléans gap: 570, 583-84
plot against: 210-13
policy on Allied logistics: 420
policy on withdrawals: 27
ports, plan for denial of: 339-43
reliance on air and naval effort: 26, 28, 119
and St. Lô: 89
and Vire-Taute bridgehead: 139-40
warns Kluge on Rommel: 47-48
Hobbs, Maj. Gen. Leland S.: 92, 95-96, 99-101, 104-18, 138, 142, 159-60, 243-45, 250-52, 297-99, 303-04, 466-67, 471-73, 486-89
Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H.: 23n, 125, 134, 288, 343-44. See also Armies, First.
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 494, 510-11, 529-30
biography: 420
and Brittany: 343-56
command of: 344
and drive to Seine: 441-42, 446, 450, 452-53, 456, 470, 572-73, 577, 579, 600, 606-07, 612, 614-15, 620
and operations east of Seine: 659-60, 671-72, 679-82, 686-88, 691-93, 697, 701
Holerotte River: 129-30
Hôtel de Ville, Paris: 595, 615
Howie, Maj. Thomas D.: 166, 170, 174
Howitzers, 240-mm.: 55. See also Artillery support.
Hubbard, 1st Lt. Jack G.: 141-42
Huebner, Maj. Gen. Clarence R.: 253-54, 256-63, 307-08, 444, 446
Hughes, T/5 Vincent: 562n
Huy: 694-95
Hyenville: 314
–I–
Ile de la Cité: 613
Illumination, battlefield: 192, 279, 480, 543
Incendiary bombs: 500
Industrial production, German: 119
Infantry Divisions
1st: 149
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 507, 511-15
COBRA: 215, 217-18, 253-54, 256-63, 264, 266, 271-73, 307-09
east of Seine: 672, 682-84, 693-94
Mortain: 444-46, 448-49, 466-67, 471-72
2nd:
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 511-15
Brest: 634-35, 640-48, 651, 653-54
St. Lô: 149-56
4th: 236n, 449, 673, 681, 692-93
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 511-15
Carentan-Périers isthmus: 80, 86-90, 128-33, 135
COBRA: 217-18, 230-31, 243, 246, 249, 251-52, 265, 297-306, 309, 329
drive to Seine: 606-08, 611-15, 621-22
Mortain: 444-48, 466, 470-71, 473-75, 487, 490-92, 615
5th: 424
drive to Seine: 449-50, 559-65, 569-70, 586-87
east of Seine: 667-68
8th: 54-55, 63, 77, 123-26, 176n, 402
Brest: 350-56, 358-68, 381, 384-86, 393, 399, 634-35, 639-40, 642-48, 652-54
Cotentin: 123-28
9th: 80, 87-89, 113, 128-29, 209n, 236n, 449, 694
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 511-15
COBRA: 215, 217, 218, 219, 221n, 229-31, 241-43, 246, 248-49, 251-52, 254, 258-59, 305-06
Cotentin: 128-29, 134-45, 198-99, 242-43, 246, 248-49, 251-52
east of Seine: 672, 682, 693-95
Mortain: 444, 448, 466, 468-69, 471, 472, 490-92
28th: 187, 268, 302, 673, 681, 692-93
Argentan–Falaise pocket: 511-15
COBRA: 296-304
drive to Seine: 577, 579-80, 621-22
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 511-15
COBRA: 296-304
St. Lô: 153-74
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 511-15
COBRA: 215, 218, 229-31, 236-37, 241, 243-44, 246, 250-52, 255-56, 297-304, 305-06
Cotentin: 90-118, 133-41, 142-45, 153, 159-62, 169, 244, 246, 250-52
east of Seine: 672-73, 680, 695
Mortain: 446, 449, 461-75, 486-92
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 494, 497-505, 511-15
drive to Seine: 559, 562-65, 267, 584-85
east of Seine: 666-67
Mortain: 449-50, 471-75, 487-94, 559, 563-64
St. Lô: 153-54, 158-66, 168, 172, 174, 251
79th: 54-55, 60-63, 65, 72, 77
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 428-39, 497-505, 524-27
COBRA: 267-68, 270-71, 310-22, 350-56, 373, 497
drive to Seine: 564, 569, 571-75, 578, 583
east of Seine: 672-73, 680, 695
80th: 208-09
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 497-98, 513-16, 524-27, 533, 541, 549, 564
east of Seine: 665-67
83rd:
Brittany: 373-74, 376, 379, 385, 390, 391, 393-415, 424-39
COBRA: 242, 246-48, 251-52, 267-69, 271
Cotentin: 78-90, 128-33, 141-42, 198-202, 205, 219
Loire flank: 654-55
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 419-39, 446, 497-505, 514-15, 524-27, 529-30, 534, 541, 558
drive to Seine: 564
east of Seine: 665-68
94th: 637-38
Infantry Regiments
8th: 86-88, 129, 231, 236-37, 243, 249, 251, 308, 407
12th: 86-88, 129, 251, 265, 308, 447, 615
22nd: 129-30, 218, 254-55, 297, 300-02, 304, 447
26th: 257-58, 261-64, 266, 305-06, 308
39th: 141-42, 231, 448, 468-71, 474-75, 487, 490
47th: 141-42, 231, 236-37, 468-69
60th: 141-42, 231, 448, 468-69
109th: 301
110th: 301-02
112th: 301
115th: 154-58, 161-64, 166, 168-72, 301-02
116th: 155-58, 163-67, 172, 301-02, 451-52, 642, 649-50
117th: 92-93, 95-97, 99, 106, 109, 250, 470, 473-74, 487
119th: 92-93, 99, 106, 109, 143, 236-37, 244, 250, 303, 473, 487
120th: 92, 99-100, 106, 111, 236-37, 251, 304, 462, 469-71, 473, 488
137th: 159-63, 172, 565-66, 584
175th: 155-58, 163-67, 172, 301-02, 649
313th: 74-75, 434, 437-38, 575
329th: 82-84, 86, 199-200, 269, 396, 399, 403-05, 408-09, 654-55
330th: 82, 84, 87-88, 130-31, 133, 142, 144, 198-200, 242, 246-48, 251-52, 267, 390-91, 394, 396, 399, 401, 403-04, 410-11, 413, 641n
331st: 82-84, 86, 131-32, 199-200, 269, 396, 399, 401
357th: 64, 67-70, 126-27, 269-71, 434n, 436n, 437
358th: 64-65, 67-68, 127, 202, 268-71, 428, 436-37
359th: 64, 66-68, 268-70, 436-37, 541
Intelligence estimates
Brittany: 372, 378, 387-88, 394-96, 638-40
COBRA: 197, 224-26, 269, 278-79
Cotentin: 46, 55-56, 94-95, 135, 151, 287
