Index
–A–
Aachen: 8, 18, 28-31, 34, 36, 66, 68, 86, 129, 135n, 200, 205, 227, 231, 240-41, 251, 283n, 341, 377, 392, 402, 496, 518, 547, 619-20
civilian evacuation: 71, 81-82, 307
costly delay to U.S. troops: 317
decision to bypass: 71-72
encirclement of: 67, 77, 80-81, 90, 95-96, 112, 253, 257, 274, 277-78, 280, 281-83, 283n, 284-306, 307, 313, 319n, 498
final assault: 304, 307-20, 340, 378, 519
German defense of sector: 69-71, 75, 77, 81, 103, 106, 127, 201, 257-59, 279, 295, 394, 396-97, 410-11, 616
Hitler’s orders to defend: 281, 307, 314, 315
Rundstedt’s view of danger: 18, 299n
symbol of Nazi ideology: 281, 285
ultimatum and surrender: 289, 304, 307, 309, 316-17
Aachen Gap: 7, 9, 29, 34, 38, 66, 69, 119, 251, 620
Aachen Municipal Forest: 67, 75, 81
Aachen–Cologne autobahn: 482, 503, 580, 584
Aachen–Cologne railroad: 309
Aachen–Düren railroad: 291, 479
Aachen–Geilenkirchen–München-Gladbach railroad: 545-46, 566
Aachen–Jülich highway: 294-95
Aachen–Jülich railroad: 485
Aachen–Laurensberg highway: 315
Aachen–Wuerselen–Linnich highway: 278, 305, 306, 313, 524
Adams, Pfc. John W.: 418n
Adams, Capt. Jonathan E. Jr.: 164
Aerial photographs: 26-27, 327, 345, 520, 596
Air bases: 13, 137, 198, 381, 412, 454
Air Defense of Great Britain: 137-38
Air forces: 5
Air landing brigades: 170-72
Air operations: 24, 64, 169n, 219, 228, 245, 381, 572, 572n. See also Air-ground cooperation; Aircraft; Eighth Air Force; Glider operations; Ninth Air Force; QUEEN; Tactical Air Commands; Troop carrier operations.
Aachen attacks: 290-92, 296, 299, 309, 309n, 310
air superiority: 17, 26-27, 94, 169n, 219, 318, 577
attacks on railroads: 11, 281, 284
battlefield isolation: 345-46, 357
“blind bombing”: 382
bomb line marking: 405-06
bombing and strafing errors: 254, 260, 348, 382, 404, 405, 412-13, 424, 428
carpet bombing: 254-55, 404, 498, 521, 525
German: 129, 138, 153, 172, 203, 276, 382, 454. See also Luftwaffe.
Hürtgen Forest: 332, 343, 348, 360-61, 446, 449-50, 465, 490, 592
low-level precision bombing: 597-98
MARKET-GARDEN: 129-30, 137-39, 150, 169, 179, 196. See also Troop carrier operations.
psychological effects: 309n, 413-14
Roer plain: 509, 536, 538n, 576
target bombing: 498, 517, 520-21, 525
West Wall attack: 114, 253-55, 259-60, 260n, 261, 278-79
Air reconnaissance: 24, 26, 31, 135, 381, 596
Air Squadron, 492nd: 292
Air supply: 13, 120, 129, 132, 134, 167, 172, 176, 383, 386, 563
Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion, 81st: 190
Airborne Division, 17th: 128
Airborne Division, 82nd
casualties: 159, 166-68, 176, 178, 182, 199, 199n, 206, 206n
command and organization: 152n, 155n
fight for the Nijmegen bridge: 174, 179-84, 247
MARKET-GARDEN operation: 122, 128, 131-33, 138-39, 142, 154-70, 174-76, 176n, 177-78, 185, 193, 195, 199-200
post MARKET-GARDEN fighting: 203-06
Airborne Division, 101st
casualties: 145, 199, 199n, 206, 206n
command and organization: 143n, 152n
fight for Hell’s Highway: 142-54, 186-95
Operation MARKET-GARDEN: 128, 131-32, 132n, 133, 138-39, 156, 159-60, 167-68, 176n, 196, 199-200
post MARKET-GARDEN fighting: 203-05, 573
Airborne operations: 101, 119-20, 132, 132n, 133, 136, 218, 218n, 620. See also MARKET.
expected by Germans: 18, 120, 134-36, 240, 258
German reaction to MARKET: 140-43
Aircraft. See also Air operations.
B-17s: 137
B-24s: 167
bombers, heavy: 25n, 254, 403-04, 404-05, 412-13, 498, 520
bombers, light: 404n
bombers, medium: 24-25, 254, 260, 381, 403-04, 404n, 412-13, 442, 498, 500, 520, 525
fighter-bombers: 24, 106, 133, 240, 254-55, 260, 278, 290, 299, 302-03, 310, 332-33, 343, 381-82, 403-04, 405n, 412-13, 422, 426, 428, 433, 449, 498, 500, 508, 525, 539-40, 548, 563, 568, 572, 576
P-38s: 24, 137, 254, 309, 412, 449, 525, 586
P-47s: 24, 64, 137, 150, 196, 254, 292, 309, 332-33, 381, 418, 436, 453-54, 525, 597
Tempests: 137
Aircraft, German: 137-38, 154, 412, 454, 611. See also Air operations.
Air-ground cooperation: 24-25, 106, 130, 227-28, 240, 287, 381-82, 403-05, 449-50, 453, 457, 459. See also Air operations; Aircraft.
Air/Sea Rescue Service: 138, 154
Albert Canal: 96, 98-103, 106-09, 115, 123-25, 134, 208-29, 219, 258, 521
Aldenhoven: 404, 498, 518, 520, 524-25, 538-39, 561
Allen, Lt. Col. Ray C.: 190
Allen, Maj. Gen. Terry de la Mesa: 222-25, 424-26, 428, 504-08, 511
Allgood, Lt. Col. James D.: 480-81
Allied Expeditionary Air Force: 218n
Alsdorf: 274, 279, 283-85, 294-97, 299, 302, 305, 499
Alzen. See Hoefen-Alzen ridge.
Ammunition: 13, 37, 57, 68, 86, 261, 272, 275, 357, 380, 383, 545, 608. See also Shortages.
Ammunition, German: 396, 427. See also Shortages.
Amphibious operations: 221, 228-29
Amsterdam: 29
Anderson, Col. Glen N.: 58-61, 63, 445-46, 450, 459-60
Anderson, Maj. Gen. Samuel E.: 24
Antiaircraft, American: 27, 406, 454
Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 461st: 64n
Antiaircraft defense, German: 129-30, 132, 137-38, 145, 147n, 159-60, 170, 200, 253-54, 260, 412
Antiaircraft defense, of Antwerp: 230, 230n
Antiaircraft (ground role): 27, 63-64, 165-67, 180-81, 298, 315, 396
Antitank defenses. See Obstacles.
Antitank operations, German: 59, 67, 73, 175, 238, 242, 274-75, 295, 422-24, 426, 445-46, 450, 526-27, 530n, 533, 536, 542, 603-04
Antitank weapons: 25, 27, 45, 122, 153-54, 190, 301, 351, 514, 620-21. See also Bazooka.
Antitank weapons, German: 15, 25, 31, 45, 175, 331, 519-20, 620-21. See also Antitank operations; Artillery support; Panzerfaust.
Antwerp: 4, 6-8, 10, 19, 29, 99, 123-25, 218-20, 616, 619
opening of the port: 121, 200, 204-05, 207-15, 222, 228-29, 241-42, 377, 383, 390-91
V-bomb attacks: 229-30
Antwerp-Breda highway: 222-23
Antwerp-Turnhout Canal: 209, 220, 222
“Antwerp X”: 230n
Apweiler: 526-27, 531-32, 540-41, 543-44, 551, 553
Ardennes: 7, 9, 28-30, 40, 379, 441n, 600, 620
Ardennes counteroffensive: 55n, 136n, 244, 346, 374, 378n, 474, 593-95, 611-12, 614-15, 620, 622
German buildup: 393-95, 397, 410-11, 427, 431, 460, 487, 505, 539, 547, 559, 567, 583, 592, 601-02, 610, 616
Ardennes-Eifel: 29, 65, 251, 612-14, 620
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 23, 142
Armed Forces Command Netherlands: 125-27, 135, 140, 142, 171, 193, 395
Armed Forces Operations Staff: 135
Armor. See also Tanks.
Allied superiority: 5, 16, 18, 94, 308
“armor attracts armor”: 518, 530-33, 539-41
assist in Roer plain push: 482-85, 523-25, 529
commitment in a confined bridgehead: 269-70
defensive role: 460
dependence on roads and bridges: 107-08, 148, 185, 238, 244, 445
limited-objective attack: 543-44
organization of U.S. division: 72n
superior enemy observation: 421-24
use in Siegfried Line campaign: 620
use in West Wall attacks: 39-40, 46, 52, 62, 71-72, 258, 278, 285
use in woods fighting: 333-34, 349-52, 355, 359-60, 431, 620
West Wall campaign armored duel: 318
Armor, German: 5, 16-17, 20, 122, 143n, 156-57, 162, 168-69, 200, 394-95, 620. See also Tanks.
Armored Divisions. See also Combat Commands.
casualties: 272, 276, 279, 279n, 530, 533, 544
command and organization: 72n, 107n
Roer offensive: 400, 516-18, 521-27, 529-36, 540, 540n, 541-44, 547, 549, 551, 553, 558, 560-61, 563-65, 572
West Wall attack: 96, 99, 101, 107-12, 114, 233, 236, 252-53, 257, 269-80, 285, 294, 296, 302-03
Armored Division, 3rd: 20, 23, 36, 339
command and organization: 72, 72n
drive to the Roer: 580-82, 584-86
November offensive: 409, 415, 417, 422-26, 464, 475, 480, 483-85, 492
West Wall reconnaissance: 66-68, 72-80, 82-83, 86, 86n, 88-90, 286, 292, 314
Armored Division, 5th: 3, 24, 36, 383
casualties: 65, 446, 450, 450n, 463, 493, 590-91, 593n
Hürtgen Forest attacks: 408, 429, 438, 440- 42, 448-55, 457-63, 471, 492-93, 600
Monschau Corridor attack: 341-42, 370
West Wall attack and Wallendorf bridgehead: 39-41, 44, 46, 52-53, 56-65, 291n, 620
Armored Division, 7th: 213, 232, 238n, 252, 400-403, 517, 547, 566, 568, 572n, 573
Peel Marshes fight: 233-48, 267, 384, 392
Armored Division, 9th: 379, 600, 607, 611, 613-15
Armored Engineer Battalions
17th: 533
22nd: 453
Armored Field Artillery Battalions
56th: 462
92nd: 540
95th: 61
400th: 63n
Armored Infantry Battalions
15th: 592
Armored Infantry Regiments
33rd: 585
Armored Regiments
Army, First: 3-4, 6, 8-9, 16, 18-19, 28-29, 34, 94, 119, 122n, 134, 213n, 252, 377n, 379, 380. See also Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H.
Aachen encirclement: 96, 129, 142, 201, 227, 242, 252, 285, 294, 302-03, 314, 318
boundary adjustments: 232-33, 241, 251-52, 319, 340-41, 373, 378-79, 429, 440-41, 452, 612
clearing west of the Maas: 231-35, 240
command and organization: 20-24
Hürtgen Forest attacks: 248, 252, 323, 341-43, 347-48, 373, 431, 438-39, 464, 474, 493, 561
initial plans for Ruhr advance: 36-37, 203, 205, 210-13, 215, 232-34, 240-41, 280
November offensive: 411-15, 488, 496-98, 517-18, 520-21, 525, 529, 547, 578-80, 582n, 593-95, 611, 614, 618-19
planning for November offensive: 341, 366, 373, 388, 390-92, 394-409
plans for Rhine crossing: 595
and Roer River dams: 326-28, 342, 406, 463, 596-600
summary of losses: 378, 493, 593-94, 617
summary of Siegfried Line campaign: 616-20
supply situation: 11-13, 37, 62, 129, 230, 233, 259, 341, 383-86, 521
West Wall penetrations: 37-40, 42, 55-56, 62-63, 96, 113-15, 121, 127, 233, 252-53, 280, 377-78
Army, First Allied Airborne: 119, 121, 127-30, 135n, 204, 218, 616
Army, Third: 4, 6, 18, 20-21, 34, 36-40, 42, 56, 62-63, 112, 115, 232, 251, 346, 380, 382, 388, 399n, 597, 613, 619. See also Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr.
appraisal of German situation, August: 18-19
approval to resume attack: 36
November offensive drive from Metz: 391-92, 402, 582, 616
planned Rhine crossing: 595
preparations to resume advance: 8-10, 36, 211, 378
supply situation: 8-13, 134, 380, 384-85
Army, Fourth: 379
Army, Ninth: 4, 251, 318-19, 327, 341, 388, 394, 395, 399n, 613, 616. See also Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H.
command and organization: 379-80
final push to the Roer: 558, 577-78, 580, 584, 594, 596-97
November offensive: 390-92, 399-404, 406-07, 409-12, 414, 419, 425, 428, 463, 475, 487-88, 496-98, 516-19, 521-22, 525, 545-48
“phantom” army: 522
planned Rhine crossing: 595
summary of Siegfried Line campaign: 617, 619
supply situation: 384-86, 389, 400, 521-22, 545
transfer to the north wing: 378-79, 378–79n
Army Group, 6th: 4, 6, 243, 380, 387-88, 391, 402, 616
Army Group, 12th: 8, 25, 121, 129, 204, 213, 231, 241, 243, 377-78, 388, 391, 394, 410, 548, 619-20. See also Bradley, Gen. Omar N.
command and organization: 4
and the Roer River dams: 327, 597
supply situation: 12-13, 62, 259, 384-86, 389
Army Group, 21st: 6, 28, 36, 121, 129, 204, 213, 546-47. See also Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L.
command and organization: 3-4
Maas River operations: 227, 231, 246, 248
and opening of Antwerp: 210, 212, 214-15, 377
and Ruhr thrust: 7-8, 112-13, 198, 205, 211-12, 215, 378, 390, 595, 619
Army Group B. See German Army units.
Army Group G. See German Army units.
Army Group H. See German Army units.
Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP): 621
Arnhem: 113, 120-22, 126-27, 130-32, 131n, 134, 136, 136n, 138, 140-42, 154, 166, 169-70, 174, 185-86, 188, 191, 200, 212, 241
fight for the bridge: 164, 170-73, 179, 185-86, 195-98, 201
Arnold, General Henry H.: 119, 121
“Artificial moonlight”. See Battlefield illumination.
Artillery. See also Artillery support.
attacks without preparatory fire: 433, 490, 563, 568-69, 603, 607
“blackout” and counterflak missions: 253, 255, 382, 406, 449, 524
Cannon Company under division artillery control: 621
casualties in units: 617
concentrated artillery shoot: 481
counterbattery fire: 48, 57, 224, 253, 276, 288, 524-25, 562, 572
fire direction centers: 26
interdiction fire: 109, 266, 452, 481, 562
marching fire: 550
prepared concentrations: 88, 291, 482, 524, 526, 543, 574, 592, 607, 609
protective fire: 575-77
registration difficulties: 336, 609
rolling barrage: 254, 262, 273, 543, 555, 565, 584, 592
time fire: 419, 424, 504, 508, 564, 584n
TOT: 303, 418, 442, 481, 490, 504, 561, 592
tree bursts: 52, 332-33, 336, 349, 420, 444, 462, 467, 476, 590, 608
unobserved fire: 45
Artillery, American: 13, 20-22, 25-27, 620-21
Artillery fire plan: 253, 293, 524, 543, 555
Artillery, German: 15-17, 25-26, 28, 31, 620
Artillery liaison planes: 13, 26-27, 64, 443, 563, 591
Artillery support
Aachen final assault: 77, 308-10, 312-13, 318
assault crossing of rivers: 179-80, 226
Donnerberg attack: 425-27
V Corps in Roer River Dams attack: 600, 602, 604-05, 607-09
First Army drive to the Roer: 409, 414-16, 580, 582, 592-94
Hürtgen Forest attacks: 94, 333-34, 343, 348, 355, 363, 420, 442-43, 446, 452-53, 462, 465, 467, 479, 481-82, 489-90
MARKET-GARDEN: 178-80, 191, 194, 197
Ninth Army and the Roer plain: 499, 502, 504, 506, 508-09, 511, 513-14, 521, 524-26, 530-532, 537-40, 543, 547-48, 550, 554, 556, 561-62, 565, 568, 572, 574, 576-77, 584
Peel Marshes: 238-39
West Wall and Aachen attacks: 45, 55, 57, 60-61, 89, 253-55, 258-59, 261, 270, 276, 287, 291-92, 296, 299, 301-02, 305-06
Artillery support, British: 133, 148, 197, 246, 568
Artillery support, German
Aachen defense: 81, 283-84, 308, 318, 410
Albert Canal: 99-100
Hürtgen Forest: 330-31, 337, 358, 361, 364-65, 368, 432, 434-38, 442-44, 452, 459, 465-66, 481, 484-85, 490-91
MARKET-GARDEN defense: 125, 143, 165, 175-76, 180-81, 185, 189
opposing the November offensive: 396-97, 411, 413-14, 419n, 427, 519-20
Roer plain: 509-10, 519-20, 526, 530, 561-62, 567, 569, 574-76, 582, 585-86
Stohlberg Corridor: 422-24
West Wall and Aachen encirclement: 42-43, 51, 54-55, 58, 64, 83, 87, 257, 263-64, 273-74, 276, 280, 288, 303, 305
Asch: 108
Assault boats: 101-02, 106, 174, 176, 179-81, 196-98, 224, 226-27, 229, 255
Assault guns. See Guns, German, SP.
