Index
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Aach: 421
Aachen: 269-71, 273, 275, 287, 292, 294-95, 298-308, 318-19, 323, 393, 496
Aachen Municipal Forest: 269-70
Aalen: 509, 511, 513
Aandenberg: 382
Aaron Ward: 103
Abadan air base: 102
Abaiang Island: 151
Abate Hill: 165, 167
Abau: 56
Abau Track: 57
Abaucourt: 316
Abbach: 519
Abbendorft: 528
Abbeville: 261-62
ABDA. See Australian-British-Dutch-American Command.
Abel, Cecil: 59
Abel’s Field: 59-60, 65
Abemama Island. See Apamama Island
Abenden: 398, 417-18
Abensberg: 521
ABERDEEN: 185
Abetaia: 408
Abijao: 363-64
Abo-Abo River: 15-16
Abra de Ilog: 358, 373
Abraham (Ennugarrett) Island: 167
Abrefontaine: 367
Abucay: 13
Abucay Hacienda: 15, 17
Abuyog: 314-17
Acerno: 136-37
Achain: 325
Achen: 346-47
Achouffe: 374
Acquafondata: 146, 157-58
Acqualina: 280
Acquarola: 305-06
Acquatraversa Creek: 193
Acquaviva: 221
Acqueville: 215
Acroma: 4, 39, 41
Acul: 364
Adak Island: 51-52, 54-55, 57, 104, 127
ADC Group (USMC): 159-63
Addis Ababa: 78
Adelmannsfelden: 511
Adelshofen: 492
Adelup Point: 238
Adenau: 432
Adige Line: 518
Adige River: 517-18, 521-22
Adler, Brig. Gen. Elmer E.: 35
Admiral Scheer: 482
Admiral Scheer Bridge: 423, 425
Admiralty area (Kwajalein): 169
Admiralty Islands campaign: 129, 152, 162, 164, 170, 175-88
Casualties summary: 190, 194
offensive plan completed: 43-45
staging area for Philippines: 303, 329
Adolf Hitler Bridge: 418, 424-25
Adony: 346
Adorf: 462, 524
Adrano, 120, 123, 125
Adriatic coast sector: 138, 140, 142, 145, 150, 153, 183, 191, 199, 204-05, 207, 210, 212, 216, 219, 221, 231-33, 247, 250-53, 259, 262, 277, 279, 283, 296, 306, 313, 318, 319, 337, 338, 339, 344, 397, 412, 421
Advance New Guinea Force: 75, 84
Aegean Islands: 134-35, 138-39, 146-47, 261, 292
Aegidienberg: 438, 440
Aermeter: 297
Afetna Point: 211-12
Afferden: 404, 415
Affler: 409
Affoldern: 468
Africa, Northwest, recovery of. See Northwest Africa campaign.
Africa-Middle East Theater: 419
Afua: 202, 205-06, 216, 229, 231-45
Afwaterins Canal: 316
Agahang: 323
Agana: 240-41
Agat: 234-35
Agay: 249
Agedabia: 6, 8-9, 13, 17, 69
Agger River: 485
Agincourt: 280-81, 283
Agira: 121-23
Agno River: 8-9, 374, 376, 378-79, 405
Agoo: 7
Agriculture Building (Manila): 412, 417, 419
Agrigento: 119-20
Aguilar: 371-72, 374
Agy: 206
Ahaus: 460, 462
Ahawk Stream: 165-66
Ahawk Trail: 165
Ahioma: 52
Ahl Creek: 452
Ahlen: 476
Ahnsen: 484
Ahr River: 427, 429, 431-34
Ahrhutte: 431
Ahrweiler: 429
Ailano: 142
Ailertchen: 454
Ain River: 259-60
Aïn et Turk: 65
Ainsworth, Rear Adm. Walden L.: 118, 161
Air and Ground Supply Committee (Burma): 459
Air bombardment of Europe. See Combined Bomber Offensive against Europe.
Air Commando, 1st (AAF): 178
Air Corps: 13, 22. See also Army Air Forces.
Air Force Engineer Command (Prov): 159
Air Force Service Commands
XII: 159
XV: 159
Air Forces
3rd Tactical: 190, 333
Fifth: 25, 53, 58-59, 63-67, 69, 74, 78, 126, 128, 130-31, 136-37, 140, 143-47, 170, 176, 181, 184-85, 194, 206, 215-16, 274, 315, 346-47, 349-50, 372, 375, 380-81, 387, 389-90, 404, 415, 440, 450-51, 530, 548
Sixth: 22
Seventh: 22, 38, 40, 42, 136, 145, 147, 344, 368, 370, 383, 428
Eighth: 19, 33, 37-38, 42, 50, 72, 82, 89, 113-14, 122, 124, 128, 130, 132, 137-41, 144, 152, 154, 156, 160, 176, 178, 185, 187, 189, 191-92, 197, 203, 215, 219, 236, 244, 245, 268, 271, 273
Ninth: 66, 75, 93, 105, 124, 134, 141, 150, 152, 154, 179, 186, 191, 236, 240, 321
Tenth: 23, 27-28, 31, 35, 43-44, 50, 55, 121, 153, 345, 375, 484, 527, 537, 542, 550
Eleventh: 22, 28, 112, 122, 125, 127, 133, 135
Twelfth: 50, 66, 82, 93, 96, 127, 139, 141
Thirteenth: 72, 84, 160, 183, 186-87, 315, 415, 440, 445
Fourteenth: 97-98, 114-16, 123, 132, 147, 149, 165, 189, 194, 199, 204-05, 241, 248, 259, 266, 276, 314, 323, 342, 355, 375, 387, 390, 396, 405, 453, 527, 537, 550
Fifteenth: 141-43, 148, 160, 167, 175-76, 185, 201, 203, 207, 219, 236-37, 242, 244, 261
Twentieth: 315
Alaskan: 15, 22
Caribbean: 22
Far East: 3-4, 6, 21, 315, 368
Middle East: 43
Strategic: 194
Western Desert: 74, 94, 103, 105
Air Service Area Commands
II: 159
III: 159
Air Service Commands
IX: 66
X: 35
Air Support Command, IX: 103
Air Transport Command
India-China Ferry Command: 45
India-China Wing: 71
operations in CBI: 71
transport of reinforcements to China: 441
Air Unit, 5318th: 170
Airaines: 260
Airborne Antiaircraft Battery, 709th: 52
Airborne Divisions. See also Glider Infantry Regiments; Parachute Infantry Regiments.
11th (187, 188, 511th): 301, 334, 337, 339, 347, 349, 352-54, 357, 372, 374, 379, 381, 385, 388, 390-96, 398-402, 410, 417, 423, 425-26, 428, 430-31, 433-37, 440, 442, 445, 450-53, 455, 457, 460-61, 464-65, 467, 471, 473, 476-78, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 490, 493, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 510-11, 520, 522-23, 530, 546, 548, 551
13th (88th, 326th, 515th): 450
17th (193rd, 194th, 513th): 360, 362, 365-67, 369, 371-74, 377, 379-82, 384, 387, 392, 394, 396-400, 450, 452-54, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482, 485, 487, 489, 491, 493, 504, 506, 515
82nd (504th, 505th, 325th): 117-23, 131-32, 134-38, 143, 146-47, 154-56, 203-13, 222-24, 276-79, 281, 284-85, 288, 321, 324, 354, 356, 357-62, 366-71, 385-93, 395, 397, 399-402, 404-05, 408, 464, 473, 508, 516, 519-20, 522, 524, 526, 528
101st (327th, 401st, 502nd, 506th): 203-10, 219, 221-22, 229, 276, 278-79, 281-82, 284-85, 287-88, 321, 338, 354, 357, 359, 361-63, 365-67, 370-71, 373-76, 381, 384-85, 393, 410, 413, 414, 466, 473, 502, 520, 523, 525, 527, 530-31
Airborne Engineer Battalion, 871st: 131
Airborne Task Force, 1st: 249-50, 252-55, 258-59, 261, 266, 333, 337
Aircraft, Army
first launching from carriers: 34
H2S-equipped: 137, 144
internment in Turkey: 41, 124
Aircraft carriers. See also by name.
first engagement between: 37
first launching of land bombers from: 34
Aire: 262
Airel: 226
Aisch River: 492, 494, 496, 498
Aisne River: 258, 260, 367
Aitape operation: 182, 187-90, 195-96, 199-202, 205-07, 212-14, 216, 221, 223, 225, 227-50, 256, 263, 269, 342
Aitsu Island: 173
Aix-en-Provence: 252-53, 255
Ajoncourt: 298
Aka: 456
Aka Island: 456-57, 460, 462
Akagi: 40
Akarakaro Point: 289
Aken: 500
Akhtyrka: 126
Akyab operation: 30, 36, 71, 75, 78, 145, 316, 351, 358, 362, 367, 384, 426, 469
Alacan: 373
Alagir: 62
‘Alam el Halfa: 50, 53-54
Alaminos: 372, 374, 467
ALAMO FORCE: 114-15, 136, 139, 141, 156, 176, 182, 189, 191, 195, 200-202, 220, 249, 274. See also Armies, Sixth.
Alangalang: 314
Alangan River: 32
Alaska Defense Command: 28, 38, 143
Alaska Sector (USN): 186
Alaskan Air Force: 15, 22
Alaskan Department: 143
Alaskan Sea Frontier (USN): 186
Alatri: 201
Albanella: 133
Albaneta Farm: 172
Albania, operations in: 301, 329
Albano: 164, 167, 173-76, 179, 198-202
Albay Gulf islands: 486
Albereto: 341
Albersrieth: 512
Albert Canal: 265, 267-69, 353
Albert (Ennumennet) Island: 167
Albert River: 273
Albestroff: 333-35
Albiano: 392
Albuera: 339
Album: 13
Alcala: 548
Alcan Highway: 23, 62
Alchiba: 70
Aldekerk: 421
Aldenhoven: 327, 331
Aldersbach: 526
Aldringen: 382
Aldsdorf: 297
Alemont: 321
Alençon: 243, 245-48
Alessandria: 521, 527
Aleutian Islands Campaign: 40-129. See also Attu Island; Kiska Island.
air-naval actions: 38, 40, 57, 88, 93, 100, 106, 112-13, 116, 121-22, 124-27
as base for assault on Paramushiro: 132
enemy naval support: 36
enemy seizure: 38-40
enemy supply situation: 100
Komandorski Islands naval battle: 100
recovery of: 88, 93, 96, 100, 102, 104-06, 108-14, 116, 120-29, 139
reinforcement of: 38
Alexai Point: 109, 112-13
Alexander, Gen. Sir Harold R. L. G.: 30, 35, 50, 94-95, 102, 104-05, 107-08, 159
CG of Allied forces in Tunisia: 92
as CG of Burma Army: 27
as CG of 18 Army Group: 94
as CG of 15th Army Group: 113, 117-19, 120-23, 131, 133-36, 138, 145, 162, 168-69, 172, 190, 202, 204, 210, 217, 266
as CG of MEF: 49-50
Deputy CinC of Allied Forces in French North Africa: 93
directive on drive on Rome: 190
directive on Egypt-Libya: 49
directive on Gafsa offensive: 98, 100
plan for final offensive in Tunisia: 104
and SACMED: 354
transfer to India: 38
Alexandra: 23
Alexandria: 43
Alexishafen: 189
Alf: 436, 439-40, 443
Alf River: 435
Alfeld: 466, 480
Alfonsine: 358, 366, 368
Alfter: 429-30
Algeria-French Morocco Campaign: 64-66. See also Northwest Africa Campaign; Tunisia Campaign.
Algiers
AFHQ moved to: 69
Allied command conference: 92
conference with French leaders: 60
French Committee of National Liberation formed: 113, 130
landings at: 53, 64-67
NATO established: 91
Algrange: 267
Ali: 128
Ali Island: 189
Alife: 141
Alimena: 121
Alimodian: 443
Alitzheim: 485
Alken: 438
Allagappa: 401
Allaine River: 330
Allanmyo: 30-31, 509, 522
Allen, Samar: 406-07
Allen (Ennubirr) Island: 167
Allendorf: 429, 479, 481
Allengen: 480
Allenstein: 381, 386
Aller River: 482, 484, 486, 489
Allerborn: 379
Allerona: 210
Allersburg: 512
Allex: 257
Allied Air Force (NW Africa): 82
Allied Air Forces (P.I.): 379
Allied Air Support Command: 93
Allied Airborne Army, First. See First Allied Airborne Army.
Allied Armies in Italy: 179-354. See also Army Groups, 15th.
Allied Central Mediterranean Force: 163-78. See also Allied Armies in Italy.
Allied Expeditionary Air Force: 150, 154, 187, 191, 195, 239
Allied Expeditionary Force
activated: 55
Eisenhower as Supreme Commander: 152, 156, 163. See also Eisenhower, General Dwight D.; Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.
Allied Force Headquarters. See also Eisenhower, General Dwight D.; Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.
activated: 55
Alexander named Deputy CinC: 93
command conference: 92
control of Seventh Army: 249
meetings with Soviet Army: 496, 498, 512-17, 519, 521-23, 526-30, 532-33, 536
moves to Algiers, 69
moves to Gibraltar: 64
plans for invasion of Italy: 123-24, 126-30
plans for Southern France Campaign: 155, 157, 159, 162, 164, 171, 176-77, 240, 246, 249
reconstitution of commands: 93
relinquishes 6th Army Group to SHAEF: 273
staff structure: 64
Allied Land Forces, South East Asia: 324-58
Allied Naval Forces, Luzon: 373
Allstedt: 489
Almelo: 474
Almond, Maj. Gen. Edward M.: 296
Alor Star: 4
Alost: 262, 264
Alpe di Poti: 230, 232-33
Alpe di Vitigliano: 271-72
Alpen: 295, 425, 427-28, 430, 432
ALPHA: 249, 333, 341, 348, 350, 354, 365, 369 387. See also Chungking; Kunming.
ALPHA Force: 248. See also Southern France Campaign.
Alpine Front Command (French.): 447
Alpine Highway: 514
Alsace-Ardennes Campaign: 274, 353-83
Alsbach: 454
Alschbach: 445
Alscheid: 382
Alsdorf: 295-98
Alsenz River: 444
Alsfeld: 463, 465
Alsleben: 491
Alsstadten: 425
Alstatte: 464
Alsting: 407
Alt Astenberg: 472
Alt Bessingen: 481
Alt Damm: 446
Altamura: 136-37
Altavilla: 133-35
Altdorf: 507, 523
Alten: 508
Alten Buseck: 458
Altena: 496
Altenahr: 429
Altenburg: 410, 494, 496
Altendorf: 427
Altenfeld: 478
Altenhundem: 482
Altenilpe: 483
Altenkirchen: 452, 454
Altenmellrich: 474
Altenrath: 489
Alterberg: 530
Altheim: 455
Althorn: 369, 371, 380
Althuette: 507
Altisheim: 518
Altkirch: 338-39
Altmuenden: 479
Altmuhl River: 514, 516, 518, 521
Altmyhl: 415
Alto Hill: 276
Altopascio: 261, 263
Altremda: 490
Altwied: 449
Altwiller: 335, 338
Alvignano: 141
Alzen: 271, 273, 275, 278, 387, 448, 450
Alzerath: 388
Amagansett: 41
Amance Hill: 280-81, 283-84
Amanvillers: 265, 268-69
Amaseno: 198
Amaseno River: 197
Amaseno Valley: 197
Amaye-sur-Seulles: 241
Ambayabang Valley: 419
Amberg: 504, 510, 514
Ambérieu: 259
Amberloup: 372
Amblève: 375, 383
Amblève River: 355-56, 358, 361, 372-74, 377
Ambon: 20, 22, 25
Ambrières-le-Grand: 244
Amchitka Island: 75-76, 88, 93
Ameln: 414
Amelscheid: 388
American Military Mission to China: 27
American republics, solidarity meeting: 15, 19
American Volunteer Group: 5, 7, 36, 44
Amersfoort: 499
Amiangal Mt.: 288-89, 291, 293
Amiens: 258-59
Amike: 536
Amlang: 374-75, 377-78, 380
Amleldingen: 402
Ammer River: 523
Ammer See: 521, 523
Ammerschwihr: 355
Amoeneburg: 460
Amorbach: 463
Amoy: 375
Amonines: 361
Amper Kanal: 523
Amper River: 523
Amphibious Corps, Marine. See Marine Amphibious Corps.
Amphibious Forces (USN)
III: 119, 303, 305
V: 129
VII: 222, 274, 302, 305
North Pacific: 102
Pacific: 299
Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, FMF: 438, 456, 476, 480, 491, 548
Amphibious Support Force (USN): 403
Amphibious Tank Battalions
536th: 374
718th: 374
776th: 344-45, 348-49, 374
Amsterdam Island: 239, 241
Amstetten: 534-35
Amuro Island: 458
An: 404
Anabat: 433
Anagni: 201
ANAKIM: 73, 88, 90, 108. See also Burma, recovery of.
Anamo: 229-30, 234
Anao: 378
Anapa: 53, 137
Anatolia: 35
Anayan: 527, 529
Ancerville: 324
Ancerviller: 325, 326
Ancona: 204, 212, 230, 232-33, 340
Andaman Islands: 28, 30-31, 145, 152, 155
Andel: 444
Andelot: 268-69
Andernach: 429, 431-32, 434, 437
Anderson, Maj. Gen. Jonathan W.: 65
Anderson, Gen. Sir Kenneth A. N. (British.): 87-88, 92, 95, 99, 108
CG of Allied forces in Tunisia: 88
CG of British forces, AFHQ: 64
CG of First Army: 65
Andlau: 340
Andler: 387-88
Andolsheim: 389-90
Andrews, Lt. Gen. Frank M.
accidental death: 108
activates Ninth AF: 66
CG of U.S. Forces in ETO: 90-91, 108
CG of USAFIME: 63
Andriamanalina: 60
Androchte: 472
Anfa Conference: 84
Angaur Attack Group (USN): 274
Angaur Island: 226, 268, 276, 278-79, 281-83, 285-86, 288-91, 293, 297, 302-04, 306, 308, 310
Angeles: 11, 385-86
Angermuende: 520
Angers: 246-47
Ango: 69
Anholt: 458
Anibong-Point: 309
Anibung: 311
Aniene River: 202
Ankang: 453, 520
Ankiang: 523
Anklan: 523
Annen: 487
Anould: 332
Annweiler: 447
Anrath: 418
Ansbach: 492, 496, 498, 500, 502-04, 509
Antelat: 8, 12, 18
Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions
434th: 273, 280, 295
435th: 266, 280, 295
976th: 172
Antiaircraft Artillery Brigades
44th: 333, 419
45th: 237, 374
54th: 512, 516
55th: 512, 515
Antiaircraft Artillery Groups
18th: 504, 515
91st: 237
107th: 237, 296, 319
Antibes: 255
Antilao River: 352
Antimonan: 8, 480, 486, 488
Antipolo: 409, 412-13, 419, 431, 435-36, 438, 440, 448, 450
Antipolo Point: 363
Antrain: 240
Antsirabe: 57
Antsirene: 3 8
ANVIL: 150, 152, 157, 159, 162, 164, 171, 176, 177, 182-84, 189, 207, 210, 212, 217, 219-20, 222, 224, 240. See also DRAGOON; Southern France Campaign.
Antweiler: 426-27
Antwerp: 262, 264-65, 267, 269-71, 274, 276, 283, 292, 294, 297, 302-05, 309, 318, 320, 339, 353
Antwerp-Turnhout Canal: 286, 292
Anyasan River: 19-23
ANZAC Area: 20
ANZAC Naval Force (Allied): 22
Anzio Campaign: 145, 149, 155-56, 159, 162-82, 184-86, 194, 196-202
Aoba: 58
Aoeki Island: 200
Aogiri Ridge: 160-61
Aola Bay: 63, 66, 71-72
Aosta: 457
Apamama Island: 139, 148-50
Aparri: 4, 542-43, 547-49
Apartment House area (Okinawa): 522, 527
Apaukwa: 177
Apeldoorn: 423, 486, 491, 493, 495, 499
Apennines, operations in: 243-507, 523
Aphove: 381
Apostolovi: 171
Appenwihr: 393
Appolensdorf: 524
Aprilia: 165
Apt: 253-54
Apweiler: 327-30
Aquino: 194-97
Arad: 295
Aradura Spur: 202
Aragachi: 547
Arakachi: 478
Arakan coast: 75, 82, 90, 93, 98, 110, 145, 161, 170, 172, 178, 181, 183, 185, 240, 263, 290, 316, 321, 329, 333, 351, 353, 358, 363, 367, 372, 381, 384, 404-05, 426, 437, 522, 529, 535, 537
Arare: 193, 195, 199
Arawe: 149, 151, 154-57, 160-63
Araxos: 285-86, 298
Arayat: 10
Arboredo: 419
ARCADIA (Washington) Conference: 8-10, 14
Arce: 197-99
Arcey: 326
Arches: 283-84
Archettes: 284
Ardennes-Alsace Campaign: 274, 353-83
Arevale: 443
Arezzo: 136, 204, 224-25, 227-28, 230-33, 263
Argens River: 251
Argenta: 492, 495, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505
Argentan: 245, 247-53
Argentina: 165
Argenschwang: 443
Argenthal: 441
ARGONAUT Conference: 387, 390, 392, 398, 400
ARGUMENT: 175. See also Combined Bomber Offensive against Europe.
Arielli: 156
Ariendorf: 435, 448
Aringay: 7, 428, 430-31
Aritao: 542-43, 545
Arles: 255, 257-58
Arloff: 427
Arlon: 267, 357, 359, 462-64
Arloncourt: 365-66, 375
Armaucourt: 284
Armavir: 48, 88
Armies
First: 166, 203-34, 236-71, 273, 275-76, 278-79, 281-86, 287-308, 311-12, 315-20, 322-23, 325-64, 366-77, 379-95, 397, 402, 404-08, 410-12, 414-16, 418, 420, 422, 424, 425, 427, 429-30, 432-42, 444-46, 448-49, 451-52, 454, 456-60, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482, 485, 487, 489, 491-93, 495, 497, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514-15, 517, 519, 521-22, 524, 528-30, 533-34, 550
Third: 162, 165, 180, 225, 240-70, 272-75, 277-78, 280-302, 305, 307-08, 312-32, 334-95, 397, 408, 410-12, 414, 416-17, 419-22, 424, 426-27, 429, 431-32, 434-42, 444-49, 451-60, 463, 465, 467-68, 470, 472, 474, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 489, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506-08, 510-12, 514-15, 517, 519, 521-22, 524, 526, 528-34
Fourth: 165
Fifth: 82, 115, 123, 128-29, 132-47, 149-86, 191-202, 204-08, 210, 212-37, 240, 242-44, 248, 250-53, 255-61, 263-67, 269-77, 279-80, 282-315, 317-19, 321-23, 325, 327-28, 334, 336, 338-42, 344, 346-48, 350-52, 354, 258-59, 361-64, 368-75, 377, 381, 383-84, 386, 392, 394, 397, 401-02, 404-10, 412-13, 417, 419, 423, 425-26, 428, 431, 433, 437, 439, 443, 451, 457, 459, 471, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 486, 488, 490, 492, 494-95, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515-18, 520-21, 525, 527
Sixth: 93, 114-15, 136, 139, 141, 159, 169, 172, 194, 260, 301-02, 307-61, 365, 370-92, 394-97, 399-410, 412-14, 416-17, 419, 421, 423, 425-26, 428, 430-31, 433-43, 445-51, 453, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 484, 486, 488, 490, 492, 495, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515, 517, 519-20, 522-23, 525, 527, 529-38, 540-49. See also ALAMO FORCE.
Seventh: 117-28, 155, 157, 159, 162, 177, 207, 212, 249-69, 271-75, 277-78, 280-87, 290-300, 302-22, 324-29, 331, 333-47, 349-52, 354-57, 361-63, 365-69, 371-85, 388-94, 396-410, 412-14, 417, 419, 423-24, 426, 428, 430-31, 433-34, 436-39, 441-43, 445-48, 450-53, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465-66, 469, 471, 473, 475, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 507-09, 511-12, 514, 516, 518-19, 521, 523-24, 526, 528-29, 531
Eighth: 207, 263, 265, 327, 331-32, 361-65, 367, 372, 374, 381, 385, 388-401, 403, 405-07, 411-12, 415-17, 419, 421, 423, 425, 427-28, 430-31, 433-34, 436-38, 440-43, 445-46, 448-50, 452-53, 455, 457, 460-61, 464-65, 467, 471, 473, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 490, 493, 497, 499, 501, 503, 506, 507, 510-11, 513, 515, 517, 519-20, 522-23, 525, 527, 539-44, 546-50
Ninth: 263, 265, 267, 270-71, 273-74, 276, 278-79, 287-88, 292, 294, 298, 303, 305, 307-08, 312, 320-23, 327-44, 346-48, 351-56, 358-61, 363, 370-71, 384-85, 387-95, 399, 402, 409, 411-13, 415-16, 418-19, 421, 423, 425, 427-30, 432-34, 436, 450, 452, 454, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470-72, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514, 515, 517, 519, 521-22, 524, 526, 528, 530, 532-33
Tenth: 467, 469, 471, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512-13, 515, 517, 519-20, 522, 524-25, 527, 529-31, 533-49
Fifteenth: 366, 368, 376, 433-34, 458, 462, 464, 466, 471, 473, 485, 492, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506-07, 512, 514-16
Armor, German, superior in Libya: 10
Armored Corps
I: 82, 97
II: 82
Armored Divisions
1st: 64-66, 70-75, 81, 83, 86-95, 98-104, 106-09, 147, 158, 160-62, 167-68, 170, 173, 196-201, 204, 206-07, 215-17, 220, 222-24, 226, 234, 240, 244, 248, 252, 255, 261, 263, 264, 266-67, 271, 275, 277, 279, 282-83, 286-88, 290-91, 298, 300-301, 303, 305-06, 318-19, 334, 362, 410, 428, 431, 439, 457, 475, 495, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515-16, 518, 520-21, 523, 527
2nd: 65-66, 117-19, 121-22, 206-09, 222, 230, 237-38, 240-41, 244-48, 250, 252-54, 258-60, 263-65, 268-71, 273, 275-78, 290-91, 293-98, 302-03, 312, 320, 327, 329-34, 338-39, 356, 358-63, 365-70, 372-75, 378, 391, 414-16, 418, 420, 422-25, 454, 460, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 484, 486, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510
3rd: 217, 221-22, 226-28, 230-31, 237-42, 244, 247-50, 256-58, 260-71, 273, 275-76, 278, 280-82, 284, 305-06, 327-29, 335-36, 349-50, 355-64, 366-70, 372-76, 378-80, 412, 414-16, 418, 420, 422, 424-25, 427, 429-30, 433, 440-41, 445, 447-49, 452, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 481, 483, 485, 487, 489, 491, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514-15, 517
4th: 229-30, 232, 237-49, 251-61, 263, 268-70, 272-73, 275, 277-78, 280-81, 283-91, 301, 321-26, 328, 330-31, 333-47, 356-57, 359-66, 370-71, 390, 396, 405, 408-11, 413-14, 416-17, 419, 421, 423-24, 426, 428-29, 431-32, 434-35, 437, 439-44, 446-51, 453, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467-68, 470, 472-73, 475, 477, 479, 481-82, 485, 487, 489-90, 492, 494, 496, 498, 502, 504, 510, 512, 520, 526, 529, 531-33
5th: 240, 245, 247-55, 258-60, 263-65, 267-68, 270, 272-73, 275, 277, 280, 301, 303, 312, 322, 327, 330, 335-36, 340-41, 343-46, 353, 356-60, 387-89, 394, 411-12, 414-16, 418, 420, 422-23, 425, 427-29, 435, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 480, 482, 484, 486, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 502, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514-15
6th: 232, 236-48, 251, 258, 261, 267, 270, 272, 274, 277-78, 280, 283-85, 287-92, 298-99, 321-28, 330-31, 333-38, 342, 344-46, 356, 362-76, 379-84, 386, 389, 392, 394, 396-401, 407-14, 416-17, 419-22, 424, 431, 445-48, 450-55, 457, 459, 461-63, 465, 467-68, 470, 472, 474-75, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 489-90, 492, 496, 498, 502, 514-15
7th: 246-48, 250-57, 259-62, 264-70, 272-73, 275, 277-78, 280-81, 283-87, 289-91, 293-95, 297, 301, 304-05, 313-21, 340, 354-63, 376, 378-85, 391, 393-95, 399, 429, 431-33, 438, 444, 448-49, 452, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 483, 485, 487, 489, 491, 493, 496, 498, 500, 502, 508, 524, 526, 528-29
8th: 378, 382-84, 394, 415-16, 418, 420-21, 423, 425, 428, 430, 432-33, 435, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462-64, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482, 485, 487, 489, 491, 493, 497, 499, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510
9th: 303, 353-59, 361-65, 417-18, 420, 422, 424-27, 429, 431-32, 436-37, 440, 447-49, 451-52, 454, 456-60, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 474, 481, 483, 485, 487, 489, 491-92, 494, 496, 498, 500, 508, 510, 521-22, 524, 530, 533
10th: 317, 320, 325-32, 334-38, 341-42, 353-62, 365-66, 370, 380, 383, 398-400, 406-11, 413-14, 416-17, 419, 421, 423-24, 426, 428-32, 434-37, 440, 442-44, 446-48, 450, 459, 461, 463, 465-66, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485-86, 488, 490, 492, 494, 498, 500, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513-14, 516, 518, 520-21, 523, 525, 527
11th: 360, 363-65, 373-77, 379-81, 392-94, 396-401, 405-08, 410-12, 414, 419, 422, 424, 426-27, 429, 431-32, 434-38, 440-44, 446-48, 450-51, 453, 455, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467-68, 470, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 485, 487, 490, 492, 494, 496, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514-15, 517, 519, 521-22, 524, 526, 528-30, 532-34
12th: 345-49, 351, 362, 369-72, 376-78, 391-93, 395, 400-07, 423, 442-44, 446-48, 450-51, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465-66, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487-88, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502-05, 507, 509, 511-14, 516, 518-21, 523-26, 528-29, 531
13th: 480, 483, 485, 487, 489, 491, 493, 495-97, 500, 502, 504, 507-08, 511, 518-19, 521-22, 524, 528-29
14th: 331, 333-34, 336, 338-42, 345, 351-52, 354, 365-66, 369, 372-76, 378, 383, 389-93, 397, 406, 439, 443, 445-48, 450, 465-66, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 485, 494, 500, 504, 508, 512, 514, 518-19, 521-24, 526, 528
16th: 521, 526, 530, 533
20th: 407, 471, 500, 504, 509, 512, 519, 521, 523
Armored Groups
2nd: 237, 295
13th: 301, 388
17th: 422, 473
Provisional, Seventh Army. See Task Forces, Butler.
Arms, Col. Thomas S.: 145
Army Air Forces. See also Air Corps.
Abadan base: 102
absorbs AVG: 35
absorbs Eagle Squadrons: 57
constituted: 28
first troops reach CBI: 29
plane losses in Hawaii: 3
Provisional Regiment on Bataan: 19
withdrawal of units from SEAC: 542
Army Air Forces Engineer Command, MTO: 159
Army Air Forces, India-Burma Sector: 147
Army Air Forces, MTO: 159
Army Air Forces, POA: 241
Army Air Forces Service Command: 159
Army Air Services: 33
Army Ground Forces
constituted under McNair: 28
Stilwell succeeds Lear as head: 384
Army Group, Washington, D.C.: 42
Army Groups
1st: 236
6th: 240, 260, 273, 275, 277-78, 280-81, 283-87, 291-300, 302-26, 328-29, 331, 333-52, 354-57, 360-94, 396-410, 412-14, 417, 419, 423-24, 426, 428, 430-31, 433-34, 436-39, 441-43, 445-48, 450-51, 453, 455, 457, 459, 463, 465-66, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 507, 509, 511-12, 514, 516, 518-19, 521, 523, 524, 526, 528-33
12th: 236, 240-74, 276, 278-79, 281-487, 489-500, 502, 504, 506-12, 514-19, 521-24, 526, 528-34
15th: 113, 117-47, 149-63, 354-531. See also Allied Armies in Italy; Allied Central Mediterranean Force.
Central Group of Armies: 260
Northern Group of Armies: 260
Southern Group of Armies: 260
Army Service Forces: 28
Armyansk: 143
Arnaville: 264-65, 267-70, 272-73, 275, 277, 316
Arnhem: 276, 278-79, 281-82, 284-85, 287-289, 292, 342, 468, 488, 491, 493, 495
Arnim, Col. Gen. Jurgen von: 86, 91, 95, 97, 110
Arno River: 214, 229, 232-36, 238, 241, 243, 246, 253, 255-57, 260-61, 266-67
Arno-Rome Campaign: 164-267
Arno Valley drive: 233-44, 246-70
Arnold, Maj. Gen. Archibald V.: 344
Arnold, General Henry H.: 153, 165. See also Army Air Forces.
CG of AAF: 28
completes Normandy air plan: 33
at London air conference: 39, 41
orders Stratemeyer to head China air forces: 547
plans for occupying Japan: 546
plans for recovery of Burma: 90
recommends division of Twelfth Air Force: 139, 141
Arnoldsweiler: 411-12
Arnsbach: 465
Arnsberg: 485, 487, 489
Arnshagen: 494
Arnstadt: 467, 485, 492
Arnstorf: 526
Arnswalde: 410
Arolsen: 462
Around-the-clock bombing of Germany: 95
Arpajon: 253-54
Arracourt: 272, 280-81, 289-90, 308
Arraincourt: 324
Arras: 260
Arraye-et-Han: 298
Arrenrath: 429
Arry: 267-68, 270, 273
Arsoli: 206
Ars-Laquenexy: 329
Arsbeck: 416, 418
Arsdorf: 360-61
Artena: 197-98, 200
Arthur, Col. John M. (USMC): 75
Artificial moonlight, use of
Germany: 329
Italy: 276, 304
Normandy: 131
Philippines: 503
Artzenheim: 389-90
Aru Island: 47
Aruba Island: 24
Arundel Island: 126, 129-36
Arzberg: 506, 510, 512
Arzew: 65
Arzfeld: 408, 424
Arzilla River: 258
As: 506, 510, 512
Asa: 534-36
Asa River and Estuary: 525, 527, 529, 534-36
Asan: 234
Asato River: 540-41
Asbach: 452, 463
Ascension Island: 31, 51
Asch: 518
Aschaffenburg: 453, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465-66, 469, 471
Aschau: 528
Aschbach: 369, 443
Aschersleben: 175, 500, 512
Ashbourne, Capt. Lord (RN): 327
Asheville: 26
Asia Islands: 327, 331-32
Asias: 281
Asiga: 237
Asin: 488, 490, 497, 501, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513
Asingan: 379, 381, 385, 403
Aslito airfield: 212-13
Aslom: 311
Aso River: 214
Asperberg: 402-04
Asperden: 403-04
Aspisheim: 444
Assam
airlift of supply to China from: 55, 57, 60-61, 110, 116, 147, 150, 155, 180-81, 187, 190, 200, 202, 205, 235, 271, 293, 297, 329, 342, 344, 355, 540
operations in: 38, 109-10, 112, 153
Assam-Bengal railway: 145, 147
Assam-Burma-China Ferry Command, AAF: 29
Assam-Calcutta Line of Communications: 166-67, 171
Asselborn: 380
Asseln: 487
Assenois: 361
Assinghausen: 474
Asslar: 456, 458
Asten: 313-14
Astheim: 449
Astorga: 523
Astoria: 49
Astrakhan: 45
Atanniya: 472
Athens: 261-62, 302, 304-05
Atina: 149-50, 155, 157, 198
Atipuluan: 464
Atlanta: 66
Atlantic, Battle of, Allied losses: 55, 79
Atlay: 441
Atoman: 522
Atomic bomb, first test and use: 550
Atsugi airfield: 551
Atsutabaru: 476
Attack Force Reserve (USN): 164
Attendorn: 485, 487
Atter Kammer See: 532-33
Atton: 272-73, 275
Attu Island
air-naval actions: 93, 106, 109-10
enemy garrison strength: 112
enemy seizure of: 40-41, 55, 62
recovery of: 96, 100, 102, 104-06, 108-13, 127
Aubagne: 253
Aube: 323
Aubel: 268, 407, 410
Aubenton: 260
Auche: 183
Auchinleck, Gen. Sir Claude J. E. (British.): 9, 24-25, 28, 35, 38, 41-42, 47
CG of British Eighth Army: 43
CG of MEF: 49-50
commands in India: 114, 146
commands in Iraq and Iran: 12
defines Tripoli as objective: 16
inspects British Eighth Army: 18, 42
sets Tobruk as supply base: 21
Audigast: 489,
Aue: 474
Auel: 387-88
Auenheim: 420
Auerbach: 506
Auersmacher: 404-06
Augny: 326
Augsburg: 138, 176, 513, 518-21, 523
Augusta: 118
Augustdorf: 466
Augustow: 233
Auland: 528
Auletta: 135-36
Aulla: 515-16
Aulnois-sur-Seille: 320
Aumale: 259
Aumenau: 456, 460
Aumetz: 265, 267
Aunay River: 249-50
Aunay-sur-Odon: 240-43
Aurand, Maj. Gen. Henry S.: 541
Aure River: 205-06, 252
Auringen: 459,
Ausa River: 279-80
Ausente Creek: 193
Ausonia: 192-93
Ausonia Defile: 193
Ausonia Valley: 171
Austerlitz: 523
Australia
accepts MacArthur as commander of SWPA: 33
aircraft transferred from P.I. to: 6
as Allied supply base: 6
base facilities headed by Barnes: 19
classes of troops for build-up: 13
control by SWPA: 30-31
defense directive: 11
effect of loss of NEI on: 28
enemy air attacks: 27
MacArthur arrives: 29
U.S. troops arrive: 8, 32
Australian Army units
Corps
I: 129, 139
II: 139
Divisions
3rd: 106, 114-15, 117-18, 120, 129
5th: 129, 131-34, 172, 189
6th: 54, 56, 60, 536
7th: 50, 54-56, 60, 67-68, 74, 84, 88, 131, 132-36, 139, 164, 182, 549, 550
8th: 8, 12, 14
9th: 24, 61-62, 131-32, 134-38, 141-42, 147, 149, 153, 162, 527, 545-47
11th: 186
Brigades
4th: 147
7th: 44-45, 51-52
14th: 38, 42
15th: 115, 186
16th: 54, 60, 63-65, 67-69, 72-73
17th: 85, 89, 114-15
18th: 51, 52, 54, 58, 60, 74, 82, 84-87, 164
20th: 131, 136-37, 147
21st: 50, 52, 54-55, 71-73, 77, 136
22nd: 14, 136, 138
24th: 131, 134-35, 147
25th: 54-56, 60, 63-64, 66-72, 133-36
26th: 131, 134, 141, 147, 149, 527
27th: 8, 14-16
30th: 52, 72-73, 75, 77
36th: 77
Regiments
2/4 Field: 131
2/6 Armored: 74-75, 82
2/7 Cavalry: 75, 77, 84
Battalions
2/1 Pioneer: 54
2/2 Pioneer: 131
2/4 Pioneer: 24
2/6: 117
2/9: 74, 76-77, 82, 87
2/10: 52, 74, 76-77, 79, 81, 87
2/12: 60, 78-79, 81, 87
2/13: 131
2/14: 54, 75
2/16: 54, 69, 75
2/17: 131
2/20: 22
2/27: 54, 75
2/31: 55
2/33: 55
2/40: 25
3/14: 54
39th: 43-48, 52, 72-73, 75, 77, 84
49th: 73, 76-77, 84
53rd: 52
55/53: 73, 77
61st Militia: 51-52
Papuan: 43, 115, 131
Companies
2/6 Field: 131
2/6 Independent: 59, 64, 67-70, 74, 135-36
5th Independent: 39
Miscellaneous Forces
X Tank Squadron: 75
Bailey: 200-202
East: 14-15, 17, 19-20
Kanga. See Wau.
Maroubra: 43, 46-50
Milne: 51-52
New Guinea: 46-50, 56-57, 67, 84, 115, 129, 135
West: 14-17, 19-20
Australian-British-Dutch-American Command
absorbs Darwin area: 18
activated: 10, 15
Burma transferred to India from: 25, 29
directive for defense of Far East: 11
Helfrich CO of Striking Force: 24
inactivated: 26
Lembang command conference: 13
Australian Imperial Force, Malaya: 8, 14, 23
Austria
advance on, from east: 295, 441, 453, 455, 457, 461, 463, 465, 467, 471, 473, 477, 479, 481, 483, 492, 498, 505, 535-36
advance on, from south: 527
advance on, from west: 500, 502, 504, 512, 517, 520-21, 524-29, 531-33
Combined Bomber Offensive against: 138, 143-44, 176
meetings of Allied forces: 535-36
meetings of Fifth Army and 6th Army Group: 530-31
Autun: 266
Auville-sur-le Vey: 206-07
Auw: 389, 424
Auxerre: 261
Ava: 35
AVALANCHE: 122, 127-32. See also Salerno.
Avanne: 265-66
Avancy: 329
Avellino: 134, 136-38
Avezzano: 142, 207
Avignon: 253, 256-58
Avola: 118
Avord: 191
Avranches: 239-41, 244-45, 247
Avricourt: 325-26, 328
Awacha: 533-36
Awala: 46
Axel: 281
AXIOM Mission: 170. See also South East Asia Command.