drive to Seine: 433, 442, 446, 466-67, 470, 473, 491, 494-95, 498, 500, 507-09, 525, 561, 562-63, 565, 573-74, 581-82, 603-04, 610, 614
east of Seine: 661, 664-65, 670, 672, 676-79, 685, 687, 700
and plot on Hitler’s life: 210-12
Intelligence estimates, German
east of Seine: 662, 683, 700-701
Irwin, Maj. Gen. S. LeRoy: 284, 292-94, 449-50, 560-64, 570, 586-87
Isigny: 4, 78n, 92, 139-40, 149, 154-56, 161-66, 171-72, 631
–J–
Jackson, Staff Sgt. George E.: 263n
Jeter, Col. John R.: 399-400
Jodl, Generaloberst Alfred: 19, 25
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 519-23, 531-32
and Brittany: 339
and Coutances-Caumont drive: 182
defensive belt plan: 419-20, 423
and drive to Seine: 593-94, 598
and operations east of Seine: 661-62
in St. Lô battles: 169
Johnson, Lt. Col. Walter M.: 470
Joigny: 585
Joinville: 667
Joseph, Pvt. Frank D., Jr.: 470n
Juin, Gen. Alphonse: 599-600, 603
Jura Mountains: 661-62
Juvigny: 428-29, 443-44, 463, 472-73
–K–
Kaiser, Capt. Arthur W.: 402
Kampfgruppe, defined: 49
Kangaroos: 479
Kean, Maj. Gen. William B.: 36n, 530, 625
Keitel, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm: 17-18, 25, 28
Kelly, Col. Henry E.: 93
Kergonant: 645-46
Kerley, 1st Lt. Ralph A.: 488
Kesselring, Generalfeldmarschall Albert: 519-20
Kibler, Brig. Gen. A. Franklin: 507n, 602-03
Kirsting, 2nd Lt. Richard A.: 138n
Kitzinger, General Karl: 591-92, 661-62
Kitzinger Line: 419, 575-76, 591-92, 661-64, 674-75, 678
Kleve: 676-77
Kluge, Generalfeldmarschall Guenther von
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 481, 503-05, 515, 517-23, 525, 530, 535
and Avranches: 323-29, 457-60, 464-65, 481-82, 484-86, 494-95, 536-37
and Caen: 122, 191-92, 194, 248-49, 260-61, 327-28, 330-31
and COBRA: 225-26, 239-41, 248-49, 260-61, 275-76
and Coutances-Caumont drive: 182, 212
despondency and suicide: 535-37
and drive to Seine: 420-23, 593
reproaches Hitler: 535-37
and Vire River operations: 292, 295-96, 298-99, 303
and Vire-Taute bridgehead: 127-28, 133-34, 140
Kluge, Lt. Col. Guenther: 327-28, 483
Knobelsdorff, General Otto von: 583, 664-65
Koblenz: 660, 671-72, 686-88, 693
Koch, Col. Oscar W.: 345n
Koenig, Col. Eugen: 58-59, 358
Koenig, Gen. Pierre Joseph: 9-10, 354-55, 594-95, 599-601, 603, 618, 621-25
Kolosky, Staff Sgt. William B.: 279n
Koritzke, 2nd Lt. Edward F.: 251n
“Kraut Corner”: 152
Kucharski, T/3 Henry J.: 138n
Kuntzen, General Adolf: 457
–L–
La Chapelle: 586
La Chapelle-en-Juger: 228, 240, 243, 246-50
La Denisière: 300
La Ferté-Macé: 504-05
La Haye-du-Puits: 37, 40, 53-56, 58-64, 70, 72-75, 89, 123-28, 178-81, 310-11
La Hutte: 485-86
La Roche-Bernard: 362
La Roche-Guyon: 575
La Varde: 198-202, 209, 219, 271
Laigle: 455-56, 503-04, 521-22, 524, 530, 532-33, 576, 581
Lalacelle: 485-86
Landivisiau: 379-80, 388, 392-93
Landrum, Maj. Gen. Eugene M.: 63-70, 126-27, 201-04
Langres: 698-99
Lanham, Col. Charles T.: 129, 254
Lannilis: 635
Laval: 322, 430, 432-39, 441, 446, 458, 515, 559
Layng, Col. Grant: 159-60
Lazar, Pfc. Amijan O.: 285n
Le Bény-Bocage: 454
Le Bourg-St.-Léonard: 524, 525, 529-30, 533-34
Le Désert: 110-11, 113, 137-38, 141-42
Le Ferté-Bernard: 568-69
Le Havre: 3-4, 10-11, 340, 430, 577-78, 582, 631, 677-78, 686-87, 692
Le Mans: 29, 323, 358, 430, 432-33, 435-39, 441, 443, 444-46, 450, 456, 458-59, 481-82, 484, 485-86, 494-500, 513-14, 524, 559, 562-65, 568-69, 572, 592-93
Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe: 503-04
Le Mesnil-Adelée: 444, 462-63, 473
Le Mesnil-Herman: 214, 218, 255-56, 288, 297, 299-301
Le Mesnil-Opac: 300
Le Mesnil-Tôve: 462-63, 469-70, 473, 481-82, 487, 490
Le Neubourg: 579
Le Tréport: 686-87
Leclerc, Maj. Gen. Jacques Philippe: 497, 501-02, 599-625
Leigh-Mallory, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford: 8, 221, 223, 228, 232-33
Lemmon, Lt. Col. Kelley B., Jr.: 586
Lengronne: 217, 272-74, 278-80, 306-07, 314-16
L’Epine: 308-09
Les Ponts-de-Cé: 561
Les Sablons: 65-66
Lesneven: 379-80, 383-85, 388, 639-40
Lessay: 55, 123-29, 149, 175, 198-99, 214-15, 224, 227, 248, 263, 266-71, 311, 329-30
Leuze: 681
Lewis, Col. Harry L.: 61-62
Lewis, Brig. Gen. James M.: 490
Lézardrieux: 393
Liaison, air-ground. See Air operations, air-ground coordination.
Liège: 657-58, 660, 671-72, 684, 693-95
Lienhart, Capt. Edward R.: 541n
Lindquist, Col. Roy E.: 61
Lines of communication: 4-5, 78, 179, 214, 282-83, 300-01, 373, 388, 390-91, 467-69, 567-68, 657, 669, 687, 691-92, 698-99
Lines of communication, German. 33, 67-68, 290, 343, 490, 593-94, 641, 658, 663
Lisieux: 191-93, 455-56, 525, 532, 576, 580-81
Livarot: 574-75
Loir River and valley: 562-63, 567-68
Loire River: 3-4, 29, 346-47, 366, 410-11
FFI support: 654-55
security of: 421-23, 432-33, 440, 484, 495-97, 559-89, 631, 634-35, 654-55, 666
Long, Lt. Col. William E.: 84
Longjumeau: 609-10
Loomis, Lt. Col. Frederick H.: 127n
Lorient: 3-4, 10-11, 340, 342-43, 346, 355, 357-68, 381, 385-86, 405-06, 409-10, 413-14, 562, 567-68, 631, 633-35, 637-39, 641, 655-56
Loveless, Lt. Col. Jay B.: 151
Louvigné-du Désert: 428-29
Lozon River: 258-59
Luckett, Col. James C.: 86
LUCKY STRIKE: 186n
Luettwitz, Generalleutnant Freiherr Heinrich von: 548-49, 552
Luftwaffe. See German Air Force.