Asten-Meijel road: 244
Attacks. See also Night operations; River crossings.
“Cannae” maneuver: 187
concentric: 177, 270, 359, 365, 600-01
converging: 466
diversionary: 266-67, 304-06, 332, 561
double-envelopment: 573, 601, 606
flanking maneuver: 85, 471-72, 478, 568, 584
frontal: 71-72, 372, 493, 496, 516, 529, 568
limited-objective: 94, 187, 253, 306, 469, 524, 540, 567, 571, 585, 601, 607
method used in Hürtgen Forest: 430-31
spoiling. See Peel Marshes.
Austrian troops: 111
–B–
Baesweiler: 278, 518, 523-24, 528-29
Baesweiler-Setterich highway: 535
Balck, General der Panzertruppen Hermann: 395
Balkans: 15
Ball, 1st Lt. James E.: 537
Ballard, Lt. Col. Robert A.: 189-90
Balloons: 406
Bane, Capt. Frank P.: 367
Bangalore torpedoes: 287, 433, 608
BAR. See Browning automatic rifle.
Barrett, Lt. Col. William S.: 555
Barton, Maj. Gen. Raymond O.: 49, 51-53, 55, 428, 430, 432-34, 436-37, 440, 464-65, 467-72, 474
Bass, Capt. Hubert S.: 175
Battle fatigue. See Combat exhaustion.
Battlefield illumination: 548, 550, 564, 611
Baum, Capt. Francis J.: 450
Bayonet: 88, 181, 335, 511, 562
Bazooka: 25, 148, 153, 160, 167, 226, 263-64, 267, 299, 318, 331, 351, 356-58, 368, 419, 486-87, 539, 541, 564, 570
Beeck: 546, 549, 551, 555-56, 566-69, 571, 573
Beehive charges. See Demolition charges.
Beeringen: 96, 101, 108, 124-25
Beggendorf: 256, 269, 272-73, 277-78, 518-19, 523
Belfort Gap: 7n
Belgian troops: 208n, 232n. See also British Army units.
Belvedere (tower): 165
Berg en Dal (hotel): 155, 157-58, 162, 165, 167, 174, 176-78
Bergrath: 506
Bergstein: 442, 453-55, 453n, 457, 459-63, 601-02
Berzbuir: 591-92
Best: 144-47, 150, 152, 187, 189, 192
Bestebreurtje, Capt. Arie D.: 184
Beyer, General der Infanterie Dr. Franz: 42-43, 56-57, 64
Biddle, Col. William S.: 101, 103, 237
Bieber, S. Sgt. Melvin H.: 301, 301n
Biesdorf: 59-60
Billingslea, Lt. Col. Charles: 193
Bingham, Lt. Col. Sidney V., Jr.: 576
Birgel: 591-92
Birk: 297-301
Birkengang: 426-27
Birks, Col. Hammond D.: 102-03, 107, 294n
Bittrich, SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Willi: 127, 142, 164, 170, 182, 185, 188, 193, 201-02
Bixel, Col. Charles P.: 379, 518, 520
Blanford, Lt. Col. William O.: 538
Blanton, Col. William L.: 44
Blaskowitz, Generaloberst Johannes: 6
Blazzard, Maj. Howard C.: 50n, 434, 472-73
Bleialf: 49
“Blue Ball Express”: 571
Blumentritt, General der Infanterie Guenther: 519-20, 548, 567
Boehme, 1st Lt. William: 307, 317
Boeree, Col. Th. A.: 136n
Bogeyman Hill. See Hill 697
Bois le Duc Canal: 243
Bolling, Brig. Gen. Alexander R.: 549, 551, 553-56, 568, 573
Bolton, 1st Lt. Cecil H.: 226
Bombardment Division, IX: 24-25, 254, 260n, 381
Bomber Group 48th: 292
Bombs. See also Napalm bombs.
500-pound: 292
tonnage dropped in Aachen: 309
tonnage dropped in MARKET: 137
tonnage dropped in QUEEN: 412-13
tonnage dropped in Roer drive: 577
tonnage dropped on Roer River Dams: 598
Bond, Lt. Col. Van H.: 85, 338-39, 586
Bonn: 37, 212, 214, 252, 399, 440, 600
Boos, Col. Francis H.: 606
Bork, Generalleutnant Max: 411
Borton, 1st Lt. Don A.: 261, 263, 295
Bouchlas, Capt. Michael S.: 301
Boudinot, Brig. Gen. Truman E.: 73, 422-23
Bourg-Leopold: 130
Bourheim: 559-63
Bovenberg: 480-82
Boyer, Lt. Col. Howard E.: 455
Brachelen: 567
Bradley, Gen. Omar N.: 4, 7-8, 13, 20-21, 23, 36-37, 40, 120, 129, 213, 369, 377n, 560, 620. See also Army Group, 12th.
and boundary adjustments: 231-32, 251, 378-79
and the November offensive: 391-92, 400-01, 403, 406, 409, 498
relief of commanders: 246-47, 319
and Roer River Dams: 327, 342, 597
and Ruhr double-thrust drive: 9-10, 112-13, 211, 595
and supply allocations: 12, 62, 259, 384-86, 388-89
and US troops under British command: 233, 241, 378
Brandenberg: 451-55, 453n, 457, 459
Brandenberg–Bergstein ridge: 344-45, 349, 358, 364, 373, 440, 446, 451-60, 582-83, 592, 600-02, 612
Brandenberger, General der Panzertruppen Erich: 42, 63, 69, 87-88, 91, 93, 98, 103, 109, 273, 277, 290, 300, 330, 334, 337, 353, 359, 394-95, 460
Breakthrough possibilities: 49, 51-53, 56, 86, 133, 234-35, 332, 421, 467, 475, 492, 594, 607
Breda: 224-25
Brereton, Lt. Gen. Lewis H.: 127-30, 128n, 132, 136-37, 154, 196, 199, 204, 218n
Breskens Pocket: 215, 218-21, 227-28
Brest: 4, 115, 232, 251, 378, 380, 441n, 606n
Bridgeheads. See also Meuse–Escaut Canal; River crossings; Wallendorf.
XIX Corps in West Wall: 262-280, 496, 517-18
Bridges. See also Engineers; and rivers and canals (by name).
Bailey: 108, 150, 153, 187, 226
demolished: 3, 12, 52, 57, 65, 70, 73, 75-76, 84, 101, 106, 148, 150, 152, 162, 200, 224, 436, 509, 511-12, 555
footbridges: 101, 148, 255, 261, 264, 266
ground attack of: 64, 144-48, 150, 152-53, 160-61, 181-82, 187, 190, 224. See also Arnhem; Nijmegen.
importance to Operation GARDEN: 131-32, 136, 154-57
improvised: 256-57, 265-66, 446, 533
ponton: 525
shortage for supply: 521-22
treadway: 60, 103, 226, 264-66, 533
trestle: 60
Briles, S. Sgt. Herschel F.: 480n
British Army units.
Army, Second: 4, 11, 113-14, 120, 122n, 133-34, 135n, 157n, 196, 204-05, 207-08, 212-13, 215, 220-22, 232, 241-42, 391, 404n, 545-46, 595
Battery, 357th Searchlight (Royal Artillery): 548, 551
Brigade, 1st Belgian: 232-35, 232n, 237-38, 241, 246
Brigade, 1st Polish Parachute: 128, 131-32, 172-73, 186, 195-98, 203
Brigade, 4th Armoured: 246
Brigade, 32nd Guards: 191
Corps, 1st: 4, 208, 221-23, 225, 227
Corps, 1st Airborne: 121-22, 128, 132, 136, 199, 204
Corps, 8: 113, 120, 133, 187, 191, 195, 199n, 202, 236, 241-42, 248
Corps, 12: 120, 133, 153, 187, 192, 202-03, 220-21, 247-48
Corps, 30: 96, 101, 113, 120, 128, 131, 133, 148-50, 154-56, 168-70, 172, 174, 186-87, 191, 195-200, 199n, 203, 248, 403, 516, 521-22, 545-48, 551, 555-56, 566, 594-95
Division, 1st Airborne: 128, 131n, 132-33, 138, 140, 170-74, 179, 185-87, 196-99, 201, 203
Division, 1st Polish Armored: 224-25, 227
Division, 3rd Infantry: 242
Division, 6th Airborne: 128n
Division, 11th Armoured: 242
Division, 15th Infantry: 246
Division, 43rd Infantry: 133, 185-86, 195-98, 546, 551, 556
Division, 49th Infantry: 222, 224
Division, 50th Infantry: 133, 195
Division, 52nd Lowland (Airportable): 128, 132, 196
Division, 53rd Infantry: 246
Division, Guards Armoured: 133, 148-50, 157n, 174-75, 177-78, 185, 196, 208
Group, Coldstream Guards: 178, 185, 196
Regiment, Dorsetshire: 197-98
Yeomanry, 1st Fife and Forfar: 542
Yeomanry, Sherwood Rangers: 554
British forces: 5, 617. See also British Army units.
casualties in MARKET-GARDEN: 198-99, 199n
delay in Operation GARDEN: 199-200
role in November offensive: 401, 520, 545, 547
Brittany: 4, 8, 11, 115, 379, 522, 580, 600, 612
“Broad front” policy: 6, 199-201, 210-11
Brooke, Field Marshal Sir Alan: 214
Brooks, Maj. Gen. Edward H.: 65, 107n
Brown, Capt. Bobbie E.: 287n
Brown, Lt. Col. John C.: 570
Browning, Lt. Gen. F. A. M.: 128, 136, 138, 157, 157n, 159, 168-69, 172, 196-97, 203
Browning automatic rifle: 25, 181
Bruges: 208-09
Bruns, Generalmajor Walter: 359, 368
Brussels: 4, 8, 29, 205, 210, 213, 218, 232n, 377, 390-91
Buellingen: 611-12
Buildings (as cover): 309n, 310-12, 333, 368, 418-19, 453, 455, 481, 484-87, 508, 511-14, 520, 52n, 532, 577, 604-05
Bulgarian troops: 15
Bunkers: 31, 35, 43, 73, 253, 255, 316, 331, 333, 372, 432, 442, 608, 613
Burt, Capt. James M.: 303n
Burton, Lt. Col. William H. Jr.: 473n
–C–
Camouflage: 31, 35, 45, 259, 264, 432
Camp d’Elsenborn: 84, 251, 314, 340, 399, 600-02, 606, 612
Canadian Army units
Army, First: 4, 204-05, 208-10, 208n, 212-15, 220-22, 227, 228n, 405n
Corps, 2nd: 220-21
Division, 2nd: 220
Division, 3rd: 221
Canadian forces: 5, 229, 617. See also Canadian Army units.
Canal de la Dérivation de la Lys: 209, 215
Cannon Company: 621
Carpenter, 1st Lt. Leonard R.: 569-70
Carr, 1st Lt. Oliver B. Jr.: 175
Carter, Col. Leslie D.: 68, 409, 582
Carter, Sgt. Noah: 577
Cassell, Lt. Col. Harold A.: 535
Cassidy, Lt. Col. Patrick F.: 146, 153, 193
Castle Hill (Burg-Berg). See Hill 400.5.
Casualties: 276, 417, 469-70, 484, 621. See also Combat exhaustion; Evacuation; Losses, summary of; Officers; Trench foot; and entries under numbered units.
British forces: 198-99, 198n, 199n
Canadian and attached forces: 229
caused by friendly fire: 254, 260, 348, 412-13
German: 4-5, 14, 26, 89, 95, 152, 168, 182, 198, 229, 293, 317, 317n, 339-40, 340n, 374, 390, 450, 488, 507, 514, 544, 578, 617
nonbattle: 429, 438, 455-57, 474, 492, 557, 593-94, 593n, 606, 609, 612-13, 617
V-weapon attacks: 230
Cavalry Groups
4th: 23, 36, 92, 328, 347, 590
14th: 613
113th: 23, 36, 101-03, 107, 114, 232-33, 235-38, 400-02, 517, 547, 556, 566-68, 571
Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons
4th: 477
18th: 613
32nd: 613
85th: 3
87th: 244
Channel Islands: 5
Channel ports: 4-5, 12, 204-05, 208-09, 218, 388
Chaplains: 371
Chappuis, Lt. Col. Richard D.: 244-45
Chappuis, Lt. Col. Steve A.: 150-51
Charlemagne (Emperor): 29, 281
Chatfield, Lt. Col. Lee W.: 84, 92-93, 333-35
Chemical Mortar Battalion, 92nd: 524, 575
Chill, Generalleutnant Kurt: 124
Christiansen, General der Flieger Friedrich: 126, 135, 140, 142, 395
Churchill tanks. See Tanks.
CISCO: 260n
assistance to military forces: 102, 148, 162-64, 168-69, 184
casualties and losses: 153, 230, 260
Dutch reaction to airborne landings: 140, 145, 150, 160, 165, 206
rail reconstruction work: 12, 384
work on defense of Aachen sector: 34, 410
Clark, T. Sgt. Francis J.: 49n
CLIPPER: 546-58, 566, 568, 574
Clothing, winter: 14, 25, 383-84, 386, 444
Coal mines: 496, 510-11, 525, 536-37
Coastal “fortresses.” See Channel ports.
Cochran, Col. John H.: 224, 226, 505, 507, 511, 514
Cole, Lt. Col. Robert G.: 147, 150
Collier, Col. John H.: 108-09, 533, 541, 560, 564-65
Collins, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton: 23, 36-39, 66-68, 71, 75, 78, 86, 89-92, 95, 284, 286, 292, 313-14, 323-24, 326n, 327, 330, 342n, 364, 381, 399-400, 408-09, 421, 425-26, 474-76, 481-83, 490, 492, 498, 505, 507, 515, 580, 582, 585, 589, 591, 621. See also Corps, VII.
Colmar: 616
Cologne: 29, 37, 142, 203, 212, 232-33, 241, 252, 308, 391, 394, 399
Combat Command Hickey. See CCA, 3rd Armored Division.
Combat Commands of Armored Divisions
CCA, 2nd: 108-10, 278, 279n, 523, 532-33, 541-44, 558, 560, 564-65
CCB, 2nd: 108-10, 269-278, 279n, 280, 523-24, 526-27, 530n, 532-33, 540-44, 558
CCA, 3rd: 72n, 74-77, 79-80, 88, 90, 483-84
CCB, 3rd: 72-74, 76-80, 88-91, 422-24
CCA, 5th: 56, 65, 471-73, 591-93
CCB, 5th: 46, 56, 60-61, 63-65, 589-93
CCR 5th: 56-61, 63-65, 408, 429, 440, 442, 445-55, 457, 459-63, 466, 471, 493, 585-86, 600
Combat exhaustion: 54, 289, 346, 358, 360-61, 364, 371-72, 429, 438, 443-45, 455, 463, 467, 474, 492-93, 574, 576, 617-18
Combat indoctrination: 612-14, 621
Combined Chiefs of Staff: 3
Command
in new divisions: 621
tank-infantry command by co-ordination: 585-86
Commando operations: 228-29
Communications: 26, 293, 334. See also Radio.
problems of: 148, 166, 169-70, 172-73, 291, 350, 491, 569-71, 605, 609-10
Communications, German: 245, 405
problems of: 26, 34, 316, 338, 413, 459
Communications Zone: 11-13, 126, 383-85, 389
Concentration of forces: 55-56, 177, 211, 251, 273-74, 328, 378-79
Congressional Medal of Honor. See Medal of Honor.