Ay River: 229-31
Ayer Hitam: 15, 17-18
Aywaille: 393
Azemmour: 66
Azeville: 204-07
Azov: 91
Azov Sea: 91, 130, 133
–B–
B-29 aircraft, China as station for: 146, 147, 149, 150, 187, 189, 202, 204-05, 344
Baal: 410-11
Baanga Island: 126-29
Baarland: 312
Babatngon: 310-11, 314
Babay Ridge: 488, 490, 493, 501
Babelthuap Island: 274
Babenhausen: 457
Babeshausen: 518
Babiang: 191
Baccarat: 282, 292, 315-16, 324, 328
Bachem :425
Bachnang: 507
BACKHANDER: 155-56. See also Cape Gloucester.
Baclain: 373
Bacnotan: 7
Bacolod: 461, 464-65
Bacon: 477
Bacon, Col. Robert L.: 326-30
Bad Aibling: 528
Bad Berka: 490
Bad Blankenburg: 487, 490
Bad Ems: 456
Bad Godesberg: 418, 439, 431
Bad Kreuznach: 439-41, 443-44
Bad Lauchstaedt: 489
Bad Lauterberg: 489
Bad Mergentheim: 477, 479, 483
Bad Muenster: 440
Bad Nauheim: 461, 463, 467
Bad Neuenahr: 427, 429, 432, 449
Bad Oeynhausen: 470, 472
Bad Orb: 467, 469
Bad Reichenhall: 531
Bad Schalbach: 459, 461
Bad Sooden: 468, 470, 477, 479
Bad Sulza: 487
Bad Toelz: 525, 527-28
Bad Wildungen: 462
Badem: 422, 424
Baden Baden: 490
Baden Plain: 492, 496, 507, 511
Badia: 225, 518
Badiang: 529, 533
Badoglio, Marshal Pietro (It.)
heads Italian Government: 122, 131-32, 137-38
role in armistice agreement: 132, 137-38
Badonviller: 328, 331
Badorf: 427
Baerendorf: 335-36
Baerenthal: 439, 441-42
Baerl: 423
Baesweiler: 296-97, 327, 411
Baetcke, Maj. Bernd G.: 72
Bagabag: 544-45
Bagac: 17-19, 405, 407-08
Bagley, Vice Adm. David W.: 186
Bagnacavallo: 351, 358
Bagnara: 131
Bagni di Casciana: 231
Bagno: 305
Bagnoregio: 204, 207, 209
Bago River: 461
Bagonbon River: 347
Baguio: 3, 5, 7, 384, 404, 409, 419, 426, 435, 450, 455, 469, 481-82, 484, 486, 488, 490, 501, 505, 509, 511, 513, 515, 517, 520, 522, 527, 529
Bailey Pier (Kwajalein): 169
Bailleu: 251
Bains-les-Bains: 277
Bainville-auv-Miroirs: 268
Bairiki Island: 148-49
Bairoko Harbor: 116-17, 121, 124-26, 129
Baja: 308-09
Bakenhoven: 374
Baker Island: 126, 130, 132
Bakhmach: 133
Baku: 88-89
Balabac: 511
Balabac Island: 432, 503
Balaho: 401
Balaklava: 187
Balanga: 25, 32
Balantay River: 14-16
Balayan Bay: 379, 417, 425-26
Balberger Forest: 415-16, 418, 423
Bald Hill (Djebel Ajred): 106
Baldersheim: 395, 488
Baldringen: 416
Baldwin, Air Marshal Sir John: 190
Balera: 407
Balesfeld: 424
Balete Pass: 403-04, 409, 419, 428, 442, 449, 460, 511, 522, 527, 529-32, 535, 537, 541
Balete Ridge: 437, 442, 488, 511, 533
Balgau: 396
Balgerhoek: 272, 274
Bali Island: 24-25
Balicuatro Island: 415
Balikpapan: 17-18, 22, 549
Balikpapan Bay: 549
Balinao Peninsula: 375
Baling: 6
Balingueo: 372
Balite: 545
Baliti River: 437
Baliuag: 10, 390
Balkans. See country by name.
Ballale Island: 123
Ballenstedt: 502, 504
Balogo: 344-46
Balow: 528
Balsic: 396
Baltic Sea sector. See also country by name.
air attacks on: 128
drive on, from east: 275, 295, 300, 302, 424, 435, 443, 446, 520, 523, 527
drive on, from west: 501, 515, 522, 524, 527, 529
Balut Island: 550
Balve: 489
Bamban: 10-11, 381-85
Bamban River: 382-83, 386, 388
Bambang: 544
Bamberg: 488, 490, 492, 494, 500, 502
Bambusch Woods: 380, 382
Bammenthal: 465
Ban-de-Laveline: 336
Banana Ridge (Negros): 501, 527
Bancal: 532, 537, 539
Bandekow: 524
Bandjermasin: 23
Bandoeng: 27
Bandoeng Strait: 25
Bandol: 253
Baneux: 367
Bangka Strait, naval-air action in: 24
Bangkok: 3-4, 202
Bani: 373
Banika Island: 93-94, 104
Bankline Oil Refinery: 25
Banmauk: 354
Bannholtz Woods: 342, 398-99
Bannstein: 442
Banska Bystrica: 455
Bantog: 469
Bantzenheim: 397
Baod River: 348
Bar-le-Duc: 259-60
Barakoma: 121, 123, 126-27, 130, 139
Baranovichi: 222, 226
Baranow: 242
Baraques de Troine: 380
Baraulu Island: 115
Barbach: 424
BARBAROSSA: 3
Barbas: 328
Barberino: 269
Barbery: 247
Barbey, Rear Adm. Daniel E.: 154, 190, 274
Barby: 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499
Barce: 8, 18, 55
Barcellona: 127-28
Barcs: 347
Bardejov: 379
Bardenberg: 298-301
Bardia: 10-11, 42, 66
Barenton: 246-47
Barga: 299-300, 315
Bari: 134, 136-37, 151
Barike River: 116-17
Barjols: 251-52
Barmen: 339
Barnes, Maj. Gen. Julian F.: 5, 19, 251
Barneveld: 499
Barneville-sur-Mer: 212
Baron: 219-20
Baronville: 325
Barr: 338-40
Barrafranca: 120
Barré, Gen. Louis Jacques (French.): 68
Barrett, Maj. Gen. Charles D. (USMC): 135
Barrett, Col. David D.: 343
Barrigada: 241-42
Barrowclough, Maj. Gen. H. E. (NZ): 135, 172
Bartenstein: 485
Barterode: 483
Bartley, 2nd Lt. Martin E.: 122-24
Bartley Ridge: 122-24
Bartolfelde: 487
Barton: 66
Barugo: 314, 327
Barvenkova: 18
Basabua: 49-51, 53, 68, 72
Basak: 455
Basbellain: 380-81
Basch: 406
Basey: 311
Basilan Island: 441, 444-46
Basel: 332-33, 514, 518
Basse-Bodeux: 361
Basse Ham: 321
Bassenheim: 431
Bassin à Flot: 207
Bastendorf: 378
Bastia, Corsica: 139, 240
Bastia, Italy: 212, 486, 490, 492, 495, 497, 499
Bastogne: 267, 354-67, 369-71, 373, 376, 380
Bataan Defense Force: 8, 12-13
Bataan Peninsula
consolidation of positions: 12
enemy assault: 13, 22, 31-32
enemy bombardment: 30-32
final defense position: 17-19
MacArthur inspects defenses: 13
recovery of: 387-88, 391, 401, 403, 405-08
siege of: 12-13
supply situation: 12, 30-31
surrender demand: 13
withdrawal to: 8-11
Batalan River: 15
Batan Island: 3-4
Batang Berjuntai: 12
Batangas: 5, 434-35, 442, 461
Batangas Bay: 417, 425-26
Batavia
ABDA Command opens in: 15
British Eastern Fleet moves to: 12
enemy seizure of: 26-27
Batchelor: 450
Batetskaya: 172
Batjan Island: 274
Battalions. See Airborne Engineer Battalion, 871st; Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, FMF; Amphibious Tank Battalions; Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions; Chemical Weapons Battalions; Engineer Aviation Battalions; Engineer Combat Battalions; Field Artillery Battalions; Infantry Battalions; Marine Corps Airdrome Battalion, 2nd; Marine Corps Defense Battalions; Marine Corps Engineer Battalions; Marine Corps Field Artillery Battalions; Marine Corps Raider Battalions; Quartermaster Port Battalion, 393rd; Ranger Battalions.
Batterie Graf Spee: 256
Battice: 267
Battipaglia: 133-36
Batu Pahat: 15-19
Bauang: 7, 443-46, 455
Bauchem: 13 29
Baudrecourt: 323-24
Bauler: 411
Baumbach: 454
Baume-les-Dames: 264-66
Baumholder: 443-44, 453
Baupte: 208-09, 211
Bauschheim: 451
Bausendorf: 435-36
Bautista: 374
Bavai: 262
Bavaria
operations in: 502, 504, 527
surrender of German forces in: 532-33
Bavarian Alps: 5, 16, 521
Bavigne: 370
Bawlake: 31, 33-34
Bay of Biscay: 328
Bayambang: 372, 376, 378
Baybay: 314-17, 333-34
Bayeux: 203-04, 207, 228, 231
Bayo: 527
Bayombong: 545-46
Bayon: 268
Bayreuth: 477, 479, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502
BAYTOWN: 128-30. See also Calabria.
Bayug: 339
Bazeilles: 263
Bazoncourt: 324
Beach, Capt. Charles E.: 82-84
Bear Point: 179
Beaudienville: 216
Beaufort, Borneo: 12
Beaufort, France: 362
Beaufort Bay: 82-83, 89
Beaulieu: 259
Beaumont: 374
Beaumont-Hague: 221
Beaumont-le-Roger: 191
Beaune: 258, 266
Beauvais: 259
Bebitz: 496
Bech: 374
Bedburg: 401, 420
Beddelhausen: 462
Bédja: 67-70, 74, 95-96, 102-05
Beebe, Brig. Gen. Lewis C.: 28-29
Beeck: 332-34, 340, 342, 415
Beehive Hill (Okinawa): 542
Beek: 298
Beeringen: 265-66, 268
Beffe: 367
Beggendorf: 295-96, 327
Begroth: 443
Beho: 379-81
Behren: 404
Bei Auel: 388
Beightler, Maj. Gen. Robert S.: 545
Beikelort: 260
Beilingen: 429
Beilngries: 514, 518
Beilstein: 500, 503, 505
Bekond: 432
Belaya Tserkov: 160
Belen: 323
Belev: 12
Belfort Gap: 258, 262, 264, 268, 271, 305, 310, 313, 317, 320, 323, 325, 329, 330-32
Belgard: 428
Belgian Brigade, 1st: 253, 287, 289-90, 293, 297, 315-16, 321
Belgorod: 43-44, 92, 99, 116-17, 122, 125
Belgrade: 261, 291, 300-301, 303-04, 307
Bell, Col. Robert P.: 341-42
Bella Vista: 410
Bellange: 324
Belle-Fontaine: 229
Belle Haie: 360, 366
Belle-Lande: 228
Belleau Wood: 136
Bellevue Farm: 403
Bellinghoven: 414
Bellnhausen: 458
Bellscheid: 411
Belluno: 525
Beltenzenheim: 388
Beltershain: 459
Beltershausen: 458
Beltheim: 439
Belvedere: 133-34, 221, 230, 292
Belvedere Hill: 165-66
Bemmel: 286
Ben Gardane: 92-93
Benamenil: 284
Bench Mark Hills (Luzon): 384, 406, 409, 431, 433-35, 437-38, 440-43, 448
Bendorf: 452, 454
Bénestroff: 329-30
Benevento: 135, 137-38
Bengal and Assam Railroad: 145, 147
Bengal Bay: 78, 152
Bengal Command (RAF): 153
Bengendorf: 468
Benghazi: 9, 13, 17-20, 29, 55, 68, 82
Beni Ulid: 85
Bennerscheid: 445
Bennert: 444
Bennett, Maj. Gen. Gordon (British.): 8, 21
Bennett (Bigej) Island: 170
Bennewitz: 498
Bennwihr: 360
Benonchamps: 374-75
Bénouville: 203
Bensburg: 491, 493
Benson, Col. Clarence C.: 98, 101-03
Benson Island: 170
Benut: 19-20
Berange Farm: 324
Berchtesgaden: 529, 531
Berdichev: 160
Berdorf: 355, 362
Berescheid: 391
Berg: 339, 375, 382-83, 394, 415, 417-18, 426, 500, 517
Berg Gladbach: 487, 493
Berg Neukirchen: 495
Berg Neustadt: 487
Berg-sur-Moselle: 318-19
Berga: 498
Berge: 485
Bergen: 438-39, 459, 500
Bergen-op-Zoom: 307, 309, 312, 314
Bergerhausen: 415
Bergeval: 367
Berghausen: 445, 468
Bergheid: 437
Bergheim: 414, 418, 420, 462
Bergkirchen: 470
Bergmatting: 514
Bergnassau: 457
Bergoldsheim: 518
Bergrheinfeld: 485
Bergstadt: 496
Bergstein: 340, 344-46, 392, 394-95, 397-99
Bergweiler: 432, 434
Bergzabern: 448, 450
Bergzabern Landkreis: 516
Bérigny: 229
Bering Sea, Komandorski Islands naval battle: 100
Berislav: 179
Berka: 465, 468, 470, 472, 485
Berkey, Rear Adm. R. S.: 452
Berkoth: 410
Berlar: 483
Berle: 370-71
Berlebeck: 471, 472
Berleberg: 468
Berlichingen: 477
Berlin
air attacks on: 85, 89, 173, 178, 215
drive on, from east: 379, 387, 389, 394, 436, 498, 505, 509, 511, 513, 516, 518, 520, 523, 527-28
drive on, from west: 458
first U.S. air attack on: 178
Berlin (North Gugegwe) Island: 170
Berlize: 324
Bermering: 324
Bernam River: 11
Bernay: 254-55
Bernburg: 175, 498, 500
Berne Canal: 480, 482
Berneck: 502
Bernkastel: 444.
Berrendorf: 414-15
Berrenrath: 425
Berscheid: 411
Bertholdsdorf: 505
Bertinoro: 310
Bertogne: 373-74
Bertrange: 321, 323-26
Bertrichamps: 316
Bertring: 330
Berus: 341
Berzdorf: 429
Besançon: 262-66, 325
Bessarabia sector: 181, 184
Bessenich: 420
Besslich: 421
Best: 278-79, 281
Besten: 456
Bestwig: 478
BETA: 362, 508. See also Canton; Hong Kong; Kweilin; Liuchow.
Betelgeuse: 53
Béthouart, Gen. Emile (French.): 264
Bethune: 262
Betio Atoll: 148-49
Betlange: 369, 371
Bettborn: 335
Bettelhoven: 427
Bettendorf: 327-29, 377-78
Bettenfeld: 432
Bettenhausen: 479
Bettingen: 273, 413
Bettviller: 351
Beulbar: 490
Beulich: 439
Beulwitz: 490
Beurig: 411, 414
Beutelsdorf: 492
Beuthen: 386, 402
Beuzeville-au-Plain: 203
Beuzeville-la-Bastille: 208
Bevagna: 211
Bevano River: 311, 313
Beveland Canal: 312
Beveland Isthmus: 292, 309-12, 314-16
Beverly (South Gugegwe) Island: 170
Bevern: 480
Beverungen: 480
Bewingen: 429
Bezange-la-Petite: 280, 289, 320
Bezaumont: 269-70
Beziers: 246
Bhamo: 35-36, 61, 197, 174, 304, 314, 322, 326-27, 333, 339, 342, 345, 348, 349, 351-54
Biak Island
in air support of Marianas: 211
first tank battle in SWPA: 198-99
operations on: 189-91, 196-202, 204-23, 225-31, 234-35, 238, 241, 244, 247, 249, 251, 253
Bialystok: 237, 246
Biancavilla: 125
Bibbiena: 204, 232-33, 259
Biberach: 505, 521
Bibersfeld: 500, 503
Biblis: 455
Bibo, Lt. Col. Harold S.: 257-58, 260-61
Bibolo Hill: 124
Bicol Peninsula: 435, 437, 450, 452, 467, 469, 471, 477, 479-81, 484, 486, 490, 499, 505, 511, 522, 527, 529-30, 535, 538, 546
Bidor: 10
Biebelsheim: 441
Bieberbach River: 442-43
Biebrich: 459
Bielefeld: 468
Bielstein: 487
Bien Wald: 354, 446-48
Biersdorf: 458
Bierstadt: 459
Biesdorf: 273, 399
Biesheim: 390-91
Biéville: 203
Bièvre: 264
Biewels: 405-06
Biferno River: 138-39
Biffontaine: 309
Big Escarpment. See Maeda Escarpment.
Bigallo: 299
Bigej Island: 170
Bigonville: 359-61
Bigti: 539
Bihain: 370-72
Biliau: 175
Bilin: 14, 18
Bilin River: 24-25
Biliran Strait: 362
Billig: 426
Bilsdorf: 444
Bilstein: 353
Binahaan River: 314-15
Binalonan: 8, 376-78
Binday: 370
Bingen: 441, 444-45, 447, 452
Bingerbruch: 443
Bingerbruck: 457
Bining: 345-46
Binscheid: 46-48
Binsfeld: 381-82, 412, 429
Binswangen: 514
Binuangan River: 19, 32
Bir el Gubi: 3
Bir Hacheim: 21-22, 26, 39-41
Bir Soltane: 100-101
Birgden: 293
Birgel: 427
Birgelen: 416
Birgen: 416, 418
Biri Island: 406-07, 411
Birk: 299, 301, 504
Birkenfeld: 442
Birkengang: 327-28
Birkenwald: 333-34
Birkesdorf: 410
Birnberg Hill: 424
Birks, Col. Hammond D.: 476, 478, 480, 483
Birresborn: 426, 428
Birtlingen: 414
Biscari: 119
Bischent Woods: 381
Bischofsburg: 386
Bischofsheim: 457, 459
Bischofsreuth: 519
Bischoltz: 383
Bischwihr: 386-87
Bischwiller: 346-48, 380, 390
Bishenpur: 186
Bishi River: 467
Biske: 360
Bislich: 452
Bismarck Archipelago: 30-31, 40
Bismarck Archipelago Campaign: 140, 154-338 See also Admiralty Islands; New Britain; New Guinea; New Ireland.
Bismarck Sea: 408
Bismarck Sea naval-air battle: 96
Bismark: 486
Bissell, Maj. Gen. Clayton L.: 50, 55, 60, 121
Bissingen: 481
Bisten: 342
Bistroff: 329
Bitburg: 413-14, 416-17, 423
Bitches 343, 351-52, 356, 362, 365-78, 439, 441, 443, 448
Bitoi River: 115, 117
Bitschhoffen: 439
Bitterfeld: 496, 504, 506, 508
Bitzfeld: 494
Biwisch: 381
Bizerte, drive on: 65, 67, 99-110
Bizery: 365
Black Forest: 471, 475, 492, 496, 498, 500, 503, 505, 507, 514, 516, 518
Black Mountains: 483
Black Sea sector: 186, 259
BLACKCOCK: 325. See also Meuse River; Boer River; Roermond; Wurm River.
BLACKPOOL: 197
Blainville: 189
Blarney, Gen. Sir Thomas (Australian.): 42
CG of Allied Land Forces, SWPA: 34
CG of New Guinea forces: 56, 74, 115, 129
New Guinea offensive, plan for: 54, 63
Blâmont: 328-29, 331
Blandy, Rear Adm. William H. B.: 274, 403
Blankenberg: 494, 504
Blankenburg: 506
Blankenheim: 429, 489
Blankenheimerdorf: 429
Blankenship (Loi) Island: 169-70
Blatzheim: 414
Blaufelden: 485, 492
Bleckede: 519-20, 524
Bleckhausen: 432
Bleialf: 270, 275, 389-91
Blémerey: 313
Blenod: 263
Blens: 402, 418
Blerick: 340, 343, 472, 474
Blessem: 422
Blette River: 316-17
Blida: 64
Blies River: 349-52, 404, 439
Bliesbruck: 350-51
Bliesheim: 424
Blieskastel: 445
Bliesransbach: 412
BLOCKBUSTER: 433 See also Calcar; Udem; Xanten.
Blodelsheim: 397
Bloody Ridge (Guadalcanal): 54-55
Bloody Ridge (Ie Shima): 501, 503, 506, 508, 510
Bloody Ridge (Leyte): 318-20, 323
Bloody Triangle (New Guinea). See Triangle, The (New Guinea).
Blue Ridge (Luzon): 378, 380
Blumenthal: 393, 427
Boac: 367, 372
Boatner, Brig. Gen. Haydon L.: 150, 160, 168, 199, 204, 210, 219
Bobbau: 500
Bobbau-Steinfurth: 504, 506
Bobdubi Ridge: 106, 115
Bobenthal: 354, 443
Bobonan: 378, 382
Bobruisk: 216, 219, 221
Bobstadt: 455
Bocaue: 290
Bocholt: 458, 460
Bochum: 485
Bock and Teich: 490
Bockelnhagen: 485
Bocket: 378
Bockholz-sur-Sure: 371, 384-85
Bockingen: 469, 473, 475
Boden: 528
Bodenheim: 424
Bodenwerder: 476
Boedefeld: 480
Boehl: 448
Boehlen: 192
Boeingsen: 491
Boerem, Maj. Richard D.: 65, 69
Boero: 68
Boeur: 379
Boevange-les-Clervaux: 380
Bofu: 61-62, 66
Bogadjim: 186
Bogel: 457
Bogon Island: 173
Bogtong: 378
Boguchar: 45
Bohol Island: 34, 430, 486, 488, 490-91, 497, 501, 506-07, 510, 512, 513, 515, 523, 547
Boice, Capt. William F.: 55-57, 60
Boich: 414
Bois aux Chênes: 379
Bois d’Amélécourt: 320-22
Bois de Belhez: 372
Bois de Benamont: 289
Bois de Bénestroff: 329
Bois de Blies Brucken: 368, 403
Bois de Bonnefontaine: 335-36
Bois de Born: 379
Bois de Cedrogne: 372-73
Bois de Chenicourt: 298
Bois de Conthil: 324
Bois de Drusenheim: 393, 396-97
Bois de Faulx: 277, 284-85
Bois de Freybouse: 331
Bois de Gaumont: 267
Bois de Groumont: 367
Bois de Kerfent: 337-38
Bois de Kerpeche: 325
Bois de Koenigsmacker Ridge: 323
Bois de la Brique: 213
Bois de la Rumont: 277, 281, 283-84
Bois de l’Hôpital: 324-26
Bois d’Elzange Ridge: 322-24
Bois de Meudon: 254
Bois d’Emmels: 378-79
Bois de Ohlungen: 383
Bois de Ronce: 375
Bois de Roudou: 214
Bois de Rouvroy: 380-81
Bois de St. Jean: 372
Bois de St. Vith: 385
Bois de Sessenheim: 377
Bois de Tave: 366
Bois de Woippy: 326
Bois du Coudray: 215
Bois du Mont du Roc: 214-15
Bois Houby: 368
Bois Jacques: 366, 371, 373
Bois St. Martin: 322
Boise: 58
Boisheim: 418
Boissau, Gen. Robert (French.): 97
Boizenburg: 526
Bokpyin: 7, 10
BOLERO: 30, 33, 42. See also Normandy Campaign, planning phase.
Bolkhov: 122
Bollendorf: 400-402
Bollingen: 427
Bolo Ridge: 467, 469, 471
Bologna, drive on: 232, 243, 250, 276, 291-363, 497-509
Bolong Plateau: 538
Bolongtohan: 309
Bolsdorf: 429
Bombardment and Fire Support Group (TG 77.2): 367
Bombardment Groups
5th: 187
11th: 46, 136
17th: 34
308th: 98
313th: 458
Bombardment Squadrons
26th: 46
42nd: 46
98th: 46
431st: 46
Bombardment Wing, 19th: 66
Bombeck: 508
Bomber Command, AAF: 33
Bomber Commands
VIII: 25, 72, 87, 150
IX: 69, 115
XII: 138, 141
XIII: 186
XX: 166, 173, 202, 211, 226, 355, 370
XXI: 370, 383,
Bombiana: 302
Bomboe Peninsula: 131, 133-35
Bombogen: 434
Bompietro: 122
Bomporto: 509
Bondeno: 511, 513
Bône: 66, 67, 81
Bonegi River: 89-90
Bonerath: 437
Bonga: 150
Bongabon: 403
Bongabong: 365
Bongao Island: 469, 478
Bonin Islands
air-naval actions: 211
seizure plans: 204
Bonis: 143
Bonlieu: 255-57
Bonn: 267, 293, 427, 429-32, 445, 452, 462
Bonnerue: 367-69, 371
Bontoc: 549
Booth, Brig. Gen. Donald P.: 156
Bopfingen: 509, 511
Boppard: 440-41, 443-44, 447, 449, 452, 454, 457
Bor: 532-33
Bora Bora: 24, 30
Boram: 128
Bordeaux: 251
Borello River: 304, 307
Borg: 338, 406
Borgen Bay: 159, 163
Borghi: 291
Borgo Grappa: 197
Borgo S. Lorenzo: 260, 263, 267
Borgoforte: 505
Borgolzhausen: 468
Borisov: 222
Borken: 458, 463
Born: 375-80
Borna: 494, 496, 508
Borneo
Allied retirement to: 9
attacks on enemy shipping: 6
British North Borneo surrendered: 16
enemy air attacks on: 19
enemy seizure of: 5-6, 8-10, 13, 15
installations destroyed by Allies: 5
RAF retirement from: 13
recovery of: 527, 545-50
Bornheim: 429
Bornich: 454
Borokoe: 214, 241
Borr: 420
Borscheid: 451
Borschemich: 415
Borth: 432
Boschleiden: 362
Boslar: 410
Bosnek: 198-99
Bosoboso River and Valley: 446, 449, 451, 453, 457, 499, 501, 510, 540. See also New Bosoboso; New Bosoboso River.
Bosserode: 465
Bottenbroich: 422
Bottenhorn: 458
Bottenweiler: 505
Bottrop: 462
Botzdorf: 429
Bou Arada Valley: 83, 86, 88, 95, 106
Bou Chebka: 89-90, 94, 97-98, 103
Bou Ficha: 109-10
Bou Hamran: 99
Bou Sfer: 65
Bougainville Island
air-naval actions: 116, 140-41, 143-45, 153-55, 161, 179
armor actions: 146, 180-81
casualties: 146
Empress Augusta Bay naval battle 143
enemy landings and reinforcements: 17, 145
Rabaul, enemy threat from: 144-45
recovery of: 122-23, 132, 135-36, 138-63, 179-84
supply situation: 147
U.S. reinforcements: 145-47, 149, 152, 156
Bougainville Strait: 123
Bougie: 66
Bougy: 231
Boulaide: 362
Boulay: 336
Boulay-Moselle: 330
Boulogne: 263, 268, 271, 276, 284, 287
Bourcy: 366, 371, 373, 374, 376-77, 379
Bourdon: 361
Bourg-en-Bresse: 260, 262-63
Bourgaltroff: 329
Bourges: 191
Bourgoin: 257
Bourguebus: 233
Bourheim: 332-34, 336-37
Bourscheid: 380
Bouxières-sous-Froidmont: 278
Bouxwiller: 333-34, 366
Bouzonville: 326, 329
Bova Marina: 130
Bovenberger Wald: 330
Bovenden: 483
Bovert: 4 18
Bovigny: 370, 373-74, 378
Bowerman, Brig. John F. (British.): 168
Boxberg: 429
Boxhorn: 380
Boxmeer: 291
Boyer, Lt. Col. Howard E.: 343-45
Bra: 361-62
Brachbach: 476
Brachelen: 384
Bracht: 460, 483
Bradford, Brig. Gen. William B.: 512, 515
Bradley, Lt. Gen. Omar N.: 97, 117. See also Armies, First; Army Groups, 12th; Corps, II.
CG of First Army: 166
CG of II Corps: 104
CG of 12th Army Group: 203, 236, 240, 247, 255, 257, 267, 298, 307, 317
Brambauer: 472, 474, 484, 495, 499
Brandenberg: 340-44, 379
Brandenberger Wald: 341, 343
Brandenburg: 388, 403, 530
Brangbram Stream: 163
Brandscheid: 273, 275, 277, 392-94, 397
Bras: 370-73
BRASSARD: 212-13
Bratislava: 463, 465, 467, 471, 473
Braubach: 452, 454
Brauchitsch, Field Marshal Walther von (Ger.): 1, 7
Braunau: 526, 528-29, 531-32
Braunlage: 500
Braunlauf: 381
Braunsberg: 446
Braunschweig. See Brunswick.
Braunsrath: 379
Brauweiler: 424
Brazil, declares war on Germany and Italy: 51
Brazilian Expeditionary Force: 225, 273, 275, 277, 279, 282-83, 290-92, 296, 299-300, 313, 315, 319, 408-12, 417, 423, 425-26, 428, 483, 495, 499, 501, 503, 513, 518, 521, 523, 527
Breakneck Ridge (Leyte): 318-26, 328, 334
Breberen: 294, 378-79
Brécey: 239-40
Brechten: 487
Brécy: 203
Breda: 309, 313-14
Bree: 283
Bregenz: 525, 527
Bréhal: 239
Breidfeld: 382
Breidt: 485, 487
Breistroff-la-Petit: 323
Breitenbach: 492
Breitenhagen: 495, 502, 504, 506
Breiterwald: 352
Breitfeld: 386
Breitingen: 494
Breitscheid: 449, 456, 458
Bremen: 113, 139, 150, 478, 480, 484, 486, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501, 504, 514-15, 517, 533
Bremen Enclave Military District: 526
Bremen-Hamburg Autobahn: 503
Bréménil: 328
Brémoncourt: 268
Brenig: 429
Brenner Pass: 130, 527, 530-51
Brennero: 531
Brenta River: 523, 527
Brenta Valley: 523, 527
Brereton, Maj. Gen. Lewis H.: 6
as CG of ABDA tactical forces: 15
as CG of Desert Air TF: 60
as CG of Middle East Air Force: 43
as CG of Ninth Air Force: 141
as CG of IX Air Service Command: 66
as CG of Tenth Air Force: 27, 43
as CG of USAFIME: 42-43, 90, 133
as CG of USAAFUK: 141
directs assault on Rumania: 124
transfers from Java to India: 25
Brescia: 224, 521, 525
Breskens Pocket: 284, 296-98, 302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314-17
Breslau: 382-83, 394-95, 400-402, 404, 406, 410, 417, 457, 463, 481, 518, 534
Brest: 242-49, 251, 254, 256-61, 265, 267, 270-71, 273-75, 277-79, 284, 287
Brest Litovsk: 234, 236, 238
Brett, Maj. Gen. George H:
as CG of Allied Air Force, SWPA: 29, 34, 45, 48
as CG of Australia supply base: 6
as CG of USAFIA and USFIA: 10, 12
transfers from Java to Australia: 25
Brettach River: 492,
Bretteville-le-Rabet: 245-46
Bretteville-l’Orgueilleuse: 203, 218
Bretteville-sur-Odon: 227
Brettevillette: 220
Breteuil: 253-54
Bretzenheim: 444-45
Breungeshain: 463
Brévands: 205-06
BREWER: 176-78. See also Admiralty Islands campaign.
Brey: 442
Brezolle: 252
Briançon: 257-58, 260-61, 263, 265
Bricqueville: 206
Bridget, Comdr. Francis J. (USN): 17
Brieg: 384, 394-95
Briey: 265
Brignoles: 250-52
Brilon: 460, 464
Briloner Stadt Forst: 472
Brimingen: 411, 413
BRIMSTONE: 115, 121. See also Sardinia.
Brindisi: 131, 133
Brink, Col. Francis G.: 146, 160
Brinkum: 497
Briouze: 250-51
Brisach: 351, 384, 386
Brisbane: 8, 177
Brisy: 374-75, 378
Britain, Battle of: 3
British Air Force. See Royal Air Force.
British Army units
Army Groups
11: 145-46, 148, 161, 170-72, 175-89, 191, 193, 202, 206, 212, 216, 223, 228, 230, 238, 240, 243-44, 263, 274, 277, 290, 295, 306, 316-18, 321, 324
18: 93-110, 112
21: 203-72, 274, 276, 278-79, 281-92, 294-98, 301-21, 323-34, 338, 340, 342-43, 351, 353, 355-56, 358-85, 387-96, 398-409, 411-13, 415-16, 418, 420-21, 423, 425, 427-28, 430, 432-34, 436, 438, 449-50, 452, 453, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 469, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501, 504, 506, 512, 514-15, 517, 519-20, 522, 524-27, 529-30, 532
Northern Group of Armies: 260
Armies
First: 65-75, 77, 81-83, 86-110
Second: 203-10, 213, 216, 218-22, 224-29, 231-34, 236, 239, 241-71, 274, 276, 278-79, 281-82, 284-92, 297-98, 301-02, 304-05, 308, 312-21, 323, 325, 327-34, 340, 343, 351, 353, 355, 356, 360-61, 363, 365, 367-68, 370-71, 373-84, 394, 404-08, 430, 449, 450, 452-53, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468-69, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501, 504, 508, 512, 514-15, 517, 519-20, 522, 524-27, 529
Eighth: 3-6, 8-22, 28-29, 38-50, 52-54, 60-70, 74-79, 82-89, 91-105, 107, 110, 117-29, 131-47, 149-53, 155-57, 159, 162, 165, 174, 183, 187, 189, 191-202, 204-07, 209-15, 217-28, 230-39, 241-43, 246-68, 270-72, 274, 276-77, 279-80, 282-83, 285-326, 328-30, 332-54, 356-58, 364, 366, 368-69, 377, 399, 401-02, 404, 413, 419, 421, 423, 425, 430, 434-35, 437, 451, 453, 467, 469, 473, 475, 477, 479, 483-84, 486, 488, 490, 492, 495, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515, 517-18, 522-23, 525, 527-28
Ninth: 12, 25, 35
Tenth: 12, 25, 35, 38
Twelfth: 541, 545
Fourteenth: 146-48, 161, 170, 172, 175-87, 189, 191, 193-95, 202, 212, 214, 216, 223, 228, 230, 238, 240, 243-44, 263, 274, 277, 290, 295, 306, 316-18, 321, 325, 327, 331, 333, 343, 344, 347, 350, 353-54, 356-57, 360, 362-67, 369, 371-72, 374-75, 381, 385, 399, 401-04, 408-09, 412-14, 416-17, 421, 425-26, 430, 433, 435-36, 438-39, 442, 445-47, 449-50, 459, 461, 463, 467, 475, 486, 488, 490, 492, 499, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 517-18, 522-23, 525, 528, 533, 537, 541.
Army of the Rhine: 532
Burma: 5, 9, 27-28, 33, 36
Eastern Army in Burma: 75, 111
Corps
1 Airborne: 276, 278-79, 281-82, 284-88, 298
1 Burma: 29-34, 36, 38
1: 203-04, 206-07, 216, 224, 226-28, 232-33, 235, 240, 246, 249, 252-53, 255, 257, 259-62, 267-69, 276, 281, 286-87, 290-92, 294-95, 297, 303, 307-08, 311-21, 466, 468
3: 262, 304
5: 72, 74, 77, 81-83, 86, 93, 95-109, 113, 131, 136-37, 140, 142-45, 147, 149-53, 155-57, 183, 191, 204-05, 207, 210, 212, 255-57, 259-64, 266-68, 270-72, 274, 276-77, 279-80, 282-83, 285-304, 306, 308-22, 324-26, 328, 330, 332-42, 344-45, 347-48, 352-54, 356-58, 364, 366, 368-69, 372, 404, 413, 421, 423, 425, 430, 435, 453, 467, 469, 473, 475, 477, 479, 483-84, 486, 490, 492, 495, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515-16, 518, 522-23
8: 219-22, 224, 228-29, 232-33, 239-43, 246-49, 251, 276, 278-79, 281, 284-87, 291, 297, 302, 304-05, 313-21, 330, 333, 340, 355, 402, 418, 430, 433, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 480, 482, 484, 486, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501, 504, 514, 520, 522, 524, 525, 527, 529
9: 98, 102-110
10: 43, 50, 53, 61-64, 66-69, 82, 99-105, 113, 132-34, 136-47, 151-53, 157, 160-67, 169, 171, 173, 183-84, 187, 191, 198-200, 203-04, 206-07, 209-14, 217, 219-222, 225-26, 232-35, 243, 247, 259, 263, 272, 279-80, 289, 298-99, 303, 338, 343, 346, 435, 453, 484, 488, 495, 501, 507, 509, 528
12: 229, 231-32, 234, 241-49, 251, 255-60, 262-64, 268-70, 274, 276, 278-79, 281, 284, 290, 308, 312-16, 319-21, 325, 327-28, 330-33, 340, 343, 351, 361, 375-79, 381-84, 394, 449-50, 452-53, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 468-70, 472, 474, 476, 480, 482, 484, 486, 489, 491, 495, 497, 499, 501, 504, 512, 517, 527, 529
13: 3-10, 12-14, 16-22, 26, 39-45, 47, 52-54, 60-62, 117-21, 123, 125-26, 128, 131-44, 149, 151, 153, 156, 165, 183, 189, 191-95, 197-99, 201-02, 204-07, 209-11, 213-15, 217-28, 230-38, 240, 243, 246-48, 251, 253, 255-64, 266-67, 269, 271-72, 274, 276-77, 279, 282-83, 285-92, 294-313, 317-19, 321-23, 325, 327-28, 334, 338-42, 344, 346-48, 350-52, 354, 358-59, 370, 372, 377, 401, 404, 413, 419, 434-35, 437, 453, 484, 495, 497, 501, 503, 505, 507, 511, 513, 515, 518, 522-23, 525, 527-28
30: 3-5, 10, 14-16, 26, 39-47, 52-53, 60-64, 82, 84, 96-97, 99-104, 118-27, 203, 205-10, 218-20, 222, 228, 231-32, 235, 239-49, 251, 253-54, 256-65, 267, 269-70, 274, 276, 278-80, 282, 284-87, 320-21, 323, 329, 331-34, 351, 353, 356, 360-61, 363, 365, 367-68, 370-71, 373, 396, 398-408, 411-12, 415, 418, 420-21, 423, 425, 427-28, 449, 452-53, 456, 458, 462, 464, 466, 468, 472, 474, 476, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 491, 495, 497, 499, 501, 504, 514-15, 517, 522, 526
34: 536, 541-42
Divisions
1st Airborne: 117-18, 131-33, 135, 137, 276, 281, 284-55, 287-88
1st Armoured: 12, 18, 39-40, 61-64, 66, 99-101, 105-06, 271, 274, 279, 282-83, 285, 287, 290, 298-99, 305
1st Burma Infantry: 5, 26-30, 33-34
1st Infantry: 98, 100, 105-06, 108-09, 113, 164-67, 170-73, 175-76, 184, 197, 199-200, 202, 247, 255, 256, 260-61, 264, 266-67, 269, 271-72, 274, 277, 282-53, 285-92, 294-98, 300-301, 305-06, 309, 317-18, 321, 334, 341, 346, 370, 377
2nd Infantry: 185-87, 202, 243, 356, 360, 364, 367, 369, 371, 412, 421, 442, 447, 463, 507, 541
3rd Infantry: 203, 224, 226-27, 241, 243, 246, 249, 275, 279, 301-02, 304-05, 415, 420, 427, 430, 456, 491, 495, 497, 504, 520
4th Infantry: 103-07, 109-10, 183, 191-94, 206-07, 215, 217-22, 225, 233-35, 238, 265, 274, 276-77, 279-80, 283, 285, 305-12, 314-16, 318, 320-26, 333-34, 336-38
5th Infantry: 118-21, 123, 125-26, 128, 131-32, 134-37, 140, 143, 153, 156, 162-63, 165, 167, 179, 184, 202, 501, 519, 522, 526
6th Airborne: 203, 249, 253, 361, 367, 371, 450, 452-54, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 472, 478, 489, 499, 508, 524, 526-27
6th Armoured: 74-75, 81, 83, 86, 93-95, 98, 103-04, 106-07, 109-10, 203-08, 214, 219-24, 231, 233-34, 247, 256, 258-59, 266, 268-71, 274, 277, 279-80, 283, 286-89, 293-94, 298-99, 305, 310-13, 317-18, 334, 342-44, 348, 350-52, 358, 377, 402, 419, 503, 509, 511, 513, 515, 522, 525
6th Infantry: 202, 233
7th Armoured. 7-9, 12, 39, 41-43, 61-62, 64, 66, 69, 74-75, 84, 88-89, 93, 95, 99-100, 104-05, 107, 109, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142-43, 147, 207-10, 232-33, 240-41, 243, 249, 252-53, 259-63, 268-69, 274, 308, 325, 374-78, 380-83, 394, 453, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 468, 470, 480, 482, 497, 504, 529
10th Armoured: 50, 61
11th Armoured: 219, 229, 232, 239-41, 243, 249, 251, 253, 258-62, 265-66, 279, 286, 297, 305, 313, 413, 415-16, 423, 430, 460, 462, 464, 466, 478-79, 501, 504, 525, 527
11th East African: 263, 295, 325, 343-44, 356
15th Infantry: 219, 229, 231-32, 235, 239, 243, 255-58, 270, 308, 313, 315, 319, 327, 330, 333, 396-403, 405, 407, 412, 450, 452-53, 489, 493, 497, 499, 501, 522, 524, 526
18th Infantry: 5, 14-16, 20-22
36th Infantry: 184, 191, 226, 244, 257, 286, 304, 311, 314, 316, 322-23, 328, 337-38, 341, 349, 352, 354, 356, 363, 382, 388-91, 397, 399, 402, 405, 434, 446, 463, 467
43rd Infantry: 219, 224, 228-29, 234, 239, 241-44, 256, 258, 274, 284-86, 321, 329, 361, 378-83, 398-405, 407, 423, 425, 427, 430, 415-16, 432, 452-53, 456, 462, 474, 482, 488, 495, 504
44th Infantry: 50, 61-62
46th Infantry: 75, 92, 95-106, 133, 137, 140, 142-43, 147, 151, 161, 165-67, 171, 255, 261-63, 268, 274, 276-77, 279-80, 282, 285-91, 297-303, 305-06, 317, 320-21, 324-26, 332-34, 336-37, 340, 344-45, 347
49th Infantry: 218-19, 240, 246, 249, 253, 259-62, 267, 276, 286, 290, 292, 307, 309, 317-18, 331-33, 468, 488, 495
50th Infantry: 39-41, 61-62, 99-100, 103-05, 118-21, 125-26, 128, 203-05, 208-09, 226, 225, 231, 239, 242, 246-47, 254, 259-60, 265-66, 265, 270, 274, 278, 257, 321
51st Infantry: 61, 63, 74, 85-87, 93, 95-96, 101, 103-04, 118-21, 126, 128, 216, 225, 244-46, 249, 259-62, 267, 276, 308, 319, 321, 325, 330-33, 358, 361, 370, 373, 396, 398-405, 408, 415, 430, 449-50, 452-53, 456, 489, 495
52nd Infantry: 306, 312, 314, 316-18, 377-83, 392, 394, 404, 415, 421, 428, 430, 432-33, 470, 504
53rd Infantry: 228, 321-32, 242, 246, 251, 259-60, 262, 270, 274, 279, 308, 312, 315-17, 321, 325, 332-33, 365, 367-68, 370, 396, 398, 400, 404, 411-12, 420, 423, 427-28, 453, 458, 460, 462, 464, 484, 486, 489, 495, 527, 529
56th Infantry: 110, 133-34, 139-41, 143-46, 151-52, 163, 165-66, 171, 173-77, 179, 264, 266, 276-77, 279, 283, 285, 287-91, 297, 300-301, 325-26, 328, 340, 356-57, 366, 423, 430, 435, 473,
475, 477, 479, 486, 488, 490, 492, 495, 497, 516, 518, 522
59th Infantry: 226, 231, 243, 246, 248
70th Infantry: 3, 24, 170, 178
78th Infantry: 64, 66-72, 74, 81-82, 86, 89, 91, 98, 101, 103-07, 121, 123-28, 134, 137-40, 142, 145, 147, 151, 153, 174, 183, 193-94, 198, 204, 210, 215, 217-21, 223, 295, 299, 302-09, 334, 348, 351, 358, 377, 401, 435, 486, 490, 492, 495, 497, 501, 511
79th Armoured: 203, 524
81st West African: 176-77, 351
82nd West African: 351, 353, 384, 387, 404, 522, 535, 537, 541
Guards Armoured: 232-33, 239-41, 243, 259-62, 264-68, 274, 276, 278-80, 282, 284, 321, 402, 404, 412, 430, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 469, 476, 480, 482, 488, 495, 499, 522, 595, 598
Brigades
1st Air Landing: 117, 119
1st Armoured: 39
1st Army Tank: 10-11, 39
1st Burma: 5
1st Commando: 421, 449-50, 452, 454, 458
1st Guards: 74, 77-78
1st Malaya: 21
1st Parachute: 67, 71, 95, 97-99, 101
2nd Burma: 5
2nd Commando: 467, 469, 473, 486, 492, 497
2nd Malaya: 21
2nd Parachute: 254, 262
2nd Special Service: 138, 164, 169
3rd Commando: 367, 372, 381
3rd West African: 186
4th Armoured: 79, 150-51, 229, 259, 316, 331, 453
4th Special Service: 276, 316-17
7th Armoured: 25, 33-34, 340, 366, 430
8th Armoured: 203, 218-19, 258, 321
9th Armoured: 63, 221-22
9th Infantry: 50
14th Infantry: 170, 185
16th Infantry: 170, 194
22nd Armoured: 9-10, 40, 85-86
22nd East African: 54-56, 542
22nd Infantry: 40
23rd Armoured: 46, 151, 262
23rd Infantry: 170, 186, 194
23rd LRP: 223
25th Tank: 265
28th East African: 371-72, 381, 399, 402
29th Armoured: 360
31st Tank: 229
32nd Army Tank: 40
38th Infantry: 95, 98
53rd Infantry: 14-16, 18
69th Infantry: 40
72nd Infantry: 322, 338
132nd Infantry: 50
150th Infantry: 39
201st Guards: 39, 41, 163
255th Tank: 409, 463, 467, 486
Lushai: 371-72
Regiments
17/21 Lancers: 67
74th Light AA: 290, 296
Coldstream Guards: 113
Duke of Wellington’s: 202
King’s Dragoon Guards: 217
Battalions
1st Commando: 64
1st Parachute: 67-68
2nd Commando: 133
3rd Parachute: 66
4th Parachute: 301-02
6th Commando: 64, 66
9th Commando: 138, 157, 164-65, 169, 177, 275, 292, 298, 302
40th Commando: 138, 164, 169, 177
41st Commando: 133, 316
47th Royal Marines Commando: 203-05, 316
48th Commando: 316
Groups
16th LRPG: 172, 177, 189
39th Light AA: 296
47th Light AA: 296
Forces
Advance Coastal: 275, 292
Blade: 67-68, 70-71, 74
140: 262, 275, 304
W: 536
Delta: 43
Drewforce: 329
Hart: 66, 68-69
Krohcol: 5-6
Lind Task: 280
Special (Wingate): 91, 111, 170, 177-78, 181-83
British Commonwealth. See United Kingdom; commonwealths by name.