Luxembourg: 663, 669-72, 688, 693, 696
Lyon: 685-86
–M–
McAleer, Lt. Col. John A.: 437-38
McBride, Maj. Gen. Horace L.: 497-98, 515, 527, 534, 541
McGuire, Pfc. Charles P.: 500n
McLain, Maj. Gen. Raymond S.: 427-28, 434-36, 437, 525, 530
McLendon, Col. Ernest L.: 82
McMahon, Col. Bernard B.: 73-74
McMahon, Maj. Gen. William C.: 125
McNair, Lt. Gen. Lesley J.: 236
McPeters, 1st Lt. Alfred P.: 673n
Macon, Maj. Gen. Robert C.: 81-88, 199-200, 391, 393-415, 654-55
Maczuga, Battle of: 538-55
Maddox, Col. Halley G.: 345n
Magill, 1st Lt. Samuel W.: 654-55
Mahlmann, Generalleutnant Paul: 58-59, 547-48, 549n
Mahlmann Line: 58-59
Maine River: 561
Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Armored Division: 105n Maintenon: 608
Mainz: 687-88
Malesherbes: 586
Malmédy: 695
Maloney, Staff Sgt. Edward V.: 285n
Malony, Maj. Gen. Harry J.: 638
Mantes-Gassicourt: 455-56, 568-69, 573-75, 577-81, 589, 660, 662, 665-66, 671-73, 677-78
Maps
shortages of: 179
Marchésieux: 199, 242, 249-51, 271
Marcks, General Erich: 22-23, 29, 49
Marcoussis: 609-10
Marechal, Capt. Hans H.: 351-53
Mariana Islands: 6
Marigny: 214-15, 217, 218, 222, 228, 230-31, 240-49, 251-54, 256-59, 261-68, 271, 273, 282, 305, 329-30
Marne River: 419, 566, 575-76, 590-92, 661-74, 672, 674-75, 678, 698-99
Marsh, Capt. John W.: 127n
Marshall, General George C.: 45, 334-35, 510, 603, 659-60, 702
Martilly: 451
Martinville ridge: 148-49, 152-59, 161-74
Matthews, Col. Frederick S.: 345n
Maubeuge: 657-58, 660, 672, 682
Mauron: 374-75
Mayenne: 430, 432-36, 444-46, 450, 456, 457, 466-68, 471, 486, 494, 497, 507, 510-14, 559, 562-63
Mayenne River: 432-36, 438-39, 559-62
Meaux: 671-72
Medaris, Col. John B.: 206
Medical supplies: 666
Meindl, General Eugen: 29
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 538-48, 549n, 552-54
and St. Lô: 148, 152, 157, 161, 173-74
Melun: 583-89, 634, 664-67, 670, 671-72
Menny, Generalleutnant Irwin: 552
Mer: 654-55
Merderet River: 38-39
Merli, Pfc. Gino J.: 683-84
Metz: 657-58, 664, 669-70, 693, 696
Meudon: 618-20
Meulan: 568
Meuse River: 419, 663, 664-70, 672, 674-75, 677-79, 682, 692-96, 698-99
Meyer, Lt. Col. Hubert: 549n, 550
Middleton, Maj. Gen. Troy H.: 63, 201, 306-07. See also Corps, VIII.
biography: 53-54
and Avranches: 310-22
and Brittany: 350-70
and Brest battles: 370-88, 634-56
and Carentan-Périers isthmus: 143-44, 175
and COBRA: 215-46, 261-63, 264, 265, 266-81, 283-84, 287-88
and Coutances-Caumont drive: 53-77, 197-204
and St. Malo: 390-415
Military government units, enemy: 670
Military police: 138, 258-59, 332-33, 588-89
Miller, 1st Lt. Arthur J.: 292n
Miller, 1st Lt. Hubert G.: 127n
Miller, Capt. William C.: 450n
Millières: 248-49
Milligan, Capt. John S., Jr.: 143n
Miltonberger, Col. Butler B.: 159
Mines: 57, 61, 68-69, 74-75, 97-98, 124-25, 151, 156, 161, 244, 255, 267-71, 292, 310-15, 367, 379, 388, 392-93, 396, 399-400, 403, 434, 448, 480, 580-81, 589, 610, 612-13, 638, 643-44, 649-50, 662, 668, 672, 674
Miniac: 390
Mitchell, Maj. Ernest W.: 382-83
Mobility, enemy plans to hamper: 26-27, 420-21
Model, Generalfeldmarschall Walter: 519-20
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 532-33, 535
and drive to Seine: 575-76, 579-80, 582
and operations east of Seine: 662-64, 678, 698-99
and Paris: 597-98, 608-09, 620-21
succeeds Kluge: 531
Mohnke, Col. Wilhelm: 577-79
Mons: 653, 671-72, 676-84, 693-94, 697-98
Mont Castre: 53-72, 123-25, 180, 201
Mont Ormel (Battle of Maczuga): 538-55
Mont Pinçon: 289-90, 294-95, 454
Mont St. Michel: 313, 394, 466
Montcuit: 259-60
Montdidier: 679-80
Montgardon ridge: 53-55, 58-60, 63, 72-76, 123-25
Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L.: 120, 122, 187, 330-31, 343-44
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 479, 492-97, 507-09, 511-13, 523-24, 527-29
and Bradley: 188-89
and breakout into Brittany: 430-32
commands of: 9, 343-44, 507, 509, 684
concept of operations: 14-16, 430, 440-41, 454-56, 492-97, 507-09, 511-13, 523-29
directs tactical operations: 9, 14
and Eisenhower: 119
and GOODWOOD: 188-96
offensive progress, insistence on: 456
and operations east of Seine: 632-33, 658-61, 670, 679-81, 684-88, 697, 701
and operations east of Vire River: 284, 288-89, 294-95
and Seine drive: 574, 577-78, 580-81
Monthuchon: 257, 261-63, 310-12
Montlhéry: 609-10
Montmorency: 618-21
Montpellier: 535
Montpinchon: 260, 264-66, 274-76, 305
Montsûrs: 436
Morale, German: 34-35, 181, 212, 380, 409, 412, 442, 542, 557, 652-53, 698
Morgan, Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick E.: 13
Morlaix: 342, 349, 355, 379-80, 384, 386, 388-89, 392-93, 636-37
Mortagne: 503-04, 524, 577, 579, 608
Mortain: 37-38, 317, 319, 441-49, 452-53, 456-75, 479-505, 510-11, 525-27, 615. See also Avranches.