Cook, Sgt. Ezra: 272
Cook, Maj. Julian A.: 179, 181-82
Corlett, Maj. Gen. Charles H.: 23, 96, 98, 100-01, 108, 112-15, 233, 235, 240, 252, 258-59, 269-70, 278-79, 285, 294, 302-03, 319, 319n, 320. See also Corps, XIX.
Corley, Lt. Col. John T.: 309-16, 421
Corman, Cpl. Daniel L.: 151n
Corps, V: 3, 36, 98, 251-52, 302, 314, 378, 409, 428, 430, 611-12. See also Gerow, Maj. Gen. Leonard T.
command and organization: 23-24, 107n
November offensive: 373, 396-97, 399, 408, 438-43, 449, 451-55, 461, 464, 467, 469, 471, 561, 580-82, 587, 593, 601
Roer Dams attack: 327, 327n, 342, 342n, 406, 463, 598-602, 615
second attack on Schmidt: 340-43, 346, 348, 352, 366, 400
Wallendorf bridgehead: 56-65, 114-15, 251
West Wall reconnaissance attacks: 37-66
Corps, VII: 29-30, 252, 261, 319, 327, 327n, 340-41. See also Collins, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton.
Aachen encirclement and assault: 96, 98, 101, 103, 107, 109, 112, 114-15, 235, 252-53, 257, 274, 277-80, 285, 291, 297, 304, 309, 318, 498
command and organization: 23, 36
final attack to the Roer: 580-83, 585-86, 591-94, 600
Hürtgen Forest attacks: 92, 323-24, 348
initial penetration of West Wall: 37-38, 41, 66-68, 71-72, 75, 80, 82, 86-87, 89-90, 95, 251, 283n
November offensive: 364, 366, 373, 395, 397, 399-400, 403-04, 408-15, 421-22, 424-25, 428, 440, 442, 451, 463-64, 468, 471, 474-75, 481, 487, 498, 500, 502, 504, 507, 510-11, 515, 529, 561
Corps, VIII: 251, 373, 379, 396-97, 399, 441n, 474, 580, 611-15
Corps, XIII: 400, 400n, 401-03, 516-17, 523-24, 542-44, 546-48, 550, 554, 556, 561, 566-68, 571-72, 574, 580, 584-85, 593
Corps, XVIII (Airborne): 128
Corps, XIX: 29-30, 36-38, 95, 115, 124, 189, 212, 252. See also Corlett, Maj. Gen. Charles H.; McLain, Maj. Gen. Raymond S.
clearing west of the Maas: 114, 231, 233-35, 237, 252
command and organization: 23, 319-20
final push to the Roer: 544, 558-66, 568, 572, 574, 576-77, 580, 584-85
November offensive: 341, 378-79, 400-402, 498-500, 502-03, 507, 516-20, 522-26, 529-32, 534, 537, 545-46, 548, 550, 556
and Roer River Dams: 327
West Wall attacks north of Aachen: 67, 69, 72, 81, 91, 96-98, 100-01, 106, 110, 112-15, 240-41, 251-53, 257-59, 261, 266, 276-79, 283-86, 288, 290, 293-95, 298, 300, 302, 304, 313, 318, 330, 386, 519
Cota, Maj. Gen. Norman D.: 44-45, 44n, 47-48, 55, 343-44, 346-47, 350-52, 355, 358, 360, 362, 367-69, 373
Cotton, Lt. Col. Hugh W.: 302
Counterattacks, German: 274, 317, 430-31, 478. See also Ardennes counteroffensive.
Cox, Lt. Col. William C.: 275-78, 298, 301, 305-06
Crabill, Col. Edwin B.: 590
Craig, Maj. Gen. Louis A.: 83-84, 86, 90, 92-94, 323, 326n, 328, 331-32, 336, 338, 585
Crerar, Lt. Gen. Henry D. G.: 208, 220
Crocker, Lt. Gen. Sir John T.: 221-25, 227
Crocodile tanks. See Tanks.
Cross, Col. Thomas J.: 447-48
Crossroads 87: 571-73
Crucifix Hill. See Hill 239.
Cushman, 1st Lt. Robert P.: 262-63
Czechoslovakia: 31
Czechoslovakian troops: 208n, 229
–D–
Daddow, 1st Lt. Elwood G.: 103-04
Dahl, Sgt. Sverry: 74
Daley, Col. Edmund K.: 360, 362, 365
Daniel, Lt. Col. Derrill M.: 309-10, 314-15, 420-21, 490-91
Daser, Generalleutnant Wilhelm: 219, 228-29
Davis, Brig. Gen. George A.: 358, 361, 365, 368, 370, 372
Davison, Lt. Col. Floid A.: 47-48
Dawson, Lt. Col. Joe: 291-93, 418, 420
De Groote Barrier: 125, 133, 208
De Groote Peel: 247
De Ploeg: 163
Deadman’s Ford: 59-61
Deadman’s Moor: 93-94, 323, 328, 332, 600
Deception: 258, 393-95, 410, 465-66, 561, 614. See also Ardennes counteroffensive.
Decker, Maj. Lawrence L.: 332-33
Defense
blocking position: 53
perimeter: 94, 144, 172, 186, 191, 195-96
reverse slope: 563
static: 187
Defilade: 275, 452, 459, 532, 543, 603
DeLille, Lieutenant: 3n
Demolition charges: 45-47, 102, 160-61, 164, 183, 203, 255, 262-64, 275, 287, 310, 310n, 350, 359-60, 555, 596, 619. See also Bangalore torpedoes.
Dempsey, Lt. Gen. Miles C.: 114, 122n, 133, 196, 208, 232, 241
Denkert, Generalmajor Walter: 290-91, 410, 502
Denmark: 135
Deurne: 231, 237, 241-42, 244-46
Deurne Canal: 241-46
Devers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L.: 4
Devil’s Hill. See Hill 75.9.
Dew, 2nd Lt. Joseph H.: 46, 46n
Dickson, Col. Benjamin A.: 23
Diestel, Generalleutnant Erich: 220
Disney, Col. Paul A.: 272, 526-27, 531-32
Distinguished Service Cross: 46n, 50n, 53n, 63n, 64n, 279, 299n, 301n, 312n, 339n, 366n, 368n, 418n, 424n, 473n, 610
Diven, Cpl. Ralph F.: 3n
Divisions. See Airborne Divisions; Armored Divisions; British Army units; Canadian Army units; German Army units; Infantry Divisions.
Doan, Col. Leander LaC.; 74
Doherty, Capt. Henry R.: 361-62, 365
Dommel River: 131, 145-46, 149
Donnerberg. See Hill 287.
Dortmund: 28
Dowdy, Lt. Col. John: 53
Dreiborn ridge: 601, 606, 610-11
Dreilaenderbach Dam: 325-26
Driscoll, Lt. Col. Edmund F.: 416-18
Drop zones: 130, 136n, 137-39, 144-47, 159-60, 170-72, 186, 196, 200
“Drowned earth” policy: 327
Druon Antigon: 207
“Duck bills”: 518
Düren: 30, 66-67, 78, 80, 83, 85, 258, 325, 327, 330-31, 333-34, 346, 397, 404, 408, 412-14, 428, 431, 451, 465, 469, 471-73, 488, 496, 515, 518, 520, 559, 582-83, 586-87, 590, 592, 596n, 602
Duerwiss: 505-06
Duesseldorf: 28, 113, 252, 517
Duisberg: 113
DUKW’s: 196
Dummy parachute drops: 138
“Dunkerque” operation: 219
Dutch troops: 208n. See also Resistance forces.
Dwyer, Col. Philip R.: 303
–E–
Eaker, Lt. Gen. Ira C.: 405
Eastern Front: 14-16
Eberding, Generalmajor Kurt: 219, 221
Echternach: 40, 56-57, 59, 251
Eifel: 29-30, 34, 38, 40-41, 62n, 69, 393-94, 399, 408. See also Ardennes-Eifel; Schnee Eifel
Eighth Air Force: 137-38, 169n, 196, 403-06, 412
Eilendorf: 76-77, 80-81, 86, 88, 284, 286, 288, 290-91, 304, 313-14
Eilendorf-Verlautenheide road: 287
Eindhoven: 113, 120, 122-23, 125, 130-31, 133-34, 137, 140, 142-44, 146, 148-50, 152-53, 168, 174, 187, 189, 199-200, 206, 231, 233, 401
Eindhoven-Grave road. See Hell’s Highway.
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D.: 3, 5, 134-35, 387-88. See also Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF).
and air attack of Roer River Dams: 598
and Berlin as ultimate goal: 210-11
“broad-front policy”: 6-7, 9-10, 36-37, 199-201, 210-11, 390-91, 619
conferences of top commanders: 8, 10, 36, 62, 128, 205, 210-14, 231, 369, 377, 387, 390-91, 595
and conquest of the Ruhr: 6-7, 36-37, 205, 211-12, 391, 595
decision for the November offensive: 390-91
and importance of opening Antwerp: 207, 209-11, 214-15, 218, 218n
and the logistical situation: 8, 62, 207, 380, 382, 384
and MARKET-GARDEN: 113, 119-22, 128-29, 214
and Montgomery and the command situation: 8, 213-15, 213n, 231, 378, 619
and release of MARKET airborne troops, 201, 204-05
and relief of General Corlett: 319, 319–20n
and shortage of replacements: 388-89
Ekman, Col. William E.: 158, 161-62
Elst: 195-96
Elverfeldt, General Harald Freiherr von: 244, 530
Engel, Col. Gerhard: 88-89, 283
Engineer Combat Battalions
146th: 365-66
294th: 347
Engineer Combat Groups
1104th: 302
1106th: 286-87, 309, 310n, 314-16
Engineer support: 47, 60, 64, 74, 76, 78, 102, 108, 150, 203, 226, 267, 305, 333, 347-48, 351-52, 355, 359-62, 365-67, 435-38, 445-46, 453, 455, 467, 541-42, 550, 555, 588-89
Envelopment maneuver: 85, 109, 211-12, 268-69, 275, 426
Erdmann, Generalleutnant Wolfgang: 125
Erft River: 29
Erlekom: 193
Erp: 189
Escaut River: 28
Eschweiler: 66-67, 72, 76-77, 88, 413-14, 425, 496, 503, 505
Eschweiler woods: 422, 424-28, 464, 503
Eschweiler-Weisweiler industrial triangle: 399, 403, 408, 412, 422, 424-25, 475, 480, 482, 492, 498, 580
Essen: 28
Etang de Lindre dam: 597
Evacuation
of wounded: 311, 343, 371-72, 444, 467, 591
Evans, Cpl. James L.: 147n
Evans, Lt. Col. Robert F.: 286, 421
Ewell, Lt. Col. Julian J.: 193
–F–
Farmer, S. Sgt. Robert D.: 418n
Farwick Park (Aachen): 307, 309, 311-13, 315
Feldt, General der Kavallerie Kurt: 126-27
Field Artillery Battalions
118th: 269
258th: 259n
991st: 332n
Field Artillery Brigade, 32nd: 582n
Field Artillery Group, 406th: 607
Fighter Groups
370th: 24n
Finnish troops: 15
Five Points: 434-35
Flail tanks. See Tanks, Scorpion.
Flak. See Antiaircraft defense, German.
Flamethrowers: 45, 48, 221, 255, 262-63, 275, 287, 310, 613. See also Tanks, Crocodile.
Flank security: 84, 92, 107, 112-15, 231-32, 294-95, 339, 401, 420, 434-38, 464, 493, 553, 566-67, 566n, 601
Fleig, 1st Lt. Raymond E.: 355, 357-58, 360
Fleming, Pvt. Roy O.: 47
Flood, Lt. Col. Albert: 350-52, 355, 357, 368
Floods and flooding: 102, 198, 215, 227-29, 522, 597
tactical flooding of the Roer: 326-28, 342, 406, 596-97
Flushing: 228-29
Foote, 1st Lt. Theodore: 263
Ford, Maj. James C.: 46
Ford, Col. Thomas J.: 41
Forest fighting. See Woods fighting.
Fort Eben Emael: 101-02
Fort Hof van Holland: 181
Fortifications. See also Hürtgen Forest Pillboxes; Roer plain; West Wall.
field: 260, 265, 275, 331, 350, 416-18, 432, 452, 482, 510, 520, 535-38, 550, 552, 560, 567, 572, 578, 608
Foster, Col. Robert T.: 589
Foxholes: 225, 305, 331, 336, 358, 360, 373, 398, 432, 437, 465, 476-77, 520, 577, 608, 613-14
Frankland, Lt. Col. Robert E.: 261-62, 264
French, Sgt. Dennis D.: 532
Frenzerburg (castle): 482-87, 489, 511
Fronhoven: 558
Frost, Lt. Col. J. D.: 171-72, 179, 185-86
–G–
Gangelt: 111
Garcia, Pfc. Marcario: 469, 469n
GARDEN: 120, 131, 133. See also MARKET-GARDEN.
Garlington, 1st Lt. Creswell Jr.: 569-70
Gavin, Maj. Gen. James M.: 156, 156n, 157, 157n, 158, 158n, 159, 162-63, 165, 167-69, 174, 176, 178-79, 183-84, 193, 200, 205
Gay creek: 59-61
Gehrke, 2nd Lt. Roy E.: 63n
Geich: 585
Geilenkirchen: 34, 109-112, 114, 252-53, 257-58, 266, 273-74, 277-78, 315, 401-03, 414, 516-21
clearing the salient: 545-57. See also CLIPPER.
Geilenkirchen-Aachen highway: 269-272
Geilenkirchen-Aldenhoven highway: 527, 532-33, 541-42
Geisberg. See Hill 228.
Gemert: 189
Gemuend: 324
Gereonsweiler: 516, 523, 526-27, 531-33, 540-44, 556, 558, 566, 570, 574
Gereonsweiler-Lindern highway: 568-69
Gerhardt, Maj. Gen. Charles H.: 523-24, 527-35, 535n, 537, 539, 558, 560, 563, 576
German Army
outlook in September 1944: 14-19
resurgence in fall 1944: 122, 377, 392-93
German Army units
Alarm units: 42, 57-58, 127, 258, 507
Army Groups
B: 6, 18, 42-43, 57, 63, 87, 100, 104, 107-08, 110, 112, 125, 127, 134-35, 140-41, 197, 219, 237, 240-41, 243, 247, 277, 289-90, 304, 353, 358, 394-95, 530, 540, 545, 547, 571
Student: 247
Armies
Ersatzheer (Replacement Army): 15, 393
Feldheer (Field Army): 15
First Parachute: 6, 19, 69, 98-100, 103, 106, 108-11, 123-27, 135-36, 140-42, 146, 150, 153, 188, 193, 201-02, 219, 235-36, 247, 267, 394-95, 410
Fifth Panzer: 6, 127, 247, 353, 394-96, 410. See also Gruppe von Manteuffel.
Sixth Panzer: 394, 566-67, 601, 610
Seventh: 6, 19, 43, 45, 57, 63-64, 69, 82-83, 87-88, 93, 98-99, 103-04, 108-12, 125, 127, 218, 247, 273, 283, 290, 300, 330, 334, 346, 353, 358-59, 394-96, 410, 437, 448, 460, 465, 583
Fifteenth: 6, 8, 19, 99-100, 123, 125-27, 134, 136, 150, 193, 198, 202, 218-19, 222-23, 242, 245-47, 539, 592. See also Gruppe von Manteuffel.