British Chiefs of Staff. See also Combined Chiefs of Staff.
ARCADIA Conference: 6
plans for recovery of Mandalay: 260, 293
plans for recovery of Myitkyina: 186
plans for Southern France: 182, 246
proposed assault on Rangoon: 260, 293
warned of enemy offensive in Burma: 172
British Joint Staff Mission: 354
British Navy. See Royal Navy.
British Troops in Egypt: 16
British War Cabinet: 293
Brittany Peninsula: 240-43, 250, 263, 279, 290
Britten, 437, 439
BROADWAY (Burma): 178, 120, 312. See also Indian Army units, Divisions, 3rd and Brigades, 77th LRP (Chindits).
Brockau: 498
Brockensen: 474
Brodenbach: 432
Brodnica: 382
Brody: 230, 232-33
Brohl: 432
Broich: 410, 420
Broichhoven: 378
Broichweiden: 328-28
Bromberg: 381-82, 387, 403
Bronn River: 469
Bronsfeld: 391
Bronte: 126
Brooke, Gen. Sir Alan: 146
Brooke-Popham, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert: 5, 9
Brookings (Oregon), bombed by Japanese plane: 54
Brooks, Maj. Gen. Edward H.: 278, 311
Broome: 27
Brotdorf: 442
Brouvelieures: 300, 303, 307-08
Brown, Maj. Gen. Albert E.: 102, 110-11
Bru: 314
Bruch: 432
Bruchhausen: 432, 474
Bruchsal: 466-67, 469
Bruck: 413, 429, 431-32
Bruckberg: 522
Bruenn: 498, 505, 516, 518, 523
Bruenst: 500
Bruex: 192
Bruges: 265-66, 269-70
Bruges-Ghent Canal: 264, 266, 268
Bruhl: 380, 429
Brulange: 325
Brunei: 5-6, 546
Brunei Bay: 545
Bruneval: 26
Brungsberg: 442
Brunskappel: 474
Brunswick: 161, 175, 484, 486, 489, 506
Bruscoli: 288
Brussels: 256, 262-63, 267, 353
Brussels, conference on drive on Germany: 305
Bruyères: 287, 300, 303-09
Bryansk: 14, 95-96, 125, 128, 130, 133, 135
Bryant Hill (Luzon): 409, 413
Bu Ngem: 79
Buariki Island: 150
Buaya: 361
Bubach: 443
Bubesheim: 512
BUCCANEER: 152. See also Andaman Islands.
Bucconi: 288
Bucharest: 237, 244, 260
Buchau: 500
Buchel: 440
Buchenwald: 487
Buchet: 391
Buchholz: 420, 445, 447
Buchholz Forest: 388-90
Buchhorn: 496
Buching: 523
Buchy: 259, 322
Buckner, Lt. Gen. Simon B.: 28, 535, 538, 547
Budalin: 371
Budapest: 295, 300-301, 308, 316, 318, 326, 337, 340-44, 346-49, 351, 353-54, 358-66, 369, 372, 374, 377, 379, 388-89, 384-95, 401-02, 451, 458
Budenthal: 355
Buderrich: 450
Buding: 326
Budingen: 469
Budinger Wald: 463, 469-70
Budling: 326
Budrio: 492, 497, 499, 505
Buebingen: 412
Buechenbeuren: 442
Bued River: 370
Buederich: 433
Buedesheim: 424
Buedingen: 463
Buehl: 492
Buellingen: 353, 355, 375, 382-83, 386
Buer: 462
Buer Hassel: 462
Buerat: 79, 82-85
Bueren: 341, 464
Buergel: 455
Buergeln: 460
Buervenich: 420, 422, 424, 426
Buesbach: 275
Buescheich: 427
Bueschergrund: 482
Buettelborn: 451
Buettgen: 418
BUFFALO: 196. See also Anzio Campaign.
Bug River: 180, 233-34
Bugsanga River: 360
Buigap Creek: 117
Buin: 91
Buir: 414
Buisdorf: 447
Buissoncourt: 275
Buissonville: 359-60, 363
Buka Island: 28-29, 149, 156
Bukel Hill: 460, 465, 467, 471
Bulacan: 390
Bulalacao: 364, 368, 376, 379, 385
Bulan: 481, 484, 490
Buldern: 460, 462
Bulgaria
armistice with Allies: 257, 313-14
joins Allies: 265
operations in: 257, 264-65, 275
U.S. declares war on: 40
USSR accepts request for armistice: 266
USSR declares war on: 264
Bulgaria, Italy: 303
Bulgarian forces: 463, 467, 471, 473
Bulgarno: 304
Bulge, Battle of: 353-83
Bullay: 435-36, 440-41
Bulolo Valley: 38, 43, 53
Bulu Plantation: 131
Bumi River: 137
Buna: 43, 45-46, 48-49, 56-57, 61, 63, 67-79, 81-82, 131, 154
Buna Creek: 71
Buna-Gona beachhead: 43, 45-46, 48-49, 56-57, 61, 63, 67-79, 81
Buna Mission: 69, 73, 75, 77-79, 81
Buna Village: 69, 71-75, 77-79
Bunawan: 540
Bunga River: 131
Bunina Point: 91
Buonriposo Ridge: 171
Burauen: 308-11, 314, 337, 339, 349
Burbach: 339, 425
Burden: 371, 379
Bures: 283
Buret: 380
Burg: 431, 456
Burg-Berg: 345-47
Burg Grafenrode: 461
Burg Reuland: 386
Burgau: 514
Burgen: 438
Burgbernheim: 492
Burgess, Lt. Col. Henry A.: 548
Burglengenfeld: 510, 512, 514
Burgos: 457, 459-60, 473
Burgstemmen: 476
Burgtreswitz: 514
Buri: 311-13, 339, 346-49
Burias Island: 421, 423, 428, 436
Burma. See also China; China-Burma-India Theater; Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo; India; India-Burma Theater; Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Joseph W.; Wedemeyer, Gen. Albert C.
ABDA directive on defense of: 11
Air-Ground Supply Committee: 459
air-naval actions: 31, 89, 94-95, 116, 149, 179-80, 183, 185, 187, 189-90, 192, 229-30, 317, 333, 371-72, 404, 438, 445, 528
air supply of withdrawal: 29
airborne operations and reinforcements: 178-80, 182, 184-87, 200, 235, 367, 438, 441, 449, 469, 501, 528
Alexander CG of Burma Army: 27
Alexander moves headquarters to India: 38
Allied reinforcements: 15-17, 21, 25, 27-28, 157, 183-85, 194, 236, 304, 313, 439
Allied withdrawal: 29, 34-38
armor actions: 163, 177-78, 180-82, 190
AVG, air reinforcement by: 5
British forces, strength: 5
Burma Corps formed: 29
Canton-Hong Kong, recovery in support of: 547
casualties: 165, 186, 212, 231, 242
CCS directive on recovery: 391
Central Burma Campaign: 387-550
Chiang inspects defenses: 32
Chinese forces in defense of: 8-9. See also Yunnan Force.
construction of Ledo and Imphal roads recommended: 14
defense of, secondary to that of India: 35
enemy air offensive: 8, 16, 18
enemy conquest completed: 38
enemy offensives: 5-10, 171-72, 178-79, 182, 187, 198, 406, 430
enemy secures central Burma: 35
fall of: 3-38
guerrilla activities: 91, 93, 96-97, 111, 183, 193
lend-lease matériel, impounding of: 7, 9
LRPG activities: 146, 186, 200, 209, 214, 221, 223, 226, 237. See also British Army units, Forces, Special (Wingate); Merrill’s Marauders; Wingate, Brig. Orde C.
Maymyo becomes hq: 28 .
movement of forces to China: 435, 438, 441, 537, 539
NCAC and Fourteenth Army link-up: 3, 63
recovery of: 60-61, 63, 70, 73, 83, 87-88, 90-91, 93-99, 103, 108-11, 118, 125, 128-29, 138, 143-52, 154-63, 165-66, 168-202, 204-14, 216, 219-21, 223, 226, 228-31, 234-42, 244, 257, 260, 263, 266, 270-72, 274, 276-77, 280, 286, 290, 293, 295, 297, 304, 306-07, 311-12, 313-14, 316-23, 325-28, 331, 333, 337-39, 341-54, 356-60, 362-69, 371-92, 395, 397, 399, 401-06, 408-10, 412-14, 416-17, 421, 425-26, 430, 433-39, 441-42, 445-47, 449-50, 455, 459, 461, 463, 467, 469, 475, 486, 488, 490, 492, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 515, 517-18, 522-23, 525, 528-33, 535-37, 539-41, 545-46
Slim commands Imperial forces in: 29
Stevenson commands Allied air in: 11
SOS reorganization: 539
Stilwell commands Chinese in: 297
Stilwell commands combined forces: 155
Stilwell withdraws into India: 36
supply situation: 27, 172, 184, 186, 190, 197, 199-200, 207, 214, 405, 439, 449, 459
transferred from ABDA Command to CinC, India: 25, 29
Wavell charged with defense of: 5, 22, 26, 31
Burma, 1942, Campaign: 1-38
Burma Defense Army: 459
Burma-India Campaign: 31-385
Burma National Army: 459, 542
Burma railway corridor: 304, 314, 322, 328, 337
Burma Road: 34-35, 49, 62, 200, 202, 205-06, 211, 265, 349, 358, 376-81, 383-85, 387. See also Ledo Road.
Burnet Island: 169
Burnhaupt: 336-37, 339
Burnon: 359
Burscheid: 493, 495
Bursfelde: 479
Burstadt: 455
Burton (Ebeye) Island: 167-69
Burtonville: 377-78
Busay: 473, 477
Busch: 444
Busch, Field Marshal Ernst: 228
Buschbell: 424
Buschenbusch Woods: 403
Buschoven: 427
Buschrodt: 359
Busdorf: 424
Buster Island: 169
Bustling Point: 130-31
Busu River: 132, 134
Busuanga Island: 432, 484
But: 128
Butaritari Atoll: 50, 147-49
Butera: 119
Butgenbach: 355, 357-60, 375-77, 382
Buthidaung: 75, 98, 108-09, 170, 178-79, 184, 351, 353
Butjo Luo Island: 179
Butler, Brig. Gen. Frederick B.: 251-59
Butler, Brig. Gen. William O.: 28, 133
Butterworth: 4, 6
BUTTRESS: 115. See also Italy, Allied operations on mainland.
Buttstaedt: 487
Butzbach: 463
Butzdorf: 335-36, 374-75, 377, 384
Butzweiler: 421
Buzz bombs. See V weapons.
Byelyi: 97
Byers, Brig. Gen. Clovis: 73, 75
Byron Island: 169
–C–
Cabagan: 548
Cabalisian River: 419
Cabalitan Bay: 373, 428
Caballo Island: 22, 25, 29, 443, 445, 450, 457, 471, 475, 493
Cabanatuan: 5, 9-10, 385, 387-90
Cabanbanan: 375
Cabaruan Hills: 375-78
Cabasse: 251
Cabatuan: 546
Cabcaben: 32
Cabiranan: 324
Cabourg: 249
Cabras Island: 235, 241
Cabulihan: 355
Cadzand: 315
Cactus Ridge (Okinawa): 476-78, 480
Caen, drive on: 164, 191, 203-04, 206-07, 212-14, 216, 221-22, 224-28, 232, 240, 242-43, 245-46, 248
Caen Canal: 203
Caffey, Brig. Gen. Benjamin F.: 145
Cagayan: 536
Cagayan River and Valley: 36, 390, 393, 419, 426-27, 486, 537, 542, 544-49
Cagli: 254
Cagny: 232-33
Cahagnes: 239
Cahier: 231
Caibaan: 308
Caibobo Point: 17
Cairo, Egypt
British conference on SEAC strategy: 299, 304, 307, 316
SEXTANT Conference: 148, 150-52
Cairo, Italy: 166-67
Calabria: 128, 130-31, 133
Calabritto: 145, 149, 151
Calaguiman River: 13-14
Calais: 263-64, 268, 271, 287, 289-92
Calalin Island: 166
Calamba: 461
Calamian Island; 484
Calapan: 368, 373, 375, 383, 389
Calasiao: 370
Calaug: 493
Calauan: 464-65, 467, 476
Calcar: 401-03, 408, 413, 415
Calcutta Allied command conferences: 358, 410
enemy air attack: 152
SOS base section at: 39, 42, 53, 56
Calcutta-Assam Line of Communications: 166-67, 171
Caldera Point: 436
Calingatngan: 345
Calinan: 547
Callian: 251-52, 255
Calmbach: 488
Calomini: 394
Calore River: 134, 138, 140
Caltagirone: 118-20
Caltanissetta: 120
Calumbian: 362
Calumpan Peninsula: 434, 436, 440-41, 443
Calumpit: 10-11, 384, 388, 391
Calw: 498
Camaiore: 279
Camalaniugan: 45, 48
Camalig: 488, 523
Cambrai: 260-61
Camburg: 487
CAMEL: 249
Camellia (Aitsu) Island: 173
Camerano: 286
Camiling: 374-75, 378
Camina Drome: 385
Caminata: 315
Caminawit: 353
Camino Hills: 151-53
Camotes Islands: 374-75, 378-79, 382, 389, 391, 412
Camp: 425
Camp d’Elsenborn: 270-71, 312
Camp d’Oberhoffen: 380
Camp Downes: 348-50
Camp Landis: 327
Camp One: 383
Campania: 405
Campbeltown: 30
Camperbruch: 423, 425
Campholz Woods: 335, 389-90, 396-97, 403
Campiano: 294
Campobasso: 140
Campobello: 118-19
Campodimele: 195
Campofelice: 120, 122
Campoleone: 164, 166-67, 170
Campoleone Creek: 199
Campoleone Station: 197, 199
Campomorto: 165
Campopo Bay: 363
Camposanto: 505, 511, 513
Camprond: 237
Canadian Army units
Army, First: 235, 239-42, 244-70, 272, 274, 276, 279, 281, 284, 286-87, 289-92, 294-98, 302-04, 306-21, 324, 342, 396, 398-408, 411-13, 415-16, 418, 420-21, 423, 425, 427-28, 430, 432-33, 438, 449, 466, 468, 474, 480, 484, 486, 488, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501, 517, 520
Corps
1: 191, 193-202, 227, 255-57, 259, 265, 267-68, 270-74, 276-77, 279-80, 282-83, 285, 287-90, 292, 300-304, 306-13, 337-39, 342-45, 349-53, 356-58, 366, 368, 399, 402, 413, 438-39, 468, 474, 488, 491, 493, 495, 499, 501
2: 229, 232-33, 236, 239-40, 244-66, 268-70, 272, 274, 276, 279, 284, 287, 289-92, 296-98, 302, 304, 307-12, 314-19, 321, 324, 338, 342, 403, 407, 413, 415-16, 418, 423, 425, 428, 430, 432-33, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 474, 484, 486, 491, 493, 495, 497, 501, 517
Divisions
1st Infantry: 118-21, 124-25, 128, 131, 135-41, 151-53, 155-56, 196, 255, 261, 267, 272, 274, 276-77, 279-80, 282-83, 285, 300-10, 313, 344-45, 350-52, 357, 366, 399, 404, 413, 486, 491, 495, 499
2nd Infantry: 229, 232-33, 236, 244-46, 248, 250, 255, 260, 264-65, 268, 276, 286, 292, 294, 297-98, 304, 309-12, 314-16, 396, 399, 403, 408, 413, 415-16, 423, 425, 427, 430, 432-33, 460, 462, 484, 486
3rd Infantry: 203-04, 226-27, 229, 232-33, 236, 253, 257, 259-60, 262, 263-64, 276, 284, 287, 289, 291, 296-98, 302, 304, 306, 308, 312, 315, 317, 324, 397-403, 407, 412-13, 415-16, 418, 423, 425, 427, 458, 460, 462, 471, 480, 483-84
4th Armored: 245, 248, 250-51, 256-57, 259-62, 264-66, 269-70, 272, 274, 279, 284, 298, 307-09, 312-13, 317, 413, 415-16, 423, 427-28, 430, 432-33, 480, 484, 501
5th Armored: 165, 196, 261-62, 271, 285, 287-88, 290, 309-10, 313, 344, 350-52, 357, 366, 495, 501
Brigades
1st Armored: 215
2nd Armored: 413
13th Infantry: 127
Regiment, Animal Transport: 187
Canal de Colmar: 382-83, 386
Canal de Derivation: 270, 272
Canal de Deurne: 313
Canal de Hulst: 279
Canal des Houillères de la Sarre: 339
Canal du Nord: 313, 316-18, 325, 418
Canale di Bonifica Destra del Reno: 366
Canale di Valetta: 473
Canberra, HMAS: 49
Canberra, USS: 302
Cancello: 140
Candelaria: 9, 480
Candijay: 488, 506
Canicatti: 118-19
Canisy: 237
Canmangui: 309
Canna (Rujoru) Island: 173
Cannavinelle: 144
Cannavinelle Hill: 144-45, 152
Cannes: 249, 253-55
Canonica: 287-88
Cannon, Brig. Gen. Robert M.: 383
Canosa: 137
Canrobert: 326
Cantabaco: 32-33
Cantalupo: 143, 207
Cantalupo Hill: 193
Canton: 266, 362, 371, 381, 403, 508, 517, 544-45, 547, 549, 551
Canton Island: 23, 130, 136
Cap Bénat: 250
Cap Bon: 104, 109-10
Cap de la Hague: 219-22
Cap de l’Esterel: 255
Cap Lévy: 219
Cap Matifou: 64
Cap Nègre: 100, 249-50
Cap Serrat: 102, 105
Capaccio: 132
Capannoli: 231-32
Capas: 381
Cape Cretin: 156, 169, 179
Cape Dinga: 115
Cape Endaiadere: 67, 69, 71-72, 75-76
Cape Esperance: 59, 64, 66, 84, 89-91
naval-air battle: 58-59
Cape Gloucester: 131, 136, 151, 154-57, 159-60, 162, 166, 172, 175
Cape Hoskins: 190
Cape Iris: 160, 175
Cape Killerton: 68, 70, 83-85, 96
Cape King William: 160
Cape Nelson: 57-58
Cape Ngariois: 278
Cape Opmarai: 230
Cape Pie: 188
Cape Raoult: 175
Cape Soeadja: 189
Cape St. George, naval battle: 149
Cape Sansapor: 240
Cape Sudest: 155-56
Cape Tjeweri: 18 8
Cape Torokina: 143-44, 149, 153-54, 179
CAPITAL: 235, 238, 271, 293, 304, 316, 327, 349. See also Chindwin River; Mandalay.
Capiz: 33
Capizzi: 123-24
Capo Calava: 127
Capo d’Acqua Creek: 163
Capo d’Orlando: 126
Capo Scaramia: 117
Capoocan: 318, 323, 327
Capraro Hill: 161
Capri Island: 134
Capriati al Volturno: 141, 143
Capua: 131, 139-40
Capul Island: 406, 415
Caraballo Mountains: 401
Carabao Island: 22, 24-25, 29, 450, 499
CARBONADO: 508, 544. See also Canton; Hong Kong.
Carbonara: 513
Carces: 251
Carden: 432
Carentan: 203-10, 226, 229
Carhaix: 242-43
Caribbean Air Force: 22
Caridad: 326, 339
Carigara: 314-18, 327
Carigara Bay: 311, 323
Carl Road: 168
Carlos (Ennylabegan) Island: 167, 170
Carlson, Lt. Col. Evans F. (USMC): 50, 66, 72
Carlson (Enubuj) Island: 167-68
Carlson’s Raiders. See Marine Corps Raider Battalions, 2nd.
Carmen: 378
Carney airfield: 71
Caroline Islands: 162, 164, 167, 169, 172-74, 179, 190, 211, 226, 230, 240-41, 249, 259, 263-64, 268, 270, 274, 276-79, 281-83, 285-86, 288-97, 299-303, 305-12, 317, 338-39, 342, 350, 365, 367
in support of Hollandia operation: 184, 187, 189
Carpathian Mountains: 258, 306, 313, 375, 379, 386-87
Carpenter bridge: 445
CARPET: 139.
CARPETBAGGER: 160. See also French Forces of the Interior; Guerrilla forces.
Carpineta: 302-03
Carpineto: 200
Carpiquet: 224, 227
Carranglan: 413-14, 428
Carrara: 488, 490
Carrier, Lt. Col. Edmund J.: 65, 68-69
Carrione Creek: 490, 492
Carroceto: 165, 170, 172
Carrouges: 245, 247-48
Carsdorf: 494
Carter, Capt. Jesse H. (USN): 129
Carter (Gea) Island: 167
Carthage conference on Italy invasion: 120, 128
CARTWHEEL: 106, 108, 115, 182. See also Rabaul.
Carviano: 431
Casa Bettini: 337-39, 341-42
Casa Nuovo: 341
Casablanca
Allied landings: 63, 65-66
Conference: 84, 87
Casacalenda: 140
Casaglia Pass: 282
Casale: 227-28, 301
Casalecchio: 507
Casalino: 302, 304
Casamaggiore: 220
CASANOVA: 320. See also Metz.
Cascina: 244
Casco Bay: 61
Caserta: 176, 190, 288, 523
Casey, Brig. Gen. Hugh J.: 56
Casole d’Elsa: 222-24
Casole Valsenio: 339
Cassibile: 131
Cassino: 159, 162-65, 167, 169-75, 180-82, 191-94
Castel Alfedena: 149
Castel d’Aiano: 426
Castel del Rio: 288-89
Castel di Mezzo: 262
Castel San Pietro: 309, 501
Castelbuono: 122
Castelfiorentino: 234
Castelforte: 163, 165, 171, 191-92
Castelfrentano: 151
Castell: 485
Castellaccio: 310
Castellammare (di Stabia): 138
Castellano, Gen. G. (It.): 128, 131
Castellina: 224-25, 233
Castellina in Chianti: 230-31
Castellone: 168, 171, 193
Castellone Hill: 193
Castellonorato: 193
Castelnuovo: 150-51, 193, 296, 394, 426, 433
Castelnuovo di Bisano: 296-97
Castelvecchio: 279, 289-91, 392
Castelverde: 87
Castelvetrano: 121
Castermini: 121
Castiglion Fiorentino: 224
Castiglioncello: 229
Castiglione, Algeria: 64
Castiglione, Italy: 307, 332-33
Castiglione del Lago: 221
Castilla: 311-12, 314
Castle Hill, Germany: 345-47
Castle Hill, Italy: 170-71
Castro dei Volsci: 197-98
Castrocaro: 321, 324
Castrop Rauxel: 478, 480
Castropignano: 138
Castrovillari: 133
Casualties, U.S., total in war: 551
Catablan: 373
Cataguintingan: 377, 383-85
Cataisan Peninsula: 307
Catania: 119-21, 125
Catanzaro: 132-33
Catbalogan: 374, 388
CATCHPOLE: 162, 173. See also Marshall Islands.
Catenanuova: 123-24
Catmon: 32
Catmon Hill: 308, 312, 314, 316
Cattenom: 321, 323-24
Cattenstedt: 508
Cauayan: 546
Caumont: 207-09, 239
Cauvicourt: 245
Cavaillon: 256
Cavalaire: 249
Cavalaire Bay: 249
Cavallina: 269
Cavalry Brigade, 316th Provisional: 433, 435, 438, 442
Cavalry Division, 1st (5th, 7th, 8th, 12th): 176, 180, 307-10, 312, 314, 317, 319, 322-23, 327, 349-50, 352, 355-57, 360-65, 374, 385, 387-92, 394-402, 407, 409-10, 412-13, 419, 428, 430-31, 433-36, 440, 450-51, 453, 455, 457, 460-61, 464-65, 467, 469, 471, 473, 476-78, 484, 486, 488, 493, 499, 505, 511, 522, 527, 529-30, 544, 546
Cavalry Groups
2nd: 261, 264-65, 272, 275, 278, 320, 326, 330, 345-46, 359-60, 371, 376-77, 406-09, 414, 421, 424, 426, 428-29, 431-32, 434-36, 438-41, 443-45, 447-50, 452, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467, 470, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 490, 492, 494, 496, 502, 504, 506, 510, 512, 514, 516-17, 519, 521-22, 526, 532-33
3rd: 260-61, 264-65, 280, 287, 289, 296, 300, 318-19, 325, 330-32, 338, 382, 396, 410-11, 416, 419, 423, 433-38, 442-43, 446-47, 455, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467-68, 470, 472, 477, 483, 485, 487, 508, 510, 512, 514, 516, 521-22, 529, 531-33
4th: 203, 213, 221, 257, 268, 271, 359-60, 369, 371, 373, 378, 380, 412, 414-15, 418, 420, 422, 424-25, 430, 433, 440, 444-47, 452, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 476, 479, 483, 489, 491, 500, 502, 510, 512
6th: 342-43, 347-48, 353, 360, 364, 366, 368, 371, 380-83, 387, 392, 399-401, 405-07, 409-11, 413-14, 417, 419-22, 424, 426-27, 431-32, 434, 437, 442, 444, 449, 454, 456, 468, 473, 475, 479, 481, 487, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 508, 524
11th: 384, 415, 418, 429, 466, 478, 480, 489, 493, 504, 506, 508
14th: 350, 353-55, 394, 397, 402, 415, 417, 420, 422, 424, 425, 427, 429, 431, 435, 436, 442, 448-49, 456, 458, 462, 464, 470, 474, 491, 502, 507-08, 512, 514, 516, 518, 521, 524, 526, 528
15th: 415-16, 418, 420-21, 423, 430, 435, 452, 454, 462, 466, 470, 472, 487, 491, 493, 504, 515
16th: 433, 435, 437-39, 442-44, 452, 457, 461, 465
101st: 395, 398, 400, 417, 438-39, 461, 463, 466, 481, 485, 488, 490, 492, 494, 496, 503-05, 507, 511, 514-15, 521, 523, 525, 527-28, 531
102nd: 245, 253-55, 263, 269, 355, 358, 389, 392, 408, 418, 420, 422, 424, 426-27, 429, 431, 433, 437, 439, 452
106th: 238, 267-70, 275, 293, 325, 335-36, 362, 365, 373, 383, 395, 398, 400, 417, 463, 466, 479, 487, 504, 523, 531
113th: 226-27, 232-33, 263-69, 289-90, 293-94, 340, 393, 395, 414, 418, 433, 454, 466, 472, 504, 506, 510, 521-22, 524, 533
115th: 516
Cavalry Regiments
5th: 176-78, 180-83, 307-09, 363, 388-90, 396, 401, 419, 431, 465-67, 469, 473, 476, 477, 493, 527, 529, 544
7th: 177-81, 184, 187, 307-11, 314, 349-50, 352, 407, 431, 451, 457, 461, 465, 467, 469, 476, 478, 499, 511, 530
8th: 180-81, 190, 309-11, 314, 374, 388-89, 396, 401, 431, 457, 461, 490, 493, 499, 511, 522, 530
12th: 178, 181-86, 188, 307-08, 310, 314, 339-50, 352-53, 355-58, 360, 363, 400-401, 431, 433, 460, 464-65, 467, 476
26th (Philippine Scouts): 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 32
38th: 256
112th: 114, 151, 154, 172, 213, 220-21, 228-29, 232-36, 238-41, 247, 326-27, 335, 341-49, 385, 388, 399-400, 440, 471
124th: 304, 313, 354, 362, 371, 390
Provisional, 1st Cavalry Division: 388-89
Cavalry Squadrons
17th: 331
24th: 213
Cave: 200-201
Cave d’Argilla: 192
Cavigny: 226
Cavit Island: 457
Cavite: 4, 314, 400
Cebu: 402
Cebu Attack Group (USN): 453
Cebu Covering Group (USN): 452-53
Cebu City: 455, 457, 465, 484, 493, 497, 499, 507, 512
Cebu Harbor: 457
Cebu Island: 31-34, 430, 445, 449, 452-53, 455, 457, 460-62, 464-65, 467, 469, 471, 474, 476, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 490, 493, 497, 499, 501, 506-07, 512-13, 517, 523, 535, 547-48
Ceccano: 198-99
Cecil (Ninni) Island: 167-68
Cecina: 221-22
Cecina Marine: 222
Cecina River: 220-22
Cedrecchia: 292-93
Cefalu: 122-23
Cegled: 318
Cekhira: 103
Celbingen: 503
Celebes Island: 14, 274
Celebes Sea: 17
Celincordia: 305-06
Celle: 482, 484, 486, 489, 508
Celles: 361
Center Assault Force (NW Africa): 64-66
Center Attack Group (NW Africa): 65
Centocelle: 202
Central America, waters controlled by Pacific Theater: 30-31
Central Burma Campaign: 387-550
Central Defense Command (United States): 162
Central Europe Campaign: 448-536
Central Pacific: 4. See also Central Pacific Campaign; Eastern Mandates Campaign.
controlled by POA: 30-31
Central Pacific Campaign: 3-152
Central Pacific Task Forces (Iwo Jima): 385
Central Plain (Luzon): 405
Centuripe: 124-25
Ceprano: 196-99
Ceracoli Hill: 194
Cerami: 123-24
Cerasola Hill: 191
Cerasolo: 276-77
Cerasuolo: 150, 155
Cerea: 516
Cerences: 238
Ceriano: 274, 279-80, 282-83
Cernauti: 184-85
Cernay: 331-32, 346, 351, 379, 389, 391-92
Certaldo: 230-31, 233-34, 251
Cervantes: 542, 546
Cervaro: 161-62
Cervia: 309
Cesano: 306-07
Cesano River: 247, 251
Cesaro: 121, 125-26
Cesena: 263, 301, 304, 306, 308
Cesenatico: 307
Chabrehez: 372
Chacha: 218
Chalampé: 397-99
Chaling: 375
Châlon-sur-Saône: 264
Châlons-sur-Marne: 189, 257-58, 400
Châlonvillers: 331
Cham: 502, 508, 512, 514-15, 517
Chamberlain, Lt. Col. Thomas C.: 327, 332, 334
Chamberlin, Brig. Gen. Stephen J.: 34
Chambois: 250-52
Chambrey: 289, 292
Champagney: 33 2
Champenoux: 290
CHAMPION: 145, 150-51. See also Burma, recovery of.
Chan: 541, 543
Chaney, Maj. Gen. James E.
CG of ETO: 41
CG of Iwo garrison: 455-56
CG of USAFBI: 25
Changsha: 8, 12, 207, 210-11, 213
Chang-te: 152
Changting: 405
Channel Islands: 23, 57
Chantilly: 259-60
Chaouach: 104
Chaporowan Point: 181-82
Charan Kanoa: 211-12
Charleroi: 261
Charlie Hill (Okinawa): 537
Charmes: 268-70, 273
Charov: 190, 192
Charpate: 195-96, 198
Chartres: 247-52, 254
Chase, Maj. Gen. William C.: 176, 403
Chatan: 468-69
Château Brieux: 321
Château de Fontenay: 206
Château Lambert: 294, 335
Château-Salins: 270, 272, 278, 280, 283, 286-87, 321, 385
Château-Thierry: 256-57
Châteaudun: 249-50
Châtel: 273, 275, 278, 283
Châtenois: 272, 341
CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO: 195. See also Normandy Campaign, air attack phase.