Mortar fire
Brittany: 393, 400, 409, 642n, 644, 650, 652-53
COBRA: 250
Cotentin: 126-27, 129, 151, 156-57, 162-63
drive to Seine: 447, 485-86, 534
Mortar fire, German
Brittany: 358, 372, 400, 406, 408, 641
COBRA: 250-52, 255, 268-69, 284-85, 291, 300, 304, 311-14
Cotentin: 42-43, 70-71, 73-74, 82-83, 85, 97-99, 106, 117, 124-25, 135, 141-42, 156, 158-61, 163, 165-67, 174-75, 177-78, 202-03
drive to Seine: 448, 483, 544-46
Morteaux: 530
Morton, Sgt. John L.: 372
Mortrée: 502
Mosby, 1st Lt. James L.: 673n
Mosel, Col. Hans von der: 387, 638-39, 651
Moselle River: 664, 669-70, 693, 696
Moyon: 296-302
Mueller, Col. Gerhard: 549
Muller, Col. Walter J.: 345n
–N–
Namur: 600, 672, 682, 691-92, 694-95
Nancy: 582, 659, 663-64, 669-70, 696, 698-99
Nantes: 3-4, 342, 346-47, 357-68, 413-15, 422-23, 559-63, 565-67, 578, 631, 633-34, 655-56
Napalm: 222, 234, 409, 412-13, 643, 655
“Narrow front” concept: 686-88
Naval forces, Allied: 8
Neauphe-sur-Dives: 543
Nebelwerfer. See Rocket launchers, German.
Nécy: 518
Netherlands: 580-81, 657-59, 676, 687-88
Newberry, Lt. Col. James W.: 569-70
Night operations: 62, 65-67, 71, 87, 142, 164-65, 199-200, 208, 244-45, 250, 254-55, 318-19, 329, 479-80
Night operations, German: 69-71, 135-38, 261, 516-17, 522-23, 528, 531-33, 539, 546, 663
Nogent-sur-Seine: 666-67
Nonancourt: 579
Nordling, Raoul: 596, 602, 616-17
Nordling, Rolf: 602-03
North Africa campaign: 7-8
North shore, Brittany: 389-94, 396, 413-14
Notre Dame-de-Cenilly: 214, 218, 272-77, 296, 305, 308
–O–
Oberkommando der Luftwaffe: 4
Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine: 4
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht: 28
Brittany: 340
command of: 4
Cotentin: 59-60, 66-67, 71-72, 89, 140, 168-69, 182, 213
drive to Seine: 420-21, 457, 459-60, 483, 521-22, 566-67
east of Seine: 597-98, 609, 661, 669-70
operational control: 6
Oberkommando des Heeres: 4, 210-11, 591-92, 689
Oberster Befehlshaber der Deutschen Wehrmacht. See Hitler, Adolf.
Observation, air. See Air operations, air-ground coordination; Reconnaissance, air.
Obstfelder, General Hans von: 29
Occagnes: 551
Occupation of Axis countries, plans for: 701-02
Oehmichen, Col. Hermann: 592-93
Offensive plans. See Tactical plans; Tactical plans, German.
O’Hare, Col. Joseph J.: 36n
Oliver, Maj. Gen. Lunsford E.: 438-39, 504, 578, 651
OMAHA Beach: 10
Order of battle, Allied: 8-10
Ordway, Col. Godwin, Jr.: 154-56, 168
Organization Todt: 33n, 397, 406, 662
Orléans: 357, 422-23, 430, 439, 534-35, 563-73, 583-85, 610-11, 635, 654-55, 665-67
Orléans, province of: 3-4
Orléans-Paris gap. See Paris-Orléans gap.
Orne River: 10-11, 15, 29-30, 121-22, 188-90, 192-94, 288-89, 431, 454-55, 495, 520-23, 525, 528-32, 534, 540
Orville: 549
Ouville: 261
OVERLORD: 179-80, 185-88, 424, 429-42, 559, 572-73, 583, 590-91, 598-99, 631-33, 642
–P–
Pacy-sur-Eure: 579
Palaiseau: 608-10
Palmer, Brig. Gen. Williston B.: 219-20
Panels, tactical use of: 222, 319-20
Panzerfaust. See Rocket launchers, German.
Parachute Infantry Regiments
505th: 61-62
507th: 61-62
508th: 61-62
Pardee, Pvt. Melvin V.: 684n
Paris: 660-61, 664-66, 671-75, 690
drive on: 16, 25, 28, 30, 37-38, 48, 194, 334-35, 348-49, 357, 430, 432, 439-40, 455-56, 497, 502, 530, 532, 575-78, 582, 589, 622n, 691
liberation of: 590-628
Paris-Orléans gap: 14, 393, 400, 402, 413, 419, 434, 559-75, 579, 583-89, 592-93
Parks, Staff Sgt. J. W.: 299n
Partridge, Col. Richard C.: 64-67
Pas-de-Calais: 31-32, 34, 46, 209, 213, 225-26, 340-41, 345, 421, 658, 660, 671-72, 678, 686-87
Passais: 444
Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr.: 9, 389, 602. See also Armies, Third.