Nineteenth: 6
Corps
Feldt: 127, 142, 164, 166, 176-77, 193, 247
I SS Panzer: 41-42, 42n, 43, 56, 61, 69, 284, 289, 300, 314, 610
II Parachute: 142, 177, 188, 193, 202-03
II SS Panzer: 127, 135-36, 141-42, 142n, 164, 170, 172, 185, 188, 193, 200-01
XII SS: 201, 318n, 394, 410, 419, 519, 539, 548, 568
XLVII Panzer: 243-45, 247, 397, 410, 518-19, 530, 540, 567, 571
LXXIV: 69, 83, 87, 91-92, 273, 330, 333, 339, 346, 353, 358, 431, 583, 592, 601
LXXX: 42-43, 56-57, 60-61, 63-64
LXXXI: 69-70, 75, 79, 83, 87, 91-93, 98, 105, 107, 110, 112, 257-59, 267, 273, 276-77, 283-84, 290, 300, 314, 318n, 330, 396, 410, 417, 419, 419n, 427, 431, 487-88, 499-500, 502, 509, 519-20, 538-39, 559, 562, 582, 592
LXXXVI: 188, 193, 195, 235-37, 240, 247
LXXXVIII: 123-25, 188-89, 192, 195
388th Volks Artillery: 245, 519
403rd Volks Artillery: 488
407th Volks Artillery: 567
Divisions
Parachute Training Erdmann: 124-25, 188, 235-37
Volks grenadier: 15, 393, 601, 616
2nd Panzer: 42-43, 45, 47, 61, 63, 127, 243
2nd SS Panzer: 41-43, 50-51, 53
3rd Panzer Grenadier: 284, 287, 290, 292-93, 295, 300, 304, 313-14, 396, 410, 427, 499-500, 502-03, 510, 519, 538, 562
3rd Parachute: 488-90, 492, 509-10, 514, 548, 583, 586
7th Parachute: 125n
9th Panzer: 18, 69-70, 75-79, 87, 91, 95, 98, 201-02, 243-44, 247, 304, 313, 397, 518, 530, 533-34, 540, 542-44, 549-54, 567, 571
9th SS Panzer: 122, 127, 142-43, 164, 171
10th SS Panzer: 110, 122, 127, 142-43, 164, 171, 189, 547-48, 567, 571-73, 616
12th Infantry: 71, 79, 87-90, 92, 95, 109, 111, 258, 273-74, 277, 279, 283, 288, 295
12th SS Panzer: 300n
12th VG: 411, 413-14, 417, 423, 425-27, 475, 482, 484, 488, 492, 503, 507-08, 538, 583
15th Panzer Grenadier: 243-45, 247, 396, 518, 530, 540-41, 544-45, 550, 554-56, 567
39th Infantry: 64
47th VG: 411, 414, 417-21, 424, 460, 475-77, 479-80, 484, 487-89, 492, 502, 508, 539, 583, 585, 592
49th Infantry: 98-104, 107, 110-12, 253, 257-58, 266, 270, 273, 275-77, 279, 283, 295-97, 314, 318n, 500
59th Infantry: 125, 136, 142, 146, 150, 152-53, 189, 192, 200, 219, 574
89th Infantry: 83-85, 333, 346, 352-54, 356n, 359, 361, 367-68, 372-73, 431, 583, 602
116th Panzer: 68-71, 75, 77, 81-82, 87, 91, 95, 98, 103, 127, 201-02, 245, 257, 283-84, 287, 289-90, 295, 300-01, 303-04, 306, 313-14, 353-54, 358-59, 362-63, 365-67, 372, 417, 419, 431, 437, 465, 538
176th Infantry: 99-101, 106, 108-09, 111-12, 114, 124, 188, 236-37, 519-20, 548
180th Replacement Training: 189, 236
183rd VG: 91, 109-12, 253, 257-58, 266-67, 270, 273, 277, 283, 295, 318n, 519, 530, 548, 551, 567
246th VG: 91, 258, 270, 273-74, 277, 279, 283-84, 286, 288, 295-97, 301, 307-08, 314, 411, 499-500, 502, 510, 519, 537-38, 559-60, 564, 583-84
272nd VG: 352, 359, 460-62, 583, 601-02, 604
275th Infantry: 91, 98-105, 107, 110-12, 253, 257, 273, 286, 330-31, 333, 338, 346, 352, 359, 372, 410, 431-32, 437, 442, 465
340th VG: 559, 561-63, 572-73, 575
344th Infantry: 427, 439, 442, 465, 469, 583
347th Infantry: 83
353rd Infantry: 70, 75-76, 87, 92-93, 330, 437, 469, 583, 588
406th (Landesschuetten): 126, 142, 166, 176
Brigades
102nd Assault Gun: 87
107th Panzer: 142-43, 153, 187-89, 236, 239
108th Panzer: 63-64, 283-84, 295-300
280th Assault Gun: 143
341st Assault Gun: 562
394th Assault Gun: 70, 74-75, 81
667th Assault Gun: 489
Regiments
von Fritzschen: 284, 295-97, 500
Wegelein: 337-39, 343, 347, 353
5th Parachute: 489-90
6th Parachute: 124, 124n, 125, 192-95, 221
8th Panzer Grenadier: 291-92
9th Parachute: 489
10th Panzer Grenadier: 531, 551-52
11th Panzer Grenadier: 531, 543
12th Artillery: 87
16th Panzer: 353, 356, 359, 368, 419n
22nd SS Panzer Grenadier: 573
27th Fusilier: 87-88, 90-91, 482, 484, 488
29th Panzer Grenadier: 290
48th Grenadier: 87-89, 93, 417-18
60th Panzer Grenadier: 300-01, 303-04, 354, 358, 361, 365
103rd, 47th VG Division: 414, 480, 484, 488
104th, 47th VG Division: 419-20, 475, 477-78, 480, 488-89
115th Infantry: 420, 476, 479, 488
148th Infantry: 98-99, 258, 275
156th Panzer Grenadier: 306, 359, 365-66, 465
253rd Infantry: 330
330th, 183rd VG Division: 257, 530
352nd Infantry: 284
404th Grenadier: 273-74, 277, 284, 297, 312-13, 499-500
689th Infantry: 284
751st, 326th VG Division: 610
980th, 272nd VG Division: 460, 605
991st, 277th VG Division: 607
1055th Infantry: 85, 352-55, 359, 361 368
Kampfgruppen
Chill: 124-25, 124n, 142, 192, 200
Eisenhuber: 484
Heinke: 189
Huber: 189-92
von Manteuffel: 395-96, 410, 417, 488, 501, 518-19, 530, 559, 583
Walther: 124-25, 124n, 188-92, 236, 238-39
Battalions
Bucher: 305
Jungwirth: 194
2nd Landesschützen: 305
31st Machine Gun: 448
105th Panzer Grenadier: 95
147th Engineer: 477
506th Tank: 283, 290, 296-97, 301, 530, 571
559th Assault Gun: 520
Miscellaneous
Feldjaegerkommando z. b. V.: 395
“Fortress” battalions: 16, 75, 273, 286, 334, 372
Garrison troops: 42
Grenadier training units: 81, 83, 85
Heeres units: 16
Landesschützen (local security) battalions: 70, 75-77, 83, 258, 273-74, 277, 286, 330
Military government troops: 124
Mobile interceptor units: 135
NCO Training School Düren: 273-74, 277
NCO Training School Jülich: 273-74, 277
Ost (East) battalions: 83, 220
Replacement units: 111, 153, 258, 330, 610
“Stomach” units: 83, 83n, 127, 220
“Straggler” battalions: 258
Werfer units: 15-16
German Navy: 15-16, 124, 126, 393, 411
Germeter: 93, 323, 331-34, 336-39, 343-45, 347, 349, 352-53, 357-58, 361, 366, 372-73, 399, 431, 438, 464-65
Germeter-Hürtgen highway: 388, 347-49, 358, 428, 440, 442-47, 452, 589
Germeter-Vossenack ridge. See Vossenack ridge.
Gerow, Maj. Gen. Leonard T.: 23, 36-37, 39-41, 44, 46, 48-49, 51, 55-57, 59-63, 65-66, 341, 343, 347, 364, 366, 369-70, 372, 440-41, 451 455, 461, 598-602, 607, 611. See also Corps, V.
Gersdorff, Col. Rudolf-Christoph Freiherr von: 110
Gey: 399, 408, 412, 430, 433, 436, 469, 472-74, 580, 587-91
Ghent: 208
Gibb, Col. Frederick W.: 291-92, 418
Gibney, Col. Jesse L.: 92-94
Gillem, Maj. Gen. Alvan C., Jr.: 400, 400n, 516-17, 547, 550, 556, 566, 568, 571
Glider Field Artillery Battalion, 907th: 192, 194
Glider Infantry Regiments
401st: 152n
Glider Operations: 129, 132, 133, 137-39, 147-48, 152, 154, 159, 166-67, 170, 176, 176n, 185, 198-99, 199n
Glotzbach, Capt. Charles: 508
Goering, Reichsmarschall Hermann: 141
Gomes, Lt. Col. Lloyd H.: 550, 552
GOODWOOD: 404n
Gottberg, Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Curt von: 201
Grantham: 137
Grave: 120, 131, 154, 157n, 158, 160, 174, 184, 196, 202, 206
Grave-Nijmegen highway: 158, 161
Grenades: 85, 147, 151, 178, 181, 262-64, 267, 310, 315, 366, 418, 444-45, 453, 481, 486, 487, 511, 541, 564, 577
Gressenich: 72, 79-80, 89, 409, 417
Groesbeek: 155, 158, 161-62, 165, 167, 174, 177, 202
Groesbeek ridge: 155-57, 157n, 158, 161-62, 166, 174, 177
Groesbeekscheweg: 163
Grosshau: 408, 430, 432-34, 437, 450, 465-69, 471-73, 587, 589, 591
Grosshau-Gey highway: 472-73, 588, 591
Grosskampenberg: 44-45
Guerzenich: 590-92
Guingand, Maj. Gen. Sir Francis de: 211n, 212
Gulpen: 107
Gunn, Col. Damon M.: 23n
Gunn, Lt. Col. Frank L.: 337-38
Guns. See also Artillery; Howitzers; Mortar fire; Tank destroyers; Tank guns; Weapons.
75-mm: 159
90-mm: 27
155-mm: 259, 287, 312-13, 316, 609
8-inch: 481-82
Guns, German
railroad: 64
SP: 15-16, 50, 74, 76-77, 79, 87n, 109, 266, 272, 275, 277, 301, 313, 331, 336, 356, 438, 450, 460-61, 472, 487, 501-02, 506, 514, 520, 539-40, 543, 559, 559n, 584, 586, 591-93
88-mm: 27-28, 50, 148-49, 175, 226, 559n, 620
Gut Hasenfeld: 574-77
Gut Merberich: 489
Gut Schwarzenbroich: 430, 432, 437, 464-65, 467-68, 477
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Hackard, Capt. Clifford T.: 368, 368n
Half-tracks: 48, 298, 419, 450, 453, 612-13
Hall, 1st Lt. Stanford F.: 64n
Hallahan, Capt. F. J.: 514
Hamberg, Lt. Col. William A.: 449-50, 452-54
Hamich: 404, 416-19, 421, 475-77, 479-80, 487
Hamich ridge: 399, 404, 408-09, 412, 415-18, 422-24, 464, 475-76, 479-80, 529
Hand-to-hand fighting: 180-81, 193, 437n
Hansen, Maj. Harold D.: 302
Hansen, Pvt. Henry E.: 263
Hardage, Maj. Quentin R.: 335-37, 339
Harmon, Maj. Gen. Ernest N.: 107-08, 107n, 278, 518, 522-24, 532-35, 540-42, 544, 561
Harper, Col. Joseph H.: 152, 190-91
Harris, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur T.: 598
Harrison, Maj. Willard E.: 161, 179, 181
Harscheidt: 352-56
Harspelt: 3n
Hart, Brig. Gen. Charles E.: 22, 621
Hasbrouck, Brig. Gen. Robert W.: 238, 244-47
Hasselt: 96, 98-100, 108, 124, 204, 231
Haswell, Pfc. James B.: 316
Hatzfeld, Lt. Col. Theodore S.: 349, 358, 364-66, 368
Hauptbecken Reservoir: 325
Haviland, S. Sgt. Floyd: 577
Hazlett, Maj. Robert T.: 351, 357, 368
Heartbreak Crossroads. See Wahlerscheid.
Heckhuscheid: 46
Heerlen: 111
Heeswijk: 187
Heeze: 113
Heimbach Dam: 325
Heinsberg: 30, 404, 412, 496, 498, 520, 525, 547-48, 550
Heitrak: 24445
Helgeson, Capt. Thomas B.: 161
Hellenthaler Wald: 607
Hellerich, S. Sgt. Harold: 89
Hell’s Highway: 143-46, 148, 150, 152-54, 187-95
Helmond: 191
Hemgen Berg. See Hill 253.
Hemmeres: 3
Henbest, Lt. Col. Ross C.: 59-61, 64
Henley, S. Sgt. Robert M.: 473n
Henry, Pvt. Robert T.: 490n
Herenthals: 208
Herlong, Lt. Col. Robert H.: 565
Herrin, Sgt. Stanley: 541
Herscheid: 54
Heydte, Lt. Col. Friedrich-August Freiherr von der: 124-25, 192-93, 221
Hickey, Brig. Gen. Doyle O.: 74, 76-77
Higgins, Brig. Gen. Gerald J.: 152
Higgins, Lt. Col. Walter M. Jr.: 609-10
Hill, Col. John G.: 611
Hill 64: 165-66
Hill 101: 550-51
Hill 154: 506-08
Hill 207: 478
Hill 231: 286-89, 295, 297, 304-06, 309, 313-14, 314n, 499
Hill 232: 416-20, 422, 424, 475-77, 481-82
Hill 266: 590-93
Hill 287: 91, 422, 424-28, 464, 503, 529
Hill 520: 54
Hill 553: 46-48
Hill 559: 48
Hill 560: 47
Hill 568: 48
Hill 655: 53
Hill 697: 50
Hillyard, Lt. Col. Harry L.: 532
Himmler, Reichsführer SS Heinrich: 141
Hinds, Col. Sidney R.: 272, 542
Hirschfelder, Col. Chester J.: 606, 608-09
Hirson: 383
Hitler, Adolf: 6, 218, 320, 377n, 390
and Aachen evacuation and defense: 71, 82, 281, 307, 314-15, 320
and airborne/seaborne invasion: 135-36
and Antwerp and the Schelde: 19, 123, 215, 218, 223, 227-28
and Ardennes counteroffensive: 136n, 393, 395, 397, 505, 559, 616
assumption of complete military command: 16-17
build-up of West forces: 15-16
order to defend Fort Eben Emael: 101
orders to hold “to the last”: 12, 18, 307, 314-15
reaction to MARKET-GARDEN: 141, 167, 201
and West Wall defense: 87
and West Wall impregnability: 18, 30-31
and withdrawal actions: 223, 505
Hitler Youth: 410
Hitzfeld, General der Infanterie Otto: 601
Hobbs, Maj. Gen. Leland S.: 101, 106-07, 109-11, 114, 253-54, 258-59, 266, 270, 279, 285, 293-305, 500-503, 561
Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H.: 22-23, 379, 619. See also Army, First.
and Aachen encirclement: 285, 302, 319n
biography: 20-21
and Hürtgen Forest attacks: 431, 441, 451-52, 461, 493
and November offensive: 341, 348, 399-400, 405, 411, 429, 438-39, 440, 464, 600
and operations west of the Maas: 231-35, 240
optimism for Rhine breakthrough: 14, 38, 233-35, 409, 421, 618-19
postponement of West Wall assault: 115, 231
and protection of First Army left flank: 114
and the Roer River dams: 326, 342, 342n, 406, 597-98
and Schmidt operation: 364, 369, 373
and supply priorities: 36-37, 62
and West Wall reconnaissance and attacks: 37-40, 55-56, 278
Hoefen-Alzen ridge: 84-86, 92, 328, 600-602, 606-07, 611
Hof Hardt: 474, 580, 583, 587, 590
Hoffman, Lt. John R.: 74
Hogan, Lt. Col. Samuel M.: 91
Hohe Venn: 30
Holy Roman Empire: 281
Holycross, 2nd Lt. Harold L.: 275, 305, 565
Holzinger, S. Sgt. Warner W.: 3, 57
Hongen: 499-502
Honinghutje: 158, 158n, 161-62
Horner, Lt. Col. Charles T. Jr.: 418-19
Horner, S. Sgt. Freeman V.: 501n
Horrocks, Lt. Gen. Brian G.: 133-34, 149, 174, 186, 191, 196-97, 200, 403, 546, 551
Hostages: 513
Hostrup, Capt. Bruce M.: 351, 355, 359-60, 363
House-to-house fighting: 148, 175, 181, 264, 269, 310-11, 417-18, 453, 505, 508, 562-63, 565, 573, 588, 604-05
Houston, Maj. Jack A.: 326, 328
Hoverhof: 272
Howitzers
105-mm: 25, 25–26n, 86, 154, 192, 261, 318, 577
240-mm: 481
8-inch: 576
Howze, Col. Robert L., Jr.: 585
Huber, Major: 189-91
Huebner, Maj. Gen. Clarence R.: 72, 81, 285-86, 288-89, 291-92, 308-09, 313-15, 408, 415-16, 475, 477, 479, 481, 494
Hürtgen: 90, 92, 94, 331, 337, 341, 343, 347-48, 352, 354, 370, 372, 408, 412, 414, 417, 428-29, 433, 438, 441, 443, 445-48, 450-51, 456, 464, 466-67, 587-88
Hürtgen Forest: 66, 68, 87, 90, 94, 248, 252, 257, 273, 323-24, 328, 338, 341, 377, 395, 399-400, 409, 451, 474, 496, 529, 561, 583, 596, 600-602, 612, 616. See also Infantry Divisions (1st; 4th; 8th; 9th; 28th; 83rd).