Chauk: 490
Chaumont: 271, 277, 359-61
Chauncey (Gehh) Island: 167-68
Chaungmagyi River: 426
Chauny: 260
Cheb: 516-17, 519, 521, 524, 532-33
Cheduba Island: 384
Che-fang: 342, 349
Chef-du-Pont: 206
Chekiang Province: 37, 39-41, 47
Chelm: 234
Chemical companies, in defense of Bataan: 17
Chemical Weapons Battalions
2nd: 257
3rd: 123, 257
83rd: 164, 257
88th: 348
Cheminot: 280, 284, 321
Chemnitz: 268, 496, 502, 536
Chemnitz River: 496
Chen Cheng, Gen.: 89, 93, 111, 125, 189, 333
Chenango: 66
Cheneux: 358
Cheng-hsien: 189
Cheng-to: 163, 165, 171, 187, 189
Chenicourt: 298-99
Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L.: 7, 147, 251, 255, 310, 324, 342, 350, 409, 537
asks increased authority: 58
CG of Fourteenth Air Force: 97, 114-15, 550
commands CATF: 45
commands China air forces: 547
commands China SAF: 547
on efficacy of air offensive: 187, 199, 204-05, 235, 248
plan for CATF operations: 55, 60
proposes air assault on Japan: 165
replacement forecast: 538
retirement: 549
Wallace-Chiang conference: 214, 217
Chenogne: 364-65
Cherain: 373-77
Cherbourg, drive on: 203, 205-06, 209, 212-22, 227
Cherkassy: 147, 153-54, 174
Cherkessk: 86
Chermor: 9
Chernigov: 136
Chernyakhov: 157
Cheveoumont: 373
Chianciano: 220
Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo: 36, 38, 46, 116, 187, 202, 205, 218, 270, 272, 274, 279, 282, 354, 381, 384, 386, 390, 463. See also Burma; China; China-Burma-India Theater; China Theater; India; South East Asia Command.
approves Chinese force in India: 33
and CATF: 55
denounces Allied strategy in SEAC: 299
demands for maintaining China Theater: 43, 48
demands for military and financial aid: 112, 114, 118, 144, 146, 153, 155, 163, 165, 169
demands naval forces for Bay of Bengal: 78
demands seizure of Andamans and other areas: 155
demands Stilwell recall: 301-02, 306
directive to Stilwell: 271, 276
on division of CBI: 224-27, 230, 235, 266, 310
first conference with Stilwell: 27
gives Stilwell command of troops: 44, 155
halts offensive in Burma: 178
heads China Theater: 10
inspects Burma defenses: 32
and Kunming planning conference: 357, 362
leadership, internal threats to: 246
moves forces from Burma: 341, 344
and negotiations for use of Communist Chinese: 132, 171, 214, 217, 343, 385
offers forces for defense of Burma: 8, 21-22, 32
and plan for Chungking and Kunming: 333, 348, 350
and plans for Kweilin-Liuchow-Canton: 403
and proposal for U.S. officer to command Chinese forces: 222-27, 230, 235, 255, 265-66, 271, 276, 287, 296, 302, 306
proposes SOS for China: 265
protests Salween withdrawal: 276
receives OCTAGON decisions: 280, 285
rejects proposal to supply communists: 338
relation to Stilwell defined: 129
requests U.S. officer as chief of staff: 12-14, 17
Roosevelt’s replies to demands: 59, 280, 285
at SEXTANT Conference: 148, 150-52
and Stilwell’s request for thirty divisions: 59
and support of Burma operations: 60-61, 63, 70, 78, 83, 90, 111, 118, 125, 128, 129, 138, 144, 146, 150-53, 155, 162-63, 169, 181, 184, 186, 189, 195, 276, 281, 322, 341, 349
U.S. political representatives to: 220, 226-27, 230, 235, 246-47, 263-66
Wallace-Chennault conference: 214, 217
and Wedemeyer: 306, 405
Chiangtso: 213, 216
Chianni: 225, 229-30
Chianti Hills: 233-34
Chiaotou: 200, 211
Chiasco River: 212
Chichagof Harbor and Pass: 106, 111-12
Chichi Jima: 211, 224, 368
Chief of Naval Operations, King appointed: 28
Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander (designate)
Leigh-Mallory selected to make, air plans for OVERLORD: 114
Morgan appointed: 106
redesignated SHAEF: 163
Chieti: 207
Chifontaine: 379
Chihchiang: 405, 481, 492, 495, 507, 509, 517, 523, 536, 544
Chienti River: 215-16
Chiesa del Bando: 492
Chile, breaks with Axis nations: 86
Chin Hills: 145
China. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo; Burma; China-Burma-India Theater; China Theater; India; India-Burma Theater; South East Asia Command; Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Joseph W.; Wedemeyer, Lt. Gen. Albert C.
air build-up: 98, 146-47, 149-50, 161, 165-66, 171, 173
aircraft diverted to Middle East: 42
airlift of supply to: 45, 55, 57, 60, 71, 110, 116, 147, 150, 155, 180-81, 187, 190, 200, 204-05, 235, 271, 293, 297, 329, 342, 344, 355, 540
Allied offensives in: 303, 314, 495, 509
American Mission becomes CBI: 27
base for B-29 aircraft: 146-47, 149-50, 187, 189, 202, 204-05, 304
base for bombardment of Japan: 189, 202, 204-05, 211, 349, 351, 355
casualty summaries: 238, 265
CATF established: 44-45
Chennault heads CATF: 45
China Defensive Campaign: 44-531
China Offensive Campaign: 532-51
Chinese-American Composite Wing: 123, 189
control of AVG: 7
Currie mission to: 46, 48
declares war on Axis powers: 4
Drum proposed for field command: 11, 13-14, 17
enemy blockade broken: 385
enemy offensives: 4-10, 35, 37, 39-41, 47, 371, 375, 381, 384, 387, 391, 396, 447, 481, 492, 495, 507, 509
enemy reinforcements: 255, 266
enemy threats to air bases in: 187, 198-99, 202, 204-05, 248-49, 259, 266, 276, 282, 313, 324, 329, 375, 387, 396, 405, 409, 447, 453, 495, 507, 509, 517, 520, 523
government reorganized: 344
high tide of Japanese invasion: 349
Joint Military Council formed: 10
land supply route to: 161, 168, 195, 255, 271, 291, 293, 304, 372, 375, 379, 382, 385-86, 392. See also Burma Road; Ledo Road.
lend-lease to: 6, 123, 162, 235
and Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference: 143
movement of forces to and from Burma: 9, 21-22, 32, 163, 435, 438, 441, 537, 539
National Military Advisory Council conference: 146, 246
negotiations for use of Chinese Communists. See Chinese Communist forces.
operations in: 97, 105, 111, 113, 152, 155-56, 187, 189, 198, 200, 202, 204, 207-08, 210-14, 216, 218-20, 223, 225-29, 235-38, 241-43, 245-47, 251, 253-55, 259, 264-66, 272, 279, 286, 302-03, 306, 313-14, 318-19, 322-24, 329, 332, 336, 339, 342-44, 348-50, 369, 371, 375-76, 379, 381, 383-85, 387, 391-92, 396, 399, 403, 405, 409, 447, 453, 481, 484, 488, 492, 495, 507, 509, 517, 520, 523, 525, 527, 529, 532, 536-39, 541, 544-45, 547-51
pipeline supply through Burma: 95, 220, 293
plans for recovery of ports: 204, 403, 517, 536, 544
recovery of Burma necessary to: 46-48
request for U.S. officer as chief of staff: 11-14, 17
Stilwell’s role in. See also Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Joseph W.
attempts to have recalled: 134-35, 220, 296, 301-02, 306
blamed for losses: 299
named chief of staff: 21
proposal for Chinese force in India: 33
as supply base for Pacific: 190, 200, 204-05, 242, 517, 536, 540
supply situation: 488, 517, 520
threats to Chiang’s leadership: 246
and Tulsa incident: 9
U.S. forces in: 20-21, 27, 163, 435, 438, 441, 537
U.S. officer proposed as commander of Chinese forces in: 11, 13-14, 222-27, 230, 235, 255, 265-66, 271, 276, 287, 296, 302, 306
U.S. political representatives in: 220, 226-27, 230, 235, 246-47, 263-66
U.S. Task Force in: 20-21, 27
Wallace-Chiang-Chennault conference: 214, 217
War Department, mission to: 160, 171
war theater, demands for maintaining: 43, 48, 59. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo.
Y-Force. See Yunnan Force.
China-Burma-India Theater. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo; China; China Theater; Chinese Army; India-Burma Theater; South East Asia Command; Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Joseph W.; Sultan, Lt. Gen. Daniel I.; Wedemeyer, Lt. Gen. Albert C.; Wheeler, Lt. Gen. Raymond A.
activated: 20-21, 27
air actions in: 44, 55, 147, 155, 216, 219-20, 223, 228, 238, 241
air build-up: 98, 146-47, 149-50, 161, 165-66, 171, 173
air organization: 30, 44-45, 55, 71, 165
aircraft diverted to Middle East: 42
airlift supply to China. See China, airlift of supply to.
Allied planning conferences: 8, 26, 143, 146, 177, 185, 214, 217, 246
Assam-Burma-China Ferry Command activated: 29
assignments to, directive on: 42
Burma defense made secondary to India: 35
operations in. See Burma, fall of; Burma, recovery of.
plans for recovery: 60-61, 63, 70, 73, 87-88, 90-91
Stilwell heads Allied forces in: 155, 297
Calcutta base section: 53, 56
casualty summaries: 165, 186, 212, 231, 242, 238, 242
CCS accepts TRIDENT plans: 111
and Chennault: 45, 58
Chiang inspects Burma defenses: 32
China Defensive Campaign: 44-310
Chinese forces in support of: 209, 235, 241, 251, 255, 279, 362
Chungking command conference: 8
command structure defined: 44
control of Calcutta-Assam LOC: 166-67, 171
division into two theaters: 222-27, 230, 235, 266, 310
enemy air and naval actions: 152-53, 156
enemy air offensive: 8, 16, 18
enemy ground offensives. See Burma; China; India.
excluded from SEAC: 129
first U.S. troops arrive: 29
guerrilla operations: 91, 93, 96-97, 111, 183, 193
hq established at Chungking: 27
India
Allied withdrawal into: 36
Chinese forces in: 33, 163
enemy drive on: 156
headquarters moved to: 38
Stilwell heads Chinese in: 155
India Air Task Force: 57, 60, 71
India-Burma Campaign: 31-310
India-China Ferry Command: 45
India-China Wing, ATC: 71
land supply route to China: 161, 168, 195, 255, 291, 293, 304 See also Burma Road; Ledo Road; Stilwell Road.
Ledo and Imphal roads to connect with Burma: 11, 14
Long Range Penetration Groups: 146, 186, 200, 209, 214, 221, 223, 226, 237
mission to War Department: 160, 171
offensive against enemy shipping: 115-16, 132, 165
operations in China. See China, operations in.
pipeline supply of China through: 95, 220, 293
planning conferences: 8, 143, 146, 177, 185, 214, 217, 246
plans for recovery of Myitkyina: 185-86
preparation for reception of B-29’s: 146-47, 149
Slim heads Imperial forces in: 29
SOS: 265
advance sections: 41
and Assam airfield: 109, 112
base sections: 39, 42, 53, 56
Covell commands: 146
directive on: 26
first troops arrive: 38
and Ledo Road: 93
Wheeler commands: 26, 64, 70
Y-FOS: 190
Stevenson heads Allied air: 11
Stilwell attempts to have recalled: 134-35, 220, 296, 301-02, 306
conference by: 26
as head of CBI: 25, 27, 44. See also Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Joseph W. proposed as head of Chinese in India: 33
Stilwell-Mountbatten conferences: 177, 185
supply situation: 27, 172, 184, 186, 190, 197, 199-200, 207, 214
TRIDENT plans accepted by CCS: 111
U.S. forces redesignated CBI: 20-21, 27
U.S. troops for Bengal-Assam RR: 145
Wallace-Chiang-Chennault conferences: 214, 217
Y-Force in defense of. See Yunnan Force.
China Defensive Campaign: 44-531
China Expeditionary Forces: 384, 495
China Offensive Campaign: 532-51
China Theater. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo; China; China-Burma-India Theater; Chinese Army; India-Burma Theater; South East Asia Command; Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Joseph W.; Wedemeyer, Lt. Gen. Albert.
AAF, China Theater, activated: 549
activation: 10, 310
air actions in: 314, 316, 323, 342, 542, 549
air organization: 375, 484, 527, 532, 536-38, 542, 547, 549
airborne operations: 345, 349, 354, 438, 441, 449, 507, 509, 520
airlift supply from India: 329, 342, 344, 355, 540
Allied offensives. See China, operations in.
Allied planning conferences: 357, 362
Aurand heads SOS: 541
Chennault heads SAF: 547
China Defensive Campaign: 44-531
China Offensive Campaign: 532-51
Chinese forces in, support of: 209, 235, 241, 251, 255, 279, 362
Davidson heads TAF: 547
enemy offensives. See China, enemy offensives.
enemy shipping, offensive against: 374, 376
enemy threats to air bases. See China, enemy threats to air bases.
Hump Tonnage Allocation and Control Office: 355
Indochina inclusion undefined: 390
negotiations for use of Chinese Communist forces. See Chinese Communist forces.
operations in. See China, operations in.
pursuit of enemy: 532-33, 539, 541, 544-46, 548
SAF in: 547
separation from CBI: 235, 266, 310
SOS in: 265, 399, 541
Stratemeyer heads air forces in: 527, 544, 547, 549
supply situation: 488, 517, 520
support of Canton-Hong Kong recovery: 547
TAF in: 547
U.S. forces in: 435, 438, 441, 537
Wedemeyer as commander: 310, 316, 352, 357. See also Wedemeyer, Lt. Gen. Albert C.
Y-Force in. See Yunnan Force.
Chinapelli: 239
Chindits. See Indian Army units, Divisions, 3rd and Brigades, 77th LRP (Chindits).
Chindwin River: 39, 93, 145, 177, 180, 186, 206, 235, 238, 240, 244, 263, 271, 304, 316, 327, 331, 343-44, 349, 356, 381, 430
Chinen Peninsula: 542-44
Chinese-American Composite Wing: 123, 189, 301
Chinese Army. See also Burma; China; Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo; Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Joseph W.
in Burma offensive: 59, 61, 63, 70
Chinese Combat Command: 369, 384
Chinese Expeditionary Force: 60-61, 63, 70, 78, 83, 90, 93, 110, 125, 314, 381, 383
Chinese Training and Combat Command: 369
Chinese Training Center: 369
Ramgarh training center: 52, 60
Stilwell appointed CinC: 21, 44, 63
30-division program: 89, 144
60-division program: 138
training by U.S. See Yunnan Force; Zebra Force.
Chinese Army units
Armies
New First: 304, 383, 387, 406, 430, 544
2nd: 197, 200, 206, 322, 367
4th: 211
5th: 22, 26, 28-29, 34-36, 383, 348
6th: 8, 16-17, 22, 28-29, 33-34
New Sixth: 304, 368, 523
8th: 218, 220, 225-26, 228-29, 235, 242, 246, 265, 544
13th: 550
18th: 536
53rd: 192, 199, 213, 223, 322, 348
54th: 200, 213, 544
57th: 354
66th: 33-35
71st: 197-98, 202, 205-06, 218, 322
94th: 529, 536
100th: 536
Chinese Army in India: 353, 357, 368, 379, 381, 383, 441, 449, 539
Group Armies
9th: 210
11th: 212, 332
12th: 322
20th: 216
Divisions
Honorable 1st: 220, 225, 318
2nd Reserve: 200, 211, 213
5th: 529
9th: 200, 206, 367, 379
14th: 184, 187, 220-21, 341, 345, 509, 523
22nd: 29-31, 33-35, 38, 60, 157, 165-66, 169, 173-75, 177-84, 187-90, 195, 200, 211, 297, 304, 312, 318-20, 326-27, 341, 344-46, 348-49, 368, 509
28th: 34-35, 197, 202, 228
29th: 35-36
30th: 177, 187, 189-90, 194, 236, 342, 345, 348-49, 368, 375, 384-85, 387-90, 406, 441, 539
36th: 192, 200, 211, 213-14, 242
38th: 33-35, 38-39, 60, 143-44, 146, 149-50, 154, 156-63, 165-66, 168, 170, 178-80, 182, 184-92, 195, 197, 200, 211, 216, 219, 304, 314, 322, 326, 333, 339, 341, 344, 348, 351, 353, 358, 371, 376-80, 384-85, 387, 430, 441, 539
49th: 8, 17, 33-34
50th: 184, 187, 194, 211, 236, 242, 304, 364, 366, 441, 539
55th: 29-31, 33-35, 37
58th: 517, 525, 550
76th: 193, 197, 200
82nd: 225-26
87th: 197, 202, 205, 207, 211-12, 218
88th: 193, 197-98, 202, 205, 207, 212
93rd: 16, 33-34
96th: 29, 31-32, 34, 38
103rd: 225, 228, 242
116th: 191, 213, 223, 242
130th: 213
190th: 193
198th: 191, 200
200th: 26, 28-32, 34-35, 37, 314
Regiment, 1st Separate: 463
Tank Group, 1st Provisional (Chinese-American): 177-82
Chinese Communist forces
Chiang demands control of: 235
delegation to Stilwell: 271
negotiations for use of: 132, 171, 214, 217, 338, 343, 354, 383, 385, 387
proposals for use and supply of: 132, 171, 214, 217, 235, 338, 341, 343, 385
U.S. observer group with: 171, 214, 217, 343
Chittagong: 156, 290
Chiusi: 214-15, 217-19
Chiyunna: 472
Chocolate Drop Hill (Okinawa): 536-39
Chodova Plana: 532
Choiseul Bay: 132
Choiseul Island: 142, 144
Cholm: 18, 29, 32
Choltitz, Lt. Gen. Dietrich von: 256
Chonito cliff: 238
Chott Djerid: 101
Chotts, The: 88
Chou En-lai: 354
Chouïgui: 71, 108
Chouïgui Pass: 108-09
Chowringhee: 179
Christie, Col. Albert F.: 33
Christmas Island: 23
Chuda: 478
Chudovo: 166
Chuguev: 92, 127
Chungking
Allied leaders’ conference: 8
hq of CBI: 27
loss and recovery: 329, 333, 348, 350, 357, 365, 369, 381, 409, 488, 536-37, 544, 549
National Military Council conference: 146
U.S. officer as commander, conference on: 265, 276
Wallace-Chiang-Chennault conference: 214, 217
Churchill, Winston S.: 181, 325. See also British Chiefs of Staff; Combined Chiefs of Staff; United Kingdom.
appoints Auchinleck to command in India: 114
at ARCADIA Conference: 8
asks for air support for Rangoon: 462, 472
Burma recovery, assurances on: 176
Calcutta-Assam LOC, on control of: 166-67, 171
agrees on Eisenhower to command TORCH: 48
at EUREKA Conference: 150-51
inspects Eighth Army: 48
Italians, appeal to: 120, 124
appoints Montgomery to head 21 Army Group: 156
at Moscow conference: 49
Mountbatten conference in Cairo: 299, 304, 307, 316
outlines mission of SAC, SEAC: 142
plans for Rangoon and Mandalay: 293
at QUADRANT Conference: 127-29
at SEXTANT Conference: 148, 150-52
Stalin conferences: 49
transmits decisions of OCTAGON to Chiang: 280
at TRIDENT Conference: 110-12
at Washington Conference, June 1942: 42
Churgia: 85
Chuhsien: 40-41
Chynoweth, Brig. Gen. Bradford G.: 27, 32-33
Ciampino: 121
Cicerelli Hill: 161
Ciechanow: 377
Cielle: 369
Cima del Monte: 195
Ciney: 359-60
Cinquale Canal: 397, 401
Ciorlano: 143
Cirey: 328, 331
Cisterna di Littoria: 141, 164-68, 170, 173, 184, 196-97
Citta della Pieve: 210, 213
Citta di Castello: 213, 233-35
Cituinan Hill: 488, 490, 492, 497, 503, 505, 511, 517, 520, 522
City of Dalhart: 31
Civita Castellana: 204
Civitavecchia: 138, 162-63, 202, 204, 208, 210
Civitella di Romagna: 306
Claggett, Brig. Gen. Henry B.: 9
Clairefontaine: 332
Clark Field: 3, 5, 377-78, 380, 384-86, 388, 425, 488
Clark, Lt. Gen. Mark W.: 82, 132, 149, 168-69, 202, 250, 260, 266. See also Armies, Fifth; Army Groups, 15th.
arrival in Algeria: 60
CG, 15th Army Group: 354
CG, Fifth and Seventh Armies: 159
plans for Southern France: 176
Clausen: 434
Clausthal: 489
CLEANSLATE: 93. See also Russell Islands.
Clefcy: 332-33
Clefmont: 272
Clerf: 382-84
Clerf River and Valley: 353, 381-84, 386, 389
Clermont: 407
Cleurie: 295
Cleve: 279, 398-401, 403, 407
Cleve Forest: 402-03
Cleve-Rhine Canal: 399-400
Clevesy, Lt. Samuel H.: 111
Clevesy Pass: 111-12
Clifton (Eller) Island: 170
Climbach: 352
CLIPPER: 329. See also Geilenkirchen.
Cloppenburg: 491
Close Covering Group (TG 74.2): 415
Clowes, Maj. Gen. Cyril A. (Australian.): 51
Cluj: 300
Clyde, Firth of: 59
Coane, Brig. Gen. Ralph W.: 113, 116, 120
Coast Artillery Brigade (Provisional): 32
Coastal Attack Force (New Guinea): 230
COBRA: 227, 229, 232, 235-39
Cobru: 374
Coburg: 485, 487, 490
Cochem: 434, 436-37, 440
Cochran, Col. Philip G.: 170, 178
Coconut Grove: 71, 73, 75
Coconut Hill: 488
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 329
Coesfeld: 460, 466
Cognac: 328
Cogolin: 249
Cogon: 352, 354
Cohen (Ennugenliggelap) Island: 170
Coin-lès-Cuvry: 324
Coin-sur-Seine: 278, 280-81
Coincourt: 283, 288
Colasian: 318-19
Colbitz Forest: 495
Cold Harbor: 106, 108
Colditz: 496, 498
Colgan, Capt. A. T.: 532
Colgan Woods: 532-36
Colhoun: 52
Colle 152, 352-53
Colle di Val d’Elsa: 226
Colle Ferro: 201
Colle San Angelo: 194
Collechio: 518
Collesano: 122
Colleville: 203, 219
Colli: 146, 149-50
Colli Laziali: 162, 166-67, 199
Collina: 289, 316
Collins, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton: 82, 86, 203, 210, 215, 269, 341
Collobrières: 250, 252
Colmar Pocket: 336, 343, 345-46, 351, 353, 360, 375, 377, 379, 381, 386-93, 395, 398
Cologne: 39, 267, 292, 305, 327, 393, 415, 418, 422, 424-25, 427, 429, 435, 440, 454, 456, 458-59, 514, 516-17
Cologne-Frankfurt Autobahn. See Frankfurt Autobahn.
Cologne Plain: 415, 418, 422, 424
Colombelles: 228, 232
Colombier-Fontaine: 326
Colombières: 229
Colombo: 31-32
Colonna: 201
Comacchio Spit: 421, 423, 425, 467, 469, 473
Combined Bomber Offensive against Europe
around-the-clock operations commence: 95
Austria: 138, 143, 144, 176
CCS directive: 113, 172
daylight raids postponed: 140
Eisenhower directive: 187
fighter escort for: 113, 137-38, 152, 154, 161, 192
Germany: 85, 89, 95, 111, 113-14, 128, 130, 132, 137-40, 143-44, 150, 152, 154, 156, 161, 166, 172-73, 175-76, 178, 181, 184, 187, 192, 201, 203, 207, 215, 219, 234, 236, 268
H2S-equipped aircraft in: 137, 144
Hungary: 201, 271
losses: 128, 132, 140, 161, 176, 184, 192, 215
Poland: 219, 236, 244
radar, use of: 154, 166
radio countermeasures, use of: 139
Rumania: 112, 124, 185, 203, 207, 234, 237, 242, 244-45
shuttle system: 114, 138-39, 143, 175, 201, 203, 207, 215, 219, 234, 236-37, 242, 244, 245, 268, 271
USSTAF in: 175
V-weapons sites, attacks on: 128, 130, 152, 156
Combined Chiefs of Staff. See also British Chiefs of Staff; Joint Chiefs of Staff.
agreement to establish: 14
ANZAC area established: 20
Burma and Malaya, directives on recovery of: 271, 274, 391, 543
Burma pipeline approved: 95
China, directive on airlift supply of: 200, 271, 517
Combined Bomber Offensive, directive on: 113, 172
order Darwin merged into ABDA: 18
relieve VIII BC of support of North Africa: 87
Eisenhower, directive to: 172
Fifteenth Air Force, agreement to establish: 141-43
Italy, in support of OVERLORD, directive on: 187
Italy, plans for invading: 110-12, 115, 120, 122
Japan, plan for defeat of: 152, 274. See also Japan, strategic plans for defeat of.
landing craft allocation: 145, 152
Mediterranean, unified command established for: 152-53, 155
Myitkyina recovery, plans for: 200
Normandy Campaign, plans for: 33,42, 164
Normandy Campaign, staff established for: 106
Pacific theater established: 30
Persian Corridor, approve movement of supplies through: 56
at QUADRANT Conference: 127-29
SEAC strategy, Mountbatten’s proposals for: 316, 329
Southern France, plans for: 176, 247
strategic air forces, relinquish control of: 186
TORCH command structure agreement: 46
TRIDENT Conference plans: 110-12
Tunisia attack plan approved: 73
Combined Fleet (Japanese): 310-12
Comintern, dissolution of: 112
Comiso: 118
Commander, Central Pacific. See Spruance, Adm. Raymond A.
Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet. See Nimitz, Adm. Chester W.
Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas. See Nimitz, Adm. Chester W.
Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area. See MacArthur, General Douglas; Southwest Pacific Area.
Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet. See King, Adm. Ernest J.; Navy, United States; United States Fleet.
Commander in Chief, West
Kluge succeeds Rundstedt: 223
Model succeeds Kluge: 250
Rundstedt reinstated: 262
Commander, South Pacific. See Ghormley, Vice Adm. Robert L.; Halsey, Adm. William F.
Commando forces, British. See also British Army units, Brigades and Battalions.
Norway islands raid: 9
in Italy: 131-33
in Sicily: 119, 128
Commando forces, Dutch: 316
Commando forces, French: 249-50, 53-54
Commando Supremo: 128
Commanster: 380
Commercy: 260-61
Compiègne: 259-60
Compogne: 374-75
Comté: 369
Conca: 165
Conca River: 262-63, 274
Concepcion, Luzon: 382-83
Concepcion, Negros: 469, 471, 473
Conches: 254
Condé Northen: 329
Condé-sur-Noireau: 245-50
Condillac Pass: 254
Conical Hill: 535-40
Coningham, Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur: 93
Connolly, Brig. Gen. Donald H.: 57, 60, 153, 156
Connolly, Maj. Robert V.: 542, 547-58
Conolly, Rear Adm. Richard L.: 167
Conroy, Col. Gardiner J.: 213
Conroy Field: 213
Consuegra: 324, 326, 333, 339
Consuma: 259
Consy: 367-70
Conthil: 323, 331, 339
Convoys: 55, 79
Cook., Maj. Gen. Gilbert R.: 247, 252
Cop (Csap): 335
Copeland, Brig. Gen. John E.: 112
Coral Sea naval and air actions: 36-37
Corcieux: 318, 324, 328
Cordon: 546
Coreno: 192
Corfu Island: 137, 301
Cori: 196-97, 199
Coriano: 263-64, 266-67, 270-72
Corinth: 298
CORKSCREW: 109-14
Corkscrew Ridge: 329-33
Corleone: 121
Corlett, Maj. Gen. Charles H.: 127, 168-69, 209, 278, 289, 296, 305
Cornacchiara: 287-88
Cormelles: 233
Corn Strong Point (Kwajalein): 168
Cornimont: 303
Cornwall: 31
Corny: 268, 287
Coronon: 523
Corps: See also Armored Corps.
I: 42, 53, 73, 93, 182, 210, 301, 370-391, 393-96, 398-407, 409-10, 412-14, 416-17, 419, 421, 423, 426, 428, 430-31, 433-37, 439, 441-43, 445-46, 448-50, 453, 455, 457, 459, 463, 465, 467, 469, 473, 477, 479, 481, 484, 486, 488, 490, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515, 517, 519-20, 522, 527, 529-33, 535-45, 547-49,
II: 64-65, 70, 81, 85-86, 88-109, 117-28, 147, 149, 151-73, 176, 184, 191-202, 205-07, 234-36, 240, 244, 250-53, 261, 263-67, 269, 271-72, 276-77, 279, 282-84, 286-313, 318, 321, 334, 368-70, 373, 375, 377, 383, 402, 410, 428, 431, 437, 439, 443, 457, 475, 483, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515-16, 518, 521, 523, 525, 527
III: 300, 316, 336, 347-49, 351, 353, 356-57, 359-77, 379-82, 384-87, 389, 391-92, 394, 396-402, 404-05, 408, 412, 414-15, 417-18, 420, 422, 424-25, 427, 429, 431-33, 435-42, 444-45, 447-49, 451-52, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462-64, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478-80, 483, 485, 487, 489, 491, 493, 495, 498, 500, 504, 507-08, 511-12, 514, 516, 518-19, 521-22, 524, 526, 528-29
IV: 184, 198-200, 207-08, 210, 212, 214-37, 240, 244, 248, 252-53, 255, 257, 260-62, 264-65, 267, 269, 271, 273, 275, 277, 279-80, 282-84, 286-301, 305, 309, 313, 315, 318-19, 336, 361-64, 368-71, 386, 392, 394, 397, 401, 404-10, 412-13, 417, 419, 423, 425-26, 428, 433, 471, 475, 483, 494-95, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515-16, 518, 520-21, 523, 525, 527
V: 14, 203-11, 222, 228-31, 235, 237-65, 267-70, 272-73, 275, 277-78, 280-82, 284, 287-88, 292-99, 301, 303, 305, 311-12, 315, 317-20, 322, 325, 328, 330, 332, 334-36, 338-40, 342-47, 350-61, 363, 374-78, 380, 382-83, 387-95, 397, 402, 404-08, 411, 415, 417-18, 420, 422, 424-27, 429, 431-37, 439-40, 444, 447-49, 451-52, 454, 456, 458-60, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476-77, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 489, 491, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 508, 510, 512, 514-15, 517, 521-22, 524, 526, 528-33
VI: 132-47, 150-55, 157-59, 162-79, 196-202, 204-10, 249-69, 271-72, 275, 277-79, 282-87, 291-98, 300, 303-19, 321-22, 324-29, 331-52, 354-55, 362, 364-85, 388-93, 395-402, 404, 406, 408-10, 413-14, 419, 434, 437, 439, 441-43, 445-48, 450-51, 453, 459, 461, 465-66, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 488, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 503-05, 507, 509, 511, 513-14, 516, 518, 520-21, 523, 525, 527-28, 530-32
VII: 203-22, 224-33, 236-51, 253, 256-71, 273, 275-76, 279, 280-82, 284, 287-90, 293, 295-308, 311, 319-20, 322-23, 326-47, 349-51, 353-59, 361-82, 393, 397, 407, 410-12, 414-16, 418, 420, 422, 424-27, 429-33, 435, 438-42, 444-45, 448-49, 451-52, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 483, 485, 487, 489, 491, 494-96, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514-15, 517, 519, 521-22, 524, 528, 530, 533
VIII: 210, 212-14, 219-30, 233-34, 236-51, 254, 256-61, 263, 265, 267, 270, 273-74, 276, 278-79,
288, 292, 294, 298, 300, 303, 308, 320, 323, 325, 343, 350, 353-77, 379-82, 384-95, 397-402, 405-08, 410-12, 414, 416-17, 419-22, 424, 429, 431-32, 434-42, 444, 447, 449, 451-52, 454, 457, 459-60, 463, 465, 467-68, 470, 472, 475, 477, 481, 483, 485, 487, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 514-15, 519, 522, 524, 533
X: 255, 307, 310-53, 355-65, 367, 387-88, 403, 406-07, 412, 446, 453, 501, 503, 506, 507, 510-11, 513, 520, 522, 523, 525, 527, 529-44, 547, 549, 550
XI: 220, 249, 274, 287, 372, 387-88, 390-91, 393-96, 398-99, 401-08, 411-14, 417, 421, 425, 434, 436, 439, 441-43, 445-46, 448-51, 453, 455, 457, 460-61, 463, 465, 467, 469, 471, 473, 475-77, 479, 482, 484, 486, 488, 490, 493, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 510-11, 513, 517, 520, 522, 525, 527, 529-42, 546, 548
XII: 225, 240, 247-49, 251-61, 263-70, 272-73, 275, 278, 280-81, 283-95, 298-301, 307-08, 316-32, 334-63, 368, 371, 376-80, 382-86, 390, 392, 396-411, 413-14, 416-17, 419, 421-22, 424, 426, 428-29, 431-32, 434-42, 444-45, 447-49, 451-52, 454, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467-68, 470, 472-73, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514-15, 517, 519, 521-22, 524, 526, 528-34
XIII: 320-21, 323, 334-35, 340-44, 353, 355-56, 358, 384, 389, 391-92, 394-95, 409, 411-12, 414-16, 418, 420-21, 423, 425, 427-28, 430, 433, 464, 466, 468, 470-72, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 491, 493, 495-97, 499, 502, 489, 504, 506, 512, 514-15, 517, 526, 528, 530
XIV: 81-85, 87-89, 116-17, 119-20, 122-25, 154, 178-79, 183, 212, 214, 301, 370-92, 394-407, 409-10, 412-14, 416-17, 419, 421, 423, 425-26, 428, 430-31, 433-43, 445-46, 448, 450-51, 453, 455, 457, 460-61, 463-64, 467, 469, 471, 473, 476-77, 479-80, 482, 484, 486, 488, 490, 493, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 510-11, 513, 517, 520, 522-23, 525, 527, 529-30, 535, 538, 544, 546, 549-50
XV: 225, 240-59, 263, 266-70, 272-73, 275, 277-78, 281, 283-85, 290, 292-95, 299, 302-05, 308-11, 313, 316-17, 319-20, 325-29, 331, 333-38, 340, 342-43, 345-52, 354, 356-57, 362-70, 380-81, 383, 389, 391, 394, 397-401, 403-10, 412-13, 417, 419, 431, 433, 436, 439, 441-43, 445-48, 450-51, 453, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465-67, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506-09, 511-12, 514, 516, 518-19, 521, 523-24, 526, 528-29, 531
XVI: 348, 358, 387, 391-92, 394, 404, 409, 412-13, 415-16, 418, 420-21, 423, 425, 427-30, 432-33, 450, 452, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 502, 504, 506, 510, 512, 515, 524, 526, 530, 533
XVIII: 356-63, 366-78, 380-94, 397, 399, 401-02, 450, 452-53, 456, 458, 460, 462, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482-83, 485, 487, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 500, 502, 504, 506-08, 510, 512, 514-17, 519-21, 524, 526-27, 529
XIX: 209-14, 217, 221-22, 226-33, 237-48, 250, 252-56, 258-71, 273, 275-79, 281-82, 284-85, 287, 289-305, 308, 312, 317, 320, 323, 327-39, 341-43, 346, 348, 351-52, 354, 356, 358, 360-61, 363, 371, 387-89, 391, 393, 395, 409-12, 414-16, 418, 420, 422-23, 425, 427, 454, 460, 462, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478-80, 482, 484, 486, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 521-22, 524, 526, 532
XX: 56-62, 225, 240, 242-43, 245-48, 250-262, 264-70, 272-73, 275, 277-78, 280-82, 284-90, 292-302, 307, 312-31, 333-57, 359-60, 362, 369, 374-75, 377-86, 389-90, 396-411, 413-14, 416-17, 419, 421, 423-24, 426, 428-29, 431-32, 434-44, 446-48, 450-53, 455-457, 459, 461-63, 465, 467-68, 470, 472, 474-75, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 489, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514, 516-17, 519, 521-22, 524, 526, 528-30, 532-34
XXI: 361, 373-74, 376, 383, 386-93, 395-400, 402-03, 405, 417, 419, 423-24, 426, 428, 430, 437-39, 441-43, 445-48, 450-51, 453, 455, 459, 461, 463, 465, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 483, 485, 487, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 507, 509, 511-12, 514, 516, 518-21, 523-24, 526, 528-29, 531
XXII: 458, 461-62, 464, 466, 471, 473, 485, 492, 496, 500, 502, 512, 514, 516
XXIII: 458, 485, 504, 507, 512, 514
XXIV: 307-23, 326, 333-42, 344-65, 374, 387-88, 391, 400, 467-69, 471, 476-78, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 491, 493, 497, 499, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512-13, 515, 517, 519-20, 522, 524-25, 527, 529-48
Provisional (Third Army): 248, 250, 356-58
Provisional (Seventh Army): 119-24
Corradini: 87
Corregidor Island
enemy air attacks on: 9-12, 30, 32-33, 35-36
enemy artillery bombardment of: 32-33, 35-36
enemy assault on: 36-37
evacuation of personnel by submarine: 36
garrison capitulates: 37
harbor defense forces organized: 27
Luzon Force escapes to: 32
marines dispatched to: 8
naval forces shifted to: 9
Philippine government moved to: 8
recovery of: 381, 391, 394, 402, 404-06, 411-13, 415, 421, 445, 457
U.S. bombardment of: 381, 394, 402
USAFFE hq opens on: 9
USFIP hq opens on: 29
Corsica: 114, 133, 139, 248
Cortona: 223
Cosina River: 328, 332-35
Cotabato: 35-36, 446, 448, 503
Cote de Suisse Ridge: 325-26, 328
Cote St. Jean: 320-23
Cotentin Peninsula: 164, 209-10, 212-13, 223
Cotignola: 358, 366, 368, 486
COTTAGE: 127. See also Kiska.
Cottbus: 505, 513
Coulee: 373-74
Counterintelligence Corps Detachment, 41st: 220
Courcelles-sur-Nied: 329
Courier Bay: 36
Courmeilles-en-Vexin: 191
Courseulles: 203
Courtelevant: 330, 333
Courtenay: 255
Courtil: 376-78
Coutances: 227-28, 237-38
Couterne: 248
Couvains: 209
Couville: 213
Covell, Maj. Gen. William E. R.: 146
Coventelle: 366
Covigliano: 286
Cox, Lt. Col. William C.: 294-96
Cox’s Bazaar: 290
Cracow: 374-76, 378
Crailsheim: 477, 479, 481, 483, 486, 492, 505, 507, 509
Crawinkel: 485
Creil: 259-60
Cremona: 5 20
Crendal: 380
Crerar, Gen. Henry D. G. (British.): 235, 289
Crescent Hill: 538-40
Crespellano: 507
Crespino: 283
Crest: 253, 256-57
Crete: 116
Crettenbach: 524
Creuilly: 203
Creussen: 500
Creutzwald: 343
Creuzburg: 468, 472
Crevechamps: 268
Crevic: 273
CRICKET Conference: 387, 390
Crimea sector: 44, 186-87
Crisbecq: 204-05, 208
Crittenberger, Maj. Gen. Willis D.: 184, 207
Croce: 264
Croce Hill: 151
Croeffelbach: 503
Croismare: 292
Crombach: 381
Cross-Channel attack. See Normandy Campaign.
CROSSBOW: 128, 130, 152, 156
Crossroads 655 (Germany): 273
Crotone: 131, 133, 136
Crozon: 277
Crozon Peninsula: 273, 277-79
Cruchten: 401, 405
Crumbach: 492
Crump Hill: 447, 482, 488, 513
Csepel Island: 337, 346, 348
Cuchenheim: 426
CUDGEL: 161. See also Arakan Coast.
Cuenca: 445-46, 448, 467
Cuernos de Negros Ridge: 527
Cuffiana: 484
Cuijk: 291
Cuizel: 279
Culayo: 385-86
Culoville: 204
CULVERIN: 161, 176, 188. See also Sumatra.
Cumberland Force (Can.): 309
Cunningham, Adm. Sir Andrew (RN): 64, 109, 133
Cunningham, Brig. Gen. Julian W.: 151, 154, 157, 160
Currie, Lauchlin: 46, 48
Cushing: 66
Cut-Cut Creek: 396
Cuxhaven: 522
CYCLONE: 215. See also Noemfoor Island.
Cyclops airdrome: 189
Cyrenaica: 3, 16-17
Czarnkow: 386
Czechoslovakia
meetings of Allied forces in: 536
operations in, from east: 306, 342-43, 353, 355, 379, 382, 385-86, 455, 463, 465, 471, 473, 481, 498, 505, 511, 516, 518, 523, 525, 534-37
operations in, from west: 502, 504, 508, 510, 512, 516-17, 519, 521-22, 524, 526, 528-33
Czestochowa: 376-77, 380
–D–
Daaden: 458
Dachau: 523
Dachsenhausen: 454
Dackscheid: 417
Dadap Island: 166
Dadjangas: 549-50
Daehre: 508
Daet: 7
Dagami: 311-15, 317-18
Dagoe (Hiiumaa) Island: 294
Dagua: 128
Daguitan River: 307
Dagupan: 370
Daha: 362
Dahl: 368, 468
Dahl, Col. Arne (Nor.): 326
Dahlem: 417, 429
Dahlhunden: 376
Dahn: 448
Dahnen: 394, 396-97, 407-08
Daiku: 418
Dain-en-Saulnois: 323
Dakar: 69
Dakeshi: 537
Dakeshi Ridge: 534-37
Dakiton: 544
Dalberg: 443
Daleiden: 408
Dalem: 338
Daliao airfield: 525, 527
Dalirig: 36-37
Dalldorf: 508
Dalupiri Island: 406
Dambach: 365, 442
Damortis: 373, 375, 377, 385, 390, 402, 428
Dampier Strait: 120
Damulaan: 326, 333, 339
Danao: 507, 513
Dandriwad River: 189-91, 250
Dangueville: 208
Danmarsheim: 465
Dannemarie: 331
Dannenberg: 510, 512
Dannstadt: 447
Dansweiler: 422
Danube River: 257, 264, 291, 308-09, 337, 340, 343-49, 358, 360, 362, 377, 379, 382, 449, 459, 463, 467, 471, 477, 481, 506-07, 509-19, 521-22, 526, 528, 532
Danzig: 384, 406, 424, 428, 435-36, 446, 449-50, 453, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463
Dao: 307, 312
Daoulas Peninsula: 259
Daraga: 467, 469, 471, 473, 477, 484
Darby, Col. William O.: 516, 518
Darby’s Rangers: 121-22, 133-34, 164, 167, 516, 518. See also Ranger Battalions.
Dardennes Ravine: 254
Darlan, Adm. François (French.): 66, 67, 77
Darmstadt: 277, 318, 453
Darong: 523
Darschied: 428-29, 432, 434
Darwin: 6, 18, 24-25, 53
Dasburg: 394, 396-97, 400, 407-09
Daseburg: 464
Dasol Bay: 375
Datteln: 468
Dattenberg: 433
Dattenfeld: 476
Datterode: 472
Datzeroth: 448
Dau: 385
Daubenrath: 410
Daubringen: 458
Daun: 428-29
Dausfeld: 417
Dautersdorf: 512
Davao: 7, 35, 244, 520, 522, 525, 527, 530, 531, 535-39
Davao Gulf: 511, 513, 515, 517, 520, 549
Davao Plain: 542
Davao River 529
Davidson, Brig. Gen. Garrison H.: 162, 176
Davidson, Brig Gen. Howard C.: 40, 121, 547
Davis, Lt. Col. Everett S.: 15
Dawley, Maj. Gen. Ernest J.: 132
Daylight air raids postponed: 140. See also Combined Bomber Offensive against Europe.
Deane, Maj. Gen. John R.: 143
Death March in Philippines: 32
Death Valley (Saipan): 217-22
Deuville: 253
Debrecen: 201, 300-301, 307
DeCarre, Brig. Gen. Alphonse: 89-90
Dedenbach: 433
Dedenborn: 355, 391-92
Degelberg: 517
Degerndorf, 528
Degenershausen: 500
Deggendorf: 517, 519
DeGeul River: 270-71, 273, 275
Dei Mori Hill: 501, 503
Deidenberg: 379-80
Deiffelt: 380
Deir el Shein: 44
Del Carmen field: 4-5
Del Monte airfield: 6-7, 536
Delhi conference on Malaya-Singapore: 542
Delhofen: 457
Delhoven: 424
Delitz: 489
Delitzsch: 504, 506, 508
Delkenheim: 459
Delle: 330, 333
Dellen: 359
Delme: 321
Delme Ridge: 321
Delrath: 425
DELTA Force 249. See also Southern France Campaign.