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 494, 497-98, 501, 503, 506, 508-09, 513, 524-25, 527, 529, 564
biography: 344-45
and Brest: 370, 633, 635-36, 639-40, 656
and Brittany: 343-68, 389-91, 424
and Coutances-Caumont drive: 209-10, 213
and drive to Seine: 559-61, 572-73, 578, 600
and drive east of Seine: 658-60, 664-66, 668-69, 679, 682, 685-88, 691-92, 701
influence on subordinates: 350-51, 356
and Mortain: 456
and operations east of Vire River: 288
and Paris-Orléans gap: 559-65, 573, 585
Patton’s Household Cavalry: 349-56, 362-63
Patyniski, Staff Sgt. Edward A.: 684n
Pemsel, Generalmajor Max: 327-28
Penfeld: 645-46
Penfeld River: 638, 642, 647-48, 651, 655
Percy: 275-77, 281, 296, 298-303, 306, 313, 324, 328, 441, 449
Périers: 424-25
drive on: 40, 46, 59, 64, 82-86, 127-33, 149, 175, 180, 198-99, 201, 227, 242, 247-51, 257, 262, 263, 266-71, 310-12, 329-30
and St. Lô highway, drive on: 78-80, 90, 128-29, 134, 140-45, 215, 219-24, 228-31, 233-35, 238, 242, 244-47, 249, 251, 253-55, 265, 270-72, 309, 329
Perriers-en-Beauficel: 448-49, 468-69, 483
Pétain, Marshal Henri Philippe: 591
Peterson, Tech. Sgt. Lloyd N.: 285n
Philippeville: 693-94
Philippine Sea, Battle of: 6
Pickett, 1st Lt. Vernon W.: 163n
Pieri, Capt. William F.: 315n
Pietzonka, Col. Erich: 651
Pirou: 248-49
Plouvien: 384
Plouzané: 644
Pointe de Corsen: 642
Pointe des Espagnols: 652
Pointe du Petit Minou: 651
Poitiers: 654-55
POL (petroleum, oil, lubricants): 179, 332-33, 358, 363, 372, 379, 388, 393, 438-39, 502, 541, 572, 573, 590-91, 626, 659-60, 666-69, 670, 680-82, 686-88, 691-96
POL, German: 33, 224-25, 503-05, 517-22, 531, 538, 556, 666-69, 681, 683
Poland: 6
Polish Armoured Division, 1st: 480, 528-29, 533, 537n, 540-42, 544-48, 553-55
Pond, Maj. Leroy R.: 66n, 530n
Pont-à-Mousson: 696
Pont d’Austerlitz: 615
Pont de l’Arche: 578
Pont de Sèvres: 612-13
Pont-Hébert: 90, 106-07, 111, 114-17, 137, 143, 149, 160-63, 166, 169
Pont-Scorff: 363-65
Pontaubault: 318-21, 323-25, 331, 334-35, 341-42, 344, 347, 350, 355-59, 369-72, 389-90, 471
Pontfarcy: 298
Ponthierry: 588
Pontorson: 341, 350, 367-73, 376, 390, 428-29
Pool, Staff Sgt. Lafayette G.: 672n
Port facilities: 3-4, 5-6, 10-11, 14, 78n, 122-23, 179-80, 185-87, 208-09, 340-43, 346-48, 349, 381, 388, 390-91, 394, 396, 405, 409-10, 414-15, 430, 452-53, 631-33, 655-56, 657, 659-61, 674, 676, 677-78, 692, 697
Portbail: 58
Porte de Gentilly: 615
Porte d’Orléans: 613
Poterie ridge: 53-55, 60-63, 66-67, 76-77, 123-24
Powell, Pfc. Henry N.: 292n
Prairies Marecageuses de Gorges: 38-39, 49, 53, 58, 64, 69, 78-80, 82-83, 87, 129
Prentice, T/5 John G.: 126n
Preslipsky, Pvt. Peter: 474n
Propaganda, German: 146, 224-25
Prosser, Pvt. Barney H.: 66n
Provins: 667-68
Pruem: 693
Prussman, Pfc. Ernest W.: 645-46
Pryor, 1st Lt. William L.: 126n
Psychological warfare: 407, 409
Puntenny, Capt. William H.: 166-67
“Purple Heart Draw”: 152
–Q–
Quebec Conference (OCTAGON): 701-02
Quédilliac: 372-73
Quesada, Maj. Gen. Elwood A.: 8, 208, 221, 231-33
Quiberon: 347-50, 357, 360, 362-63, 367, 425
Quiberon Bay: 186-87, 346-47, 355, 359-60, 362, 631, 633, 655-56
–R–
Radio Calais: 459-60
Radio sets, armor-infantry: 43-44
Raff, Col. Edson D.: 61
Rambouillet: 528, 576, 585, 608, 610-12
Ramcke, Generalleutnant Herman B.: 387, 638-39, 651-52, 655
Ramsay, Adm. Sir Bertram H.: 8, 186-87
Rance River: 373, 394-97, 399-402, 411-12
Randolph, Lt. Col. George B.: 428, 530n
Ranger Battalions
Rauch, Generalmajor Josef: 638-39, 652
Read, Col. George W., Jr.: 316, 372-73
Reaser, 1st Lt. Joseph C.: 488
Reconnaissance Battalions
82nd: 273
83rd: 105n
Reconnaissance Troops
29th: 642n
Recouvrance: 638, 643, 651, 655
Red Ball Express: 690-92
Reed, Col. Ollie W.: 155, 158-59
Reeves, Col. Andrew R.: 55-56
Reffuveille: 444, 461, 470, 473-75
Regimental combat teams. See Infantry Regiments.
Reims: 566, 664-68, 671, 698-99
Reinhard, Col. Walter: 463-64
Rennes: 322, 342, 347-50, 354-55, 357-68, 381, 413-14, 422, 425, 428-31, 442, 497, 634-35, 637-38
Repiton-Préneuf, Maj. Philippe H.: 601
Resistance forces: 9-10, 16. See also Civilians; French Forces of the Interior.
Rhinoceros attachments. See Hedgerows, devices for overcoming.
Rhône River and valley: 535, 566-67, 661-62, 685-86
Ridgway, Maj. Gen. Matthew B.: 60-62
Risle, River: 580-82
River crossings
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 500n, 527, 540
drive to Seine: 432-35, 437-39, 446-47, 451, 454, 561-62, 564-65, 584-89, 607, 612-13, 615, 621-22
east of Seine: 664-70, 672-75, 677, 680, 682, 686, 692-99, 702
Marne: 663-70
Meuse: 664-70, 674-75, 677, 682, 692-95, 698-99
Seine: 455-56, 571-75, 578-81, 583
Taute: 128-33
River crossings, German
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 522-23, 528-34, 537-40, 543, 547-55
drive to Seine: 567-68, 573-76, 578, 580-83
St. Lô: 161
Vire: 296-302
Roadblocks: 243-44, 274, 278, 280, 304, 469-70, 525, 573, 683-84
Roadblocks, German: 106, 128, 151, 228, 244, 253-55, 270, 273, 300-301, 308, 311, 313, 316, 320, 360, 379-80, 383, 396, 399-400, 434-37, 448, 451, 500, 571-72, 583, 589, 592, 594, 609-10, 613, 667-68, 673, 689, 694
Robertson, Maj. Gen. Walter M.: 149-53, 284, 291, 450, 646-47
Robinson, Col. Warren A.: 73
Rocket launchers, 2.36-inch: 45, 65, 87-88, 96, 131, 152, 205, 243-44, 262, 268-69, 303, 642-43, 646-47
Rocket launchers, German: 30, 279, 372, 448, 481-82, 534, 579, 593
Rockets, 5-inch: 642-43
Rocroi: 693-94
Rodwell, Col. James S.: 86
Roffe, Col. A. Worrell: 285, 563
Rogers, Brig. Gen. Pleas B.: 625
Rome: 6
Romilly: 667
Rommel, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin
accepts defensive posture: 24-25
and Avranches: 327
arid Caen: 121-22, 133-35, 191-92
and Cherbourg: 23-24
and Coutances-Caumont drive: 181, 212
incapacitation of: 420
and Normandy defense: 47-48, 50, 212-13
OB WEST, criticism of: 47
suicide: 535
tactical concepts: 20-23
Roncey: 275-79, 281, 305-07, 330
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 7-8