American method of attack: 430-31, 431n
German impression of American troops: 334
summary of American action: 492-93, 618, 620
terrain and defenses: 92, 94, 330, 332-33, 345-46, 349-50, 416, 420, 432, 452, 475, 580, 583, 587
Hürtgen-Kleinhau road net: 323, 331, 341, 343, 399, 448
Huling, Capt. George W., Jr.: 292
Hundley, Col. Daniel H.: 380n
Hungarian troops: 15
Hurless, Col. Bernard F.: 531, 540, 543, 573
Hurley, Sgt. William: 446
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Ijsselmeer: 120, 131, 134, 377
Immendorf: 526-27, 531, 540, 544, 548, 550, 553
Inde River: 66, 72, 408-09, 415-16, 424-25, 475-76, 480, 482, 484, 496, 499, 506-15, 561, 564, 580, 582, 584
Inden: 499, 509-12, 515, 561, 563-64, 580, 584
“Indian” fighting: 144, 152, 154
Infantry
airborne troops used in line: 176, 201, 204
Hürtgen Forest an infantry battle: 420
riflemen casualties: 93-94, 302, 372, 417, 438
shortage of: 166, 362, 365-67, 388-89, 455, 460
Infantry Battalion, 99th: 113-14, 302, 305, 313
Infantry Division, 1st: 23, 36, 68, 103, 222, 424-25, 498, 580
Aachen encirclement and assault: 66-67, 72, 74-75, 77, 81, 90, 285-93, 299, 304, 306-18
casualties: 293, 318, 417, 421, 478, 481, 484, 492, 492n, 593n
Hürtgen Forest attacks: 415-21, 430, 464, 468, 475-79, 490-93, 580, 586
November offensive: 400, 408-09, 412, 414, 422, 479-90, 506-08, 511, 600
Infantry Division, 2nd: 379, 600-602, 606, 606n, 607-15
Infantry Division, 4th: 3, 24, 36, 41, 60, 341, 615, 618
casualties: 53-55, 429, 433-35, 437-38, 464, 466, 469-74, 580, 593, 593n
Hürtgen Forest attacks: 366, 370, 373, 408, 428-40, 447, 450-51, 464-75, 477, 490, 492-93, 580, 587, 590
Schnee Eifel attack: 44, 49-55, 612
Infantry Division, 8th: 373, 379, 614
casualties: 443-45, 450, 450n, 463, 612
Hürtgen Forest attacks: 440-63, 493, 600-601
Infantry Division, 9th: 23, 36, 66-68, 72, 76, 82n, 294n, 326, 326n, 408, 492-93
casualties: 93-94, 332, 334, 340, 585-86, 593n
Hürtgen Forest first fight: 90, 92-94, 115, 323, 328, 431
Hürtgen Forest second fight: 252, 285, 324, 327-28, 330-40, 345-46, 350, 353, 431
Monschau Corridor battle: 82-86, 342-43, 600, 602
Roer River final push: 580-87, 590
Stolberg Corridor fight: 77-80, 82, 89
Infantry Division, 28th: 3, 3n, 24, 36, 40-41, 44n, 314, 461n, 614-15, 618
casualties: 48, 63, 349-50, 361, 364, 372-74, 474, 493
Eifel attack: 44-50, 52, 55, 60, 612-13
Schmidt and the Hürtgen Forest: 340-41, 342n, 343-74, 386, 397, 399-400, 406, 411, 428-29, 431, 438, 440-41, 451, 455, 474, 493, 600, 608
Infantry Division, 29th
Maas River-West Wall flank protection: 232-33, 252-53, 258, 266-67, 274, 278-79, 294, 302
Roer plain attacks: 400, 498, 503, 517-18, 523-25, 527-29, 534-40, 542, 544, 558-63, 565, 574-77
Infantry Division, 30th: 23, 36, 96, 99, 102n, 233, 320
advance to the West Wall: 101-04, 106-112, 114-15
casualties: 269, 271, 279, 279n, 295-96, 302, 306, 318, 500-502, 564
encirclement of Aachen: 285, 288, 292-306, 313, 315, 317-18, 318n, 498
November offensive: 400, 498-503, 506-07, 509, 516-17, 522-23, 529, 539, 544, 548, 558-61, 563-65
West Wall set attack: 252-80, 618
Infantry Division, 75th: 614
Infantry Division, 78th: 600-606, 612
Infantry Division, 83rd: 379, 399n, 474, 492, 580-83, 586-93, 596n, 613-15
Infantry Division, 84th: 399n, 401-03, 499, 524
final attack to Roer River: 567-74
Geilenkirchen attack: 516-17, 545-58, 566
Infantry Division, 90th: 320, 320n, 448
Infantry Division, 94th: 388
Infantry Division, 99th: 397, 600-601, 606-12
Infantry Division, 102nd: 400-402, 517, 523-24, 544, 546-47, 550, 554, 556, 566-68, 571-74
Infantry Division, 104th: 388, 392, 397, 399-401, 403, 547, 621
casualties: 227, 227n, 426, 506-07, 510, 515, 586, 593n
drive to the Maas: 213, 222-27
Eschweiler-Weisweiler and Roer River drive: 408, 412, 416, 422, 424-28, 464, 475-76, 480-84, 488, 490, 498-99, 502-15, 563-64, 580-82, 584, 586
Infantry Division, 106th: 614-15
Infantry Regiments. See also Glider Infantry Regiments: Parachute Infantry Regiments.
8th: 49, 52-53, 430, 432-33, 435-39, 464-69, 469n, 474, 477
9th: 606-12
12th: 49-53, 366, 370, 372-73, 428-30, 435, 438-39, 441, 447n, 466, 469, 474
13th: 447-48, 450, 450n, 451-52, 457, 463
16th: 67, 72, 74-75, 77, 81, 88, 286, 290-93, 304, 313, 416-21, 475, 477, 479-80, 484, 489-90, 490n, 492n
18th: 75, 81, 95n, 286-91, 293-94, 297, 306, 309, 313, 416, 475-80, 484, 489, 492n
22nd: 3, 49-50, 52-55, 430, 432-39, 464-69, 471-74, 493
23rd: 613
26th: 74-75, 80-81, 91, 286, 289, 291, 307-16, 318, 416, 420-21, 430, 475-78, 490-92
39th: 83-86, 92-94, 328, 331-34, 336-40, 586-87, 590
47th: 76-80, 82-83, 86, 89-90, 92-93, 328, 338-40, 408-09, 415-17, 422, 424-25, 475-76, 479-89, 492-93, 506, 511
60th: 84-86, 92-94, 323, 328, 331-37, 339-40, 350, 585-86
109th: 3, 44-47, 49, 347-49, 352-54, 358-59, 361, 366-68, 370-73, 428-29
110th: 3n, 44-49, 314-15, 347, 349-50, 352, 354-55, 361, 363-64, 367-68, 372, 613
112th: 40-41, 56-57, 59-61, 63-65, 347, 349-74
115th: 525, 527-29, 535-37, 539, 563, 576-77
116th: 278-79, 294, 302-03, 305-06, 313, 535-36, 535n, 538, 560, 562-63, 574-77
117th: 102-03, 106, 111, 255-56, 260-64, 266-71, 274-75, 277-79, 285, 294-97, 299, 305-06, 500-502
119th: 101, 103, 106-07, 109, 111, 256-57, 260, 264-71, 275-79, 285, 295, 297-99, 301-02, 304-05, 500-501, 501n, 523, 541, 544, 560-61, 563-65
120th: 102-03, 107, 110-11, 253, 258, 266, 277, 279-80, 285, 294-302, 305, 500-502, 558-59, 561, 563-64
121st: 441-48, 490-53, 450n, 455-62
175th: 525, 527-49, 535-39, 559-63
309th: 602-06
310th: 602-06
330th: 587-92
331st: 587-92
333rd: 549, 551, 554-57, 568, 571
394th: 610
406th: 523, 527, 531-32, 540, 543-44, 572-73
407th: 572-73
413th: 223, 225-26, 425, 503-07, 509-11
414th: 223-24, 226-27, 425-28, 503, 505-09, 511, 515, 584
415th: 223-26, 426-27, 503, 505-07, 511-15, 584
Infantry-tank-artillery team: 106, 537, 620
Infiltration: 358, 465, 477, 559, 589, 604, 609
Intelligence: 31, 38, 41, 61, 68, 121-22, 148, 175, 199-200, 228n, 235, 243-44, 257, 286-87, 290, 295, 328-30, 332, 337, 346, 394, 409-10, 421, 567, 582, 596
from captured papers: 80, 103-04, 106, 122, 141-42, 200, 501
from prisoners: 46, 80, 160, 226, 327, 352, 414, 419, 512, 556, 606
German: 134-36, 167, 240-41, 258-59, 547-48, 614
Irsen creek: 44-45
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Jackson, Lt. Col. Langdon A, Jr.: 433
Jagdpanther.See Guns, German, SP.
Jedlicka, Pvt. Joseph: 180
Jenkins, Pvt. Willis: 262-63
Jennings, Pvt. Sheldon D.: 64n
Jeter, Col. John R.: 441-44, 446-47, 447n
Jodl, Generaloberst Alfred: 135
Johnson, Col. Howard R.: 145-46, 153, 188-89, 191-92
Johnson, 1st Lt. Kenneth L.: 418n
Johnson, Col. Walter M.: 102, 106, 256, 260, 264, 269, 275, 294-97, 500-501
Jones, Capt. Robert E.: 146-47
Jülich: 80, 88, 258, 288, 327, 397, 402, 404, 412-13, 488, 498, 516-18, 520, 523-25, 529, 537-38, 544, 548, 559-63, 565, 573-74, 576
Juengersdorf: 403, 408, 415-16, 420, 475-76, 489-90, 580
–K–
Kading, Pfc. Ken: 307
Kaiserslautern: 7
Kalinowsky, Pfc. Henry J.: 366n
Kall River operations: 323, 331, 336, 343-47, 349-52, 355-72, 457, 463, 600
Kall Valley Dam: 325
Kalterherberg: 84
Kampfgruppen: 59, 69-70, 110, 112, 346, 352. See also German Army units.
Kappel, Capt. Carl W.: 180
Karwell, S. Sgt. Frank A.: 306
Kasteel (chateau): 145-46
Kayes, Capt. Daniel E.: 562
Kean, Maj. Gen. William G.: 23, 342
Keating, Maj. Gen. Frank A.: 566, 572
Keesee, Lt. Col. Morris J.: 447-48, 450, 457
Keizer Karel Plein: 163-64, 166
Kelley, S. Sgt. Brady O.: 473n
Kemper Steimerich Hill. See Hill 560.
Kennedy, Maj. Robert S.: 568
Keppler, General der Waffen-SS Georg: 41-43, 56, 284, 300
Kerkrade: 112, 253, 266, 277, 279, 285, 295, 302
Kesfeld: 45-47
Kettenkreuz. See Hill 655.
Kettlehut, 1st Lt. Howard K.: 462
Kiekberg. See Hill 77.2.
Kimbacher, Col. Josef: 477-78
Kiner, Pvt. Harold G.: 264
King, Lt. Col. Roswell H.: 73, 75-76
Kinnard, Lt. Col. Harry W. O. Jr.: 145-46, 187-88
Kleinhau: 90, 92, 408, 430, 433, 437, 439, 447-52, 457, 464, 466, 471-72, 587, 589
Kleinhau-Brandenberg highway: 451
Kleinsteiber, Lt. George: 453
Kleve-Nijmegen highway: 162, 167, 176
Klundert: 224
Knobelsdorff, General der Panzertruppen Otto von: 42, 59-60, 63
Koechling, General der Infanterie Friedrich J. M.: 91, 257-59, 267, 270, 273-74, 267-77, 284, 288, 296, 312, 487-88, 502, 520, 538-39, 562
Koenig, Generalleutenant Eugen: 601
Koerte, Colonel: 519
Koevering: 194-95
Kohlscheid: 305
Kommerscheidt: 343, 345, 349-52, 354-64, 367-72, 429
Kommerscheidt-Schmidt ridge: 345, 358, 452, 454, 600
Kossmala, Col. Eugen: 460
Krauss, Pvt. Edward: 306, 313-14
Kreider, T/4 James A.: 361-62
Kufferath: 591-93
Kunzig, Lt. Col. Henry B.: 448
–L–
Lafley, 1st Lt. Cedric A.: 307, 317
Lammerding, SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Heinz: 51
Lammersdorf: 85, 90, 92, 94, 325, 341, 602
Lammersdorf-Hürtgen highway: 92-94
Lanaye: 102-03
Landau, Col. Christian: 100, 108-11, 124, 236, 519, 548
Landing craft: 135
Landing fields: 120
Landing zones: 127, 130-31, 137, 139, 144, 146, 148, 154, 158, 163, 165-67, 171-72, 190, 200
Lange, Generalleutnant Wolfgang: 111-12, 258-59, 266-67, 270, 273, 519, 548
Langerwehe; 408, 412-13, 415-16, 420, 475-79, 484-85, 489-90, 492, 510, 580
Lanham, Col. Charles T.: 49-50, 50n, 54, 430, 432, 434-36, 438-39, 464-67, 471-73
LaPrade, Maj. James L.: 147-48
Lathbury, Brig. G. W.: 171n
Latimer, Maj. Robert B.: 54
Lattre de Tassigny, Gen. Jean de: 381
Lauer, Maj. Gen. Walter E.: 600, 607, 611-12
Laufenberg (castle): 421, 475-76
Launches: 138
Laurensberg: 314-15
Lee, Lt. Robert E.: 526
Leigh-Mallory, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford: 218n
Lendersdorf: 591
Leonard, Lt. Col. Henry G. Jr.: 287-88
Leonard, 1st Lt. Turney W.: 363n
Leyherr, Lt. Col. Maximilian: 286, 307
Liaison planes. See Artillery liaison planes.
Liège: 4, 7-8, 12, 36, 81, 96, 98-99, 101-03, 119, 230, 383-84, 398, 405
Liesel: 245-46
Limburg, See “Dutch Panhandle.”
Lind, Capt. Ralph E. Jr.: 367
Lindern: 566-73
Lindern-Linnich highway: 571
Lindquist, Col. Roy E.: 158, 161-63, 165-66
Lindsey, T. Sgt. Jake W.: 418, 418n
Lindsey, Pvt. Thomas G.: 148
Lines of communication: 7, 613n
Linnich: 258, 402, 404, 498, 516-20, 525, 547-48, 559, 564, 566-67, 571-73, 593
Lippe River: 135n
Locke, T/5 Coy T.: 3n
Logistics: 7-14, 62, 121, 259, 377, 380, 382-91, 521-22, 616-17, 619-20. See also Shortages; Supply.
Long, Maj. Talton W.: 177-78
Lorrach: 30
Lorraine: 7, 16, 34, 38, 42, 395, 616
Losenseifen Hill. See Hill 568.
Losses, summary of. See also Casualties.