Dempsey, Lt. Gen. Myles C. (British.): 203, 285
Demyansk: 96
Dengling: 521
Dengolsheim: 376-77
Deniki: 47, 49
Denklingen: 482
Denmark: 527, 530
Densborn: 428
Densieders: 447
Dépapré Bay: 188
Depienne: 71
Deposito: 346-47
Derenbach: 379-80
Derenburg: 489, 502
Derenthal: 481
Derichsweiler: 350-51
Derikum: 424
Dernaïa Pass: 93, 95
Derna: 7, 12, 18, 20-21, 29
Dernau: 429
Dernborg: 451
Dersdorf: 427
Desna River: 133
Dessau: 494, 496, 498, 500, 506, 508, 510, 151, 215, 26
Destry: 325
Detachment d’Armee de l’Atlantique: 419, 494, 496, 498, 500, 503, 505, 507, 525, 527, 531
Detachment d’Armee des Alpes: 419, 447, 457, 461, 471, 473, 486, 490, 500
Detmold: 468, 472
Deuerling: 519
Deurne: 283, 286, 291, 301, 304, 313
Deutsch-Eylau: 381
Deutsch Krone: 401
Deutzen: 494
Deuz: 464
Devantave: 367
Devecser: 455
Deventer: 480, 484
Devers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L.: 313, 343
CG ETO: 108
CG NATOUSA: 161, 309
CG 6th Army Group: 240
names Eaker commander of USAAF in UK: 134
DeWitt, Lt. Gen. John L.: 28, 236
DEXTERITY: 136. See also Cape Gloucester.
Diamond Narrows: 129
Dick Hill (Okinawa): 536-39, 541
Dickerscheid: 415
Dickweiler: 354-55
Dicomano: 230, 263, 268
Die: 253
Dieblich: 440
Dieblicherberg: 440
Dieburg: 453 457
Dieffenbach: 443
Diego Suarez: 37, 57, 83
Diekirch: 356, 377-78
Dielheim: 466
Diemel River: 464, 466, 468
Dierdorf: 454
Dierscheid: 431
Dieler: 439
Dieppe: 50, 259-60
Diesfordt: 450
Dieskau: 504
Diessen: 523
Diest: 264, 269, 274
Dietenhausen: 481
Dietenheim: 516
Dieteren: 375-76
Dietersheim: 494, 496
Dietfurt: 516
Dietlingen: 481
Dieulouard: 269-70, 272-73, 275, 278, 280
Dieuze: 281, 320, 326, 329-30, 333-34
Diez: 454, 456-57, 461
Digdig: 419, 421, 423, 427-28, 434
Digne: 252
Digos: 35-36, 515, 517, 519-20, 522-23, 536
Digosville: 216-17
Diit River: 310-11
Dijon: 258, 262, 266-67
Dilap: 510
Dill, Field Marshal Sir John: 90, 354
Dill River: 454, 456, 458, 464
Dillenburg: 458, 462, 466, 500, 502
Dillingen: 342, 345-52, 355, 359, 396-400, 442-43, 511-14, 516, 518
Dilmar: 407
Dilsburg: 446
Dimapur: 183, 185, 187, 206, 216
Dinagat Island: 305
Dinalupihan: 12-13, 387, 391, 394, 401
Dinan: 241-42, 247
Dinant: 263, 265, 360-61
Dinard: 243, 245-48
Dinez: 373
Dingbuchhof: 411
Dingdorf: 421
Dingolfing: 524, 526
Dinkelsbuehl: 507, 509
Dinkelscherben: 518
Dinker: 472
Dinslaken: 451, 454
Diosgyoer: 271
Dipolog: 431, 434
DIRECTOR: 151, 154. See also Arawe.
Dirmerzheim: 422
Dirmingen: 443
Dirmstein: 446
Disney, Col. Paul A.: 294
Disternich: 418
Distroff: 325-26
Dita: 461, 467
Dittaino River: 121
Dittlingen: 407
Dives River: 248-50
Divieto: 128
Divisions. See Airborne Divisions; Armored Divisions; Cavalry Division, 1st; Composite Army-Marine Division; Infantry Divisions; Marine Corps Divisions.
Divnoe: 86
DIXIE: 217. See also Chinese Communist forces, U.S. observer group with.
Dixmude: 265
Djebel Abiod: 67-70, 99-100, 106
Djebel Achkel: 108
Djebel Aïnchouna: 106-07
Djebel Aired: 81-82, 106-07
Djebel Azag: 81-82, 106-07
Djebel Bargou: 88
Djebel Ben Kheir: 102
Djebel Berda: 100-103
Djebel Bou Aoukaz: 107
Djebel Bou Dabouss: 88
Djebel Bou Jerra: 100
Djebel Chemsi: 102
Djebel Cheniti: 108-09
Djebel Dardyss: 106-07
Djebel Djebs: 102
Djebel Douaou: 99
Djebel Douimiss: 108
Djebel Dribica: 99
Djebel Edjehaf: 105
Djebel el Ahmera: 77-78, 105-07
Djebel el Ang: 104-05, 107
Djebel el Ank: 99
Djebel el Anz: 107
Djebel el Hamra: 94
Djebel el Haouareb: 103
Djebel el Hara: 107
Djebel el Kreroua: 100-102
Djebel el Mcheltat: 99, 101-02
Djebel el Messeftine: 108
Djebel Fkirine: 107
Djebel Garci: 105
Djebel Grembil: 107
Djebel Guermach: 107
Djebel Hazemat: 107
Djebel Ksaïra: 92-93
Djebel Lessouda: 92
Djebel Lettouchi: 101
Djebel Maïzila: 103
Djebel Mansour: 105
Djebel Melab: 99-100
Djebel Meloussi: 90
Djebel Mergueb: 106
Djebel Msid: 106
Djebel Naemia: 99-100, 103
Djebel Ousselat: 103
Djebel Rihana: 92
Djebel Rhorab: 103
Djebel Sidi Mansour: 109
Djebel Sidi Meftah: 106-07
Djebel Tahent: 107-08
Djebel Tanngouche: 104-06
Djebel Tebaga: 99-100
Djebel Touila: 102
Djebel Touta: 106
Djebel Trozza: 88, 90
Djebel Djedeïda: 70-71, 108-09
Djeloula Pass: 104
Djibouti: 70, 78
Djidjelli: 67
Dmitriev Lgovsky: 96
Dnieper River and Basin: 25, 130, 136-38, 140-42, 144, 146-47, 151, 161, 165-66, 169, 171, 176, 178-80, 244
Dnieprodzerzhinsk: 142
Dniepropetrovsk: 137-38, 142
Dniester River and Basin: 181-82
Dno: 170, 175
Doan, Col. Leander L.: 464
Dobbie, Lt. Gen. Sir William (British.): 28
Dobel Plateau: 486, 488
Dobodura: 67, 69, 72, 74-76, 78-79, 97
Dobra Voda: 532
Dobsina: 385
Dochamps: 367-69
Dockendorf: 414
Dockweiler: 429
Dodigny: 206
Doe, Maj. Gen. Jens A.: 182, 197, 213, 220, 417, 434
Doellstaedt: 483
Doemitz: 527-28
Doenitz, Adm. Karl: 524
Doernigheim: 459
Doesburg: 468
Dog Line (Bougainville): 146
Dohm: 429
Dolan Hill (Negros): 476, 484, 486, 493, 503, 506, 508, 510, 519, 522, 527, 536, 538, 540
Dole: 264
Dollendorf: 431
Dollinger: 531
Dolores, Leyte: 355
Dolores, Luzon: 388
Dolus: 525
Doma Cove: 91
Domazlice: 526
Dombasle: 272-73
Domfaing: 308
Domfessel: 343-45
Domfront: 242, 245, 248
Dominican Hill: 517, 519
Domjevin: 285
Dommershausen: 439
Dompaire: 270
Don River and Basin: 43-51, 68, 75-76, 82, 85, 132, 471
Dona airstrip: 102
Donaueschingen: 507
Donaustauf: 516, 518
Donauwoerth: 516
Donbaik: 82, 86, 90, 93, 99
Doncols: 371-73
Donets River and Basin: 39, 45, 87, 90-91, 96
Donnange: 380
Donnerberg. See Hill 287.
Donnstetten: 509
Doolittle, Maj. Gen. James H.: 156
CG AFHQ U.S. air forces: 64
leads first air attack on Japan: 34
Doorman, Rear Adm. Karel W. (Dutch): 22, 25-26
Dorbach: 432
Dorf Pingsdorf: 425, 427, 434
Dorf Point: 159
Dorfweil: 463, 465
Dormagen: 425
Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank: 114, 125, 189, 354
Dornbock: 502
Dornheim: 449, 451
Dornot: 265-67
Dorothy Hill (Okinawa): 542
Dorrenbach: 446, 448
Dorscheid: 385, 454
Dorsetshire: 31
Dorsten: 456, 458, 460
Dorstfeld: 482
Dortelweil: 459
Dortmund: 476, 482, 487, 489, 491
Dortmund-Ems Canal: 466, 468-70, 472, 474, 480
Dorweiler: 418, 439
Dot Inlet: 121, 127, 129, 132
Doubs River: 263-66, 325
Douglas Aircraft Company: 102
Douve River: 203-06, 208-13
Douz: 101
Dovadola: 319, 321
Doveren: 411, 413
Dovsk: 151
Doyen, Gen. (French.): 419
Draa Saada el Hamra: 101
Drabenderhohe: 487
DRACULA: 235, 260, 271, 293, 426, 455, 501, 517, 525, 528. See also Rangoon.
Dragoni: 40-41
Dragons Peninsula: 116
DRAGOON: 240, 246-49, 258, 267. See also ANVIL; Southern France Campaign.
Draguignan: 250-51
Draisdorf: 496
Drammont: 249
Dransfeld: 479
Drauffelt: 382, 384
Drava River: 340, 343, 345, 347, 463
Dreiborn: 390-91
Dreineiherof: 440
Dreis: 429, 432, 434
Dreisbach: 342
Drensteinfurt: 466
Dresden: 401, 505, 509, 511, 513, 534
Dreux: 248-49, 251-52
Drexler: 542
Driel: 282, 284-85
Drindarai River: 199
Driniumor River: 199, 202, 205, 207, 221, 223, 227-36, 239-41, 243-48, 250
Drohobycz: 219
Drôme River: 204, 254, 256-59
Dromersheim: 444
Drove: 412, 415, 418
Drulingen: 339, 381
Drum, Lt. Gen. Hugh A.: 11, 13-14, 17
Drupt: 432
Drusenheim: 368-70, 379, 388, 391-92, 399
Dubno: 181-82
Dubrovnik: 307
Dudeldorf: 424
Duderstadt: 474
Duelken: 108
Duelmen: 460
Dueppenweiler: 442
Duerboslar: 330
Dueren: 327, 329, 341, 347, 349-50, 352, 354, 392, 410-12, 484
Duerscheven: 424
Duerwiss: 331-33
Duesseldorf: 497, 500, 502, 514
first two-ton incendiary bomb dropped: 54
Duff, Brig. Gen. Robinson E.: 509, 511
Dugo: 548
Duisburg: 423, 474, 487, 489, 500, 502, 506
Duisdorf: 429-31
Dukhovschchina: 136
Dulag: 307-09, 361
Dulig: 372
Dumaguete: 519-20
Duman River: 548
Dummling: 487
Dumpay: 371
Dumpu: 131, 135-36, 139, 164
Duncan: 58
Duncan, Brig. Gen. Asa N.: 19, 36
Dunckel, Brig. Gen. William C.: 302, 353
Dungenheim: 429
Dunkerque: 265, 268, 276
Dunnwald: 487, 489, 491
Dunstekoven: 427
Duppach: 426
Durance River and Valley: 252-53
Durbuy: 359
Durlach: 477
Duropa Plantation: 71, 76
Durovo: 99
Durrentzen: 388
Durstel: 337-38, 340
Dutagan Point: 368
Dutch East Indies. See Netherlands East Indies.
Dutch Harbor: 40, 104
Dutra, Maj. Gen. Enrice Gaspar (Braz.): 292
Duttling: 424
Duzerville: 66
Dvina River: 228, 237
Dvinsk: 236-37
Dyke Ackland Bay: 63
–E–
Eagle: 37, 49
Eaker, Maj. Gen. Ira C.
CG of Eighth Air Force: 72
CG of MAAF: 156
CG of U.S. air units in U.K.: 38, 134
establishes Bomber Command: 25, 33
warns of Chennault relief: 538
EAM (Greek National Liberation Front): 321
East Africa Command (British.): 44, 53-57, 59-60, 63-64, 83
East Caves (Biak): 198, 205-06, 208-09, 220-21, 223, 225, 234
East China Sea naval battle: 480
East Indies. See Netherlands East Indies.
East Indies Campaign: 11-46
East Indies Fleet (RN): 384
East Pinnacle (Okinawa): 508, 510
East Prussia, operations in: 374, 378-89, 394-95, 399-400, 439, 446, 448, 450, 453, 455, 461, 481, 483, 498, 505, 516, 518
East Tank Barrier (Makin): 148
East Wala: 191
East-West Trail (Bougainville): 144, 146
Eastern Air Command (Allied): 153-54, 342, 542
Eastern Air Command (RAF): 82, 93, 96
Eastern Assault Force (Algiers): 64
Eastern Defense Area (and Sector) (New Guinea): 221, 227, 229
Eastern Defense Command (New Guinea): 221, 227
Eastern Defense Command (U.S.): 162, 365
Eastern Dorsal: 89, 103-04
Eastern Europe, operations in. See under country.
Eastern Fleet (RN): 4, 12
Eastern Force (TG 31.2): 115
Eastern Front, operations on. See under country.
Eastern Island: 476, 480
Eastern Islands Attack and Fire Support Group (TG 51.11): 486
Eastern Mandates Campaign: 152-210
Ebbinghausen: 464, 472
Ebeleben: 485
Eberbach: 441
Ebersdorf: 490
Ebersheim: 445
Eberstadt: 453
Ebeye Island: 167-69
E-boats (Ger.): 189
Eboli: 136
Ebsdorf: 458
Ecausseville: 206
Echague: 456
Echt: 376
Echterbosch: 378
Echternach: 297, 353, 355, 357-59, 362, 376, 396, 398-99
Echternacherbruck: 400
Echtz: 349
Eckdorf: 427
Eckelsheim: 444
Eckenhage: 485
Ecot: 326
Ecouché: 249-51
Ecurcey: 326
Eddekhila: 108-09
Eddy, Maj. Gen. Manton S.: 252, 325
Eder Dam: 111
Eder River: 460, 462-65, 468, 470
Ederen: 328, 330-32
Edersee Dam: 460, 462
Ederstau: 462, 464
Edinburgh: 36
Edingen: 456
Edmondeville: 205-06
Edsall: 26
Edson’s Ridge (Guadalcanal): 54-55
Edward Rutledge: 66
Edward’s Plantation: 135
Eekeren: 294
Eem River: 501
Efate: 145
Eferding: 531
Effeld: 416
Efferden: 427
Efogi Spur: 54
Eger: 341
Eggersheim: 108
Egglfing: 528-29
Egypt, operations in. See also Libya.
Alexander arrives in: 49
Allied withdrawal to: 41
communications with Cyrenaica reopened: 16
Egypt-Libya Campaign: 41-92
enemy drive on: 43-66
enemy supply situation: 53
first U.S. air attack in: 50
Egypt-Libya Campaign: 41-92
Ehingen: 511, 513-14
Ehlscheid: 449
Ehnen: 406
Ehr: 440
Ehrang: 421, 424, 426, 428-29, 431
Ehrenbreitstein: 456
Ehrenstein: 490
Eibelhausen: 462
Eibertingen: 378, 3 80
Eichel Creek: 344
Eichelberger, Lt. Gen. Robert L.: 182, 210-11, 220, 379, 388, 401, 434, 471, 520
commands Advance New Guinea Force: 84
commands Allied forces on New Guinea: 84
commands at Buna: 71-73, 75
commands I Corps: 42, 53, 93
commands 32nd Division: 75
commands U.S. Eighth Army: 265
Eichelhardt: 484
Eichen: 427
Eichendorf: 526
Eichlinghofen: 487
Eichstatt: 514, 516, 518
Eicks: 426
Eierscheid: 387-88
Eigen: 462
Eighth Army Area Command (S Philippines): 412. See also Infantry Divisions, Americal.
Eilenburg: 508, 510, 512, 515, 517, 524
Eilendorf, 271, 273, 298, 303-04
Eilsbrunn: 514
Eilscheid: 417
Eimerscheid: 386-87
Einbeck: 483
Eindhoven: 276, 278-79, 284, 287, 288
Einersheim: 477
Eining: 519
Einruhr: 391-92
Einvaux: 278
Eisbach: 447
Eisenach: 417, 465, 475, 477, 479
Eisendorf: 521
Eisenfelden: 526
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D.: 81-82, 86-87, 137, 142, 183, 204. See also Allied Force Headquarters; European Theater of Operations; Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force; campaigns by name.
approval of MTO air redesignations: 159
assumes command of ETO: 43
CCS directive to Supreme Commander: 172
CG of MTO: 152-53, 155, 161
commands forces in NW Africa: 48, 55
conference with Darlan: 67
conference with Giraud: 64
and control of strategic air forces: 186
decides to abandon Tunis drive: 77
directive on Combined Bomber Offensive: 187
directives on drive on Germany: 262, 267, 270, 273, 283, 286, 282, 305, 309, 313, 335-36, 338, 363, 442, 458
directives on Normandy breakout: 213, 236, 241, 257-58
directive on NW Africa: 50
divides Twelfth Air Force in two: 141
inspects II Corps: 92, 98
on landing craft allocation: 145
as Supreme Commander: 152, 156, 163
plans for invasion of Italy: 113, 115, 120, 122, 124
plans for Normandy Campaign: 106, 112, 129, 150, 152, 156, 164, 167, 191, 202
plans for seizure of Corsica: 114
reorganizes SOS headquarters: 163
role in Italian surrender: 128, 131-32, 137-38
Tunisia campaign plan approved: 73
Eisenschmitt: 429
Eisenstein: 526
Eisfeld: 487
Eita: 149
Eitelsbach: 423-24, 426
Eitorf: 454
Eitting: 524
El Adem Ridge: 3, 39
El Agheila: 14, 16, 69-70, 74-76
El Ala: 102
El Alamein: 43-45, 50, 53-55, 58, 60, 66
El Aouana: 102
El Aouïna: 65
El Aroussa: 95
El Fraile Island: 450, 493, 503
El Guessa: 72-73
El Guettar: 99-101
El Hamma: 99-101
El Haseiat: 9, 17
El Ma el Abiod: 93, 95, 98
El Sollum. See Sollum
ELAS (Communist Hellenic People’s Army): 288
Elba Island: 212-13
Elbe River, drive to: 458, 466, 484-86, 489, 491, 493-95, 497-500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512-22, 524, 526, 528-30, 532-34
Elbenau: 491
Elberfeld: 498
Elbeuf: 252, 254-57
Elbing: 382, 384, 386-87, 399
Elbingrode: 504
Elbrus: 51
Elcherath: 386, 388
Elchingen: 509
Eldena: 528
Electra: 26
Elephant Point (Burma): 528, 530
Elgert: 454
Elista: 50, 81
Elkhotovo: 57
ELKTON: 92, 96, 98, 106, 155. See also New Britain Island; New Guinea Campaign; New Ireland campaign.
Ella Hill (Okinawa): 542
Elle River: 207-10, 411
Ellen: 411-12
Eller Island: 170
Elleringhausen: 474
Ellern: 441
Ellice Islands: 128-32, 139
Ellmendingen: 481
Ellmore Field: 360, 363
Ellrich: 489
Ellwangen: 509, 511, 513
Ellzee: 518
Elmen: 527
Eloaue Island: 182
Eloyes: 282-84
Elpe: 478
Elsdorf: 414-15
Elsen: 470
Elsenborn: 355-58, 363, 387-88
Elsenbuchel Woods: 387
Elsenheim: 383, 385
Elsig: 426
Elst: 285-87, 342
Elten: 462
Eltershofen: 503
Eltville: 461, 463
Elzange: 323
Elze: 476
Emberménil: 302
Embi: 67
Embken: 418, 420
Embogu: 67
Emden: 137, 520
Emirau: 180-82, 186
Emmendingen: 509
Emmerich: 402-03, 430, 449, 458, 460, 462, 466
Emmern: 474
Emmersweiler: 419
Emmons, Lt. Gen. Delos C.: 6
Empoli: 238, 261
Empress Augusta Bay: 136, 138, 143, 178, 183
Empress Augusta Bay naval battle: 143
Empress of Asia: 22
Ems River: 462, 464, 466, 480, 517
Ems-Dortmund Canal: 466, 468-70, 472, 474, 480
Emser Canal: 456, 460, 462, 478
Enchenberg: 346-48
Encounter: 26
END RUN: 187-90. See also Myitkyina, recovery of.
Endau: 14-15, 19
Endenich: 430
Enfidaville: 104-05, 110
Engebi Island: 173-74
Engelsberg: 511
Engelsdorf: 332
Engelskirchen: 489
Engineer Aviation Battalions
803rd: 32
804th: 126
808th: 160
863rd: 166
864th: 162, 187
1913th: 159, 187
Engineer Battalion, 14th (Philippine Scouts): 32
Engineer Boat and Shore Regiments
533rd: 503, 506
542nd: 223
Engineer Combat Battalions
32nd (Philippine Scouts): 32
109th: 102
209th: 198, 237
236th: 200, 223, 237
1106: 306
Engineer Combat Group, 1104th: 302
Engineer Combat Regiments
19th: 94
36th: 170, 173, 196
39th: 170, 218
43rd: 52
46th: 43
540th: 171
Engineer General Service Regiments
224th: 459
226th: 459
Engineer Special Brigade, 2nd: 93, 131, 157
England. See United Kingdom.
English Channel
escape of German battleships: 23
raid on Sark Island: 57
Engranville: 204-05
Engwiller: 343
Eniwetok Atoll: 162, 166, 169, 172-75
Eniwetok Expeditionary Group (TG 51.11): 172-73
Enkenbach: 446
Enkheim: 459
Enkirch: 440
Enna: 119-21
Ennal: 374
Ennery: 426
Enns: 532
Enns River: 531-33
Ennubirr Island: 167
Ennugarrett Island: 167
Ennugenliggelap Island: 170
Ennumennet Island: 167
Ennylabegan Island: 167, 170
Enogai Inlet: 116-18, 121, 126
Ensch: 434
Enschede 464
Enscherange: 382
Ensdetten: 462
Ensdorf: 341, 345-47, 350, 354-57, 445
Ensheim: 439, 443
Enshih: 125
Ensisheim: 379, 389, 391-93, 395-96
Enterprise: 25, 27, 34, 38, 40, 44, 51, 61, 67, 488
Entrance Creek: 70, 73, 75-78
Enubuj Island: 167-68
Enying: 346, 451
Enz River: 405, 407, 477, 481, 483, 486, 488, 490, 498
Enzen: 407, 424
Eora Creek: 59-60
Epernay: 402
Epfig: 341
Epgert: 452
Epinal: 262, 268-69, 272, 277, 280, 282-87
Eply: 320
Eppenich: 420
Equeurdreville: 217-18
Era River: 232
Erbach: 513
Erbendorf: 506
Erberich: 333-34
Erding: 526
Erdingen: 482
Erdorf: 414, 421-22, 424, 429
Erfelden: 449, 451
Erft Canal: 414-16, 418, 422, 424
Erft River: 418, 420, 422, 424-25, 427, 430
Erfurt: 481, 483, 485, 487, 490
Ering: 528-29
Eritrea: 21
Erkelenz: 412, 414-15
Erlach: 473
Erle: 456, 458
Erlen River: 443, 451
Erlenbach: 431
Ermsdorf: 357
Erndetebrueck: 476
Ernst: 440
Ernsthofen Dam: 533
Ernzen: 402
Erp: 284, 420
Erpel: 431
Erpeldange: 377
Erpensen: 508
Erstein: 338-40, 389
Ervenheim: 459
Erwitte: 470, 472
Escaut River. See Schelde Estuary and River.
Esch: 414-15, 426, 429, 434
Eschdorf: 361
Eschenau: 507, 511, 518
Eschenbach: 476
Eschenlohe: 525
Eschfeld: 408
Eschringen: 439
Eschwege: 470, 475, 477, 479
Eschweiler: 273, 284, 330, 333, 380, 414
Eschweiler Woods: 327-29
Eselborn: 382
Eselshalden: 507
Eslarn: 514, 516
Espeler: 384
Espenfeld: 485
Esperde: 476
Esperia: 193-94
Espiritu Santo, as staging area: 39, 49-50, 53-57, 59, 61, 66, 130
Esquay: 231, 242
Esschen: 308-09
Essen: 478, 485, 487
Essenburg: 425
Essey-lès-Nancy: 275
Esshoff: 478
Esslingen: 416
Esterholz: 506
Estero de Paco: 400
Estero de Tonque: 400
Estonia, operations in: 168-69, 171, 237, 275, 280, 284-85, 294, 296, 330, 335
Estrella, Luzon: 381
Estrella, Mindoro: 381
Estry: 240-43
Esztergom: 362, 369, 453
Etain: 260, 264
Etampes: 253
Etang de Lindre: 307
Eterville: 228.
Ethiopia, recognized by U.K.: 21
Etival: 322
Etreaupont: 260
Ettelbach: 494
Ettelbruck: 356-57, 359, 361-62, 377
Etteldorf: 428
Etteln: 462
Ettelscheid: 391-92
Ettenheim: 507
Ettleben: 481
Ettlingen: 483
Ettringen: 519
Etzelbach: 492
Etzling: 405
Euchen: 298, 301, 327
Eudenbach: 444-45, 449, 451
Euenheim: 426
Eupatoria: 12, 33
Eupen: 268-69, 271, 355-58, 360
Eure River: 249, 254
EUREKA Conference: 150-51
European Advisory Commission instituted: 143
European Theater of Operations. See also Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D.; Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.
activated under Chaney: 41
Andrews as CG: 90-91
boundaries altered: 91
COSSAC established: 106
Devers succeeds Andrews: 108
Eisenhower assumes command: 43
hostilities cease: 534-35
redeployment of units to Pacific: 528, 530, 550
SAF headed by Spaatz: 156
supersedes USAFBI: 41
Euscheid: 408
Euskirchen: 385, 392, 422, 424, 426
Evertsen: 26
Eveshausen: 438
Evrecy: 228, 231-32, 242
Evreux: 252, 254
Executions of prisoners of war: 34
Exeter: 34
Exmes: 253
Expeditionary Troops, Iwo Jima: 299, 363, 411, 427
Eynattener Wald: 269
Eythra: 502
Eywiller: 337-38
–F–
Factory, The (Anzio): 165-66, 170-72, 197
Faenza: 162, 263, 291, 295, 330, 333, 337-38, 340, 351-57
Faetano: 279
Faha: 406
Faibus St. Hilo Point: 237
Faïd Pass: 72, 88-90, 92, 104
Faimes: 265
Fais Island: 365, 367
Falaise: 233, 236, 242, 244-53
Falaise Hill: 272
Falam: 145
Falcino: 306
Falck: 338-39
Falize Woods: 374
Falkenberg: 508
Falknov: 533
Falvaterra: 197
Fammera: 193
Famy: 473
Fanning Island: 35
Far East, unified command for: 9
Far East Command (RAF): 4, 5, 9, 24
Far East Air Force: 3-4, 6, 21, 315, 368
Far East Council: 4, 23
Farchant: 525
Farebersviller: 339-40, 344
Farenholt: 58
Farneto: 307
Farniers: 369
Fasari: 59
Fastov: 145-46
Faubourg de Vaucelles: 233
Fauconnerie: 104
Fauglia: 231-32
Faulquemont: 318, 321, 324-25, 328-29, 331
Faurndau: 505
Faverois: 330
Favignana Island: 123
Faxe: 324
Fayence: 251-52, 255
Faymonville: 357, 375-76
Fays: 303
Fechingen: 439
Fecht River: 381, 392-93
Fechteler, Rear Adm. William M.: 176, 222-23, 385, 415
Fedala: 65-66
Fecamp: 197
Felbecke: 450
Feldhausen: 460
Feldkassel: 427
Feldkirch: 530-31
Felisio: 366, 484
Fell: 438
Fellerich: 408
Felonica: 513, 515, 517
Felsberg: 341
Felsoegall: 453
Femmina Morta: 279
Fenétrange: 335, 380
Feodosia: 10, 16
Ferentino: 200
Fériana: 69, 91-93, 95-96
Fermo: 214
Fern Pass: 525, 527-28, 530-31
Fernsdorf: 496
Fernstein: 525, 528
Ferrara: 276, 503, 509, 511, 513
Ferris, Brig. Gen. Benjamin G.: 160
Ferryville: 108-09
Ferschweiler: 402
Fervaches: 237
Fessenheim: 396-97
Feuchtwangen: 492, 502-04, 507, 509
Feugerolles-sur-Orne: 242
Feusdorf: 429
Fey: 275, 324
Fialla Hill: 154
Fianarantsoa: 57
Fichtenbach: 521
Fichtenberg: 503
Fickett, Lt. Col. E. M.: 342, 353, 356, 360, 366, 368-69, 371, 373, 382, 386-87, 454, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465
Ficulle: 210
Field Artillery Battalions
82nd: 177
97th: 89
167th: 32
205th: 113
218th: 113
246th: 63, 71
Field Artillery Groups
14th: 516
420th: 465
Field Artillery Regiments
88th (Philippine Scouts): 19-20
148th: 24
Fiersbach: 452
Fiesole: 260
Fighter aircraft. See also Fighter Groups; Fighter Squadrons.
in Combined Bomber Offensive: 113, 137-38, 152, 154, 161, 192
first to operate from Sicily: 119
Fighter Groups
31st: 65
33rd: 114
347th: 67
Fighter Squadrons
67th: 51-52, 58, 122
80th: 175
339th: 69
Fighter Strips Nos. 1 and 2 (Guadalcanal): 59, 74
Fiji Islands
native forces: 124, 157
Solomons, staging area for: 46-47
U.S. troops arrive: 20, 38
Filignano: 145, 150
Filly: 373
Filottrano: 227
Fils River: 505, 507, 509
Filstroff: 329
Filzen: 443
Filzen Peninsula: 421
Finale: 511, 513
Finance Building (Manila): 412, 417, 419
Finegayan: 242, 245
Finland
agreement with USSR on territorial boundaries: 280
armistices with Allies: 181, 263, 280, 334
operations in: 206-07, 213-15, 234, 263, 280, 303, 308, 311, 334
U.S. breaks relations with: 45
Finschhafen: 28, 129, 135-38, 141-42, 159, 187, 215
Finsterbergen: 483
Finsternathal: 463, 465
Firenzuola: 232, 263, 269, 282-83, 291
Firmenich: 426
Firminy: 261
FIREBRAND: 114. See also Corsica.
First Allied Airborne Army: 276, 278, 324, 354, 450, 462, 464, 466
First Support Group (TG 77.2): 367-68
first two-ton bomb dropped: 32-33
Fisch: 407
Fischbach: 384, 443-441
Fischeln: 420
Fischenich: 429
Fish Hook Ridge (Attu): 111-12
Fishhook Ridge (Luzon): 469, 490, 513, 520
Fisk: 83-86
Fisk, 1st Lt. Harold R.: 83
Flume delle Canno: 120
Fiumicino River: 289-92, 295-97, 300-301
Flamersheim: 427
Flamierge: 369, 371-73
Flamizoulle: 369, 371-72
Flammersfeld: 452
Flattop Hill (Okinawa): 536-39
Flavigny: 267-68
FLAX: 105
Fleet Marine Forces, Pacific: 299, 303
Fleets. See also Navy, United States; Task Forces, Navy; United States Fleet.
Third: 264, 268, 274, 299-301, 306, 310-11, 315, 323, 350, 352, 354, 356, 367, 550
Fifth: 98, 145, 167, 195-96, 299, 337, 364, 385, 405, 456, 467, 541
Seventh: 44, 96, 175, 181, 183, 205, 222, 274, 306-11, 315, 339, 351-52, 354-55, 370, 484, 545, 549
Asiatic: 3
Central Pacific: 98
Pacific: 6
Fleringen: 422
Flers: 249-50
Flerzheim: 427
Fletcher, Rear Adm. Frank J.: 36, 37, 39-40, 45, 47, 186
Fleurus: 65
Fleury: 233
Fliessem: 06
Flin: 284
FLINTLOCK: 167. See also Marshall Islands campaign.
Floisdorf: 426
Florange: 268
Florence: 136, 162, 204, 213, 230, 232, 234, 236-37, 241, 243, 246, 248, 250, 253, 255, 260-61, 264-65, 267
Florennes: 190
Flores Point: 224
Floresta: 126-27
Floret: 366
Florida, German agents landed by submarine in.: 42-43
Florida Island: 48, 140
Florina: 316
Floss: 510, 514
Flossdorf: 342-43
Flossenburg: 512, 514
Flottemanville: 215-16
Floverich: 327
Flushing: 316-17
Flussbach: 434
Flying Tigers. See American Volunteer Group.
Focsani: 207, 257
Foggia: 130, 136-38
Foggia-Naples Campaign: 128-63
Foglia River: 259, 261
Fojano: 222
Foligno: 211
Follonica: 217
Fondi: 195
Fondouk: 81, 88, 101-05
Fondouk Gap: 90, 100-103
Fontaine: 331-32
Fontainebleau: 254
Fontanelice: 340
Fontegreca: 143
Fontenay: 218
Fontenay-le-Marmion: 245
Fontenay-sur-Mer: 208
Fonteny: 321-23
Fontoy: 265-66
Foochow: 539
FORAGER: 162. See also Mariana Islands.
Forbach: 405-10, 423-24
Forbach Forest: 424, 426, 428
Force 141 (15th Army Group): 113
Force 163 (Southern France): 162, 176
Force U (Normandy): 189
Forces Françaises de l’Interieur. See French Forces of the Interior.
Forces Française de l’Ouest: 328, 464
Forchach: 525
Foreign Ministers Conference, Moscow: 141, 143
Foren: 432
Forêt de Cattenom: 320
Forêt de Cerisy: 206-07
Forêt de Champenoux: 280-81, 283-84
Forêt de Château-Salins: 286, 288, 321-24
Forêt de Gehan: 303
Forêt de Grémecey: 283-84, 287-92
Forêt de la House: 342
Forêt de l’Avant Garde: 264
Forêt de Longegoutte: 285
Forêt de Mondon: 283-85, 315
Forêt de Mormal: 262
Forêt de Mortagne: 318
Forêt de Mortain: 248
Forêt de Gouffern: 251
Forêt de Parroy: 281, 284, 290-95, 299, 302-03, 308-09, 311
Forêt de Puttelange: 337
Forêt de St. Sever: 242-43
Forêt de Vitrimont: 272, 281
Forêt d’Housseras: 312
Forêt Domaniale de Champ: 309, 314, 318-19, 322, 391
Forges: 259
Forlì: 263, 303, 305, 308, 316, 319-24
Forlimpopoli: 311
Forma Quesa Creek: 194
Formia: 192, 194
Formigny: 204-05
Formosa
air and naval attacks on: 149, 165, 276, 302-03, 367, 370, 372, 375, 380-81
plans for seizure of: 179, 204, 209, 224, 235, 237, 283, 301
Fornelli: 146, 290
Fornoli: 290-91
Forrestal, James V.: 191
Forst Berlebeck: 470
Forst Carrenzien: 526
Forst Haldeburg: 498, 500
Forst Hardehausen: 472
Forst Heimburg: 502
Forst Kloetze: 504, 506, 508
Forst Knesebeck: 499, 502
Forst Konigslutter: 508, 510
Forst Reinhausen: 481
Forst Rumbeck: 487
Fort, Rear Adm. George H.: 142, 271, 291, 303
Fort Aisne: 324
Fort Amanvillers: 273
Fort Ava: 442, 447
Fort Bayard: 544, 547, 549-51
Fort Bellacroix: 329
Fort Blaise: 266
Fort Blucher: 434
Fort Bois la Dame: 325
Fort Constantine: 442
Fort de Gondreville: 263
Fort de Fèves: 326
Fort de Villey-le-Sec: 263-65, 267
Fort d’Illange: 325-26
Fort Driant: 270, 280, 288-90, 293-99, 301, 317, 334, 347
Fort Drum: 450, 493, 503
Fort du Roule: 217-19
Fort Dufferin: 438, 442, 445-46
Fort Eben Emael: 267
Fort Fontain: 264
Fort Frank. See Carabao Island.
Fort Grand Bois: 347-48
Fort Hertz: 38, 96, 168, 181
Fort Hughes. See Caballo Island.
Fort Jeanne d’Arc: 273, 325, 334, 347, 351
Fort Keranroux: 270
Fort Koenigsmacker: 321-23
Fort Mears: 40
Fort Mills. See Corregidor Island.
Fort Montbarey: 274
Fort Ord: 112
Fort Pikit: 503, 506-07, 510-11, 513, 519
Fort Plappeville: 329, 334, 346
Fort Queuleu: 328-29
Fort St. Julien: 328-29
Fort St. Marcouf: 209
Fort St. Nicholas: 257
Fort St. Privat: 328-29, 334, 340
Fort St. Quentin: 334, 345
Fort Schiesseck: 352, 354, 356-57
Fort Simershof: 351, 354, 356
Fort Stevens: 42
Fort Stotsenburg: 8, 386, 388, 390, 451, 488
Fort Verdun: 325, 327, 334, 337
Fort White: 147, 321
Fort Wint: 14, 388
Fort Wittring: 347-48
Fort Yser: 324
Fort Yutz: 323-24
Forte del Marmi: 283
Fortschendorf: 482
Fortschwihr: 387
Fortuna: 420
Forward Area, Central Pacific (TF 57): 303
Fossa di Navigazione: 479
Fossacesia: 151
Fosse Soucy: 205
Fosset: 372
Fossieux: 288-300
Fosso Marina: 492
Fosso Vecchio: 351
Fosso Vecchio Canal: 350
Foucarville: 203
Fougères: 241-42
Fougerolles: 300
Foul Point: 78, 362, 367
Foum Tatahouine: 94, 99
Foy: 373-74
Foy Notre Dame: 361
Fraiture: 368
Fraize: 333, 335
Francaltroff: 331
France. See also Free French forces; French Forces of the Interior; Western Europe, operations in.
Allied air attacks on: 50, 58
Ardennes-Alsace Campaign: 353-83
Committee of National Liberation: 131-130
Normandy Campaign: 203-34
Northern France Campaign: 236-72
occupied France. See Vichy France.
provisional government formed: 113, 130
Southern France Campaign: 249-72
treaty with USSR: 349
Francheville: 374
Francisco River: 129, 132-33
Frandeux: 361
Frangenheim: 415
Frankenbach: 462, 473
Frankenheim: 467
Frankfurt-am-Main: 166, 181, 452-55, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467, 472, 487, 493
Frankfurt-am-Oder: 394, 513, 518
Frankfurt Autobahn: 435, 440, 454, 456-58, 463
Franklin: 445
FRANTIC: 176, 201, 203, 215, 219, 234, 236-37, 242, 244-45, 268, 271. See also Combined Bomber Offensive against Europe.
Frascati: 199, 201-02, 210
Frattevecchia Ridge: 220
Frauenberg: 350, 367, 424
Fraulautern: 341, 344-46, 349-50, 396-97, 445
Frauwullesheim: 414
Frechen: 422, 424
Fredeburg: 480
Fredendall, Maj. Gen. Lloyd R.: 64, 81, 92, 97
Frederick, Col. Robert T.: 149
Free French forces: 40-41. See also French Army units.