Rose, Maj. Gen. Maurice: 254-56, 298-301, 329, 672, 695n
Rosebaum, Col. Dwight A.: 569-70
Rouen: 10-11, 400, 455-56, 497, 525, 553-54, 578, 580, 582-83, 631, 674, 686-87, 692
Royal Air Force
Second Tactical Air Force: 8, 221, 345-46, 474, 684
Air Defence Command: 8
Bomber Command headed by Harris: 8
and St. Malo: 413
tactical air support, concept of: 120
V-weapons sites, attacks on: 676n
Royal Canadian Air Force: 510
Roysdon, Col. Dorrance S.: 116-18
Ruhr: 31, 657-58, 659-61, 671-72, 676, 678, 686-88
Rundstedt, Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von: 327
at Berchtesgaden conference: 26
and Cherbourg: 23-24
Cotentin defensive plan: 59
heads OB WEST: 20
and Normandy defense: 24-25, 50
and operations east of Seine: 699-700
reinstated by Hitler: 699
tactical concepts: 20-22
–S–
Saar: 657-60, 669-70, 678, 687
Saclay: 609-10
St. André-de-l’Epine: 90
St. Barthélemy: 444, 461, 463, 466-67, 469-70, 473, 487, 490
St. Benoit-des-Ondes: 396
St. Briac-sur-Mer: 402
St. Brieuc: 389-93
St. Calais: 565-67
St. Denis: 621
St. Denis-le-Gast: 217, 274, 276-80
St. Florentin: 585
St. Germain-sur-Sèves: 201-204, 219, 267-71
St. Gilles: 90, 139-40, 214-15, 217, 222, 228, 230-31, 241-46, 248, 250, 252-56, 259, 264-65, 273, 295, 329, 457
St. Hilaire-du-Harcouet: 427-28, 430-34, 439, 457-58, 460-63, 464, 470-73, 483, 487-88
St. Jean-de-Daye: 93-94, 97, 99, 104, 106-07, 110-12, 113-15, 134, 135-37
St. Jean-des-Baisants: 283-86, 290
St. Joseph’s Hill: 397, 399-400
St. Lambert: 533, 538-43, 547-54
St. Lô: 29, 38, 40, 49, 60, 78-80, 86, 90-93, 101-04, 106, 111, 117-18, 133, 135-37, 139-41, 143, 146-74, 214-15, 215n, 224, 226-27, 240-41, 243-44, 248, 249-51, 257, 261-63, 267-68, 271, 282-85, 286, 296-97, 326-27, 329
St. Lunaire: 402
St. Malo: 3-4, 324, 340, 342-43, 346-47, 349-51, 366, 372, 374, 376-77, 379, 381, 384-85, 389-415, 562, 631, 634
St. Malo Citadel: 396-97, 399, 402-03, 631
St. Marc: 638
St. Michel-en-Grève: 392-93, 413-15, 636-37
St. Nazaire: 3-4, 10-11, 340, 342-43, 346-47, 357, 361, 366, 414-15, 561, 631, 633-34, 655-56
St. Pierre Quilbignan: 638, 648
St. Pierre-sur-Dives: 518-19, 528
St. Pois: 308, 330, 334-35, 444-48, 450, 466, 471
St. Quentin: 582, 678-79, 683, 692
St. Samson-de-Bonfossé: 255-56
St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte: 60-62
St. Sauveur-Lendelin: 248-51, 260, 266-68, 270, 271, 311-12
St. Servan-sur-Mer: 396-400, 403, 406-08
St. Sever-Calvados: 287, 448-49, 471
St. Vaast: 4
St. Valery-en-Caux: 686-87
St. Vith: 693
Ste. Suzanne: 436-37
Ste. Suzanne-sur-Vire: 283-84, 290
Saône River: 419, 575-76, 591-92, 661-64, 674-75, 678
Sarthe River: 435, 437-39, 524-25, 561-62, 567
Scanlon, Staff Sgt. George T.: 646n
Schelde (Escaut) River: 660-61, 663, 674-75, 677-79, 686-87, 692, 699
Schimpf, Generalleutnant Richard: 524-43
Schulz, Maj. Robert H.: 530n
Schutzstaffel: 18-19
Schwerin, Generalleutnant Gerhard Graf von: 462-64, 580
Searchlights, tactical use. See Illumination, battlefield.
Sears, Col. Robert: 565-66
Sebree, Brig. Gen. Edmund B.: 163, 565-66
“Secret weapons,” German: 536, 604
Sée River: 287, 308, 313-14, 317-19, 321, 331, 356, 422, 425-27, 429, 443, 444, 446-48, 456-63, 466, 468-71, 473-74, 487, 490
Sées: 492-95, 497, 498, 500-503, 513-14, 519-20, 522, 562-63, 568, 608
Segre: 560-61
Seine River: 3-6, 10-11, 14, 16, 29-30, 33, 38-39, 193-94, 334-35, 340-41, 343, 348-49, 421-22, 430-33, 440, 454-56, 495-97, 507, 523-24, 532-33, 534-35, 553-54, 556, 558-92, 597-98, 607, 609-15, 621-22, 632, 657-66, 670-71, 672, 674, 676-78, 686, 690, 698-99
Seine River, bay of: 191-92, 394
Seitz, Col. John F. R.: 257
Selleck, 2nd Lt. Harold B.: 444n
Selune River: 313-14, 317-21, 331, 343, 369, 425, 427, 430, 444, 446, 454, 456, 466-67, 470-71
Senlis: 576
Sèves River: 59, 124, 127, 129-30, 178, 201-02, 267-70
Shea, Brig. Gen. George: 95
Shortages
ammunition: 15, 37, 68-69, 87-88, 99-100, 179, 358, 372, 546-47, 635-37, 642-46
artillery: 45
grenade launchers: 42
manpower: 179
maps: 179
medical supplies: 666
POL: 358, 363, 372, 438-39, 541, 666-69, 680-82, 686, 692-96
rations: 68-69, 87-88, 358, 691-92
white phosphorus: 42
Shortages, German
ammunition: 33, 181, 224-25, 503, 517-18, 521, 551, 556-57, 683
mines: 57
POL: 33, 224, 503-05, 517-22, 531, 538-39, 556, 683
rations: 33
transport: 326-27
weapons: 33
wire: 57
Sicily Campaign: 7-8
Siegfried Line: 27, 419-21, 676-78, 677n, 692-702
Sienne River: 218, 260-61, 264, 272-74, 276-78, 296, 306-07, 314-17
Silvester, Maj. Gen. Lindsay McD.: 568-70, 588, 667-68
Simard, Capt. Naubert O., Jr.: 280n
Simonds, Lt. Gen. Sir G. G.: 479
Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H.: 637-38
Slidex: 114n
Smith, Col. George, Jr.: 253
Smoke, tactical use of: 70, 97-98, 199-200, 222, 234-35, 268-69, 301-02, 339, 500, 510, 643-44, 649-51
Smythe, Col. George W.: 141
Snyder, Tech. Sgt. Harold D.: 163n
Soissons conference: 24
Somme River: 419, 422-23, 575-76, 582-83, 591-92, 661-64, 670-71, 674-75, 678, 680, 686-87
Soulle River: 260-61, 273, 275
Souloeuvre River: 290, 292, 294-95, 449-50
Souppes-sur-Loing: 584
Sourdeval: 423, 443-44, 446-47, 452-54, 466-67, 481-82, 486, 490-92, 494, 511
Southern France Campaign: 6, 486, 517, 521-22, 534-35, 566-68, 654-55, 661-62, 669-70, 685-86, 697-99, 702
Spaatz, Lt. Gen. Carl: 8
Spang, Generalleutnant Karl: 384
Speer, Albert: 122
Speidel, Generalleutnant Hans: 212, 521-22, 535n, 608-09, 620-21
Squire, 1st Lt. William F.: 138n
Stallings, Capt. George T.: 117n
Steelman, Tech. Sgt. Fred D.: 299n
Sterling, Tech. Sgt. Harold V.: 470
Storck, Col. Louis J.: 315n
Strategic plans, Allied: 6
Strategic plans, German: 20-28
Strategic plans, U.S.: 220-23, 228-41
Straube, General Erich: 551-52, 683
Strickland, Lt. Col. Erasmus H.: 447
Stroh, Maj. Gen. Donald A.: 125-26, 361-62, 647-48, 652
Student, Generaloberst Kurt: 699
Supply by artillery fire: 489
Supply deficiencies, German: 608-09
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). See also Allied Expeditionary Force; Eisenhower, General Dwight D.