Aachen battle: 317-18
Antwerp approaches: 229
German equipment and transport: 14-15
Hürtgen Forest: 373-74, 492-93
MARKET-GARDEN: 138, 159, 170, 198-200, 199n, 206
November offensive: 577-78, 593-94
Roer plain battle: 577-78
Roer River Dams attack: 612
Siegfried Line campaign: 616-17
West Wall penetrations: 378
Lousberg Strasse (Aachen): 316
Lovelady, Lt. Col. William B.: 73, 79
Lower Rhine. See Neder Rijn.
Luckett, Col. James S.: 49, 428-30, 441, 447n
Luettwitz, General der Panzertruppen Heinrich Freiherr von: 45, 243-44, 397, 518
Luetzelen Castle: 511
Luftlotte: 36
Luftwaffe: 6, 15-16, 126, 138, 143, 153, 246, 260, 276, 299, 308, 382, 393, 454. See also Air operations.
Luftwaffe troops: 58, 70, 75, 81, 83, 100, 124, 127, 177, 286, 411
Luxembourg: 4, 28, 36, 43, 56-57, 60, 319, 328, 341, 378, 441, 474, 522, 580, 585, 612-13
–M–
M4 tanks. See Tanks, medium.
Maas River: 29, 96, 105-06, 108-09, 113-14, 120, 126, 131, 134, 154-58, 168, 198, 207, 401, 517, 519-21, 546, 548, 567. See also Meuse River.
bridges: 155-58, 158n, 160, 162, 174, 176, 521-22
clearing the west bank: 212-14, 220-22, 227, 231-48, 252, 346, 377, 390-92, 547, 594, 616
Maas-Scheldt. See Meuse–Escaut Canal.
Maas-Waal Canal: 131, 156-58, 160-62, 168, 176-79
Maasbracht: 546
Maashees: 231-32
Maastricht: 8, 14, 29, 36, 96, 98-100, 103-09, 113, 124-25, 231-33, 330, 379, 381, 398, 400, 522, 595
Maastricht-Aachen highway: 105
Maastricht island: 102, 104-06, 108-09
Mabry, Maj. George L., Jr.: 437n
Macaulay, 1st Lt. J. A.: 446
McAuliffe, Brig. Gen. Anthony C.: 131n, 190-92
McCrory, Sgt. James M: 153-54
McDaniel, Pvt. Doyle W.: 366n
McDaniel, Col. Edward H.: 529
McDowell, Lt. Col. Samuel T.: 271, 274, 296
McGraw, Pfc. Francis X.: 420-21
Macholz, Generalleutnant Sigfrid P.: 98-99, 101, 110, 258-59, 266
Macht, 1st Lt. Walter D.: 276
McKee, Col. Richard G.: 430, 436-39, 464-67, 474
Mackenzie, Col. A. J.: 607
McLain, Maj. Gen. Raymond S.: 320, 320n, 498-500, 503, 507, 522-24, 529-30, 534, 537, 561, 563, 565-66. See also Corps, XIX.
McNeal, Pfc. George F.: 3n
Macon, Maj. Gen. Robert C.: 587-89, 591
McWaters, 1st Lt. William L.: 485-87
Maginot Line: 31
Mahogany Hill. See Hill 92.5.
Maintenance: 20, 132, 386, 518, 521
Mainz: 37
Malmédy: 36
Maltzahn, Major Freiherr von: 142, 153
Maness, Lt. Col. Lewis E.: 482-87
Mannheim: 37
Manteuffel, General der Panzertruppen Hasso von: 247, 394-95, 410, 417n
Map exercise: 353
Marcum, 1st Lt. Warren E.: 54-55
Maria Plein: 165
Marienberg: 253, 255-56, 264-69, 277
Mark IV tank. See Tanks, German.
Mark V tank. See Tanks, German.
Mark VI tank. See Tanks, German.
Mark River: 223-27
Marker boats: 138
MARKET: 120-21, 128-29, 132-33, 132n, 134-39, 200. See also MARKET-GARDEN.
MARKET-GARDEN:
achievements and cost: 198-201, 211-12, 377, 618-20
American Operations: 143-95
British operations: 170-73, 195-98. See also GARDEN.
defense of the salient: 201-06, 213, 219-22, 231, 236, 239-41, 243
flight from England: 136-39
German forces opposing: 123-27, 174
German intelligence concerning: 134-36, 136n, 140-41
German reaction to airborne invasion: 136n, 140-43
planning for: 113, 119-23, 127-34, 208-09, 214, 383
Marokus, Sgt. Leon: 513
Marr, Col. Richard S.: 471
Marshall, Gen. George C.: 21, 119, 214, 320n
Martin, Cpl. Russell: 263-64
Mastrobattista, Pvt. Alexander: 501
Mathews, Pvt. James E.: 339n
Maubeuge: 7-8
Mead, Col. Armistead D. Jr.: 379-80
Medal of Honor: 49n, 95n, 151n, 182n, 226, 264, 287n, 299n, 303n, 314n, 363n, 418n, 421, 433n, 437n, 442n, 469n, 480n, 487n, 490n, 501n, 592
Mediterranean Theater: 205, 380
Meerssen: 109-10
Meijel-Deurne highway: 244-45
Meindl, General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugen: 142, 177, 188, 193, 202
Mendez, Lt. Col. Louis G., Jr.: 165-67, 178
Menkovitz, S. Sgt. Daniel: 577
Merkstein: 279
Merode: 475-77, 488, 490-92, 510, 580, 583, 586, 588
Metz: 4, 7-8, 14, 115, 200, 238, 346, 377, 380, 384, 397, 597
Meuse River: 9-10, 28-30, 36-37, 62, 96, 101-03, 106, 119, 326. See also Maas River.
Meuse–Escaut Canal: 106, 113, 120, 122, 125, 133, 142, 192, 208, 236
MEW (Mobile Early Warning): 382
Michaelis, Col. John H.: 144-47, 150, 152, 187-88
Middelburg: 229
Middleton, Maj. Gen. Troy H.: 20n, 251, 613
Millener, Col. George A.: 380n
Miller, Col. Art B., Jr.: 380n
Mills, Lt. Col. Herbert N.: 76, 422-24, 424n
Mine detectors: 436, 500-501, 550, 588
Mine fields. See Mines, use of.
Miner, Col. Earl M.: 603
Mines
antilifting devices: 435
cleared by flail tanks: 548-50
Topf mines: 500
use of: 89, 195, 238-39, 289, 348, 351, 356, 410, 422-24, 432, 434, 452-53, 455, 500-501, 536, 564, 575-77, 588-89
Minick, S. Sgt. John W.: 442n
“Miracle of the West”: 392
Mitchell, Capt. James W.: 554
Mobilization, German: 19
Model, Generalfeldmarschall Walter: 6, 16-18, 87, 101, 105, 107-12, 125, 127, 135-36, 136n, 140-42, 164, 179, 182, 188, 193, 197 200-203, 237, 243, 245, 277, 289-90, 297, 300, 304, 353, 392, 395, 418, 420
Moehne Dam: 597
Moerdijk: 227
Mon creek: 54-55
Monschau: 30, 66, 84-86, 90, 251, 324, 342, 601, 603
Monschau Corridor: 66, 68, 72, 76, 82-86, 90, 92, 252, 323-24, 328, 331, 341-49, 352-53, 359, 363, 370, 372, 399, 455, 460, 583, 600-606, 611
Monschau Forest: 600-602, 606-610, 612
Monschau-Hürtgen-Düren highway: 331
Montgomery, Field Marshall Sir Bernard L.: 3-4, 7-8, 246, 594-95. See also Army Group, 21st.
and Army Groups boundary: 231-33, 241
and British role in November offensive: 391-92, 401
and changes in command situation: 213-15, 213n, 378-79, 378n
and importance of capturing Ruhr: 207, 209-14, 231-32, 242, 248, 595, 619-20
and MARKET-GARDEN: 113, 120-22, 128-29, 133, 187, 196, 199-200, 204-05
“one thrust policy”: 9-10, 123, 200-201, 210-11, 619-20
and opening of Antwerp: 204, 207, 209-10, 212-15, 220-21, 242, 383
and Ruhr feint: 112-13
Mook: 156, 161-62, 167, 177-78, 193
Moore, Brig. Gen. Bryant E.: 426
Moore, Brig. Gen. James E.: 379
Moore, Capt. Robert D.: 469n
Morale: 5, 230, 328, 330, 361, 441, 462, 488, 519, 618
Morris, Maj. James S.: 535-36
Mortar fire: 74, 144, 178, 261, 269, 287, 310, 312, 368, 416, 433, 442, 482, 485, 514, 521, 528, 530n, 531, 537-38. See also Artillery support; Nebelwerfer; Smoke.
Moselle River: 4, 30, 39, 238, 380, 614
Mud: 386, 406, 432, 435-36, 444, 467, 574, 589, 618. See also Tanks, effect of mud on.
Muellendorf: 546-49, 551, 554-56, 566-68, 574
Mueller, Generalmajor Gerhard: 75-76, 78, 87
Muenster: 135n
Muensterbusch: 90
Munich: 281
Murphy, Maj. John R.: 64n
–N–
Namur: 8
Napalm bombs: 254-55, 260, 449, 548, 577
Nazi party: 16, 71, 81-82, 125, 281, 284, 488
Nebelwerfer: 27-28
Neder Rijn: 10, 14, 29, 112, 120, 121, 130-31, 142, 157n, 164, 173, 182, 185, 197-201, 203
Nederweert: 233, 241-42, 244, 246-47
Nederweert-Wessum Canal: 233, 235-37, 241-42, 246-48
Needham, Maj. Fred E.: 224-25
Nelson, Col. Gustin M.: 370-71, 370n
Neppel, Sgt. Ralph G.: 592
Netherlands: 28-29, 38, 120-22, 130-31, 198, 616
Netherlands Interior Forces: 169, 184
Newbury: 137
Niedermerz: 538-39
Niedersgegen: 59-61
Nietzel, Sgt. Alfred B.: 418n
Night operations: 129-30, 223-24, 226, 285, 287, 428, 460-61, 472, 484, 503-04, 507-09, 511-12, 554, 563-65, 568-69, 571, 575-76, 584, 613
Nijmegen: 113, 120-22, 126, 131, 134, 138, 142, 153-58, 157n, 162-69, 173-77, 179-86, 188, 191, 193, 200, 203, 205, 212, 214, 241, 247-48, 377, 391, 547, 595
Nijmegen-Arnhem highway: 181
Nijmegen-Groesbeek highway: 163
Nijmegen-Mook highway: 162
Ninth Air Force: 5, 24-25, 128, 137, 384, 404, 412, 520
Noorder Canal: 241, 243, 246-47
Normandy: 7, 11, 20, 72n, 102n, 107n, 130, 143n, 144, 155n, 177, 218, 222, 254, 383, 461, 580, 600, 606n
comparison with Siegfried Line campaign: 269, 377, 404-06, 404–05n, 411, 413, 523, 528-29, 617-19, 621
North Beveland: 229
Norwegian troops: 208n
Nothberg: 408, 476, 480-82, 506
Novak, Capt. Frank J.: 165, 175
November offensive: 390-92, 411, 619. See also Army, First; Army, Ninth.
a German defensive victory: 594
lack of large-scale British offensive: 547
optimism concerning: 522, 524, 596-97, 618
German reaction to: 392-93, 520, 547-48
Nuenen: 188
Nuetheim: 74-76
Nugent, Brig. Gen. Richard E.: 380, 498, 520
Nuremberg: 281
Nussbaumer Hardt: 57
–O–
OB WEST: 5-6, 5n, 16-18, 60, 109, 135, 141, 245, 289, 393-94, 397, 460, 505, 518, 530, 547-48. See also Rundstedt, Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von.
Obergeich: 585-86
Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH): 16, 82, 141
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW): 16, 18, 100, 182, 393, 488, 559
Obermaubach Dam: 325
Observation: 73, 90, 180, 345, 358, 360, 416, 422-24, 426, 445, 454, 504, 508-09, 541, 564, 576, 585. See also Air reconnaissance; Artillery liaison planes.
air and ground observers: 253, 301, 436, 438, 617
posts: 34, 107, 296, 478-79, 482
restricted by terrain and weather: 55, 131, 265, 348, 420, 442
Observatory Hill. See Lousberg.
Obstacles. See also Bridges, demolished; Mines; Roadblocks.
antitank defenses: 29, 34-35, 410, 520, 533-36, 540-41, 565, 567, 569-71
dragon’s teeth: 34, 44-46, 48, 67-68, 73-75, 85
wire: 34, 89, 261, 331, 350, 372, 410, 426, 432-33, 436, 442, 452, 503, 608-10, 614
Obstfelder, General der Infanterie Hans von: 188, 193, 195, 235-37, 247, 267
O’Connor, Lt. Gen. Sir Richard N.: 241-42, 244, 246
Officers
casualties: 54, 238, 272, 364, 372, 434, 435, 438, 444, 466-67, 470-71, 474, 481, 508, 590
relief of: 47, 82, 91, 238, 246-47, 319, 319n, 370n, 430, 444, 447, 576
O’Hare, Col. Joseph J.: 23n
Oidtweiler: 278, 518, 524, 528
Olef Creek: 607-08
Oliver, Maj. Gen. Lunsford E.: 56-57, 60-61, 64, 431n, 589, 591-93
Olsen, 1st Lt. John J.: 512
Omer River: 409
Ondrick, Col. John G.: 603-04
“One-thrust” theory: 10, 210-11
Oosterbeek: 140-41, 170-71, 173, 185, 195-97
Oploo: 237-38
Organization Todt: 410
Ormont: 40
Our River: 3, 30, 40, 44, 56, 57
–P–
Padgett, S. Sgt. Ewart M.: 316
Palast-Hotel Quellenhof: 307, 309, 312-13, 315
Palenberg: 256, 260, 264, 267, 276
Palenberg-Rimburg road: 262-63
Panic: 47, 50, 70-71, 81, 147, 167, 357, 364-65
Pantazopulos, Pfc. Gus: 263
Panther tanks. See Tanks, German.
Panzerfaust: 25, 46, 74, 238, 288, 311, 331, 362-63, 424, 445, 460, 527, 530n, 536, 565
Parachute Infantry Regiments
501st: 145-46, 153, 187-89, 191, 193
502nd: 144-47, 150-54, 187-88, 194-95
504th: 158, 158n, 160-61, 168, 174, 176-77, 179-82, 184-85, 193
505th: 158, 161-62, 165-70, 174-75, 177-78, 181-82, 193
506th: 143n, 144, 147-50, 152-53, 189-92, 195
508th: 155n, 158-59, 158n, 161-68, 174, 176, 178, 193
Paratroops, German: 611
Paris: 12-13, 20, 24, 49n, 383
Parker, Maj. Gen. Edwin P., Jr.: 600, 602, 611
Parker, Col. Hugh C.: 568, 570
Parker, 1st Lt. Warne R.: 275
Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander M.: 381
Patrol actions: 146-47, 150-51, 203, 255, 609-10
Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr.: 9-10, 9n, 21, 23, 36, 380, 392, 597
Paustenbach: 602
Pedley, Col. Timothy A., Jr.: 554-55
Peel Marshes: 231, 233, 235-36, 238, 247, 251-52, 267, 280n, 377, 384, 391-92, 401-03, 517-19, 548, 566, 620
German spoiling attack: 242-46, 397
Pendleton, S. Sgt. Jack J.: 299, 299n
“People’s Court”: 82
“People’s” labor: 31
Pepe, Pvt. Salvatore: 279
Perry, Lt. Col. Collins: 226
Peterson, Lt. Col. Carl L.: 347, 349, 351, 358, 363-64, 369, 370n
Pier: 584
Pillboxes: 27, 46, 53, 56-57, 63, 74, 112, 617-18. See also West Wall.
air attacks against: 255, 260, 381
arrangement and construction: 31, 34-35, 44, 73, 84
effect of artillery on: 45, 253, 259, 261-62, 272, 609
interlocking fire: 286, 555, 603, 608
method of attack: 45-47, 50, 85, 92, 94, 255, 261-65, 272, 275-76, 287-88, 294, 305, 550, 552-55, 568, 609-10, 614, 618
Pinto, Oreste: 136n
Piron, Colonel: 232n
Plaisted, Lt. Col. Mark S.: 226
Planning. See also Strategy.
for employment of airborne troops: 119-23, 127-34, 199, 619
for January Rhine crossing: 595
for November offensive: 390-92, 397-407
preinvasion: 4, 4n, 6, 11, 207
Platt, Col. Washington: 235, 253, 257, 295, 520
POL (petroleum, oil, and lubricants): 13, 230. See also Shortages.