Freeman, Col. Paul L.: 352
Frei Weinheim: 447
Freialdemhoven: 330-32
Freidlingerhohe: 406
Freienbessingen: 485
Freimersdorf: 424
Freineux: 366
Freinsheim: 446
Freisenheim: 343
Freising: 524
Fréjus: 249-50
Frelenberg: 295
Fremersdorf: 341
Fremestroff: 333
Fremifontaine: 307-09
Fremonville: 329, 331
French Air Force unit, 1st Air Corps: 398
French Army units
Armies
1st: 280, 282-83, 285, 287, 294-96, 298-300, 303-05, 310, 313, 317-20, 323, 325-28, 330-37, 339, 343, 345-49, 351, 353-55, 360, 367, 369, 375-77, 379, 381-93, 395-98, 400, 402-09, 419, 434, 443, 447, 457, 461, 465, 467, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 481, 483, 486, 488, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 514, 516, 518, 520-21, 523, 525, 527-28, 530-31
Army B: 250-59, 261-65, 273, 280
Corps
1st: 264-66, 272, 282, 287, 305, 310, 320, 323, 325-37, 339, 346-49, 351, 379, 381, 386, 389, 391-93, 395-98, 500, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 514, 516, 518, 521, 523, 525, 527, 529-31
2nd: 250-59, 261-62, 264, 266-69, 271-72, 277-78, 282-83, 294-96, 298-300, 303-05, 318-20, 326, 332, 334-37, 339, 346-48, 351, 353-55, 360, 377, 379, 381-83, 385, 389, 403, 409, 434, 465, 467, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 481, 483, 486, 488, 490, 492, 496, 498, 500, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 514, 516
19th: 67-69, 72, 74, 81, 86, 88, 94, 97, 102-10
Camel: 97, 101-02
Franc d’Afrique: 99, 101-02, 105-06, 108-09
French Expeditionary: 149-50, 153-55, 157, 159, 161-62, 164-67, 172, 176, 183-84, 191-202, 206-08, 210, 213-19, 222-24, 226-27, 229-31, 233-35
Mountain: 192-97
Pursuit: 207
Divisions
1st Armored: 251-55, 261, 266, 268, 271-72, 285, 287, 294, 304-05, 330-32, 379, 395-97, 483, 492, 500, 507, 509, 511, 514, 518, 521, 523
1st Moroccan: 252-55, 261, 266, 272, 278, 280, 285, 287, 332, 334, 381-82, 384, 387
1st Motorized: 187, 192-97, 202, 207, 211-14, 217
2nd Armored: 245-48, 250-51, 253-59, 261, 266, 268-73, 275, 277-78, 280-81, 284, 291-92, 311, 315, 317, 320, 328, 331, 333-35, 338-43, 345, 366, 381, 392, 395-97, 401, 521, 525-26, 528-31
2nd Moroccan: 153-54, 157, 162, 183, 191-93, 197-201, 214, 227, 229, 231, 233, 261, 264, 325-26, 330-32, 336, 339, 346, 348-49, 379, 395, 465, 469, 475, 477, 481, 498, 503, 505, 521, 531
3rd Algerian: 159, 161-62, 165-66, 183, 192-97, 201-02, 207, 223-24, 251-55, 259, 264, 295, 298-99, 303-05, 318-19, 326, 332, 369, 408-09, 434, 437, 439, 441-43, 445-46, 461, 465, 469, 475, 477, 481, 498, 503, 505, 516
3rd Moroccan: 199
4th Moroccan Mountain: 139, 191-92, 348, 379, 392-93, 395, 446, 453, 500, 521, 531
4th Mountain: 192-93, 199-200, 224, 226, 229, 233-34
5th Armored: 247, 325-26, 330-33, 339, 381, 384, 386-91, 395, 439, 445-46, 475, 477, 503, 505, 509, 516, 521, 523, 525, 531
9th Colonial: 212-13, 252, 254-55, 258, 264, 325-26, 330, 349, 393, 395-96, 469, 500, 511, 514
10th Infantry: 392
27th Alpine: 419
Algerian: 108
Lorraine: 423
Moroccan: 108
Oran: 108
Brigade, 1st: 16, 39, 41, 61
Groupements
Bonjour: 252-53
Chapuis: 252-55
Landouzy: 511, 514
Le Bel: 507, 509, 511, 518
Linares: 252-54
Monsabert: 445-48, 450, 498, 500
Navarre: 481
Schlesser: 481
Valluy: 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 481, 483, 486, 488, 490, 492, 496, 509, 514-15, 518
L Force: 94, 97, 99, 105
French Forces of the Interior: 240, 242, 249, 253-54, 256, 258-60, 266
French Morocco: 64-66
French Naval Assault Group: 249
French Navy, scuttles units: 70
Frengkofen: 516, 518
Frenke: 474
Frenouville: 232-33
Frenz: 337-38
Frenzerburg Castle: 335-39
Frescaty: 326-28
Fresnes-en-Saulnois: 270, 278, 286, 290, 292, 320-21
Fretter: 487
Freudenbach: 492
Freudenberg: 407, 480
Freudenstadt: 492, 500, 503
Freyberg, Lt. Gen. Sir Bernard C. (NZ): 169, 175
Freyung: 517, 524, 532
Freyung Pass: 532-33
Frieburg: 509
Friedberg: 459 461
Friedeburg: 491
Friedenfelds: 506
Friedewald: 473
Friedland: 388
Friedrichroda: 479
Friedrichsbrunn: 502
Friedrichsfeld: 451
Friedrichshafen: 114, 523
Friekhofen: 456
Friesbach: 450
Friesenheim: 448
Friesheim: 420
Friesing: 523
Frillendorf: 482
Frimmersdorf: 420
Frische Nehrung: 518
Fritzlar: 462-64, 470
Frohlinde: 478
Froitzheim: 418
Fromental: 249-50
Fronhoven: 332
Frontigny: 327-28
Frosinone: 159, 198-200
FRY: 421, 467, 475. See also Lake Comacchio and its islands.
Fubuki: 58
Fucecchio: 251, 253
Fuchsmuehl: 506
Fuehlingen: 427
Fuerstenau: 482
Fuerstenberg: 481
Fuerstenfeld: 498
Fuerth: 176, 492, 498, 500, 502, 504, 508-09
Fuessen: 520-21, 523
Fuessenich: 420
Fuhren: 380-82
Fuhse Canal: 484, 486
Fuka: 43, 64
Fukien Province: 539
Fulda: 461, 463, 465, 467-68, 475, 477
Fulda River: 463, 465, 467-68, 473-74, 477
Fuller, Maj. Gen. Horace H.: 88, 198, 204, 207, 209-10, 213
Funafuti Island: 57, 130, 136, 145-46
Furcoli: 499, 503
Furiano River: 125
Furth: 517, 519, 521, 523
Furutaka: 58
Futa Pass: 263, 271, 274, 276, 279, 282-84
Futema: 469, 472
–G–
Gabès: 88, 95, 99-103
Gabès Gulf: 104
Gacé: 253
Gaddau: 508
Gadebusch: 527
Gadolzburg: 500
Gaeta: 195
Gaffey, Maj. Gen. Hugh J.: 248
Gafsa: 68-69, 71, 88-93, 97-101, 103, 105
Gaggenau: 488
Gahlen: 454, 456
Gahmen: 487
Gaiaba: 515
Gaiana River: 501, 503, 505
Gaildorf: 507, 509
Gailroth: 505
Gailsbach: 500
Gaja Ridge: 527, 529, 534
GALAHAD: 146, 160, 163, 168, 178-79, 187, 200, 214, 304. See also Long Range Penetration Groups; Merrill’s Marauders; Wingate, Brig. Orde Charles.
Galanta: 465
Galantina River: 207
Galapagos Islands: 37
Galati: 203, 207
Galeata: 305-06
Galiano: 435, 482, 484, 488, 505
Galla di Monte Orso: 195
Gallicano: 313, 392
Gallneukirchen: 530, 532
Gallo: 143
Galloping Horse (Guadalcanal): 83-84, 86
Galotan: 314
GALVANIC: 142-47, 164. See also Gilbert Islands.
Gama River: 52
Gambellate Creek: 288, 290
Gambettola: 304
Gambsheim: 346-47, 349, 365, 368-72, 376-77, 389-90
Gambut: 42, 69
Ganano River: 546
Gandersheim: 480
Gangaw: 371-72
Gangaw Valley: 347
Gangelt: 280, 291
Gangi: 122
Gap: 254
Gap, The (New Guinea): 54
Gapan: 10, 389
Garaet Achkel: 108
Garangaoi Cove: 281
Garapan: 214, 216, 218, 223
Garbeck: 494
Garcelles-Secqueville: 245
Gardanne: 255
Gardelegen: 493
Gardella Hill: 201
Garekoru: 286
Garet Hadid: 92-93
Gargano Peninsula: 138
Gargnano: 525
Gari River: 162, 191
Garigliano River: 143, 151-52, 157, 162-66, 168, 171, 184
Garmisch: 525
Garrod, Air Marshal Sir Guy: 326
Garsdorf: 420
Gartow: 508
Garzweiler: 415-16
Garua Island: 179
Gasmata: 23, 136, 139, 145, 155
Gathemo: 245-47
Gattaran: 548
Gatteo: 301
Gau Bickelheim: 443
Gau Odernheim: 446
Gaulle, Gen. Charles de: 257, 325
Gauss, Clarence E.: 165
Gavaga Creek: 64-66
Gavin, Col. James M.: 117
Gavray: 239
Gavrus: 226, 231
Gavutu Island: 48-49
Gay River: 408
Gazala Line: 4-6, 21-22, 26, 39
Gdynia: 244, 435-36, 446, 449-50, 455, 457, 459
Gea Island: 167
Geckenheim: 485
Gee: 428
Geertruidenberg: 318
Geesthacht: 526
Gefrees: 496, 500, 502
Gehan Forest: 294-95
Gehh Island: 167-68
Gehlberg: 481
Gehn: 426
Gehren: 487
Geibenstetten: 521
Geich: 350, 420
Geichlingen: 409
Geiger, Maj. Gen. Roy S. (USMC): 145-46, 154, 235-36, 239, 241, 243, 274, 301, 547-48
Geilenkirchen: 280, 292-96, 323, 329-30
Geinsheim: 449-50
Geisberg Hill: 273
Geislar: 445
Geislingen: 514, 519
Geisnach: 451
Geizenberg: 414
Gel: 457
Gela: 117-19
Geldern: 420-21, 423
Gelnhausen: 463
Gelsdorf: 427
Gelsenkirchen: 476, 478, 482, 484
Gemas: 14-15
Gembloux: 263
Gemert: 287
Gemmano: 264, 266, 268
Gemmerich: 454
Gemuenden: 443, 464, 466, 473, 475
Gemund: 385, 392-93, 405-06, 422, 424, 426-27
Genaro: 201
Genazzano: 201
General Headquarters, U.S. Army, abolished: 28
General Staff, War Department. See War Department General Staff.
Gengenbach: 503
Gennep: 398-401, 407
Genoa: 515, 520
Gensingen: 440
Genzano: 201
George F. Elliott: 48
Georgenborn: 461
Georgenthal: 483
Georgievsk: 50, 84
Ger: 245, 248
Gera: 494, 496
Gera River: 485
Geraberg: 485
Gerardmer: 282, 294, 300, 318-20, 330, 332
Gerbécourt: 322
Gerberville: 280
Gerbini: 121
Gerderath: 414-15
Gerderhahn: 415
Gereonsweiler: 327, 331-32
Gerimont: 365
Gerlingen: 478
German Army units
Army Groups
A: 45-54, 56-58, 61-62, 74, 81, 89, 91-92
Africa: 95, 97, 110
B: 45, 47-51, 53-57, 62, 92, 232, 466
Center: 4, 18, 44, 92, 96, 228
Don: 89
F: 261, 532-33
H: 466
North: 4, 18, 29, 31, 44, 228, 239, 295
South: 6, 10, 37, 40-45, 92, 96
Southwest: 523
Armies
First: 287, 532
First Panzer: 45, 48, 81, 96
Second: 43, 45, 92
Second Panzer: 14, 125
Fourth: 14, 137, 228
Fourth Panzer: 43-45, 62, 116, 118
Fifth Panzer: 95, 97, 251, 287, 353
Sixth: 43-45, 47, 62, 69, 74-75, 81, 83, 85, 87, 90, 169
Sixth Panzer: 353
Seventh: 251
Eighth: 166, 169
Ninth: 116, 125, 228
Eleventh: 37, 40, 45
Fourteenth: 200
Sixteenth: 25, 27-28, 534
Seventeenth: 45
Eighteenth: 534
Nineteenth: 258, 398, 500, 531-32
Twenty-first: 528
Army Kempf: 116, 118
German-Italian Panzer: 88, 94
Corps
Africa: 96
II: 25, 27, 29, 31, 94
Brigade, 106th Panzer: 265
Group Elster: 274
Germany. See also Hitler, Adolf.
Allied air attacks on V-weapons sites: 128, 130, 152, 156
Allied air losses in: 128, 161, 176, 184, 192
Argentina breaks with: 165
around-the-clock bombing: 95
Brazil declares war on: 51
Bulgaria declares war on: 265
Central Europe Campaign: 448-536
Chile breaks with: 86
China declares war on: 4
Combined Bomber Offensive against: 39, 54, 85, 89, 95, 111, 113-14, 128, 130, 132, 137-40, 143-44, 150, 152, 154, 156, 161, 166, 172-73, 175-76, 178, 181, 184, 187, 192, 201, 203, 207, 215, 219, 234, 236, 268
daylight raids on, postponed: 140
declaration of war on U.S.: 4
Eisenhower directive on bombing of: 187
Hitler takes control of army: 7
Iraq declares war on: 85
Italy declares war on: 140
meetings of Allied forces: 496, 498, 512-17, 519, 521-23, 526-30, 532-34, 536
operations in east: 250, 295, 300, 304, 309, 374, 378-89, 394-95, 399-401, 404, 406, 410, 417, 424-26, 428, 435-36, 439, 443, 446, 448-50, 453, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467, 481, 483, 498, 505, 509, 511, 513, 515-16, 518, 520, 523, 527-28, 530, 534, 535
operations in west: 268-534
as primary enemy: 14, 29, 160, 398
radio countermeasures in bombing: 139
Rhineland Campaign: 271-447
Rumania declares war on: 256
surrender in northwest: 530
surrender negotiations: 512, 529-30, 532-34
two-ton bomb dropped: 32-33
unconditional surrender policy toward: 143
use of fighter escort against: 113, 137-38, 152, 154, 161, 192
use of H2S-equipped aircraft against: 137, 144
use of radar in bombing: 154, 166
Germersheim: 448, 450-51, 457, 465
Germersheim Landkreis: 516
Germeter: 281-82, 300-301, 303, 320, 335
Germscheid: 447
Gernsbach: 488
Gernsdorf: 462
Gernsheim: 455
Gerolstein: 426-28
Gerow, Lt. Gen. Leonard T.: 203, 258, 275, 278, 296, 376
Gerstetten: 514
Gersthofen: 521
Gerstungen: 479
Gertza: 185
Geruma Island: 456
Gesso: 299-304, 307, 507
Gevelinghausen: 478
Gevelsdorf: 414
Gevenich: 410
Gey: 340-42, 349
Geyen: 424
Ghazal: 63
Gheel: 265-66, 269-70, 278
Ghent: 262-63, 268-69
Ghent-Bruges Canal: 264, 266, 268
Ghent-Terneuzen Canal: 274, 279
Ghormley, Vice Adm. Robert L.: 33, 42, 43, 44-45, 50, 54-55, 57-58, 59
Gialo: 55
Giarabub: 26
Giberville: 232
Gibraltar, site of AFHQ: 64, 69
Gielau: 508
Giengen: 514
Glens Peninsula: 254-55
Gierstadt: 483
Giescheid: 415
Giesdorf: 422
Gieselwerder: 479, 481
Giesendorf: 415
Giessen: 457-58, 460-61, 463
Giessen River: 337
Giffard, Gen. Sir George: 11, 178, 206, 238, 324
Giffen, Rear Adm. Robert C.: 116
Gifu River strongpoint: 77-79, 81, 88
Gigantangan Island: 263
Gila Peninsula: 274, 276, 279
Gilbert Islands: 164
air and naval actions: 21, 136, 139-41, 146-48, 152
casualty summaries: 149-50
enemy seizure: 4
JCS directive on recovery of: 121, 129
recovery of: 50, 136-52
Gili Gili: 52
Gill, Maj. Gen. William H.: 174, 192, 221, 229, 246
Gillem, Maj. Gen. Alvan C., Jr.: 320
Gillenfeld: 434
Gilsdorf: 360
Gilzem: 416
Gindorf: 426
Ginnick: 418
Ginopolan: 497, 501, 507, 510
Ginowan: 476, 478 480
Giogo di Villore: 285
Gioia: 132
Gioiella: 220
Giraud, Gen. Henri: 88, 114
arrival at North African front: 65
conferences with Allied leaders: 60, 64, 116
restores civil government in Africa: 98
Girbelsrath: 412, 414
Giromagny: 334
Girkhausen: 468
Girmont: 285-86
Gironde River and Estuary: 494, 496, 498, 500, 525, 527
Giropa Point: 78-79, 81
Girst: 409
Girua River: 67-69, 72, 82
Giruwa: 46-47, 71, 73-74, 76, 78, 81, 85-87
Gishushi: 543
Giulanova: 212
Giulianello: 197, 199
Givet: 361, 366
Givroulle: 374
Giza Giza River: 116
Glaadt: 427
Gladbach: 417, 431, 436, 451
Gladbeck: 460, 462
Glan: 549
Glan River: 444
Gland River: 329
Glassford, Rear Adm. William A.: 3
Glauchau: 496
Gleen River: 460
Gleichen: 498
Gleidorf: 476, 478
Gleima: 492
Gleiwitz: 383-84
Glesch: 415-16, 418, 420
Glessen: 422
Gleul: 425
Glider Infantry Regiments
187th: 347, 389, 401, 430-31, 433-35, 450-53, 455, 460-61, 464-65, 467, 471, 476, 478, 480, 482, 490, 503, 505, 510
188th: 389-90, 392, 395-96, 398, 401, 417, 442, 451, 453, 455, 457, 465, 471, 473, 476, 480, 522-23
Glimbach: 410
Glogau: 402, 463, 467
Gluchov: 130
Gneisenau: 23
Gniezo: 381
Gnoetzheim: 473
Go Chan Hill: 460-62, 474
GOBLET: 115, 131, 133, 136
Goch: 398, 401, 403-08, 410
Godo: 344
Godorf: 429
Goedenroth: 439
Goehrde: 510
Goennersdorf: 427
Goeppingen: 505
Goerlitz: 505, 534
Goes: 314
Goeschwitz: 487
Goesdorf: 368
Goetzenbruck: 367
Goetzis: 528
Goggenbach: 496
Golbach: 427
GOLD Beach: 203. See also Normandy Campaign, landing phase.
Goldenstedt: 491
GOLDFLAKE: 399. See also Canadian Army units, Corps, 1.
Golkrath: 414
Golleville: 212-13
Gollnerberg: 517
Golzheim: 412, 414
Gomel: 136, 140-41, 147, 150-51
Gona: 43, 45-46, 48-49, 56-57, 61, 63, 67-79, 81, 88, 96
Gona Mission: 71
Gondelsheim: 421-22, 424
Gondenbrett: 396-98
Gondorf: 422
Gonfaron: 250
Gong Kedah: 3-5
Gonnersdorf: 433
Gonzaga: 4
Goodenough Island: 51, 57, 60-61, 141, 154, 156, 158
Gora: 66
Gorari: 64, 66
Gorgognano Ridge: 499, 501
Gorleben: 508
Gorlice: 378
Gornhausen: 444
Gorodok: 156
Goroni: 53
Goronne: 369
Gorze: 264
Gosbach: 509
Gosselming: 335
Gotalalamo: 279, 281
Gotha: 176, 470, 472, 477, 479, 481, 485
Gothic Line: 214-516
Gott, Lt. Gen. W. H. E. (British.): 49
Gottingen: 481, 483, 498, 502
Gottmannsgruen: 508
Goubellat Plain: 81, 99, 105-07, 109
Goucherie: 226
Goumier troops: 99, 101, 109, 119, 123-25, 139, 192, 210, 226-27, 255
Gourbesville: 209-10
Gournay: 259
Gouvy: 379-80
Government Gardens (New Guinea): 76-79
Government House Hill (Shima): 501
Gozo Island: 116
Graach: 444
Grab: 503
Graefentonna: 479
Grafenau: 515
Grafenhain: 483
Grafenhohn: 441
Grafenwohr: 504, 508, 510
Grafschaft: 474
Grainville-sur-Odon: 219
Gralingen: 381
Grammastetten: 529-30, 532
Grammichele: 118-19
Gran: 523
Granada: 467
Granarolo: 364, 366
Grand Bois: 378-80
Grand Halleux: 358, 370
Grand Sart: 369
Grandcamp: 205
Grande Huanville: 212
Grande Island: 14, 388
Grande Mormont: 373
Grandfontaine: 337
Grandménil: 361
Grandvillers: 293
Grandy, Group Capt.: 528
GRANITE: 162. See also Admiralty Islands campaign; Caroline Islands; Mariana Islands; Marshall Islands campaign; Palau Islands; Truk Atoll.
Gransdorf: 429, 431
Granville: 239
Grant Island: 131
Granterath: 412
Grasses: 254-55
Grasslfing: 517
Gratzfeld: 444
Grave: 276, 278-79, 285, 403
Gravelotte: 288-89
Graz: 481, 498, 535
Grazzanise: 140
Great Britain. See United Kingdom.
Grebbe River: 501
Greece
agreement with Bulgaria on territory: 313-14
Allied Military Liaison Headquarters in: 262, 305, 325, 331
armed forces under British: 325
government restored: 262, 288, 306
guerrilla activities: 288, 321
Land Forces and Military Liaison Headquarters: 331
Naval Port Parties: 292
operations in: 261, 275, 285-86, 288, 292, 298, 301-02, 305, 316, 321, 325-26, 331
role of EAM and ELAS: 288, 321
Greek Army units
3rd Mountain Brigade: 265, 267, 276, 283, 255, 258, 301, 306
Greek Brigade: 62
Mountain Brigade: 262
Sacred Regiment: 262, 292, 302
Greely, Maj. Gen. John N.: 21
Green Hill (Tunisia): 81-82, 106
Green Islands: 155, 172-74, 177
Greene: 480
Greffen: 446
Grefrath: 418, 420, 422
Gregory: 53
Greimerath: 437
Greiz: 498 500
Grémecey: 289
Gremelsheid: 419
GRENADE: 389-99, 409, 427. See also Rhine River; Roer River.
Grenderich: 440
Grening: 333-34
Grenoble: 251-54, 257-59
Grenzhausen: 452
Greppin: 502, 506
Gresaubach: 443
Gressenich: 277, 327-28
Gressenwohr: 508
Greve: 234-35
Grevel: 487
Greven: 462
Grevenbroich: 422
Grevenmacher: 280, 292, 295, 409
Grevenstein: 485, 487
Greverath: 431
Gréville: 221
Grich el Oued: 105
Grieben: 493, 495
Griesenbach: 452
Griesheim: 451, 471, 473
Grieth: 415
Griffenwang: 512
Grik: 6-7
Grimaud: 249
Grimbiermont: 368
Grimbosq: 243
Grimlinghausen: 425
Grimma: 496, 498, 510
Grimmenthal: 468
Grimmitscha: 496
Grindhausen: 383
Griner, Maj. Gen. George W.: 220
Grisignano: 316, 320
Grissenbach: 464
Griswold, Maj. Gen. Oscar W.: 117-19, 121, 123, 154
Grizzana: 302-03
Grodno: 231
Groenlo: 462
Groeningen: 486
Groesbeek: 276, 278-79, 281, 403
Grohnde: 474, 476
Gronebach: 472
Groningen: 484, 495 497
Gros Hausen: 455
Gros Langenfeld: 388-89
Gros Réderching: 348-49, 366-68, 403-04
Gros-Tenquin: 330
Grosbliederstroff: 345, 404-05
Grosbous: 359
Grose, Col. John E.: 72-73, 76
Grosmagny: 336
Gross Altdorf: 503
Gross Berkel: 472
Gross Breitenbach: 487
Gross Buellesheim: 424
Gross Burschla: 470
Gross Dohren: 484
Gross Gerau: 451, 453
Gross Kuehnau: 508
Gross Maischeid: 454
Gross Muehl River: 528
Gross Rosenburg: 495
Gross Strehlitz: 381
Gross Vernich: 425
Gross Werther: 485
Grossalmerode: 475, 477
Grossauheim: 453, 455, 459
Grosse Forst: 41
Grossen Buseck: 458, 463
Grossen Linden: 461
Grosseto: 210
Grossfahner: 483
Grosshau: 329-30, 334, 336, 340-41, 349
Grosskampenberg: 269-70, 394, 396, 405
Grosskrotzenberg: 457
Grosslittgen: 432
Grossenlueder: 461, 465
Grossenmoor: 465
Grottkau: 395
Groumont Creek: 366-67
Groups. See Antiaircraft Artillery Groups; Army Groups; Cavalry Groups; Field Artillery Groups.
Grouven: 415-16
Grozny: 52-53, 57, 62
Gruchy: 221
Grudziadz: 406, 428
Gruenberg: 403, 455, 459
Gruenstadt: 446
Gruenwalde: 491
Gruiten: 497
Grunert, Lt. Gen. George: 166
Guadagasel: 98
Guadalcanal Campaign: 48-94
Guadalcanal Island
air and naval actions: 47, 50-53, 55, 58-59, 61, 66-67, 70-71, 74, 103
casualty summary: 82
control assumed by Army: 73
enemy air attacks: 51, 59, 113-14
enemy reinforcements: 51, 54, 63-64, 67
enemy resistance ends: 91
enemy withdrawals: 82, 84, 91
first Army troops arrive: 58-59
landing operations: 48
line of communications shifted: 50
naval battle: 66-67
Nimitz orders seizure: 45
staging area for Emirau: 181
staging area for Palaus: 259
staging area for Russells: 93-94
supply situation: 50-51, 53, 56, 59, 66
U.S. air reinforcement: 50-53, 55, 57-59, 61, 67, 69, 78
U.S. reinforcements: 50, 55-63, 71, 73-75, 91, 134
U.S. strength figures: 57, 59, 82
Guadalupe: 460, 467, 490, 493
Guagua: 11-12
Guam
enemy air attack: 3-4
fall of: 4
Garrison Force: 241
Japan air offensive, base for: 550
recovery of: 211-12, 222, 225, 227, 234-46
Guastalla: 513
Gudersleben: 487
Guebling: 325-26, 329
Guebwiller: 392
Guelden: 508
Guelma: 89
Guels: 441
Guemar: 346, 381, 386
Guemmer: 480
Guenhoven: 415
Guenz River: 518
Guenzburg: 516, 518
Guerrilla forces
air supply of: 160
in Burma: 91, 93, 96-97, 111, 183, 187, 193
in France. See French Forces of the Interior
in Greece: 288,321
in Philippines: 356-58, 366-68, 372-73, 375, 399-400, 419, 426, 433-34, 436, 441, 443, 445-48, 453, 455, 457, 462, 469, 471, 476, 480, 482, 486, 497, 501, 503, 510, 513, 519, 522-23, 531, 535-36, 538, 540-43, 546-50
in Yugoslavia: 307, 314, 317-18, 340
Guerzenich: 353
Guesten: 412, 414, 500
Guhrau: 386
Guillaume, Gen. Augustin (French.): 210, 217
Guimaras Island: 448
Guimba: 9, 380, 388
Guimbalon: 471, 473
Guinarona: 312, 314
Guinarona Hill: 315
Guinarona River: 310, 312, 315
Guinhalaron River: 469, 471
Guintiguian: 310-11
Guising: 370
Guitol: 16
Gulf of Danzig: 384, 436, 450, 535
Gulf of Finland: 163, 170, 206, 214
Gulf of Gaeta: 191
Gulf of Nauplia: 298
Gulf of Riga sector: 239-40, 285, 294, 302, 330, 335
Gulpen: 271
Gum Ga: 163
Guma: 523, 532-37
Gumbinnen: 380
Gumbsheim: 444
Gummersbach: 487
Gumtree Road (Tunisia): 99, 101-02
Gundershoffen: 349
Gunfire and Covering Force (TF 54): 403, 430
Gungolding: 514, 516, 518
Gungwiller: 338
Gunstett: 442
Gurguan Point airfield: 238
Gurkhaywa: 211
Gurun: 5-6
Gusay Creek: 375, 378
Gusenburg: 439
Guishichan: 544
Gusika: 150
Gustav Line: 144-47, 149-58, 162, 190-92, 194-201
Gustavburg: 455
Gusteig: 528
Gusukuma: 508, 510
Gut Schwarzenbroich: 334
Gutendorf: 487
Gwa: 537
Gwegyo: 34
Gwin: 118
GYMNAST: 14, 46. See also Northwest Africa Campaign.
Gymnich: 420
Gyoer: 459
Gzhatsk: 97
–H–
H2S-equipped aircraft: 137, 144
Haag: 506, 528
Haaksbergen: 464
Haan: 497
Haar: 532
Haaren: 301, 382
Habbelrath: 420
Habiemont: 355
Habkirchen: 350-52
Habscheid: 393-97
Hachen: 489
Hachenburg: 454
Hachiville: 380
Hackenberg: 326-28
Hackenbroich: 424
Hackenburg: 462
Hackenheim: 444
Hackhausen: 424
Hadamar: 456, 458
Hadjeb el Aïoun: 90, 96, 100
Hafen Canal: 329
Haffen: 450
Hafsloch: 448
Hagen: 491, 493
Hagenbach: 488
Hagenow: 528
Hagonoy: 385, 389
Haguenau: 335, 340, 348-50, 378, 380, 383
Haguenau Forest: 441-42
Hagushi: 462, 467, 469
Haha Jima: 211, 224, 368
Hahn: 451
Hahnbach: 508
Hahnbusch: 423-24, 426
Hahnlein: 451, 453
Hales-de-Tillet Woods: 370-72
Hain: 485
Hainan Island: 165, 376
Hainchen: 462
Hairpin Hill (Luzon): 495, 497
Haislip, Maj. Gen. Wade H.: 240
Hajen: 474
Haka: 146
Halavo: 48
Halberbracht: 485
Halberstadt: 161, 175, 486, 491
Halbeswig: 480
Haldensee: 525
Haldern: 458
Hale, Col. J. Tracy, Jr.: 69, 72
Hale, Maj. Gen. Willis H.: 42
Halenbach: 408
Halenfeld: 391
Haleta: 48
Halfaya (Hellfire) Pass: 16, 66
Hall, Maj. Gen. Charles P.: 220-21, 227, 234, 239, 246, 249, 274, 276, 287, 388
Hall, Rear Adm. J. L., Jr.: 132, 467
Halle: 476, 491, 494, 498, 500, 502, 504
Hallenberg: 464
Hallendorf: 484
Haller: 360-61
Hallering: 336
Hallouf Pass: 100
Halloville: 326
Hallschlag: 414, 416, 424
Halmahera Island: 191, 274, 295
HALPRO (Halverson Detachment). See Middle East Air Force; Ploesti
Halsdorf: 407
Halsenbach: 439
Halsey, Adm. William F.: 60, 116, 118, 367
commands Fifth Fleet forces: 541
commands SOPAC: 59
commands Wake task force: 25
ELKTON naval forces controlled by SWPA: 101
objection to stress on Marshalls: 113
plan for Carolines: 241
plans for Solomons: 113-14, 122, 123, 126, 132, 136, 138, 140, 146
Haltern: 458, 460, 466
Halverson, Col. Harry A.: 41
Hambach: 410-11, 485
Hambach Forest (Staats Forst Hambach): 411, 414
Hamberg, Lt. Col. William A.: 340, 342-43
Hamborn: 458
Hamburg: 466, 512, 517, 526-27, 529
Hamburg Autobahn: 503
Hambye: 238
Hameau de Tot: 2 18
Hameau Gringer: 217
Hamel-de-Cruttes: 203
Hameln: 474, 480, 482, 484
Hamich: 327, 329-30
Hamich Ridge: 327-33
Hamiville: 380
Hamm: 414, 455, 466, 468, 470, 472, 476, 478, 480
Hammamet: 109
Hamman Lif: 109
Hammann: 40
Hammer: 390
Hammerstein: 444
Hamminkeln: 450
Hampont: 281, 321-22
Hampton Roads: 60-61
Han: 290
Hanau: 453, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 467, 469-70, 473, 522
Hancock: 480
Haney, Brig. Gen. Harold: 405
Hangeler: 446
Hangoe: 280
Hankow: 355, 371, 381
Hankow-Peiping railway: 187
Hann Muenden: 474, 477, 479, 481
Hannocourt: 321-22
Hannover: 480, 482, 484, 486, 517
Hansa Bay: 176, 178, 180, 185
Han-sur-Nied: 323-24
Haraden: 351
Harakiri Gulch (Saipan): 225-27
Haraucourt: 325
Harburg: 499, 501, 512
Harcourt-Smith, Air Commodore G. (RAF): 262
Hardehausen: 470
Hardehauser Wald: 475, 479, 483
Harderode: 476
Hardheim: 463
Hardigny: 376-77, 379
Harding, Maj. Gen. Edwin F.: 67-68, 70, 72
Harding, Lt. Gen. Sir John: 453
Hardinvast: 215-17
Hardisleben: 487
Hardt: 416, 418, 512
Harech River: 200
Hargarten: 419, 435-37
Hargimont: 359
Hariko: 70, 74-75, 77
Harlange: 365-67, 369, 371
Harmon, Maj. Gen. Ernest N.: 65, 103, 174
Harmon, Maj. Gen. Hubert R.: 160
Harmon, Maj. Gen. Millard F.: 116, 118
activates XIV Corps: 81, 84
activates Thirteenth Air Force: 84
arrival at New Caledonia: 47
commands AAFPOA: 241
commands SOPAC tactical forces: 47
commands USAFISPA: 45
plan for Solomons: 57-58
Harper, Brig. Gen. Arthur M.: 212
Harperscheid: 389-90
Harris, Brig. Gen. Field (USMC): 130
Harscheid: 394-95, 397-98
Hart, Adm. Thomas C.: 6, 8, 24
Hartestein: 282, 285-86
Harth Woods: 395, 397
Hartley, Gen. Sir Alan (British.): 15
Hartland: 65
Harz Mountains: 484, 487, 489, 491, 494-96, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512
Harze: 370
Hasborn: 435
Hasbrouck, Maj. Gen. Robert W.: 315
Hase River: 482
Hasenfeld Gut: 341, 347, 391
Hasenfelde: 398-99
Hassel: 446
Hasselbach: 452
Hasselfelde: 500
Hasselt: 265, 268, 283, 356, 363, 402
Hasselsweiler: 414
Hasslach River: 487, 490
Hassloch: 453
Hassum: 404
Hastenrath: 327-29
Hatab River: 94
Hatten: 370-78
Hatterath: 293-94
Hattingen: 496
Hattstatt: 392-93
Hatvan: 337
Hatzenport: 438-40
Hau: 400-401
Hauconcourt: 265, 322
Hauf River: 449
Hausen: 418, 420, 441, 455, 461, 465, 503
Haustadt: 44-43
Hauseweiler: 424
Haut Biville: 214
Haute-Littée: 207
Haute-Yutz: 325
Hauthausen: 414
Hautonnerie Farm: 321
Hauts-Vents: 227-28
Hauwei Island: 179-80, 187, 190
Hauzenburg: 524
Havelange: 362
Havrenne: 361
Hawaiian Islands
casualty summary: 3
enemy air attacks: 3, 27
Pearl Harbor attack: 3
Seventh Air Force alerted: 38
Short replaced by Emmons: 6
Spruance TF arrives: 38
staging area for TWO: 299, 373, 385
Tinker heads air force: 6
Haxtergrund: 464
Hayange: 267
Haynau: 401
Haynes, Brig. Gen. Caleb V.: 57
Headquarters Land Forces and Military Liaison, Greece: 331
Hearn, Maj. Gen. Thomas G.: 150, 235, 251, 255
Heath, Lt. Gen. Sir Lewis M. (British.): 21
Heaths Plantation: 134
Heaveadorp Ferry: 281-82
Hébécrevon: 236
Hebles: 463
Hebronval: 357-58, 369
Hechelscheid: 393-94
Hechenberg: 526
Hecken: 429
Heckeshausen: 408
Heckhalenfeld: 388
Heckholzhausen: 454
Heckhuscheid: 272, 389
Heddert: 437-38
Hedgerows, Battle of the: 223-32
Hedo: 493
Hédomont: 373-74
Heengen: 328
Heerlen: 277
Heeze: 279
Hegenlohe: 509
Hehlrath: 331-32
Hehn: 416
Heide: 377
Heidelberg: 459, 465
Heiden: 458
Heiderscheid: 359
Heiderscheidergrund: 368
Heïdous: 105-06
Heien: 401
Heidweiler: 431
Heilbach: 410
Heilbronn: 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 488, 490, 492, 494, 500
Heilenbach: 421
Heilenstadt: 465
Heilhausen: 416
Heiligenbeil: 453
Heilsberg: 388
Heimbach: 418, 420, 422
Heimburg: 502, 506
Heimersheim: 429
Heimerzheim: 427
Heinerscheid: 383
Heinrichsdorf: 478
Heinsberg: 381-83
Heinsen: 480
Heintzenhofen: 510
Heirlot: 367
Heisdorf: 421
Heisterbacherrott: 444
Heisterberg: 456
Heistern: 331-32
Heiteren: 396
Heito: 381
Heitrak: 313
Hekkens: 398-400
Helden: 330
Heldra: 470
Heldrungen: 487
Helena: 116
Helenenberg: 417
Helfant: 407
Helfrich, Vice Adm. Conrad E. L. (Dutch): 24
Helgersdorf: 464
Hellefeld: 487
Hellenthal: 392-94, 415
Helleville: 213
Hellfire Pass: 16, 66
Hellimer: 331, 333
Hell’s Pocket (Saipan): 219-21
Helm: 52
Helmond: 281, 284-85, 287
Hemau: 514, 516
Hemer: 491, 493
Hemfurth: 462
Hemmerde: 482
Hemmeres: 386-87
Hemmerich: 427
Hemmersdorf: 340
Hen Hill (Okinawa): 542
Henahambuti: 73
Henderson, Maj. Lofton (USMC)
Henderson Field: 49-59, 61, 66-67
Hengelo: 474
Hengersberg: 521
Hengyang: 209, 219-20, 223, 228, 236, 241, 245, 251, 255, 295, 323, 371, 495
Hennecke, Rear Adm. Walther (Ger.): 219
Hennecourt: 272
Hennef: 448-49, 452
Henningsleben: 475
Henri Chapelle: 268
Henrichenburg: 472
Hentern: 419
Henumont: 37
Heppenbach: 385
Heppendorf: 415
Hepscheid: 385
Herbach: 295
Herbéviller: 316
Herbolzheim: 473
Herborn: 456
Herbstein: 461, 465
Herbstmuhle: 411
Herchehain: 463
HERCULES: 38. See also Malta.