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 500
decisions on ports: 655-56
displacement to France: 343-46, 684
and drive to Seine: 599, 605-06, 623-25
estimate of Brest garrison: 388
and operations east of Seine: 657, 684-88, 700
recognition of FFI: 594-95
supply capabilities: 491
tactical plans, initial: 185-96
Sutherland, Col. Edwin M.: 473
Switzerland: 535, 661, 676-77, 697
SWORDHILT: 186n
Sylvan, Maj. William C.: 24n
–T–
Tactical plans
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 479-80, 482-83, 492-502, 506-09, 513-14, 523-30
Tactical plans-Continued
Brittany: 10-11, 339-51, 354-55, 359-60, 362, 369-80, 381, 383-86, 389, 562, 632-33, 642-43
Caen: 120, 122, 188-96, 288-90
COBRA: 185-96, 197-223, 262-68, 270, 279, 282-92, 296-98, 305-08, 309-11, 313-14
Cotentin: 10, 13-16, 36-47, 53-58, 80-82, 90, 93-96, 102-07, 123, 128-29, 140-42, 151, 153-59, 161-64, 166, 168-70, 185-96, 197
drive to Seine: 424-56, 465-67, 471-72, 559-69, 572-74, 577-79, 590-91, 599, 606-08, 610-11, 614-15
east of Seine: 573, 590-91, 632-33, 657-61, 664-66, 669, 671-72, 674, 676-80, 684-88
Eisenhower role in: 119
SHAEF: 185-96
Tactical plans, German
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 481-86, 498-501, 503-05, 515-23, 528-40, 542, 545, 548-52
Brittany: 339-43, 357-58, 361, 381-82, 386-87, 396, 632, 639
COBRA: 199, 201, 224-28, 246-49, 266, 275, 283-84, 290-92, 295-96, 298-99, 313, 323-32, 339-43
concept of commanders: 20-23
Cotentin: 20-27, 47-50, 58-59, 75, 94-95, 102, 148, 157, 159, 168-69, 177-78, 212-13, 224-28, 287, 296, 304, 322, 327, 330
defensive concept: 24-26, 28, 30
defensive measures: 47-50
drive to Seine: 419-39, 442-43, 457-62, 474-75, 481-86, 566, 570, 575-76, 579-80, 582, 591-94, 609
east of Seine: 661-65, 669-71, 677-78, 698-700
to hamper Allied mobility: 26-27
and Hitler’s decisions: 20-23, 25-28, 30
Tank Battalions: 43
68th: 641n
70th: 86
737th: 163
746th: 82
749th: 420n
Tank Destroyer Battalions
654th: 163
703rd: 105n
705th: 641n
801st: 86
802nd: 82
Tank Destroyer Brigade, 1st: 349n, 389, 641n
Tank Destroyer Group, 6th: 349n, 389, 641n
Tank-infantry coordination
Cotentin: 41-44. 74-76, 85, 95-96, 106, 109-10, 116, 207
drive to Seine: 585
weaknesses in: 43-44, 106, 109-10, 116
Tank-infantry coordination, German: 141-42
Tank-infantry-engineer coordination: 149-50, 154
Tankdozers: 96, 107-08, 151-52, 154, 205-06, 311-12. See also Bulldozers.
Tanks
armament: 45
as cargo carriers: 68-69
comparison with German: 204-05
Sherman: 45
telephones in: 43-44
vulnerability: 24
Tanks, German
armament: 44-45
capabilities: 44-46
Mark III: 204-05
Mark IV: 44-46, 204-05, 253-55
Mark V (Panther): 30, 44-46, 63, 244, 260, 262, 274-75
Mark VI (King or Royal Tiger): 30, 44-46, 204-05
Task Forces
A, VIII Corps: 349-56, 374-78, 381, 384-85, 389-94, 396, 413-14, 634-35, 640-41, 651-54
Barth: 436-37
Clarke: 428
Randolph: 428
S, 29th Division: 642
Tauchert, Staff Sgt. Walter R.: 302n
Taute River: 38-39, 78, 80-81, 86-102, 106-07, 110-11, 128-33, 141-42, 198-200, 219, 227-28, 242, 247, 250-51, 267-71
Taute-Vire Canal. See Vire et Taute Canal. Taylor, Brig. Gen. James: 311, 374, 384
Taylor, Maj. Gen. Maxwell D.; 81
Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W.: 8, 190, 221
Terrain
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 479, 500, 502, 525, 534, 540-42
bocage: 38
Brittany: 346-47, 371, 379, 382, 387-88, 396-97, 399, 406, 633, 638, 644
COBRA: 214-15, 257, 265-68, 283, 290, 313-14, 318
Cotentin: 4, 10-13, 38-39, 60-61, 64, 68-69, 72-75, 92-93, 111, 129, 143, 148-49, 162, 199, 201-02, 288
drive to Seine: 419, 448, 450-51, 563-64, 587-88
effect of, on operations
on armor actions: 30
COBRA: 241-42, 253-56, 265-68, 284-86, 290, 292, 294-95, 298-99, 306, 313, 327
Cotentin: 30, 53-55, 81-83, 85, 88-89, 107-11, 119, 122-23, 128, 129-30, 143-44, 176-78, 187-88, 198-202, 214, 226
hedgerows. See Hedgerows.
marsh: 38-39, 53, 55, 58-59, 92, 128, 178, 199-200, 268
water barriers: 39-40, 87, 92-93, 290, 294-95, 313-14, 419, 663-65, 672, 674-75, 677, 699. See also River crossings; River crossings, German.