Pole charges. See Demolition charges.
Police, German: 71, 81, 308, 334
Polish troops: 5, 208n, 222. See also British Army units.
Poppe, Generalleutnant Walter: 125, 136, 146, 150, 152-53, 219, 574
Ports, lack of: 5, 7-8, 11-12, 207, 210-11, 383. See also Antwerp.
Position warfare: 90
Prisoners, Allied: 198, 276, 361, 373, 455, 508, 509, 584n, 617
Prisoners, German: 4, 152, 168, 187, 227, 229, 279, 316-17, 334-35, 338, 340, 340n, 374, 448, 450, 474n, 478, 484, 491, 501-02, 507, 514, 530, 539, 544, 578, 594, 610, 616-17. See also Intelligence.
Pronsfeld: 60
Provisional companies: 13
Proximity fuze: 390
Prüm River: 40, 49, 59, 61, 63
Prummern: 531, 545-46, 549-56, 566
Puetzlohn: 506-10
Puffendorf: 526, 529-34, 541-44, 548
Puppchen (bazooka): 299
Purdue, Col. Branner P.: 294-95, 301, 500-501, 563-64
Purnell, Col. William C.: 538
Pursuit warfare: 4, 41, 45, 106, 617, 619
–Q–
QUEEN: 403-07, 409, 411-14, 412n, 416, 425, 492, 498, 517, 520-21, 524-25, 548, 580, 619
Quesada, Maj. Gen. Elwood R.: 24, 64
Quinn, Lt. Col. Daniel W.: 268
–R–
Rabenheck.See Raven’s Hedge ridge.
Radio: 148, 151, 163, 172, 185-86, 191, 196, 366, 382, 406, 444, 453, 470, 485, 491, 512, 569-70, 603, 614
Radio Luxembourg: 307
Radscheid: 49
Raffelsbrand: 334-35, 343, 345, 347, 349-50, 355, 361, 372
Rafts: 196
Railroads: 11-12, 29-30, 111, 129, 167, 255, 281, 284, 381, 383-84
Ramsey, Admiral Sir Bertram H.: 212
Ranger Battalion, 2nd: 455, 461-63, 493, 593, 600, 611
Ratchford, 2nd Lt. William D.: 315
Rations: 13, 134, 233, 398, 569, 591, 608, 613
Ravels Hill (Ravelsberg). See Hill 231.
Raven’s Hedge ridge: 432-35
Ray, 1st. Lt. Bernard J.: 433, 433n
Reconnaissance See also Air reconnaissance Cavalry.
in force: 37, 39, 44, 49, 55, 66-68, 75
sea: 135
Reconnaissance Troop, 1st: 81
Red Cross: 398
Reichert, Generalleutnant Josef: 220
Reichswald: 156-58, 162, 166-69, 177-79, 200, 202
Reinhard, General der Infanterie Hans: 123-25, 188-89, 192, 195
Relief in place: 428-29, 488, 610
“Reluctant Dragon”: 296
Remagen: 252
“Remote-control robot assault guns”: 273, 283
Renkum: 197
Rennebaum, 1st Lt. Leon A.: 63n
Replacements: 334, 336, 388, 429, 438, 455, 467, 469-71, 469n, 474, 617-18, 621
Replacements, German: 100, 126-27, 222, 258, 393, 594, 616
Reserves: 24, 89-90, 119-21, 134-35, 201, 338, 355, 397, 431, 455, 473, 475, 493, 619
Reserves, German: 6, 15-16, 31, 62n, 69, 111, 114, 121, 136, 143, 257, 273, 284, 289, 295, 334, 348, 353, 358, 393, 427, 488, 530, 547, 559
Resistance forces: 122, 154, 156, 161, 169, 183-84, 187-90, 232n
Ressen: 185-86
Rest and rehabilitation: 398, 456, 522, 612-14, 616
Rex Cinema (Antwerp): 230
Rhine River: 30, 68, 198, 215, 331-32, 496, 520, 577, 616, 619, 622. See also Neder Rijn.
planned crossings: 9, 14, 37, 113, 120-21, 123, 134, 207, 210, 214, 595
planned drive to: 115, 203, 235, 247, 251-52, 280, 324, 327, 327n, 341, 377-78, 390-91, 400, 402, 493, 517, 547, 594-95, 600, 612
Ribbentrop, Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von: 141
Richardson, Lt. Col. Walter B.: 483-85
Richelskaul: 331-38, 347, 349, 351, 353, 368
Richmond, Sgt. Leroy: 181
Rickard, Col. Roy V.: 380n
Ridgway, Maj. Gen. Matthew B.: 128
Riethorst: 155, 158, 161-62, 177-78, 193
Rifle, .30-cal. M1: 25
Riflemen. See Infantry.
Rijsbergen: 224
Rimburg: 112, 114, 253, 255-57, 264, 267-68, 277
Rimburg Castle: 256-57, 264, 266, 268
Rimburg woods: 260, 265, 267-69, 271, 274-77
Ripple, Lt. Col. Richard W.: 351. 362-63. 369
Ritchie, Maj. William D.: 64n
Albert Canal: 96-98, 101-03, 107-09, 124
demonstrations: 614
Inde: 511-15
Leopold Canal: 221
Mark: 224-26
Neder Rijn: 196-98
plans for Roer River: 516-17
Vicht: 76
Road Junction 471: 335-37, 339
Roadblocks: 89, 145, 160, 162, 167, 178, 289, 298, 313, 328, 339, 347, 432, 450, 462, 564
Roadblocks, German: 47, 52, 66-67, 75-77, 101, 108, 175, 335
Roads
deteriorating: 386, 402, 404, 588-89
importance of road nets: 29, 90, 92, 96, 346, 471, 496, 518, 523, 534, 586-87
lack of: 29-30, 55, 131, 134, 200, 233, 350, 359, 416, 420, 432, 434, 436, 490, 492, 564, 606
Roads U-V-W-X-Y-Z (Hürtgen Forest): 432-38, 444, 464-67, 477, 587, 590
Robertson, Maj. Gen. Walter M.: 600, 606, 609-12, 614
Robey, S. Sgt. Paul W. Jr.: 418n
Rocherath: 601, 606-07, 611-12
Rocket launcher, 2.36-inch. See Bazooka.
Rodwell, Col. James S.: 49, 52-53
Roehe: 503-04
Roelsdorf: 590
Roer plain: 30, 283n, 328, 399, 409, 415-16, 425, 428, 469, 473, 475-77, 482, 484, 489, 515, 519, 530, 537, 562, 582, 593, 596, 616, 618
terrain and defenses: 480, 496-98, 501-02, 504-07, 510, 517-18, 520-24, 528-29, 534, 538, 557, 564, 567, 568, 572, 574, 578, 583
Roer River: 29-30, 66-68, 80, 90, 111, 112, 253, 278, 285, 323-24, 341, 344-46, 369, 393, 394, 397, 399, 402, 403, 406, 408, 415-16, 428, 430, 451, 457, 459, 461, 465, 472, 482, 492, 496-98, 503, 507, 509, 510, 516-17, 522, 523-24, 525, 538, 539, 542, 544, 545, 547, 548, 556, 558, 559, 561-68, 571-74, 576, 577, 580, 582-86, 587, 590-96, 596n
Roer River Dams: 30, 324-28, 331, 342-43, 342n, 346, 374, 406-07, 410, 451, 463, 493, 517, 566, 566n, 574, 595-601, 606, 610, 612, 615, 619
Roerdorf: 571-73
Roermond: 134, 235-38, 346, 395, 520, 546, 594
Roesslershof Castle: 479-80, 484-85
Roetgen: 67, 69-70, 72, 78, 83, 325, 492, 528
Roetgen Forest: 66, 72, 78, 85, 87, 90, 94
Rogers, Col. Thomas DeF.: 286
Rollesbroich: 85, 92, 602-03, 606
Roosendaal-Breda highway: 224
Roosma, Col. John S.: 549-50, 552
Roscheid: 44-47
Rose, Maj. Gen. Maurice: 72, 72n, 80, 89, 91, 423
Rosebaum, Col. Dwight A.: 238
Rotation of troops: 398, 612, 614, 618
Roth: 52
Rothe Erde: 309
Rother Weh Creek: 331, 432-33, 436
Roush, Pfc. Luther: 78
Royal Air Force: 137-38, 199n, 228, 404, 412, 520, 597-98
Tactical Air Force, 2nd: 5, 138, 169n, 196, 548
Troop Carrier Group, 38: 128
Troop Carrier Group, 46: 128
Royal Navy: 214
Rudder, Lt. Col. James E.: 461n
Ruhr: 6-7, 18, 28-29, 36, 113, 120-21, 134, 198, 203, 205, 208, 210-15, 231-33, 240-41, 248, 377, 391, 595, 597
Ruhrberg: 324-25
Rundstedt, Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von: 5-6, 15-18, 43, 60, 63, 69, 82, 87-88, 135, 143, 201, 222-23, 243, 245-46, 273, 284, 289, 299n, 314, 397, 427, 530, 547, 567, 616. See also OB WEST.
Ryan, Col. John L., Jr.: 240
–S–
‘s Hertogenbosch: 146, 152, 221
Sabotage: 11
Saeffeler Creek: 237
St. Antonis: 195
St. Joeris: 502-03
St. Lô-Périers road: 254, 404n
St. Oedenrode: 131, 144-46, 150, 152-53, 188, 194-95, 206
St. Vith: 3, 30, 36, 41, 491, 251
Satchel charges. See Demolition charges.
Sauer River: 30, 56-60, 64-65, 614
Saverne Gap: 7n
Schack, Generalleutnant Friedrich August: 69-71, 75, 77-78, 83, 87, 91, 98, 103-05, 107, 110, 112, 257
Schaefer, S. Sgt. Joseph E.: 95n
Schafberg: 587-92
Schafer, 2nd Lt. Paul H.: 584n
Scharnhorst Line: 68, 72-73, 75-77, 81, 84-85
Schaufenberg: 296-97
Schelde estuary: 6, 16, 130, 207
clearing the banks: 210, 212-22, 227-29, 377
German control of: 99, 123, 125, 127, 150, 207, 212, 215
Scherpenseel: 404, 409, 422-24
Schevenhütte: 80, 86-89, 91-93, 328-30, 338, 340, 399, 408, 415-16, 427-28, 430-32, 464, 475, 477, 492
Schevenhütte-Langerwehe highway: 421-22
Schierwaldenrath: 267
Schijndel: 187-91
Schill Line: 68, 70, 75-78, 80, 88, 90
Schlich: 586
Schmidt: 323-25, 328, 330-32, 336, 340-58, 360-61, 363-64, 367-68, 373-74, 317, 399-400, 429, 431, 440, 451, 455, 463, 588, 601, 603, 608
Schmidt, Generalleutnant Hans: 99, 101, 103, 103n, 105-07, 110-11, 330-31, 333, 337-39, 346
Schmidt-Lammersdorf road: 352
Schnee Eifel: 30, 34, 40-44, 49-55, 55n, 68-69, 341, 399, 612
Schoenberg: 52
Schoenthal: 478
Schophoven: 584
Schuetzenpanzerwagen.See Half-tracks.
Schultz, Capt. Robert H.: 47-48
Schwammenauel Dam: 30, 324-25, 325n, 328, 342, 345, 597-98
Schwarzer Mann.See Hill 697.
Schwerin, Generalleutnant Gerhard Graf von: 70-71, 75, 81-82, 91, 283, 320
Scorpion (flail) tanks. See Tanks.
SCR-300: 569
SCR-509: 569-70
SCR-584: 382
“Screeming Meemie.” SeeNebelwerfer.
Searchlights: 138, 610-11. See also Battlefield illumination.
Sedan: 56n
Seely, Col. Theodore A.: 44, 47-48, 347, 349-50, 372
Seille River: 597
Seitz, Col. John F. R.: 309, 312-13, 420-21, 475-77, 491
Sellerich: 53-54
Setliffe, Lt. Col. Truman H.: 367
Setterich: 518, 523-26, 528-29, 534-38, 540-41, 554, 560
SHAEF. See Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces.
Shea, Brig. Gen. George D.: 524
Sheridan, Pfc. Carl V.: 486-87, 487n
Sheridan, 1st Lt. David: 512-13
Sherman tanks. See Tanks, medium.
Shesniek, S. Sgt. Paul: 509
Shipley, 1st Lt. John: 513
Shortages
ammunition, 37, 45, 55-56, 68, 86, 95, 114, 172, 214, 259, 276, 341, 383, 386, 521, 562, 593
antifreeze: 387
gasoline: 4, 11-13, 29, 36-37, 57, 62, 72, 96, 115
medical supplies: 186
replacements: 388-89
spare parts: 385-86
transport: 4, 7, 11, 13, 213, 381, 383-84
Shortages, German
ammunition: 26, 43, 63, 150, 331, 562
equipment: 26
signal equipment: 100
small arms: 331
transport: 100
war industry: 392-93
weapons: 331
Shugg, Brig. Gen. R. P.: 566n
Sibbald, Capt. George H.: 306
Siegfried Line (Siegfriedstellung): 30, 30n. See also West Wall.
Siegfried Line Campaign
a battle of attrition: 622
comparison with Normandy: 523, 528-29, 617-19, 621
German delaying action: 594, 616
slow pace of: 602
summary of gains and losses: 616-22
Sievers, Generalleutnant Karl: 123, 125
Silvester, Maj. Gen. Lindsay McD.: 237-38, 240-41, 244, 246-47
Simmons, Capt. Ross Y.: 298
Simonds, Lt. Gen. G. G.: 220, 228
Simonskall: 349-50, 352, 355, 359, 361
Simpelveld: 110
Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H.: 251, 318-19, 379, 400-403, 406, 498-99, 516, 521-23, 545, 558n. See also Army, Ninth.
Sims, Lt. Hugo, Jr.: 203
Sink, Col. Robert F.: 144, 148, 152-53, 189-90, 195
Sirokin, Pvt. Martin: 263, 267
Sittard: 108-09, 113-14, 236-37, 241, 253
Slave labor: 393
Small unit actions: 47, 146-47, 150-51, 160-61, 179-81, 261-64, 291-93, 453-54, 461-62, 471-72, 479, 481, 485-87, 490-91, 512-14, 528, 550, 564, 569-71, 576-77, 610
Smith, Col. George A., Jr.: 287-88, 291, 477-79
Smith, 1st Lt. James J.: 175
Smith, Lt. Gen. Walter B.: 122, 129
Smoke, tactical use of: 91, 179-80, 254, 260, 305, 309, 332, 336, 446, 449, 465, 473, 481, 482, 509, 526, 528, 542, 563, 570, 572, 575, 577, 584n, 586, 590
Smythe, Col. George W.: 78, 89, 480-82, 485
Soissons: 12
Sonnefield, Lt. Col. J. E.: 360
Sosabowski, Maj. Gen. S.: 186, 195
Sound and flash: 57, 276, 336, 443
Sound effects: 614
South Beveland: 123, 209, 215, 219-22, 227-28
Spa: 24
Special Forces teams: 184
Special Troops, 23rd: 614
Spielmannsholz Hill. See Hill 559.
Sponheimer, General der Infanterie Otto: 219-20
Sportplatz: 574-77
Standdaarbuiten: 224-26
Steckenborn: 603
Stockigt: 60-61
Stokes, Lt. Col. William M., Jr.: 113
Stolberg: 66, 72, 75-77, 80, 88-91, 98, 114, 286, 290, 295, 309, 399-400, 408, 425-26, 475, 499, 502-03, 506, 587
Stolberg Corridor: 29-30, 66, 68-69, 82, 258, 399, 408, 416
first battle: 71-80, 90-91, 109, 111, 115, 283, 285, 330, 410
November offensive attacks: 421-24, 475, 480, 496
Strasbourg: 391
Strategy, Allied: 6-10. See also Planning.
Straube, General der Infanterie Erich: 69, 83, 87, 330, 333, 337, 353, 372
Strauch: 603
Strauch-Schmidt highway: 601
Street fighting. See House-to-house fighting.