Herdecke: 491, 493
Herdringen: 491
Herford: 468, 470, 472, 480
Herforst: 428
Hergarten: 424
Herhahn: 391-92
Héricourt: 326, 329
Hérimoncourt: 326, 329
Heringhausen: 462, 478
Hermannstein: 456, 458
Hermes: 32
Hermesdorf: 413
Hermeskeil: 440, 442
Hermespand: 398
Hermilly: 242
Hermosa: 13, 387
Hermulheim: 427
Herny: 324
Herrnberchtheim: 471, 473
Heropont: 371
Heroya: 122
Herrenberg: 503
Herresbach: 385
Herrick Force (New Guinea): 200-202
Herring, Lt. Gen. Edmund F. (Australian.): 56, 81-82, 84, 115, 129
Herrlisheim: 368-72, 377, 390-91, 395-96
Herrlisheim-près-Colmar: 393
Herschbach: 454
Herscheid: 394, 491
Herschwiesen: 438
Hersfeld: 463, 465, 470
Hertogenwald: 271
Herxheim: 450
Herzberg: 487
Herzfeld: 406
Herzogenrath: 298
Hescheld: 419
Hessen: 507, 512, 516
Hesseling: 407
Hester: 113, 115-16, 119
Hester, Maj. Gen. John H.: 93
Hettenschlag: 393
Hetzerath: 412
Heuchel: 451
Heuem: 354, 387-88
Heuholz: 498
Heumen: 276
Hewitt, Vice Adm. Henry K.: 60, 65, 117, 132
Heyen: 474, 476
Heyerode: 470
Hickam Field: 3
Hickeshausen: 408
Hickey, Brig. Gen. Doyle O.: 464
Hiddesen: 468, 470, 472
Hiei: 67
Hierheck: 360
Higashi: 434
High Commissioner of Philippines, moves to Corregidor: 8
Highway 1 (Italy): 202, 205, 212, 214-15, 221, 229, 475, 479, 481
Highway 1 (Leyte): 307, 309, 311-12, 314
Highway 1 (Luzon): 393-94, 396, 434, 469, 484, 490, 495, 523, 527
Highway 1 (Mindanao): 503, 506-07, 510-11, 513
Highway 2 (Italy): 202, 207, 227, 234-35, 239
Highway 2 (Leyte): 310, 312, 319-20, 324-25, 333-35, 341, 343-45, 348, 351-53, 356-58, 360
Highway 3 (Italy): 202-03, 232
Highway 3 (Luzon): 374, 376, 385, 388-89, 543
Highway 4 (Italy): 203
Highway 4 (Luzon): 544-46
Highway 5 (Luzon): 389-91, 393, 401, 404, 412-13, 421-423, 427-28, 430-31, 433-35, 437, 439, 443, 446, 455, 463, 469, 477, 479, 482, 501, 505, 509, 529, 536, 539, 542, 544-48
Highway 5 (Okinawa): 533, 536, 539-40
Highway 6 (Italy): 144, 152, 155, 161, 169, 171-72, 194, 197-98, 200-202
Highway 7 (France): 251-52, 254, 256-58
Highway 7 (Italy): 136-37, 167, 193-97, 201-02
Highway 7 (Luzon): 387-88, 390, 394, 396
Highway 9 (Italy): 276, 287-88, 295, 301, 309-11, 316, 324-26, 333, 335-37, 344, 430, 484, 495, 501, 507, 511, 513, 515-16, 518, 520
Highway 9 (Luzon): 455, 469, 477, 482, 488, 490, 493, 495, 497, 499, 503, 505, 515
Highway 10 (Italy): 516, 521
Highway 11 (Italy): 518
Highway 11 (Luzon): 374, 376, 384, 550
Highway 12 (Italy): 290-91, 513
Highway 13 (Luzon): 371, 374, 378
Highway 14 (Italy): 523
Highway 16 (Italy): 261, 274, 276, 344, 517
Highway 17 (Luzon): 393
Highway 19 (Luzon): 455, 457, 461
Highway 23 (Luzon): 9
Highway 27 (Luzon): 497, 523, 527, 529
Highway 49 (Italy): 527
Highway 53 (Italy): 523
Highway 55 (Luzon): 378
Highway 62 (Italy): 515-16
Highway 63 (Italy): 515
Highway 64 (Italy): 286, 288-90, 299, 302, 314, 404-05, 413, 417, 495, 497
Highway 65 (Italy): 267, 269, 274, 290, 298, 304, 428, 475, 499, 501, 505, 507
Highway 66 (Italy): 286, 288, 291
Highway 67 (Italy): 234, 258, 268, 270, 286, 288, 293, 298, 305, 308, 313, 317, 319
Highway 68 (Italy): 219-20, 226-27
Highway 69 (Italy): 225, 233, 256
Highway 70 (Italy): 256, 259
Highway 71 (Italy): 213, 222, 224, 259, 263, 299
Highway 73 (Italy): 214
Highway 75 (Italy): 222
Highway 82 (Italy): 195
Highway 83 (Italy): 198
Highway 85 (France): 254-55
Highway 87 (Italy): 140
Highway 91 (Italy): 136-37
Highway 98 (France): 251
Highway 113 (Sicily): 121-24, 126-27
Highway 120 (Sicily): 121-24, 126-27
Highway 160 (Luzon): 477, 484
Highway 251 (Luzon): 372
Highway 261 (Luzon): 372
Highway 416 (Luzon): 467
Highway 417 (Luzon): 461, 510
Highway 937 (Italy): 289
Highway 6424 (Italy): 303
Highway 6521 (Italy): 260, 266-67, 271
Highway 6524 (Italy): 269
Highway 6620 (Italy): 286, 288-90, 297
Hiiumaa Island: 294
Hilburghausen: 477
Hilchenbach: 491
Hilden: 497
Hildesheim: 475, 480
Hildfeld: 472
Hilfarth: 414-16
Hilgert: 454
Hill Drome: 357
Hill, Col. Francis: 160
Hill, Rear Adm. Harry W.: 166, 169, 172-73, 210, 433, 538
Hill B (Leyte): 310-11
Hill C (Leyte): 310-11
Hill X (Attu): 110
Hill X (Guadalcanal): 86-87
Hill Y (Guadalcanal): 87
Hill 3 (Luzon): 398-99
Hill 4 (Luzon): 398-99
Hill 5 (Luzon): 385, 388, 398
Hill 6 (Luzon): 398, 401
Hill 7 (Luzon): 402, 404
Hill 11 (Guadalcanal): 79, 81
Hill 12 (Luzon): 415
Hill 20 (Cebu): 482, 486
Hill 21 (Cebu): 490, 493
Hill 22 (Cebu): 501
Hill 25 (Cebu): 493, 501
Hill 26 (Cebu): 480, 486
Hill 27 (Cebu): 480, 482
Hill 27 (Guadalcanal): 77-79, 81-82, 92
Hill 27 (Okinawa): 542
Hill 30 (Cebu): 460
Hill 31 (Cebu): 460, 464
Hill 31 (Guadalcanal): 77-78, 82
Hill 35 (Guadalcanal): 75-76
Hill 42 (Guadalcanal): 85
Hill 43 (Guadalcanal): 83
Hill 44 (Guadalcanal): 83
Hill 46 (Okinawa): 543
Hill 52 (Guadalcanal): 83
Hill 53 (Guadalcanal): 83-85
Hill 55 (Guadalcanal): 83-84
Hill 55 (Okinawa): 537-39
Hill 56 (Italy): 165-66, 168
Hill 57 (Guadalcanal): 83-84, 87
Hill 57 (Okinawa): 544
Hill 60 (Italy): 192
Hill 60 (Okinawa): 533-35
Hill 65 (Guadalcanal): 58
Hill 66 (Guadalcanal): 68-69, 82-85
Hill 67 (Guadalcanal): 61
Hill 69 (Okinawa): 542, 545
Hill 72 (Italy): 154
Hill 80 (France): 261
Hill 80 (Guadalcanal): 68-69, 84-85
Hill 81 (Guadalcanal): 68-69, 84-85
Hill 81 (Okinawa): 547-48
Hill 85 (Leyte): 310-11
Hill 87 (Guadalcanal): 86-87
Hill 88 (Guadalcanal): 87
Hill 89 (Guadalcanal): 87
Hill 89 (Okinawa): 547-48
Hill 90 (France): 211
Hill 90 (Guadalcanal): 87
Hill 91 (Guadalcanal): 88
Hill 92 (France): 229
Hill 92 (Guadalcanal): 88
Hill 94 (Guadalcanal): 87
Hill 95 (France): 224, 246
Hill 95 (Guadalcanal): 87
Hill 95 (Okinawa): 544-45
Hill 97 (France): 211
Hill 98 (Guadalcanal): 87-88
Hill 99 (Guadalcanal): 87-88
Hill 100 (Guadalcanal): 88
Hill 102 (Guadalcanal): 88
Hill 103 (France): 259, 261
Hill 103 (Guadalcanal): 88
Hill 105 (France): 246, 261
Hill 105 (Guadalcanal): 88
Hill 106 (Guadalcanal): 88
Hill 108 (France): 212-13
Hill 108 (Italy): 193
Hill 111 (Tunisia): 109
Hill 112 (France): 228
Hill 115 (Okinawa): 546-47
Hill 120 (Leyte): 307
Hill 122 (France): 231
Hill 126 (Italy): 192-93
Hill 130 (Okinawa): 536-39
Hill 131 (Italy): 192
Hill 138 (Okinawa): 524
Hill 141 (Italy): 154
Hill 143 (Okinawa): 515
Hill 146 (Italy): 191
Hill 147 (France): 211
Hill 150 (France): 211
Hill 150 (Italy): 191
Hill 150 (New Britain): 160-61
Hill 153 (Okinawa): 546-47
Hill 158 (France): 215
Hill 170 (France): 214
Hill 171 (France): 215-16
Hill 175 (Italy): 170
Hill 178 (France): 215
Hill 178 (Okinawa): 508, 515
Hill 187 (Germany): 330-32
Hill 187 (Okinawa): 534
Hill 192 (France): 208, 211, 228-29
Hill 200 (Luzon): 371-73, 375-76
Hill 201 (Noemfoor): 224-25
Hill 203 (Germany): 332-33, 335-36, 338
Hill 207 (Germany): 332-34
Hill 213 (Italy): 165-66, 168
Hill 215 (Iwo Jima): 430
Hill 221 (Saipan): 220
Hill 223 (France): 278
Hill 224 (Italy): 161
Hill 225 (New Guinea): 224, 227
Hill 232 (Germany): 329-30
Hill 242 (Tunisia): 109
Hill 244 (Germany): 433
Hill 245 (France): 277
Hill 247 (Luzon): 370
Hill 253 (Italy): 145, 153-54
Hill 254 (France): 323
Hill 260 (Bougainville): 179-81, 183
Hill 260 (Los Negros): 150-83
Hill 265 (New Guinea): 227
Hill 287 (Germany): 281-82, 284, 327-92
Hill 290 (Tunisia): 101
Hill 293 (France): 289
Hill 299 (Tunisia): 107-08
Hill 310 (France): 320-23
Hill 312 (Tunisia): 107
Hill 315 (Tunisia): 107
Hill 316 (Italy): 191
Hill 318 (France): 289, 342
Hill 318 (Luzon): 371-73
Hill 320 (Biak): 213-15
Hill 321 (France): 351
Hill 324 (Italy): 168
Hill 326 (France): 263-65
Hill 334 (France): 330
Hill 336 (Tunisia): 99
Hill 337 (France): 324
Hill 339 (Italy): 300, 303
Hill 342 (Italy): 145, 154, 157, 164, 192
Hill 343 (Italy): 154
Hill 350 (Tunisia): 106
Hill 351 (Luzon): 371, 374
Hill 355 (Luzon): 374-75, 381-83
Hill 356 (France): 265
Hill 357 (Iwo Jima): 423
Hill 362 (Iwo Jima): 418, 420-21, 423, 430, 432
Hill 363 (Germany): 441-42
Hill 363 (Luzon): 373-74
Hill 369 (Italy): 303
Hill 369 (Tunisia): 101-02
Hill 370 (France): 267, 370
Hill 373 (Italy): 303
Hill 378 (Germany): 331
Hill 380 (Italy): 226-27
Hill 380 (Leyte): 344-47
Hill 380 (Noemfoor): 246, 249
Hill 382 (Iwo Jima): 415-16, 418, 420-21, 423
Hill 382 (Tunisia): 107
Hill 383 (Germany): 331
Hill 385 (Luzon): 370-71
Hill 386 (France): 267
Hill 386 (Italy): 132
Hill 388 (Germany): 336
Hill 388 (Tunisia): 106
Hill 396 (France): 273
Hill 400 (Tunisia): 106
Hill 407 (Tunisia): 106
Hill 409 (Germany): 440
Hill 411 (Germany): 433
Hill 413 (Italy). See M. Maggiore.
Hill 424 (Italy): 133-34
Hill 425 (Italy): 160
Hill 445 (Italy): 169
Hill 448 (Germany): 435
Hill 449 (Italy). See M. Maggiore.
Hill 459 (Italy): 309
Hill 460 (Italy): 150
Hill 470 (Italy): 154
Hill 470 (Luzon): 370-71
Hill 480 (France): 380
Hill 490 (Tunisia): 107
Hill 500 (Saipan): 214
Hill 501 (Italy): 311-12
Hill 504 (Luzon): 482
Hill 505 (Luzon): 482
Hill 510 (France): 379
Hill 511 (Germany): 397
Hill 513 (Tunisia): 107
Hill 518 (Luzon): 479
Hill 519 (Germany): 397-98
Hill 519 (Luzon): 477
Hill 520 (France): 380
Hill 522 (Leyte): 307-08, 310
Hill 523 (Tunisia): 107
Hill 529 (Italy): 228-29
Hill 530 (Belgium): 373
Hill 531 (Tunisia): 107
Hill 550 (Mindanao): 527, 534-40
Hill 553 (Germany): 272-73
Hill 554 (Germany): 278, 280, 290
Hill 560 (Luzon): 372-73
Hill 565 (Luzon): 374
Hill 566 (Italy): 295-98
Hill 568 (Germany): 394, 396-97, 399
Hill 568 (Italy): 309
Hill 575 (Tunisia): 106-07
Hill 578 (Italy): 299-303
Hill 580 (Luzon): 373-74
Hill 585 (Luzon): 374
Hill 587 (Italy): 295-98
Hill 593 (Italy): 169-71, 173-74
Hill 598 (Tunisia): 107
Hill 600 (Luzon): 378-80, 382
Hill 600 (Saipan): 217
Hill 603 (Italy): 302
Hill 606 (Leyte): 344
Hill 609 (Tunisia): 107-08
Hill 615 (Italy): 152
Hill 620 (Luzon): 386
Hill 622 (Italy): 304
Hill 628 (Germany): 392
Hill 628 (Italy): 294
Hill 634 (Italy): 225, 227
Hill 636 (Luzon): 385-86
Hill 640 (Italy): 146, 154
Hill 660 (Luzon): 431, 433-35
Hill 660 (New Britain): 161-63
Hill 661 (Italy): 296
Hill 665 (Luzon): 374-75
Hill 667 (Tunisia): 105
Hill 670 (Noemfoor): 230, 232
Hill 675 (Italy): 224
Hill 683 (Italy): 152
Hill 687 (Italy): 154
Hill 698 (Germany): 272
Hill 700 (Bougainville): 178-81
Hill 700 (Italy): 165
Hill 700 (Luzon): 384
Hill 706 (Italy): 168-70
Hill 708 (Germany): 439
Hill 721 (Saipan): 223-24
Hill 730 (Italy): 154-57
Hill 747 (Italy): 294, 296
Hill 751 (Italy): 293-94
Hill 767 (Saipan): 224
Hill 769 (Italy): 146, 151-53
Hill 770 (Italy): 154
Hill 772 (Tunisia): 102
Hill 775 (Italy): 160
Hill 783 (France): 283
Hill 789 (Italy): 292-93
Hill 800 (Luzon): 384
Hill 815 (Luzon): 536
Hill 819 (Italy): 144-46, 149-53
Hill 854 (Poro Island): 382
Hill 855 (Italy): 150
Hill 900 (Luzon): 384
Hill 907 (Italy): 151-53
Hill 915 (Leyte): 344-46
Hill 950 (Italy): 152-53
Hill 963 (Italy). See Monastery Hill.
Hill 1109 (Italy): 161
Hill 1125 (Palawan): 421, 423, 425
Hill 1134 (Italy): 284
Hill 1180 (Italy): 151
Hill 1190 (Italy): 157
Hill 1200 (Luzon): 453, 461, 467
Hill 1205 (Italy): 149, 152-55, 157
Hill 1445 (Palawan): 427-28, 430, 432
Hill 1500 (Luzon): 384, 403
Hill 1525 (Leyte): 320-22, 344
Hill 1700 (Luzon): 413
Hill 1725 (Burma): 187
Hill 2348 (Leyte): 339
Hill 2480 (Luzon): 523
Hill 2610 (Luzon): 523
Hill 3155 (Negros). See Dolan Hill (Negros).
Hill 4055 (Negros): 536, 540, 543
Hillesheim: 429
Hillmicke: 485
Hilsprich: 335
Hiltenfingen: 518, 521
Hiltrup: 470
Himberg: 441
Himeimat: 61
Himmerich: 384, 395
Himmler, Heinrich: 512
Hindang: 311
Hindenburg: 384
Hinderhausen: 380
Hinds, Col. Sidney R.: 294
Hinter Wald: 459
Hinterhausen: 426
Hinterweiler: 429
Hiraiwa Bay: 409
Hirohito, Emperor: 550
Hiroshima: 550
Hirschberg: 480
Hirson: 261
Hirtzfelden: 395
Hirzenach: 440
Hitler, Adolf: 219, 228, 275, 520, 524-25. See also Germany.
appeal to Italians: 120
Ardennes plans: 274
assassination attempted: 233
death reported: 525
decision to abandon SEA LION: 3
decision to postpone HERCULES: 38
heads German Army: 7
replaces Kluge with Model: 250
Mortain-Avranches plan: 241
reinstates Rundstedt: 262
Stalingrad, determination to secure: 65
tenth anniversary of power: 89
Hitler Line: 194-200
Hizaonna: 471
Hkawnglaw Stream: 182
Hlagyi: 191
Hlegu: 533
Ho, Gen. Ying-chin: 333, 350, 369, 387, 495, 536
Hoch Elten: 464
Hochfelden: 378, 384
Hochheim: 459
Ho-chih: 539
Hochspeyer: 446
Hochstadt: 459
Hochstatten: 440
Hochstetten: 469
Hochwald Forest: 415-16, 418, 423
Hodge, Lt., Gen. John R.: 123, 308, 534
Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H.: 240, 330, 339
Hoechstadt: 511
Hoefen: 271, 273, 275, 278
Hoenningen: 436
Hoerselgau: 470
Hoevel: 489
Hof: 494, 496, 498, 502
Hofen: 353, 389
Hoffelt: 380
Hoffenheim: 466
Hoffman, Col. Hugh T.: 177
Hofgeismar: 474, 476
Hofweiler: 417
Hogan, Lt. Col. Samuel: 275, 277, 280-81, 284, 305-06, 372, 415, 420, 427, 454, 462
Hoge, Brig. Gen. William M.: 448
Hohe Rhon Hills: 481, 483
Hohenfels: 510
Hohengandern: 481
Hohenlimburg: 491, 493
Hohenmoelsen: 492
Hohenstein: 457
Hokaji Island: 456
Holdenstedt: 489
Holdingen: 380
Holland. See Netherlands.
Holland, Col. Temple G.: 118
Hollandia
Carolines in support of: 184, 157, 189
enemy landing: 31
plans for recovery: 177, 179
recovery of: 152, 176, 178-89, 193, 199, 200-202, 205-07, 213, 223, 229, 263
staging area for P.I.: 302
Hollange: 361
Hollekang: 188
Hollen: 412
Holler: 382
Hollerath: 392, 415
Hollnich: 393, 396
Hollsteitz: 490
Holpoltstein: 512
Holsthum: 413-14
Holthausen: 478
Holtheim: 472
Holtum: 482
Holtz Bay Pass and Valley: 106, 109-12
Holtzerath: 437
Holtzheim: 386
Holtzthum: 385
Holtzwihr: 382, 385
Holz River: 454
Holzen: 491
Holzchen: 408
Holzfeld: 440
Holzhausen: 458
Holzheim: 418, 420
Holzkirchen: 526
Holzminden: 476
Holzweiler: 415
Homberg: 422-23, 425, 463-64, 470, 472, 480
Hombourg: 397
Homburg: 446, 469
Homma, Lt. Gen. Masaharu: 22, 28
Hommerdingen: 405-06
Hommersum: 402
Hommingen: 448
Homonhon Island: 305-06
Hompesch: 411
Homs: 86-87
Honan Province: 187, 189, 200
Honau: 513
Honerath: 431-32
Hong Kong
air attacks on: 375-76
fall of: 3, 7, 9
recovery of: 375-76, 508, 544-45, 547, 551
Hongmoshu: 194, 198, 208
Honinghutie: 278
Honne River: 491, 493
Honnef: 432-33, 436-37
Honningen: 417, 440-41
Honningen Wald: 440
Honsfeld: 355, 386-87
Honshu Island, plans for seizure of: 204, 274
Honskirch: 335, 337-38
Hontem: 379
Hontheim: 272-73, 394
Honvelez: 373
Honzrath: 442
Hoover, Rear Adm. John H.: 303
Hopkins, Harry: 32, 46
Hopoi: 131
Hopong: 34
Hor Vltavice: 532
Horanda: 67
Horaniu: 128-29, 134
Horb: 500
Horbourg: 388
Horgau: 518
Horhausen: 454
Horii, Maj. Gen. Tomitaro: 51, 53-54, 56, 67, 74
Horik: 317
Hornet: 38, 40, 61
projects first attack on Japan: 34
Horrem: 418, 422, 425
Horrocks, Lt. Gen. B. G. (British.): 286
Horseshoe Hill (New Georgia): 123-24
Horseshoe Ridge (Cebu): 474
Horseshoe Ridge (Okinawa): 517, 539-40
Horst: 333, 383
Hoscheid: 382
Hoscheiderdickt: 384
Hosdorf: 377, 390
Hosi: 358, 384, 395
Hosingen: 385
Hosten: 424, 429
Hôtel de Ville (Mazières-lès-Metz) 312-14
Hotolpe: 482
Hotton: 356-61, 365, 367
Hottorf: 411-12
Hottot: 228, 231
Hottviller: 351, 356
Hotzerath: 432
Houdebouville: 255
Houf: 406-07
Houffalize: 355-58, 363, 366, 368-70, 372-77, 379
Housenstamm: 465
Houssen: 383-84
Houston: 22, 26, 303
Houvegnez: 373-74
Houverath: 412
Houyire Woods: 373
Hovel: 440
Hoven: 350
Hoverhof: 294
Howe, Lt. Col. Merle H.: 84, 195
Howze, Col. Hamilton H.: 197-98, 200-201, 205, 216
Hoya: 482, 484
Hpa-pen: 387-88, 390
Hron River: 463
Hsamshingyang: 183-85, 188
Hsenwi: 35, 376, 406
Hsian: 405
Hsiang River: 198
Hsiangta: 197
Hsinning: 509, 550
Hsipaw: 34, 441, 463
Hsueh, Gen. Yueh: 409
Hubermont: 365, 367, 372
Hubert-Folie: 232
Huchem: 410
Huck: 430
Huecheln: 334-35
Hueckelhoven: 413
Hueckeswagen: 489, 491
Hueffenhardt: 466
Huei-jen: 194, 198, 202, 208
Huelgoat: 243
Huels: 114
Huertgen: 281-82, 284, 288, 317, 322-23, 326-27, 330, 332, 334-40, 394, 398, 404
Huertgen Forest: 284, 288, 296-303, 327-31, 334, 336-41
Huerth: 425, 427
Huetten: 500
Huettengessas: 463
Huettenrode: 504
Huettersdorf: 442
Huettingen: 422
Huggins: 71, 81
Huggins, Capt. Meredith M.: 71
Hugh L. Scott: 66
Huinghausen: 491
Huisberden: 403
Hukawng River and Valley: 61, 63, 70, 96, 98, 155-58, 161-63, 165, 168, 175, 179-80
Huldange: 383
Hulst: 274, 281
Humain: 362
Humboldt Bay: 183, 188-89, 197
Humenne: 342
Hump, The. See China-Burma-India Theater, airlift supply to China.
Hump Tonnage Allocation and Control Office: 355
Hunan Province: 495, 544
Hundheim: 440
Hungary
armistice with Allies: 378
Combined Bomber Offensive against: 201, 271
operations in: 182, 295, 300-301, 307-09, 312-13, 316, 318, 326, 335, 337, 340-41, 343-49, 351, 353-55, 358-66, 369, 372, 374, 377, 379, 382, 388-89, 394, 401-02, 441, 449, 451, 453, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467, 471, 473
U.S. declares war on: 40
Hungeroth: 440
Hungersdorf: 431
Hunningen: 380, 387
Hunter, Col. Charles N.: 146, 221
Hunting: 321
Hunts Gap: 104
Hunxe: 452
Huon Gulf and Peninsula sector: 27-28, 96, 120, 150, 159, 162, 164, 172, 188
Hupeh Province: 105, 111, 113
Huppain: 204
Huppenbroich: 387
Hupperdange: 381, 383
Hurbache: 332
Hurdis, Brig. Gen. Charles E.: 255
Hurley, Maj. Gen. Patrick J.
Kunming planning conference: 357, 362
recommends Stilwell recall: 302
reports on China situation: 285
representative to China: 220, 226-27, 230, 235, 246-47, 263-66
U.S. officer to command Chinese, proposal for: 271, 276, 296, 302, 306
HURRICANE: 196. See also Biak Island.
Huscheid: 424, 441
HUSKY: 87, 108-10, 112-14, 116. See also Sicily Campaign.
Hutthurm: 522, 524
Hutton, Lt. Gen. T. J. (British.): 9
Huy: 264-65
Hvar: 165
Hwangtsoapa: 212
Hwei-tung Bridge: 198
Hwelon Stream: 190
Hyakuna: 543
Hyères: 252-53
–I–
I. G. Farben: 425, 495
Iasi: 252, 254
Iba airfield: 3, 5
Ibdi: 199-202, 205, 220, 226-29, 231, 234-35, 238
Ibigny: 331
Iboki Plantation: 175-76
Ibu: 157
ICEBERG: 456. See also Ryukyu Islands campaign.
Ichang: 97, 111
Ichendorf: 418
ICHIGO: 198. See also China, air bases, enemy, threats to.
Ickern: 472
Idice River and Valley: 293-94, 303-05, 437, 475, 505, 507
Idenheim: 417
Idesheim: 416-17
Idritsa: 229
Idstein: 458-59, 461
Ie: 501, 503-04, 506
Ie Shima: 478, 488, 491, 493, 497, 499, 501, 503-04, 506, 508, 510, 515, 517, 519, 540
Iegusugu Mountain: 501, 504, 506, 508, 510
Ifs: 233
Iggelheim: 448
Igney: 283-84
Igstadt: 459
Ihlren: 389
Ijssel River. See Issel River.
Il Falchetto Hill: 297-98, 300
Il Giogo Pass: 263, 269, 271-72, 276-77, 279
Ilagan airfield: 547
Ilagan River: 547
Ilangana: 118, 123
Ilberstedt: 500
Ile de Cézembre: 260-61
Ile de Ré: 328
Iles St. Marcouf: 203
Iller River: 382-83, 386, 391-93, 395-96
Iller River and Canal: 514, 516, 518, 523, 530
Illerrieden: 516
Illhaeusern: 382, 384, 387
Illumination, battlefield. See Artificial moonlight, use of.
Illwald: 352
Ilmenau: 485
Ilmenau River: 499
Ilmsdorf: 490
Iloilo: 33, 443, 445-46, 460
Iloilo River: 445
Ilsfeld: 505
Ilu River: 48, 50-51, 55
Ilz River: 515, 522, 524
Imamura, Lt. Gen. Hitoshi: 67
Imbang River: 471
Imbsen: 481
Imeldange: 324-26
Imgenbroich: 388-89
Imita Ridge: 55
Immendorf: 327-29, 486
Immenstadt: 523, 525, 527
Immerath: 415, 434
Imoc Hill: 467, 476
Imola: 282-84, 286-87, 289, 291, 305, 309, 495
Impalutao: 540
Imphal: 35, 145, 161, 179-80, 183-87, 189, 202, 206, 216, 230, 316, 347, 365
Imphal Plain: 206, 212
Imphal Road: 14
Imst: 525, 527, 530-31
Imugan: 428, 439, 450, 529, 539, 542
Inampulugan Island: 499-50
Inasi: 235, 246
Incendiary bomb, first two-ton: 54
Indaw: 178, 293, 349-50, 354
Inde River: 330, 333, 336, 339, 342-44, 347-48, 351-52
Inden: 334, 339-42, 360
INDEPENDENCE: 310, 317. See also Belfort Gap.
India Air Task Force: 57, 60, 71
India-Burma Campaign: 31-385
India-China Ferry Command: 45
India-China Wing, ATC: 71
India Command (British.): 15, 114, 146, 147
India. See also China-Burma-India Theater; India-Burma Theater.
aircraft withdrawn from Burma: 30
B-29’s, preparation to receive: 146, 147, 149
Chinese forces in: 33, 163
enemy air and naval actions: 152-53, 156
Hartley succeeds Wavell as CinC, India: 15, 26
Stilwell heads Chinese troops in: 155
Stilwell conference: 26
U.S. control of Calcutta-Assam LOC: 166-67, 171
U.S. troops for Bengal-Assam railway: 145
War Transport Department: 171
Wavell appointed Viceroy: 114
India-Burma Theater. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo; China; China-Burma-India Theater; China Theater; Chinese Army; South East Asia Command; Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Joseph W.; Sultan, Lt. Gen. Daniel I.; Wheeler, Lt. Gen. Raymond A.
activation: 310
air actions: 314, 342, 542
Air-Ground Supply Committee: 459
air support of China: 542
airborne operations: 345, 349, 354, 438, 441, 449, 507, 509, 520
airlift supply of China: 329, 342, 344, 355, 540
Allied planning conferences: 357, 362
base sections inactivated: 537
Central Burma Campaign: 387-550
enemy offensives. See Burma, fall of; Burma, recovery of.
India-Burma Campaign: 310-85
land supply route to China from: 372, 375, 379, 382, 385-86, 392. See also Burma Road; Ledo Road.
movement of forces to China: 435, 438, 441, 537, 539
NCAC and 14th Army link-up: 363
operations in Burma. See Burma, fall of; Burma, recovery of.
separation from CBI: 222-27, 230, 235, 266, 310
SOS reorganization: 537, 539
Sultan as commander: 310, 548
supply situation: 439, 449, 459
support of recovery of Canton-Hong Kong: 547, 549
Wheeler succeeds Sultan: 548
Indian Army units
Corps
3: 3-8, 11, 13-18, 21
4: 38, 91, 110, 145-46, 172, 179-80, 182-87, 189, 191, 202, 216, 230, 240, 263, 316, 331, 347, 350, 354, 356-57, 371-72, 374, 381, 385, 399, 402-03, 408-09, 412-14, 416-17, 425, 430, 439, 450, 459, 461, 463, 467, 475, 486, 488, 499, 503, 509, 511, 517-18, 523, 525, 529, 533, 541
15: 148, 161, 170-72, 175-80, 184, 240, 263, 290, 316, 327, 351, 353, 358, 362-63, 367, 372-73, 378, 380-81, 384, 387, 399, 404-06, 426, 437, 522, 525, 528, 530, 532-339, 536, 541-42
33: 183, 185-87, 202, 216, 223, 228, 230, 240, 243-449, 263, 274, 277, 295, 306, 317-18, 321, 325, 327, 343-44, 356, 360, 364, 367, 369, 371, 374-75, 381, 401-04, 412, 414, 416, 421, 426, 433, 435-36, 438, 442, 445-47, 450, 461, 463, 467, 490, 492, 505, 507, 509, 511, 522, 528, 537, 541
Divisions
2nd: 99, 183
3rd: 178-79, 183, 185-86, 189, 194, 197, 210-11, 216, 219, 226, 230, 234
4th: 6-8, 17-18, 20-21, 63, 100-101, 105, 107, 109, 169, 172-74, 180, 183, 207-10, 226, 230, 232-33, 255, 264, 274, 279, 282, 285, 287-94, 301, 306, 321
5th: 39-41, 43, 171-72, 175, 180-81, 183-85, 189, 230, 274, 277, 295, 306, 317-18, 321, 325, 439, 450, 461, 467, 488, 499, 503, 509, 511, 517, 541
7th: 148, 170-72, 175, 179, 185, 223, 381, 385, 402-03, 439, 450, 461, 467, 490, 509, 511, 541
8th: 137, 140, 145, 147, 150-53, 156, 191-93, 197-98, 202, 204, 206-07, 211-12, 219-20, 233-35, 238, 247-48, 255-56, 258, 264, 266-67, 269-72, 274, 279, 282, 285-89, 291-92, 297, 299-301, 305-09, 312, 317-18, 321-23, 325, 327, 334, 338, 346, 351, 354, 359, 361-63, 371-72, 402, 413, 430, 484, 486, 490, 509, 511, 513, 515-16
9th: 3-5, 7, 11-14, 16-18, 20
10th: 219-20, 222, 225, 230, 235, 247, 255, 259, 280, 292-302, 304, 306-17, 333, 335-39, 341-42, 347, 352-54, 401, 404, 434, 437, 495, 497, 513
11th: 3-13, 15-21
14th: 75, 78, 82, 103
17th: 5, 12-13, 15-16, 18, 22-28, 31, 33-34, 185-86, 189, 230, 408-09, 412-14, 416-17, 425, 430, 439, 450, 463, 467, 486, 488, 509, 517-18, 523, 525, 529, 533, 541
19th: 21, 316, 331, 354, 356-57, 360, 363, 369, 371, 374-75, 414, 426, 433, 435, 438,
445-46, 467, 475, 541
20th: 186, 189, 191, 344, 360, 371, 381, 401-04, 416, 421, 436, 445, 447, 450, 463, 467, 492, 505, 522, 528, 537, 541
23rd: 186, 189, 191, 263
24th: 358
25th: 351, 362, 367, 373, 378, 380, 387, 404-06, 426
26th: 98-99, 103, 109-10, 172, 307, 380, 436, 528, 530, 532-33, 537
Brigades
1st: 36
3rd Motorized: 39
6th: 7, 99, 103
6/15: 7, 10, 12
7th: 20
8th: 14, 17
9th: 40
10th: 40
12th: 5-7, 9-11
13th: 5, 28, 36
15th: 7
16th: 5, 12, 16-18, 23, 25, 28
18th: 44
22nd: 20
28th: 9-10
29th: 39, 41, 43, 54, 56, 304, 307, 311, 322, 338, 359
43rd: 430, 435, 499, 501
44th: 17
45th: 11, 14-17
46th: 15, 18, 23-25
47th: 78, 86, 90
48th: 21-22, 25
50th Parachute: 184, 528
55th: 90, 93, 98
63rd: 26-28, 31, 36
71st: 98-99
77th LRP (Chindits): 91, 93, 97, 99, 111, 170, 178-79, 181, 216, 219, 226
111th: 170, 178-79
123rd: 75, 78, 86, 98
161st: 46, 184-85
268th: 350, 467, 507, 541
Regiment, 44th Infantry: 21
Cavalry Squadron, 3rd: 11
Battalions
23rd Parachute: 530
Pioneer: 11
Company, 1st Independent: 11
Indian Navy. See Royal Indian Navy.
Indian Ocean, enemy naval operations in: 30-31
Indin: 78, 103
Indochina: 218, 336, 349
air and naval attacks on coast: 372
enemy cuts land route to: 541
enemy seizure: 390, 434
enemy withdrawal reported: 5
theater control definition: 10, 390
Infantry Battalions (Separate)
99th: 279
100th: 151, 171, 201. See also Infantry Regiments, 442nd.
Provisional (AAA troops); 549
Infantry Brigade, 53, 32nd Provisional: 304, 358, 364, 376-81, 390-92, 435, 438, 537 See also Task Forces, MARS.
Infantry Divisions
1st (16th, 18th, 26th): 64-66, 71-72, 75, 77-79, 81, 88-89, 91-109, 117-25, 127-28, 203-09, 222, 229-30, 237-44, 247-50, 256-57, 260-71, 273, 276, 280, 298-307, 320, 322, 327-36, 338-40, 342-43, 345-46, 353-60, 363, 375-80, 382-83, 385-94, 397, 402, 412, 414-15, 417-18, 420, 422, 424-25, 427, 429-33, 438-42, 444-45, 447-49, 451-52, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 476, 478-81, 483, 485, 487, 489, 491, 494-96, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 519, 521, 522, 524-528, 530, 532-33
2nd (9th, 23rd, 38th): 204, 206-09, 211, 222, 228-29, 231, 237-38, 242-51, 256, 261, 265, 270, 273, 275, 276, 288, 292, 350-51, 353, 355-57, 375-76, 387-95, 397, 401, 404, 407-08, 411, 419, 422, 424-27, 429, 431-33, 435, 437, 444, 447-49, 451-52, 454, 456, 458, 460, 463, 466, 468, 474, 476-77, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 489, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 514-15, 521, 528-29, 531
3rd (7th, 15th, 30th): 65-66, 108-09, 117, 119-22, 124-28, 136-41, 143-45, 147, 155, 158, 164-65, 167-68, 170, 173, 175-77, 194, 196-202, 210, 249-58, 260, 262, 264-65, 267-69, 272, 275, 277, 282-83, 285-87, 294-95, 297-98, 303, 306-10, 312-19, 321-22, 324, 332-38, 345, 360, 377, 379, 381-93, 395, 398, 403, 436, 439, 441-43, 445-46, 448, 453, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465-66, 475, 481, 483, 487, 490, 492, 498, 500, 502, 507-09, 513-14, 516, 518-21, 523, 528-29, 531
4th (8th, 12th, 22nd): 203-09, 213-19, 221-22, 225, 227-28, 230, 233, 236-37, 239-46, 248, 253-60, 263-65, 267, 269-70, 272-73, 275, 277, 280, 294, 297, 312, 319-20, 322-23, 326-32, 334-42, 346, 353-60, 362, 376-80, 382, 384, 386-401, 405, 417, 419-22, 424, 426-27, 429, 431-32, 434, 463, 465-66, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 488, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 503-05, 507, 509, 511, 513-14, 516, 518, 521, 523, 525-28, 530
5th (2nd, 10th, 11th): 227, 229-31, 235, 237-40, 242, 244-47, 250-58, 260, 265-69, 272-73, 275, 277-78, 280-87, 289, 293-97, 301, 316, 321-32, 334-38, 341-48, 351, 353-62, 376-86, 392, 396-407, 409-11, 413-14, 416-17, 419, 421-24, 426, 428-29, 431-32, 434-41, 443-49, 451-53, 455, 457, 459, 461, 472, 480, 483, 485, 487, 489, 491, 493, 496, 500, 510, 512, 515, 522, 524, 526, 528-29, 531-33
6th (1st, 20th, 63rd): 198, 200, 202, 206, 208, 210, 214, 230, 233, 238-40, 255, 301, 370-78, 380, 383-84, 388-91, 393-94, 396, 401-10, 412-14, 416-17, 419, 430-31, 433-40, 442-43, 445-46, 448-51, 453, 457, 460-61, 463-65, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 482, 486, 499, 501, 503, 505, 510-11, 513, 517, 520, 525, 530, 545-46, 548-50. See also Infantry Regiments, 1st, 2th, and 63rd.
7th (7th, 32nd, 184th): 102, 104, 109-12, 127, 160, 167-70, 307-17, 326, 333-37, 339-41, 344-47, 349-50, 352-54, 357, 374-75, 378-79, 382, 389, 391, 467-69, 471, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 506, 508, 510, 512-13, 515, 517, 519-20, 522, 524-25, 527, 529-30, 532-35, 540-48. See also Infantry Regiments, 17th, 32nd, and 184th.
8th (13th, 28th, 121st): 222, 226, 229-30, 237, 240-43, 245-49, 251, 256, 261, 265, 270, 273, 276, 279, 288, 292, 328, 330, 332, 334-39, 343-44, 346-47, 355, 358, 360-61, 363, 392-94, 397, 410-12, 414-16, 418, 420, 422, 424-25, 427, 429-30, 433, 438, 444-45, 447, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482-83, 485, 487, 489, 491, 493, 495-98, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514-15, 520, 522, 524, 526, 528
9th (39th, 47th, 60th): 64-65, 93-95, 98-109, 119-28, 207-22, 227-32, 236-37, 240-50, 253, 256-57, 260-61, 263-66, 268, 270-73, 275, 277-79, 281-82, 284, 287-90, 295-303, 311-12, 327-33, 335, 338, 341, 345-46, 349-51, 353-59, 387-93, 395, 397-99, 401, 404-05, 408, 411, 414-15, 417-18, 420, 422, 424-25, 427, 429, 431-33, 435-42, 444, 448-49, 451-52, 454, 456, 458, 460, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 478, 480, 483, 485, 487, 491, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 509, 510, 512, 514, 515
10th Mountain (85th, 86th, 87th): 362, 368, 370, 386, 405-10, 412, 417, 423, 425-26, 428, 433, 483, 495, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515-16, 518, 521, 525
24th (19th, 21st, 34th): 182, 186, 188, 209, 213, 302, 307-09, 311-28, 336-40, 342-44, 353, 359, 362-63, 365, 375-76, 378-79, 381, 383, 386, 388-89, 391, 393-95, 404,
406, 411-13, 416, 419, 421, 427-28, 431-34, 440, 446, 453, 497, 501, 503, 505-07, 510-11, 513, 515, 517, 519-20, 522-23, 525, 527, 529-44, 549-50. See also Infantry Regiments, 19th, 21st, and 34th.
25th: (27th, 35th, 161st): 59, 75, 81- 88, 91, 119, 121-30, 133-35, 139, 183, 301, 376-79, 381, 383, 385-86, 388-91, 393-94, 396, 398, 401-04, 406-07, 409-14, 416-17, 419, 421, 423, 426-28, 430-31, 433-35, 437-39, 441-43, 446-47, 449, 453, 455, 457, 460, 463, 465, 467, 469, 477, 479, 482, 484, 486, 488, 490, 493, 497, 501, 503, 505, 509-11, 513, 515, 517, 519-20, 522, 525, 527, 529-33, 535-42, 548. See also Infantry Regiments, 27th, 35th, and 161st.
26th: (101st, 104th, 328th): 295, 301, 308, 320-26, 329-31, 333-39, 342-50, 353, 357, 359-64, 366-67, 369-71, 373-74, 376, 379-80, 382-86, 396-400, 402-06, 410-11, 414, 416-17, 419, 426, 428, 430-31, 433, 437-40, 442-44, 446-53, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 467-68, 470, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 485, 487, 497, 522, 524, 526, 528-31, 533
27th (105th, 106th, 165th): 138, 142, 147-49, 162, 166, 174, 211-27, 484, 486, 488, 495, 497, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 515, 517, 519-20, 522, 525, 527, 531. See also Infantry Regiments, 105th, 106th, and 165th.
28th (109th, 110th, 112th): 235, 237, 240, 245-48, 252-54, 258-59, 263, 265, 267, 269-70, 272-73, 275, 277, 280, 294, 297-98, 305, 307, 311-12, 315, 317-20, 322, 325, 328, 330, 353-57, 359, 362-63, 366, 368-70, 376-77, 379, 381, 383, 386-87, 389-93, 395, 402, 407, 411, 422, 424-27, 429, 431-32, 440-42, 444, 448, 456, 460, 464, 478, 480, 485, 492, 514, 516
29th (115th, 116th, 175th): 203-14, 221-22, 228-33, 238, 243-50, 254, 256, 258-59, 261, 263, 265, 270, 273-76, 284, 290-91, 293-98, 302-04, 311, 327-34, 336-39, 341-43, 346-47, 354, 356, 358, 360, 392-93, 395, 410-12, 414-16, 418, 420, 422, 460, 466, 476, 478, 480, 489, 493, 497, 499, 502, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514-15, 517, 528, 530, 533
30th (117th, 119th, 120th): 210-11, 213, 222, 226-32, 236-39, 242-48, 252-54, 256-59, 265-71, 275-76, 278, 292-301, 304, 312, 323, 327-34, 338-39, 351-52, 354-62, 366, 368, 370-71, 373-82, 390-91, 395, 410-12, 414-16, 418, 420, 427, 450-52, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 466, 468, 470, 472, 476, 480, 484, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 502, 506, 510, 532-33
31st (154th, 155th, 167th): 188, 212-13, 223, 225, 230, 233, 249, 253, 261, 274, 276, 327, 331, 446, 453, 491, 511, 513, 515, 519-20, 522-23, 525, 527, 529-41, 548. See also Infantry Regiments, 155th and 167th.