Terrette River: 143-44
Tessy-sur-Vire: 217-18, 256, 290, 292, 294, 296-304, 306, 313, 328, 330, 430, 441, 446-47, 449, 451, 452-53, 472
Thompson, Brig. Gen. John B.: 569-70
Thorson, Brig. Gen. Truman C.: 36n, 679
Thurston, Pfc. William: 73
Time bombs: 506
Tinchebray: 443, 450, 454, 461-62, 481, 490, 492-94, 510-11, 529-30, 577, 634
Topography. See Terrain.
Torigni-sur-Vire: 291-92, 294-95, 298
TOTALIZE’ 479n
Toulon: 552
Touques River: 532-33, 575-76, 580-81
Tournai: 660-61, 679-83, 686, 695
Tournai-sur-Dives: 547
Toussus-le-Noble: 612-13
Traffic control: 4, 94, 97-98, 106, 241, 446
Traffic control, German: 522, 531-32, 534, 546, 671
Trappes: 609-10
Tribehou island and causeway: 131-32, 135, 141-42, 198-99
Trier: 693
Trouville: 442
Troyes: 584, 589, 662, 666-67, 698-99
Trun: 527-34, 537-42, 544, 549, 551, 558
–U–
Unconditional surrender: 7-8
Unger, Staff Sgt. Frederick W.: 299n
UTAH Beach: 10
–V–
V-weapons
launching sites, attacks on: 31, 34, 657-62, 676, 686-87
Vaiges: 436
Van Fleet, Brig. Gen. James A.: 640-41
Vandenberg, Maj. Gen. Hoyt S.: 644
Vannes: 3-4, 346-47, 355, 357, 362-65, 385-86
Vaucouleurs: 667
Vaux de Vire River: 450-51
Vendôme: 567-68
Vernon: 568, 576, 578, 581, 671, 674
Verviers: 695
Vervins: 682
Vesle River: 664
Vidouville: 290
Viebig, Colonel Wilhelm: 551
Vieman, Lt. Col. Lewis D.: 489
Viette River: 529
Vilaine River: 362
Villacoublay: 610
Villebaudon: 217-18, 256, 297-302, 448
Villedieu-lès-Bailleul: 551-52
Villedieu-les-Poëles: 287, 303, 306-09, 313, 317-19, 323-24, 330-31, 341, 441, 444, 446-48, 466, 471, 560
Villeneuve-le-Roi: 609-10, 614-15
Villers-Bocage: 454
Villers-Charlemagne: 438
Villiers-Fossard: 153-54, 159, 162
Vimoutiers: 522-23, 529-32, 537n, 538, 540-42, 544-46, 554-55
Vincennes: 618-20
Vincenterie peninsula: 141-42
Vire: 37-38, 287-290, 292, 294-95, 297-98, 301-03, 322, 324, 327, 334-35, 422-23, 430, 441, 443-44, 446, 449-54, 455, 458, 471-72, 480-82, 491-92, 494, 495-97
Vire et Taute Canal:90-101, 106, 109-10, 134-35, 140-41
Vire River: 10n, 11, 25, 38-40, 49, 102-07, 109, 111, 117-18, 143, 148-49, 153-57, 159-63, 165-66, 169, 171-75, 214-19, 226-28, 239-41, 243-44, 247-48, 250-52, 255, 260-61, 272, 275-76, 288-99, 327, 422, 449-50
Vitry-le-François: 664-67, 669-70
Vosges Mountains: 419
–W–
Wagner, Pfc. Theodore G.: 127n
Walker, Brig. Gen. Nelson M.: 125
Walker, Maj. Gen: Walton H. See also Corps, XX. biography: 559
and drive to Seine: 559-63, 568-71, 585, 588-89
and operations east of Seine: 667-68
Wanielista, Pfc. Walter S.: 126n
Warlimont, General Walter: 192, 296, 323, 325, 421
Warren, 2nd Lt. Glenn H.: 490n
Waterloo: 695
Watson, Maj. Gen. Leroy H.: 103-04, 106-12, 116-17, 264-66, 513n, 642
Weather, effect of, on operations
Argentan–Falaise pocket: 503, 544-45, 548-49, 551, 553
Brittany: 355, 379, 388, 636-37, 643-44, 650, 653
COBRA: 210, 223, 228-30, 233-35, 262, 270, 304, 326, 333
Cotentin: 5-6, 37, 44, 57-59, 64, 67-71, 73, 76, 81-82, 87-88, 96-97, 99-100, 112-13, 119, 128, 129, 141-42, 151, 158, 160-61, 166, 178-79, 202
drive to Seine: 461-62, 474-75, 480, 483-84, 575, 578-79, 599, 612-13
east of Seine: 667, 674, 681, 697
Weaver, Brig. Gen. William G.: 434-37, 530n
Wehrrnachtfuhrungsstab: 6
Weiss, Sgt. Harry: 126n
Weiss, 2nd Lt. Robert L.: 488
Wesson, Lt. Col. H. K.: 643-44
West, Maj. Arthur L., Jr.: 584n
West Wall. See Siegfried Line.
Weyland, Brig. Gen. Otto P.: 345-46, 567
Wharton, Brig. Gen. James E.: 511
White, Staff Sgt. Clarence E.: 571n
White, Brig. Gen. Isaac D.: 272-74, 276, 278
White phosphorus, tactical use of: 41, 42, 65, 96, 131, 222, 319, 393, 409, 534, 655
Whitson, Pvt. William H.: 319
Whittington, Sgt. Hulon B.: 280
Wiesbaden: 658-59
Willingham, Tech. Sgt. Dupe A.: 586
Wilson, Tech. Sgt. Milford W.: 402
Wilson, Col. Robert W.: 36n
Winslow, Col. William R.: 311, 649-50
Wire obstacles, use of: 57, 75, 124-25, 151, 299, 638, 641
Wissous: 609-10
Wood, Maj. Gen. John S.: 310, 312n, 314, 316-18, 351, 353-54, 357-68, 567-68, 584, 600
Wood, Col. Sterling A.: 74, 434
Woody, 1st Lt. Ronal E., Jr.: 488
Wyche, Maj. Gen. Ira T.: 73-76, 123-24, 126, 434, 437-38, 574-75
–Y–
Yonne River: 534-35, 584, 587, 597-98, 607
York, Col. Robert H.: 132, 200-201
Yuill, Col. Charles W.: 561-62
–Z–
Zeitzler, Generaloberst Kurt: 210-11
Zingale, Pfc. Leo T.: 126n
Zwicker, Col. Ralph W.: 151