Strickler, Lt. Col. Daniel B.: 347, 349, 352, 358, 366
Stroh, Maj. Gen. Donald A.: 441, 444-45, 447-48
Student, Generaloberst Kurt: 100-101, 109-10, 123-25, 135, 140-42, 146, 150, 153, 188, 193, 200-203, 235-36, 247, 395
Stumpf, Lt. Col. R. H.: 336-39
Summers, Lt. Col. William M.: 510
Supply: 129, 134, 199, 200, 214, 230, 233, 532, 540, 554, 571, 596. See also Air supply; Logistics; Ports; Shortages; Woods fighting.
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF): 6-8, 16, 119, 121-22, 214, 388, 619. See also Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D.
Air Priorities Board: 383
and Roer River dams: 327, 374, 597-98
Surprise: 91, 136n, 140, 170, 243, 245, 266, 333, 362, 394, 426, 433, 466, 525-26, 531, 553, 561, 563, 584, 602-04, 608
Sussman, Pvt. Morris: 470
Sutherland, Col. Edwin M.: 101, 256-57, 264, 266, 268, 275, 279, 295, 297-99, 304-05, 500
Swanberg, Cpl. Bertol C.: 418n
Swift, Col. Ira P.: 533-34
Swimmers: 203
Swinden: 137
–T–
Tactical Air Commands
IX: 5, 24, 24n, 254, 278, 299, 309, 332, 343, 381-82, 404, 412, 418, 446, 449, 508
XXIX: 380-81, 404, 412, 498, 500, 520, 525, 532, 539-40, 548, 572, 572n, 576-77
Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 67th: 24n
Tactics. See Night operations; Pillboxes; Small unit actions; Surprise; Tank-infantry tactics; Woods fighting.
Tank Battalions
40th: 569-70
70th: 472
745th: 479
750th: 510
Tank Destroyer Battalions
628th: 63n
771st: 531
899th: 480n
Tank Destroyers: 27, 275, 287-88, 291, 293, 296, 312, 347, 359-60, 363, 368, 374, 480n, 500-501, 514, 527, 566n, 620-21. See also Artillery support; Tank-infantry tactics.
Tank dozers: 264
Tank guns
75-mm: 27, 46, 436, 461, 532, 538
Tank-infantry tactics: 50, 85, 89, 91, 106, 175, 181-82, 195-96, 268-69, 272, 310-12, 357-38, 363, 417-18, 422-24, 436, 448, 449-50, 452-53, 455, 459, 472-73, 483-84, 487, 491, 500-501, 526-27, 536-37, 538, 540, 544, 555, 584-86, 588-90, 603-04, 620
German: 225, 275, 290-93, 296, 298-99, 301, 353-58, 368, 419, 460-61, 514, 531-32, 539, 541, 552
ineffective coordination: 276, 303, 466, 534-35
Tank retrievers: 446, 491, 533
Tanks. See also Armor; Tank guns; Tank-infantry tactics.
Crocodile (flame-throwing): 542-43, 553-55, 560
disabled: 295, 355, 359-60, 369, 446, 491, 527n, 544, 578
effect of mud on: 257, 264-65, 288, 305, 422-23, 443, 479, 484, 510, 518, 526, 530n, 535-36, 542, 550, 555, 592, 603
losses: 65, 65n, 67, 73-74, 77, 79, 91, 199, 239-40, 271, 272, 275, 280, 288, 336, 363, 368, 374, 422-24, 434, 450, 452, 472, 484, 485, 487, 510, 514, 526-27, 530, 530n, 532, 533, 542, 544, 560, 573, 578, 588-89, 593-94, 594n, 617
Scorpion (flail): 74, 548, 550, 591
support strength: 20-21, 68, 86, 86n, 247, 386, 409, 524, 540n, 594
Tanks, German: 76, 79, 121, 153, 186, 187, 239, 242, 243n, 270, 360, 418, 438, 509, 571, 611-12
losses: 64, 245, 296, 298-99, 301-02, 318, 318n, 357-58, 374, 419, 448, 514, 531-32, 540-41, 544, 560, 564, 617
Mark IV: 27, 53, 59, 296, 363, 450
Mark V (Panther): 16, 27, 73, 78, 153, 195, 357, 363, 422, 531-32, 541, 559n
Mark VI (Tiger): 27, 290-91, 491, 530-32
support strength: 51, 81, 87, 121, 236, 243, 283, 284, 303, 308, 397, 410-11, 519-20, 562, 567, 582
Task Forces (Combat Teams)
1: 271-73, 526, 531-32, 541-43
B: 541-42
X: 527, 531-32, 540-41, 543, 551, 566
Davis: 367-68
Doan: 74-75
King: 73-76
Lovelady: 73-74, 76, 18-79, 91, 422
Quinn: 268-69
Stokes: 113-14
Taylor, Brig. Gen. George A.: 55, 316
Taylor, Maj. Gen. Maxwell D.: 144-48, 152-54, 186-90, 192, 203, 205
Telephones: 224, 272, 570, 609, 614
Terneuzen: 221
Terrain: 19, 26, 28-30, 200, 248, 408, 409, 480, 500, 617, 619, 620
forest barriers: 40, 53, 55, 57, 66, 72, 82-83, 90, 600, 606. See also Hürtgen Forest.
high ground: 131, 155-56, 170, 323
marshes and waterways: 96, 108, 130-31, 133, 148, 187, 215, 233, 238, 244, 247
the Roer plain: 496, 511, 517-18, 530, 545, 572, 583, 587
Tettau, Generalleutnant Hans von: 142
Teveren: 112
Thompson, Lt. John S.: 160
Thompson, Sgt. Max: 314n
Thompson, Lt. Col. Oscar H.: 85, 92-94, 333-34, 336-38
Thorson, Brig. Gen. Truman C.: 23, 400, 493
Tiefen Creek: 373, 451-53, 457
Tiger tanks. See Tanks, German.
Tilburg: 136, 142, 146, 150, 200, 219, 221
Toad Hill. See Hill 87.9.
Todt, Dr. Fritz: 31
Todten Bruch. See Deadman’s Moor.
Touart, Col. Anthony J.: 224, 227, 425-28, 506-09, 511
Tournai: 119
Towle, Pvt. John R.: 182n
Traffic control: 134, 185, 186, 186n, 190-92, 402-03
Training: 255-56, 262, 469n, 618, 621
Traitors: 136n
Transportation: 11-13, 17, 68, 129, 383-84, 411. See also Shortages.
Travis, Pvt. Ben J.: 509
Trench foot: 360, 372-73, 429, 438, 455, 474, 557, 604, 606, 614, 618
Trenches. See Fortifications.
Troop Carrier Command, IX: 128, 199n
Troop carrier operations: 120, 128, 129-30, 132-33, 132n, 136-40, 144-45, 154, 157, 170, 172, 186, 196, 199-200, 199n. See also MARKET-GARDEN.
Troop strength
Allied (September 1944): 3-5, 20, 23-24, 36
Allied (October 1944): 378-79, 387-88, 387n
MARKET-GARDEN: 128, 133, 139, 159, 170
November offensive: 397, 400-403, 409, 440, 516-17, 521, 568, 580-82, 593, 600
21st Army Group problems: 204-05, 213
Troop strength, German
Aachen and West Wall sectors: 69-71, 75, 81, 91, 109, 111, 257-58, 273-74, 277, 283-84, 286-87, 289-90, 296, 300, 308, 314
Albert Canal line: 98-101, 123-24
Antwerp approaches: 218-20
Ardennes counteroffensive buildup: 393-95, 616
holding before the West Wall: 41-43, 51, 57, 60, 63
Hürtgen Forest: 93, 95, 330-31, 337, 346, 353-54, 359, 417-18, 431-32, 437, 465, 487-88
Monschau Corridor: 83, 86-87, 601-02
opposing MARKET-GARDEN: 126-27, 135-36, 142-43, 164, 170, 176-77, 188-89, 193, 201-02
opposing November offensive: 395-97, 409-11, 499-500, 530, 559, 567, 582-83, 594
west of the Maas: 235-37, 243, 247
Truman, President Harry: 418n
Tucker, Col. Reuben H.: 158, 160-61, 174, 176
Tufts, Lt. William C.: 225
Turner, Lt. Col. Robert G.: 113
Turnhout: 222
“Type-1944 Infantry Division”: 15, 87
–U–
Uden: 188-94
Ulmer, 1st Lt. Arthur A.: 513
Urft Dam: 30, 324-25, 326n, 327, 597-98
Urft River: 325-26
Urquhart, Maj. Gen. R. C.: 172-73, 185-86, 198
–V–
“V-13”: 310n
van Hoof, Jan: 184n
Van Houten, Col. John G.: 335
Vanderheid, Sgt. Linus: 487
Vandervoort, Lt. Col. B. H.: 174, 177, 181-82
VARSITY: 132n
Veghel: 131, 145-46, 152-53, 160, 187-92, 194-95, 201, 203, 206, 236
Venlo: 156, 238, 242, 243, 247-48, 548
Venlo-Nijmegen highway: 167
Venray: 231, 235, 238, 242, 248
Verlautenheide: 80, 88, 284, 286-91, 297, 300, 304, 309, 425, 499, 504
Versailles: 211
Vicht River: 66, 72, 75, 76, 78, 90, 325
Village strongpoints. See Roer plain.
Vortum: 238
Vosges Mountains: 381
Vossenack: 323, 331, 336-39, 341, 343-47, 349-51, 353-55, 357-59, 361-68, 371, 372-73, 400, 429, 438, 441, 451, 453, 455, 457, 465, 601-02
Vossenack ridge: 336-37, 344-45, 347, 349-50, 358, 361, 364-66, 370, 372-73, 455
Vught: 140
–W–
Waal River: 29, 120, 126, 131, 134, 142, 154-58, 166, 174-75, 179-82, 193, 198, 200-201, 203
Wadden Islands: 135
Walcheren Island: 123, 209, 212, 215, 218-21, 228-29
Waldenburg, Generalmajor Siegfried von: 353-54, 359, 365, 374
Wallace, Maj. Robert W.: 568-69
Wallendorf: 43, 56-65, 115, 251, 620
Walther, Colonel: 124-25, 188-89, 191-92
Waltz, Col. Welcome P.: 223, 225, 503, 507, 509-10
War production, German: 6, 31, 390, 392-93
Warren, Lt. Col. Shields, Jr.: 162-67
Warsaw: 141
Waurichen: 273, 278, 518, 523, 526
Weapons. See also entries for various types of weapons.
Allied numerical superiority: 5
comparison of U.S. and German: 25-28
performance in Siegfried Line Campaign: 620-21
psychological effects: 260, 262-63, 309n, 334, 413-14, 444-45, 455, 489, 575-76
Weasels (Cargo Carrier M-29): 311, 343, 351, 352, 355, 359-60, 371
Weather: 13, 19, 35, 121, 129, 210, 214, 219, 221, 364, 377, 381, 392, 400, 403, 405-07, 411-12, 475, 504, 518, 521, 522, 557, 572, 574, 578, 598, 616, 618
effect on tactical operations: 13, 24, 52, 55, 57, 61, 86, 88, 95, 106, 115, 132, 136-37, 154, 169n, 172, 176, 186, 190, 192, 196, 224, 227, 229, 243, 257, 259-60, 270, 274, 276, 278, 288, 302, 332, 340, 344-46, 347-48, 351, 352, 357, 360, 363-64, 372, 373, 382, 402, 418, 420-22, 441-44, 453-54, 455-57, 467, 479, 492, 506, 508, 525, 532, 534, 540, 542, 555, 563, 572n, 576, 604, 607-09
and failure of MARKET-GARDEN: 199-200, 618
Weaver, Brig. Gen. William G.: 448, 451-52, 455, 457, 461-63
Wegelein, Colonel: 337-39, 343, 347, 353
Weh Creek: 416, 419-20, 432-33, 464, 475, 477-80, 484, 510
Wehrkieis VI: 126-27, 142, 164, 193
Wehrkreis X: 189
Weissenberg: 422
Weissenberg (hill). See Hill 283.
Weisser Weh: 92-93, 331-39, 347, 428-29, 432-38, 442, 444-45, 464
Weiswampach: 3
Weisweiler: 482, 484, 505-09. See also Eschweiler-Weisweiler industrial triangle.
Weisweiler-Langerwehe highway: 475, 480, 484-85, 489
Welz: 572
Wenau Forest: 66, 68, 72, 75, 78-80, 87, 90, 94, 399
West, Col. Gustavus W.: 522
West Stellung: 106
West Wall: 6, 12, 16, 18, 29, 41-43, 48, 94-95, 119-21, 208, 211, 281, 283n, 318, 332, 342, 390, 401-02, 600, 616, 618, 622
attacks north of Aachen: 96, 107-15, 205, 231, 233, 240-41, 251-80, 283, 283n, 284-86, 293, 298, 302, 314, 319n
construction and defenses: 30-35, 38, 40, 44-47, 50, 56-57, 66-69, 72-75, 77, 84, 95, 103, 115, 520n, 601. See also Pillboxes.
defended for political reasons: 38, 41, 68
“impregnability”: 18, 31, 34-35, 51
MARKET-GARDEN failure to turn north flank: 198, 212, 377
reconnaissance in force penetrations: 37-41, 44-95, 283n, 287, 612
Westkapelle dike: 228-29
Westphal, General Siegfried: 62n, 143n
White, Brig. Gen. Isaac D.: 108-09, 523, 526, 532, 540, 542-43
White phosphorus, tactical use of: 179-80, 511, 521, 584
Whitis, Pvt. Evan: 306, 313-14
Wierzbowski, Lt. Edward L.: 146-47, 150-52
Wies Creek: 607-08
Wijk: 106-08
Wilck, Col. Gerhard: 283-84, 307-08, 312-16, 410, 519
Wilhelmina Canal: 131, 144-48, 150, 152-53, 187, 200
Wilhelmshoehe: 476, 479, 481-84, 507-08
Willems Canal: 131, 145, 188, 190-91
Williams, Maj. George S.: 461-63
Williams, Lt. Col. John: 287-88
Williams, Col. Laurin L.: 571
Williams, Maj. Gen. Paul L.: 128
Williamson, Lt. Col. Ellis V.: 564
Wilson, Col. Robert W.: 23n
Windmills: 528-29
Winterhilfswerk (Winter Relief Project): 316
Winton, Lt. Col. Walter F., Jr.: 156, 167
Wise, Sgt. Alvin R.: 312, 312n
Withdrawal operations: 91, 166, 196-98, 225, 306, 357, 370-72, 444, 532, 612, 614
Withdrawal operations, German: 99, 104-06, 108, 112, 124, 218-19, 222-23, 505, 508, 558, 560, 563, 584
Wittkopf, 1st Lt. Phillip W.: 53, 53n
Wittscheidt: 331, 334, 336-39, 347-48
Wolfheze Station: 171
Wolpert, T. Sgt. Howard: 263
Woods fighting: 52-53, 78, 92, 94, 323, 332-34, 336, 339, 344-50, 366-68, 371, 420, 431-32, 436-37, 441-45, 465-67, 469-70, 476-77, 587, 590, 607-09. See also Hürtgen Forest; Monschau Forest.
supply problems: 333, 335, 351, 360, 361-62, 367, 432, 434-38, 444, 465, 467, 476, 478, 588, 590-91, 608
Woodyard, Lt. Col. Thomas R.: 554
World War I: 25, 30, 99, 323, 392
Wuerm: 546, 551, 554-55, 566-68, 574
Wuerselen: 253, 279, 284-85, 294-95, 297, 299-300, 303-06, 308, 313, 399, 402, 408, 424, 496-501, 516, 519, 522, 529, 544, 548
Wuestwezel: 222
Wurm River: 29-30, 111, 252-61, 264-71, 277-78, 295, 302-03, 304-05, 496, 516, 517, 519, 520, 523, 532, 545-56, 566
Wyler: 155, 158, 166, 176-78, 193
–Y–
York, Col. Robert H.: 589
Youenes, Pvt. Brent: 262
–Z–
Zangen, General der Infanterie Gustav von: 125, 193, 218-19, 223, 395, 410, 417-18, 539, 559, 592
Zeglien, Pvt. Harold: 263
Zon: 131, 144, 146-48, 150, 152-53, 174, 187, 189, 200, 206
Zonsche Forest: 146-48, 150, 151n, 152
Zuider Zee. See Ijsselmeer.
Zundert: 222-24
Zweibruggen: 272