32nd (126th, 127th, 128th): 38, 45, 53-60, 88, 155, 159, 174, 178, 182, 188, 190, 195, 229, 249, 276, 326-32, 334-35, 340-43, 345, 347, 349-52, 356-57, 359-65, 385, 387-89, 394-96, 398-401, 403, 409, 411-12, 419, 421, 426, 428, 430, 433, 435-36, 439, 449-50, 453, 457, 465, 467, 477, 479, 482, 484, 486, 488, 501, 505, 511, 525, 529, 539, 542, 549-50. See also Infantry Regiments, 126th, 127th, and 128th.
33rd (123rd, 130th, 136th): 261, 400-403, 406, 409, 419, 426, 430-31, 433, 435, 443, 445-47, 450, 455, 457, 469, 473, 479, 482, 484, 488, 490, 497, 501, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515, 517, 519-20, 522, 527, 529, 542-43, 547-48. See also Infantry Regiments, 123rd, 130th, and 136th.
34th (133rd, 135th, 168th): 64, 89-92, 94-95, 97-98, 100-109, 136, 138-47, 149-53, 155, 157, 160-73, 182, 184, 196-202, 204-06, 219-35, 237, 244, 264, 266-67, 269, 271, 274, 276-77, 290, 283-90, 292-94, 296-306, 309, 334, 368, 373, 402, 410, 428, 475, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 513, 515-16, 518, 521, 527
35th (134th, 137th, 320th): 224, 226, 228-33, 237-39, 241, 243-49, 251, 253-57, 259-61, 267-70, 272-73, 275, 277, 280-81, 283-85, 287-92, 298-300, 320-26, 329-31, 333-35, 342-52, 354-56, 358-59, 361-71, 373, 375, 381, 386-87, 389, 391-92, 394, 409, 412-16, 418, 420-21, 423, 425, 427-28, 430, 432-36, 452, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462-64, 466, 468, 472, 476, 482, 484, 487, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 508, 515, 517
36th (141st, 142nd, 143rd): 132-34, 136, 147, 151-55, 157, 160, 162-67, 169-72, 176, 191, 194, 196-202, 206-08, 210, 212, 215, 218-19, 249-62, 264-69, 272, 275, 277, 282-87, 303-15, 318-19, 322, 324, 328, 330, 332-47, 362, 365-67, 369, 374, 378, 389-93, 395-402, 408-10, 413, 439, 441-43, 445-48, 450-51, 459, 461, 514, 520-21, 523, 525, 527-28, 530-31
37th (129th, 145th, 148th): 116-17, 119-26, 130, 132, 145-48, 179, 180-83, 301, 370, 371-75, 378-81, 383-402, 410, 412, 416, 419, 423, 426, 450, 455, 457, 459-60, 477, 479, 481-82, 484, 486, 488, 490, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509-11, 513, 515, 517, 519-20, 522, 525, 527, 529-35, 538-39, 541-49. See also Infantry Regiments, 129th, 145th and 148th.
38th (149th, 151st, 152nd): 347, 349, 388, 390-91, 393-96, 398-99, 401-03, 405-06, 408, 413, 425, 434, 440, 443, 445, 449, 457, 475-76, 484, 488, 497, 499, 503, 505, 510, 517, 525, 527, 529-35, 538-42, 549. See also Infantry Regiments, 149th, 151st, and 152nd.
40th (108th, 160th, 185th): 183, 188, 190, 301, 370-75, 378-79, 381, 384-85, 388, 390, 395-96, 398-406, 408, 411-15, 417, 421, 441, 443-44, 448-50, 452-53, 460-61, 464-65, 467, 469, 471, 473, 476, 480, 484, 488, 493, 497, 501, 503, 506-08, 510, 519-20, 522, 527, 529, 533-36, 538-40. See also Infantry Regiments, 108th, 160th, and 185th.
41st (162nd, 163rd, 186th): 30, 32, 38, 45, 53, 78, 79, 91-92, 96, 98, 101-02, 113, 115-16, 120, 127-28, 131-32, 137, 179, 182, 186, 188, 197-98, 208-09, 213, 253, 405, 417, 420-21, 423, 425, 427-28, 430-32, 434, 436, 438, 440-42, 444-46, 452, 457, 462, 469, 478, 484, 499, 503, 512, 520, 531, 536, 547. See also Infantry Regiments, 162nd, 163rd, and 186th.
42nd (222nd, 232nd, 242nd): 349, 362, 366-68, 370-71, 376-77, 383, 385, 404, 439, 441-43, 445-46, 448, 453, 465-66, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 507-09, 512, 514, 516, 518-19, 521, 523
43rd (103rd, 169th, 172nd): 61, 93, 94, 113, 115-33, 135, 183, 234-35, 247, 249-50, 301, 370-86, 390, 401, 403, 405, 417, 421, 425, 428, 434-43, 446, 448-51, 453, 461, 463, 465, 467, 471, 473, 475-77, 482, 527, 530, 532-39, 543. See also Infantry Regiments, 103rd, 169th and 172nd.
44th (71st, 114th, 324th): 305, 309-11, 320, 325, 328, 331, 333, 335-36, 338, 340, 342-43, 345-51, 356, 362, 365-68, 370, 394, 403-04, 417, 439, 457, 459, 461, 463, 479, 481, 483, 485, 488, 500, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513-14, 516, 518, 520-21, 523, 525, 527-28, 530-32
45th (157th, 179th, 180th): 117-24, 128, 133-41, 143-47, 150-55, 157-59, 161, 168, 170-75, 196-202, 248-54, 256-61, 263-69, 271-72, 277-78, 280-87, 291-93, 303-10, 312, 315-17, 319, 321, 334-36, 340, 342-43, 345-49, 352, 354-55, 362, 365-69, 371-74, 376-79, 383, 404-05, 436, 439, 441-43, 445-48, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465-66, 468, 471, 481, 483, 487, 490, 492, 498, 500, 502, 504, 507, 512, 514, 516, 518-19, 521, 523
63rd (253rd, 254th 255th): 349, 362, 364-65, 389, 394, 398, 403-06, 412, 417, 423-24, 426, 439, 441-43, 445-47, 455, 459, 461, 463, 465-66, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485-86, 488, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 503-05, 507, 509, 511, 513-14, 516, 518, 520-21
65th (259th, 260th, 261st): 419, 426, 428, 430, 433, 437-38, 442-47, 461, 463, 465, 467-68, 470, 472-73, 475, 477, 479, 481, 485, 487, 492, 496, 500, 504, 506-08, 510, 512, 514, 516-17, 519, 521, 526, 528-30, 532-34
66th (262nd, 263rd, 264th): 365, 464, 498
68th (271st, 272nd, 273rd): 394-95, 400, 402, 415, 417, 419, 422, 424, 426-27, 429, 431, 447, 449, 454, 456, 458, 460, 463, 466, 470, 474-75, 477, 479, 481, 485, 487, 489, 492, 494, 496, 498, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514-15, 517, 521, 524
70th (274th, 275th, 276th): 357, 362, 365-67, 369-70, 373-74, 376, 383-88, 391, 397-98, 404-10, 417, 423-24, 426, 428, 437-39, 445-47, 504, 507
71st (5th, 14th, 66th): 433, 443, 448, 453, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467-70, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 485, 487, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514, 516-19, 521-22, 524, 526, 528-30, 532-34
75th (288th, 280th, 291st): 348, 358-60, 363-64, 366-67, 371, 374-82, 386, 388-93, 395-96, 400, 404, 418, 428, 433, 435-36, 451, 454, 456, 462-64, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486-87, 489, 491, 493, 495, 499, 510, 512, 515
76th (304th, 385th, 417th): 384, 392, 396-411, 413-14, 416-17, 419, 421-22, 424, 426, 428-29, 431-32, 434-40, 443-45, 447, 454, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467, 470, 472, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 502, 514-15
77th (305th, 306th, 307th): 222, 225, 234-36, 238-46, 314, 322, 329, 331, 335, 338, 344-65, 391, 456-58, 460, 462, 465, 469, 488, 499, 501, 503-04, 506, 508, 510, 519-20, 524-25, 527, 529-30, 532-40, 542-43. See also Infantry Regiments, 305th, 306th, and 307th.
78th (308th, 310th, 311th): 351-53, 355, 358, 370-71, 385, 387-95, 397-402, 417-18, 420, 422, 424, 426-27, 429, 431-33, 435-42, 444-49, 451-52, 454, 456-58, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 476, 478, 480, 482-83, 487, 489, 491, 493, 495-97, 500, 502, 504
79th (313th, 314th, 315th): 210, 213-20, 222-24, 226, 230, 237-38, 240-43, 245, 248, 250-54, 257-59, 262, 266-70, 272-73, 277-78, 280-81, 283-84, 290-95, 299, 302-03, 305, 309-10, 320, 325-26, 328-29, 331, 336, 340, 342, 345-54, 362, 365-66, 368-73, 376-81, 383-84, 393, 396, 404, 409, 418, 428, 450-52, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 466, 476, 478 480, 482, 484-85, 487, 489, 491, 493, 497, 504, 515
80th (317th, 318th, 318th): 245, 247-48, 250-53, 256-61, 263-70, 272-73, 275, 277-78, 281, 283-86, 288, 292-94, 298-99, 316, 320-29, 331-32, 336-40, 342-44, 346, 356-57, 359-63, 368, 371, 377, 379-86, 392, 396-411, 413-14, 416-17, 419, 421-22, 424, 426, 428, 434-35, 437-40, 442-44, 446-48, 453, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467-68, 470, 472, 474-75, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 502, 504, 508, 521-22, 524, 526, 528-33
81st (321st, 322nd, 323rd): 240, 259, 278-79, 285-88, 303, 305, 307, 317, 338-39, 342, 365, 367. See also Infantry Regiments, 321st, 322nd, and 323rd.
83rd (329th, 330th, 331st): 219, 222, 224-25, 227-28, 230, 237, 240-50, 257, 260-61, 267, 274, 282, 287, 292, 294-95, 297, 300, 320, 323, 343, 346, 349, 353-55, 358-64, 366, 370-76, 378-79, 390, 410, 412, 415, 418, 420, 422, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 484, 486-87, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 521, 533
84th (333rd, 334th, 335th): 320, 323, 329-34, 340, 342, 353, 355-56, 358-62, 365-66, 368-71, 373-74, 379-82, 390-91, 395, 409-12, 414-16, 418, 420-23, 425, 429-30, 433, 466, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 483-84, 486, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 502, 508, 510, 514-15, 517, 528
85th (337th, 338th, 339th): 180, 186, 191-202, 205, 240, 250-52, 257, 271-74, 276-77, 280, 282-90, 292-307, 309-10, 312, 318, 321, 334, 359, 369, 370, 377, 434, 437, 443, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515-16, 518, 525, 527
86th (341st, 342nd, 343rd): 449, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 474, 478, 480, 482-83, 485, 487, 489, 491, 493, 496-98, 500, 502, 507, 509, 512, 514, 516, 518-19, 521, 523-24, 526, 528
87th (345th, 346th, 347th): 347-50, 352, 354-55, 363-65, 367-73, 376-77, 382, 384-91, 393-95, 397-400, 401-12, 414, 416-17, 419-22, 424, 426-27, 429, 431-32, 438-42, 444, 449, 452, 454, 457, 459-60, 463, 473, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 489-90, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500
88th (349th, 350th, 351st): 171, 176, 191-202, 205, 226-36, 240, 252-53, 261, 264, 282-307, 309-12, 318, 321, 334, 373, 383, 428, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 509, 511, 513, 515-16, 518, 521, 527, 531
89th: (353rd, 354th, 355th): 423, 432, 435-41, 443-44, 446-49, 451, 454, 457, 459, 461, 463, 470, 472-73, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502
90th (357th, 358th, 359th): 203, 206-13, 222-24, 226, 228, 230, 234, 237, 240, 243-44, 248, 250-53, 256-57, 264-70, 272-73, 275, 277, 288-89, 293-94, 296-97, 299, 301, 307, 312-15, 320-30, 332, 334-38, 340-42, 345-52, 355, 359, 362, 369-77, 379-90, 392-94, 396-400, 405-09, 411-12, 414, 421-22, 424, 426-29, 431-32, 434-45, 447-51, 453, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465, 467-68, 470, 472-73, 475, 477, 481, 485, 487, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514-19, 522, 524, 526, 528-29, 531-33
91st (361st, 362nd, 363rd): 201, 206, 208, 215, 223-26, 228-36, 240, 251, 267, 268, 271-72, 274-77, 278-80, 282-90, 292-306, 309, 311-12, 334, 383, 402, 443, 475, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 513, 515-16, 518, 523, 525
92nd (365th, 370th, 371st): 225, 244, 255, 282, 287-91, 295-301, 305, 309, 315, 359, 361-62, 368, 371, 392, 394, 397, 401, 412, 471, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 486, 488, 490, 492, 494, 501, 505, 515-16, 520-21, 525, 527. See also Infantry Regiments, 370th and 371st.
93rd (25th, 368th, 369th): 183-84, 491, 549
94th (301st, 302nd, 376th): 267, 270, 274, 298, 365, 369, 374-75, 377-86, 388-90, 396-400, 403-11, 413-14, 417, 419, 421, 423-24, 426,
428, 430-35, 437-40, 442-44, 446-49, 450-51, 453, 461, 471, 502
95th (377th, 378th, 379th): 316, 320-26, 328-32, 334-57, 362, 374, 379, 382, 384, 386, 391, 402, 418, 422-25, 454, 462, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484-85, 487, 489, 491, 493, 504, 512, 515, 526, 533
96th (381st, 382nd, 383rd): 307-23, 374, 388, 467-69, 471-72, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 491, 495, 506, 508, 510, 512-13, 515, 517, 519-20, 522, 524-25, 535-48 See also Infantry Regiments, 381st, 382nd and 383rd.
97th (303rd, 386th, 387th): 466, 470, 472-74, 476, 478, 480, 482-83, 485, 487, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514, 516-17, 519, 521-22, 524, 526, 528-29, 532-33
99th (393rd, 394th, 395th): 351, 353-58, 387-94, 397, 400, 402, 406-07, 415-16, 418, 420, 422, 424-25, 427, 430, 432-33, 435-42, 444-45, 447-49, 451-52, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 470, 472, 474, 478, 480, 483, 485, 487, 489, 491, 493-94, 496, 498, 500-501, 508-09, 512, 514, 516, 518-19, 521-22, 524, 526, 528
100th (397th, 398th, 399th): 307, 316-17, 319, 321, 324-26, 328-33, 335, 337-38, 343, 345-46, 352, 357, 362, 365-66, 369-70, 398, 403-04, 417, 439, 441, 443, 448, 453, 465-66, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 488, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513-14, 516
102nd (405th, 406th, 407th): 312, 320, 323, 330, 332-33, 340-43, 356, 384, 394-95, 409-12, 414-16, 418, 420, 422-23, 464, 470-72, 474, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 502, 515, 517
103rd (409th, 410th, 411th): 307, 321-22, 324, 326, 328, 332-38, 340-46, 349, 351-52, 354, 362, 373-74, 376, 378, 381-85, 393, 406, 439, 441-43, 445-48, 450, 459, 461, 505, 509, 511, 513-14, 516, 518, 520-21, 523, 525, 527-28, 530-31
104th (413th, 414th, 415th): 303, 309, 311-13, 315, 317-20, 322, 327-45, 349-51, 355, 358, 360, 393, 410-12, 414-16, 418, 420, 422, 424-25, 427, 429-31, 433, 438, 440, 444, 447-49, 451-52, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 489, 491, 494, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 517, 522, 524
106th (422nd, 423rd, 424th): 350, 353-57, 359, 361, 363, 370-76, 383-84, 393-94, 397-98, 426-27, 429, 433-34, 499
Americal (132nd, 164th, 182nd): 29, 39, 58-59, 63, 66, 68, 71, 74, 81-83, 85, 89-91, 156-57, 159, 161-62, 179-80, 183-84, 388, 391, 399-400, 403, 406-07, 412, 415, 417, 421, 423, 428, 430, 433, 436, 449-50, 455, 457, 460-62, 464-65, 467, 469, 471, 474, 476, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 490-91, 493, 497, 499, 501, 506-07, 510, 512-13, 515, 517, 519-20, 522-23, 525, 527, 529-34, 542, 548. See also Infantry Regiments, 132nd, 164th, and 182nd.
Composite Army-Marine: 85-89
Philippine (31st, 45th, 57th): 12-13, 15-19, 22, 31-32. See also Infantry Regiments, 31st (Philippine Scouts), 45th (Philippine Scouts), and 57th (Philippine Scouts).
Infantry Regiments
1st: 213, 217-18, 222, 239-40, 377-78, 388, 391-94, 401, 403, 405-08, 413-14, 416-17, 431, 434-35, 438, 442-43, 445, 448-51, 453, 455, 457, 460-61, 463, 465, 469, 471, 499, 501, 503, 510, 517. See also Infantry Divisions, 6th.
4th: 111-12
17th: 109-12, 127, 167, 169-70, 307, 309-15, 317, 334, 339, 345, 468-69, 510, 513, 517, 519-20, 522, 524-25, 527, 529-30, 533-35, 543-45, 547. See also Infantry Divisions, 7th.
19th: 188, 302, 308-16, 320-25, 327-29, 353, 364, 368, 376, 379, 386, 411, 416, 427, 433, 436, 440, 503, 506-07, 510-11, 513, 523, 525, 527, 529-31, 534-44. See also Infantry Divisions, 24th.
20th: 208, 210, 213-19, 233, 238, 253, 377-78, 388-90, 393-94, 396, 410, 412-14, 436, 438, 442-43, 445, 449-51, 453, 455, 457, 460-61, 463-64, 469, 473, 477, 503, 546, 548. See also Infantry Divisions, 6th.
21st: 188-89, 302, 307, 315-16, 319-25, 327-28, 364-65, 367-68, 373, 375, 378, 381, 383, 388-89, 419, 428, 431-32, 434, 497, 501, 503, 506, 525, 527, 529, 531, 534-41. See also Infantry Divisions, 24th.
24th: 183
25th: 183. See also Infantry Divisions, 93rd.
27th: 81, 83-88, 124, 126, 128-29, 133-36, 139, 377, 379, 381, 385-86, 390-91, 401, 410-13, 416, 428, 430, 434, 435, 439, 441-42, 447-48, 453, 460, 463, 465, 467, 484, 486, 490, 493, 497, 503, 505, 509-11, 515, 517, 520, 522, 531-32, 535-38, 540-41. See also Infantry Divisions, 25th.
31st: 12, 15-16, 19, 31-32. See also Infantry Divisions, Philippine.
32nd: 104, 109-12, 167-69, 307-17, 326, 333, 335-37, 339, 345, 352-55, 357, 468-69, 471, 478, 482, 484, 486, 488, 506, 510, 512-13, 522, 524-25, 527, 540-45, 547. See also Infantry Divisions, 7th.
34th: 188, 209, 213-14, 219-21, 307-16, 318-19, 322-32, 334, 336-40, 342-44, 359, 362-63, 388, 391, 393-95, 404-06, 411-13, 415, 421, 506-07, 510-11, 513, 515, 517, 519-20, 522-23, 529, 532-41, 550. See also Infantry Divisions, 24th.
35th: 75, 82-88, 124, 126-27, 130, 134, 386, 390-91, 393-94, 396, 398, 401, 406, 409-10, 412-14, 416-17, 421, 423, 428, 430-31, 433-36, 439, 441, 449, 453, 460, 463, 469, 482, 488, 490, 497, 505, 509, 513, 520, 522, 536. See also Infantry Divisions, 25th.
45th (Philippine Scouts): 15, 16, 19-21, 31-32. See also Infantry Divisions, Philippine.
53rd: 127
57th (Philippine Scouts): 14-15, 18-23, 32. See also Infantry Divisions, Philippine.
63rd: 218-20, 224-25, 227, 239, 373-75, 377-78, 380, 383-84, 391, 393, 412-14, 416-17, 431-42, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 482, 486, 501, 510, 548. See also Infantry Divisions, 6th.
87th: 127
103rd: 93-94, 114, 116, 119, 122-24, 135, 247, 250, 371-72, 374-80, 382-84, 436-38, 440-43, 445-46, 448-51, 453, 463, 465, 467, 471, 473, 475, 477, 533. See also Infantry Divisions, 43rd.
105th: 148, 212-21, 223-26, 486, 506, 508, 519. See also Infantry Divisions, 27th.
106th: 166, 174-75, 211, 213-14, 217-21, 223-24, 226, 504, 506, 508. See also Infantry Divisions, 27th.
108th: 371, 379, 382, 384-85, 388, 390, 398-99, 401-04, 411, 415, 450, 471, 480, 520, 529, 535-37, 539-40. See also Infantry Divisions, 40th.
111th: 167
123rd: 262, 433, 482, 484, 505, 513, 517, 519, 527, 542-43, 547-48. See also Infantry Divisions, 33rd.
124th: 223, 225, 229-35, 239-40, 242, 249, 274, 276, 515, 519-20, 522-23, 525, 527, 529-31, 533-38
125th: 276
126th: 54-58, 60-62, 65-77, 83, 87, 155, 159, 174, 178, 190, 199, 200, 202, 205, 249, 277, 344, 347, 352, 355-57, 388, 403, 477, 479, 505, 539, 542. See also Infantry Divisions, 32nd.
127th: 56, 70, 72-79, 81-83, 85-87, 188-90, 192, 195, 199, 202, 216, 221, 229-30, 232-36, 238-41, 248, 352, 355-57, 359-61, 363, 394, 396, 398-401, 403, 409, 411-12, 419, 421, 428, 430, 433, 435-36, 439, 449-50, 453, 505. See also Infantry Divisions, 32nd.
128th: 56, 59, 63-64, 67-70, 72, 75-78, 81, 161, 163, 205, 214, 221, 228-30, 240, 244, 250, 327-35, 339-40, 342-43, 350, 356, 360, 363, 436, 438, 449-50, 453, 457, 465, 467, 477, 479, 486, 505, 542. See also Infantry Divisions, 32nd.
129th: 146, 179-82, 371, 374-75, 378, 386, 388, 390-91, 397-98, 400, 410, 416, 450, 455, 457, 459-60, 469, 473, 477, 479, 482, 484, 486, 488, 490, 493, 495, 511, 513, 515, 517, 519, 542-46, 548-49. See also Infantry Divisions, 37th.
130th: 428, 430-31, 433, 443, 447, 455, 457, 484, 490, 497, 501, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515, 517, 519. See also Infantry Divisions, 33rd.
132nd: 73, 75-79, 81-83, 89-91, 161, 180, 421, 423, 428, 436, 455, 457, 460-61, 469, 471, 480, 482, 486, 490, 493, 506-07, 513. See also Infantry Divisions, Americal.
136th: 433, 482, 527. See also Infantry Divisions, 33rd.
138th: 388
145th: 116-17, 119, 121-24, 130, 147, 179-80, 372, 383-86, 389-90, 410, 416, 419, 503, 505, 507, 510, 511, 513, 517, 520, 525, 527, 529-35, 538-39, 541, 543-46. See also Infantry Divisions, 37th.
147th: 58, 60, 63, 71, 81-87, 89-91, 186, 446, 456, 474
148th: 116-17, 120-24, 126, 145-46, 179-80, 371, 378, 385-86, 388, 390, 392-93, 396, 400, 416, 484, 495, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 527, 545-48. See also Infantry Divisions, 37th.
149th: 347, 349, 388, 390-91, 394-96, 398, 402-03, 405-06, 497, 533-34, 538-42. See also Infantry Divisions, 38th.
151st: 388, 394-96, 401, 403, 405-06, 408, 413, 445, 457, 475-76, 493, 499, 541. See also Infantry Divisions, 38th.
152nd: 388, 390-91, 395-96, 402, 449, 497, 510, 517, 525, 529-32, 534-35, 538-40. See also Infantry Divisions, 38th.
155th: 274, 533, 535-37, 539-40. See also Infantry Divisions, 31st.
158th: 114, 157, 162-63, 195-99, 202, 205-06, 209-10, 216, 223-25, 229, 257, 264, 301, 372-75, 377-78, 380, 383-85, 390, 401-03, 425-26, 428, 430-31, 434-37, 440-43, 445-46, 448, 452, 467, 469, 471, 473, 477, 479, 481, 484, 486, 488, 490, 492, 495, 497, 499, 503, 505, 511, 520, 523, 527, 529-30, 535, 546
159th: 127
160th: 371, 374-75, 378-80, 382-86, 388, 395, 398-400, 403, 406, 412-13, 443, 448, 464-65, 467, 469, 471, 473, 476, 484, 486, 493, 501, 503, 506, 508, 510, 519, 522, 527, 536, 538, 540. See also Infantry Divisions, 40th.
161st: 82, 85-88, 91, 121-24, 126, 377-79, 381, 383, 385-86, 391, 393, 401, 404, 406-07, 409, 413, 428, 430, 433-35, 437-38, 446-47, 455, 457, 482, 488, 513, 517, 519, 527, 529-31, 533, 535-36. See also Infantry Divisions, 25th.
162nd: 30, 91, 95-96, 98, 101, 113, 115-16, 120, 127-28, 131-32, 137, 188-89, 198-202, 204-18, 220-21, 244, 249, 436, 438, 441-42, 444-46, 452, 520, 531, 536. See also Infantry Divisions, 41st.
163rd: 32, 78-79, 81-87, 90, 92, 96, 188-90, 193-200, 205, 208, 214-15, 217, 223, 226, 228-29, 235, 241, 244, 249, 436, 438, 440, 442, 462, 469, 484, 499, 512, 547. See also Infantry Divisions, 41st.
164th: 58-59, 61, 63-66, 68-69, 156, 450, 471, 476, 484, 486, 488, 490-91, 493, 497, 501, 506-07, 510, 513, 515, 517, 519, 520, 522-23, 525, 527, 529-34, 542, 548. See also Infantry Divisions, Americal.
165th: 147-49, 212-21, 223-27, 508, 519, 525. See also Infantry Divisions, 27th.
167th: 274, 511, 535, 537-38, 541, 548. See also Infantry Divisions, 31st.
169th: 93, 115-21, 123-24, 126-28, 132, 134-35, 234-35, 239-40, 242, 250, 371-75, 377-79, 381-84, 405, 434, 449, 471, 530. See also Infantry Divisions, 43rd.
172nd: 61, 94, 115-19, 122-24, 128-36, 250, 371-75, 380, 382-85, 438, 440-42, 445-46, 448, 463, 467, 533. See also Infantry Divisions, 43rd
182nd: 29, 63, 66, 68-69, 74, 83, 85-89, 159, 179-80, 388, 403, 406, 417, 421, 455, 457, 460-62, 464, 467, 469, 474, 482, 486, 490, 493, 512-13. See also Infantry Divisions, Americal.
184th: 127, 167-70, 307-10, 312, 336, 339-41, 344-45, 347, 352, 374, 378, 469, 471, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 510, 527, 529, 534-35, 540-44, 547. See also Infantry Divisions, 7th.
185th: 371-73, 390, 396, 398-99, 401, 403, 411, 413, 443, 445-46, 449-50, 453, 461, 464-65, 467, 469, 471, 473, 484, 493, 501, 503, 508, 519, 522, 527, 529, 533-34, 536, 540. See also Infantry Divisions, 40th.
186th: 188-89, 198-202, 200-05, 207-18, 221, 251, 405, 417, 420-21, 423, 425, 427-28, 430, 432, 442, 445, 452, 457, 484, 503, 512. See also Infantry Divisions, 41st.
305th: 234-36, 238, 241, 243-45, 347, 349-50, 352, 354-56, 359-64, 456-57, 460, 462, 499, 501, 503-06, 508, 535-40, 543. See also Infantry Divisions, 7th.
306th: 235-36, 243-45, 338, 348-50, 352, 354-59, 456-58, 460, 462, 499, 501, 504, 508, 532-33, 536-38, 540. See also Infantry Divisions, 77th.
307th: 238, 241, 244-45, 347-50, 352, 354-58, 456, 458, 501, 503, 506, 508, 524, 527, 529-30, 532-34, 538-40. See also Infantry Divisions, 7th.
321st: 278-279, 281-82, 286, 288-91, 293, 301-03, 305-06, 311-12, 365, 367. See also Infantry Divisions, 81st.
322nd: 278-79, 281-83, 285-86, 288-91, 293, 297, 302. See also Infantry Divisions, 81st.
323rd: 278, 283, 285, 287, 305, 311-12, 317. See also Infantry Divisions, 81st.
366th: 318, 459
368th: 549. See also Infantry Divisions, 93rd.
370th: 481. See also Infantry Divisions, 92nd.
371st: 483, 518. See also Infantry Divisions, 92nd.
381st: 312-14, 388, 471-72, 486, 506, 519, 522, 524, 538-40, 544-47. See also Infantry Divisions, 96th.
382nd: 307-14, 317-23, 349, 471-72, 476, 478, 480, 482, 506, 512, 535-41, 546. See also Infantry Divisions, 96th.
383rd: 307-15, 472, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 495, 512, 519, 524, 535-41, 545-46. See also Infantry Divisions, 96th.
442nd: 219, 221, 223-24, 227-34, 244, 252, 261, 303, 314-15, 339, 451, 471, 475, 477, 479, 488. See also Infantry Battalions (Separate), 100th.
473rd: 374, 412, 471, 479, 481, 488, 501, 525
475th: 304, 327, 346, 348-49, 351-53, 364, 366, 369, 391-92, 509. See also Merrill’s Marauders; Provisional Unit, 5307th
Ingeldorf: 377
Ingelfelden: 483
Ingelfingen: 488
Ingendorf: 413
Inglange: 323-25, 327
Ingolstadt: 518-19
Ingulets River: 151
Inkangahtawng: 181-83, 186, 190
Inn River: 526, 528-29, 531
Innsbruck: 523-25, 527-31
Inonda: 67
Inowroclaw: 381
Inrath: 420
Insoemanai Island: 194
Insoemoar Island: 194-95
Insterburg: 309, 381-82
Inter-American Defense Board meeting: 30-31
INTERLUDE: 263. See also Morotai Island.
International Settlement (Shanghai): 4
Intramuros (Manila): 402, 405-07, 409-10, 412, 419
Intrepid: 499
Ionian islands: 137, 261, 292, 301
Ioribaiwa Ridge: 54-57
Ipel River: 353
Iphofen: 477
Ipil, Leyte: 347-48, 350
Ipil, Luzon: 546
Ipo: 450, 471, 490, 527, 530, 532-36, 539, 543
Ipo Dam: 479, 522, 537-38
Ipoh: 4-5, 7, 9
Ippenscheid: 443
Ippesheim: 441, 475
Ipsheim: 494
Iran. See also Persian Gulf Command; Persian Gulf Service Command.
AAF takes over Abadan base: 102
construction projects: 24
contract activities militarized: 29
included in USAFIME: 41
lend-lease agreements: 28
MEF alerted for defense of: 38
military aid to USSR through: 141. See also Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.
military mission to: 8, 32, 74
mission relieved of responsibility for India: 31
part of PGSC: 52
Shingler heads mission to: 31
Tehran Conference: 150-51
transfer to MEC: 12, 15
treaty with U.K. and USSR: 20
Wheeler heads mission to: 26
Iran-Iraq Service Command: 42, 49
Iraq
Axis powers, declares war on: 85
British forces become Tenth Army: 12
dock construction: 31, 495
Khorramshahr, U.S. takes over: 82
and Middle East commands: 12, 15, 41, 52
military mission to: 74
Iratag: 421, 427
Iriga: 495
Irisan River: 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 513
Irmgarteichen: 462
Irnich: 426
Iron Gate (Gorge): 264, 291
Irrawaddy River and Valley: 28-31, 33-35, 97, 99, 194, 210, 230, 304, 318, 348-49, 359, 372, 374-75, 381-82, 401-04, 412, 416, 421, 442, 467, 505
Irrel: 414, 416
Irresheim: 415
Irrhausen: 408
Irsen Creek: 270
Irsch: 411, 413-14, 416-17
Irsen River: 410
Irving, Maj. Gen. Frederick A.: 412
Irwin, Lt. Gen. N. M. S. (British.): 75, 111
Isa: 472
Isabella: 302
Isar River: 519, 521-28
Isely Field: 213
Isely, Comdr. Robert H. (USN): 213
Isenbruch: 378
Iserlohn: 496, 498
Isernia: 138, 140, 142-44
I-shan: 545-46
Ishikawa Isthmus: 471, 474, 476, 478
Ishimmi: 469, 536
Ishimmi Ridge: 538-39
Isigny: 204-06, 209
Ising: 540
Island Command, Ie Shima: 519
Islands Area (British.): 53, 59
Isley Field. See Isely Field.
Iso: 508
Issel Canal: 452
Issel River: 450, 453, 456, 474, 486, 488
Isselburg: 453, 456, 458
Issum: 423, 425
Isurava: 49-50, 52
Italian Army units
Armies
First: 94
Eighth: 75
German-Italian Panzer: 88, 94
Corps, Liberation: 198, 251, 254-55
Division, Utili: 251
Brigade, 28th Garibaldi: 421, 473
Groups
1st Motorized: 143, 152-54, 172, 227
Cremona: 338, 402, 421, 423, 425, 516
Folgore: 404, 413, 419, 495
Friuli: 402, 435, 484
Legnano: 443, 497, 505, 507, 509, 525
Italian Navy, surrender of: 133
Italy
Allied air and naval actions in: 115-16, 119-21, 127-32, 134, 140-41, 143, 151, 153-54, 163-64, 166-67, 171-74, 177, 180, 192, 197
Allied airborne operations in: 131-32, 134, 195-96
Allied armored actions in: 132-33, 160, 165-66, 169, 173, 192-94
Allied operations on mainland: 112, 129, 131-534
as Allied shuttle base for bombing Germany: 139, 175, 201, 207, 219, 237, 244-45, 271
Anzio Campaign: 164-96
Apennines, operations in: 243-507, 523
Brazil declares war on: 51
CCS plans for invasion of: 120, 122, 127-29
Chile breaks with: 86
China declares war on: 4
declares war on Germany: 140
declares war on U.S.: 4
effect of southern France operations on: 171, 176, 182, 222
employment of artificial moonlight in: 276, 304
fall of Mussolini: 122
first daylight raid from Britain on: 61
first attack by IX Bomber Command on: 72
included in NATO: 91
Iraq declares war on: 85
meetings of Allied forces in: 525, 527, 530-31
Naples-Foggia Campaign: 128-63
North Apennines Campaign: 267, 473
plans for invasion of: 84, 87, 109-20, 113, 115, 120-22, 124, 126-30
Rome-Arno Campaign: 164-267
Rome declared open city: 127
Sicily Campaign: 110-28
surrender negotiations: 120, 124, 128, 131-32, 137-38
surrender of German forces in: 523, 528
Valley Campaign: 475-534
Vietinghoff replaces Kesselring: 450
winter lull: 370-91
Item Pocket: 508, 510, 512, 515, 517, 519-20
Itni River: 163, 173
Itoman: 544-45
Itomi: 486, 495, 504
Itri: 193-95
Ittelkyll: 417
Ivan (Mellu) Island: 167
Iveldingen: 376, 378
Iversheim: 427
Iwa: 543
Iwahig River: 417
Iwo Jima Campaign: 211, 224, 297, 299, 303, 323, 337, 348, 363-456, 474
air and naval actions in: 211, 224, 268, 294, 323, 348, 360, 363, 368, 370, 383, 404-08, 411-12, 415, 428, 432, 437-38, 440
airfields seized: 407-09, 411-18, 420-21, 423, 428, 437, 441, 456
armor support in: 407-08, 421, 437, 449
casualty summary: 456
departure of naval elements: 430, 432-33, 440
first B-29 lands: 425
garrison force assumes control: 430, 446, 455-56
supported by raids on Japan, 370, 405-06, 413
underwater demolition teams: 405
Jackerath: 415
Jacob (Ennuebing) Island: 167
Jacob Pass: 167
Jaegerhaus: 300
Jaegersburger Wald: 455
Jagst River: 466, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481
Jagstberg: 485
Jagstfeld: 477, 481, 483, 488
Jagstzell: 509
Jakobwuellesheim: 414
Jallaucourt: 290, 292, 320
Jaluit Atoll: 21, 166, 174
Jalup: 190
Jamandilai Peninsula: 176
Jambu Bum: 180-82
Jane Hill (Okinawa): 540, 542
Jangkena: 188
Janpan: 181-82, 184
Janville: 251
Japan
air offensive against: 146-47, 149-50, 165, 187, 189, 202, 204-05, 211, 226, 336, 349, 351, 355, 370, 405-06, 413, 425, 433, 444-45, 458, 462, 497, 499, 547-50
atomic bomb used in: 550
B-29 assaults begin: 211, 226
China as base for: 189, 202, 204-05, 211, 349, 351, 355
first attack on Japan: 34
Marianas as base for: 227, 336, 376, 458, 550
Allied naval attacks in home areas: 462, 549-50
Argentina breaks with: 165
British declare war on: 3
Chile breaks with: 86
China declares war on: 4
high tide of Asia invasion: 349
preparations for invasion of: 188, 204, 209, 274, 398, 541, 549-50
Iraq declares war on: 85
JCS decision on defensive: 29
Koiso succeeds Tojo: 233
MacArthur recommends offensive against: 37
occupation of: 546, 550-51
Soviet forces against: 151, 398, 550
strategic plans for defeat of: 112, 126, 129-30, 132, 135, 139, 147, 152, 204, 224, 230, 235-237, 274, 294, 299, 398, 541
surrender negotiations: 550-51
Suzuki succeeds Koiso: 476
Tojo succeeds Togo: 53, 233
U.S. declares war on: 3
USSR declares war on: 475, 550
Japanese Army units
Armies
8th: 67
11th: 105, 152, 259, 339, 344
14th: 7, 26
15th: 38
16th: 26
17th: 50, 59, 63, 67, 91
18th: 67, 223, 256
23rd: 266
25th: 3-4
28th: 533
32nd: 547-48
35th: 356
Burma Area: 532-33
French Indochina Garrison: 349
Southern: 160-61
Divisions
15th: 180
18th: 38, 180
31st: 180
33rd: 38
55th: 38
56th: 38
Japanese Navy
Carrier Striking Forces leaves for Midway: 39
Combined Fleet: 36
Fourth Fleet: 17, 28
Hawaii losses: 3
Special Naval Landing Force: 8
Japanese-American troops. See Infantry Battalions (Separate), 100th; Infantry Regiments, 442nd.
Japtan Island: 174
Jarman, Maj. Gen. Sanderford: 218
Jarmin Pass: 109-11
Jarny: 285
Jaro, Leyte: 314-16, 328
Jaro, Panay: 445-46
Jaroslaw: 238
Jarvis: 48
Jaszbereny: 326
Jaufeta Bay: 188
Jaure: 56-58, 60-62
Java
ABDA conference at Lembang: 13
Allied attacks on: 193,
Allied naval losses: 26-27
fall of: 18, 21, 24-28
Wavell leaves for India: 26
Java (Dutch): 26
Java Sea, Battle of: 26
Javron: 248
Jeandelincourt: 298
Jeanménil: 314
Jebsheim: 384-87
Jefna: 95-96, 106-07
Jelgava: 239
Jemaluang: 15, 17
Jemelle: 265
Jena: 487, 489-90, 492, 494, 522
Jenneville: 365
Jerantut: 12
Jesselton: 13
Jessnitz: 500, 501, 506
Jestrow: 388
Jet aircraft, introduction of: 438
Jevigne: 367
Jewish Brigade: 430, 453, 484, 495
Jitra: 5
Joganville: 206
Jogjakarta: 26
Johnson, Maj. Gen. Davenport: 133
Johore, fall of: 8, 12-15, 17-18
Johore Bahru: 19
Joint Chiefs of Staff. See also Arnold, Gen. Henry H.; British Chiefs of Staff; Combined Chiefs of Staff; King, Adm. Ernest J.; Marshall, Gen. George C.
approve liquidation of SOPAC: 183
approve plan for invasion of Japan: 541
approve plans for Aleutians: 76, 100, 112, 139
ARCADIA Conference: 8
and Canton-Hong Kong: 508
China as supply base for Pacific: 190
directive on Gilberts: 121, 129
directive on Hollandia: 178, 180
directive on SWPA offensive: 44, 101
on division of CBI: 224-27, 230, 235, 266, 310
division of Twelfth Air Force: 139, 141
Germany set as primary enemy: 29
Ghormley proposed as Solomons commander: 43
MacArthur as commander of SWPA offensive: 43
Normandy air plan approval: 42
plans for Japanese surrender: 550
plans for Myitkyina: 185-86
plans for occupation of Japan: 546
plans for Pacific offensive: 179-80, 209
plans for seizure of Paramushiro: 132
plans for Philippines: 266, 274, 283, 294
plans for Southern France: 171
proposal for recovery of Burma: 73
and reinforcement of China by air: 441
ruling on SOPAC offensive: 45
Stilwell report on air bases: 276
strengthen air forces in SOPAC: 60
Joint Expeditionary Force (Marshalls): 159, 167
Joint Expeditionary Force (Palaus): 291
Joint Expeditionary Force (Volcanos): 299, 363-64, 385, 401, 404, 433, 467
Joint Mexican-U.S. Defense Commission: 26
Joint Military Council (Chungking): 10
Joint Staff Planners: 112
Joint War Plans Committee: 112-13, 135, 204
Joinville: 266-67
Jolo Island: 8-9, 484, 499, 501, 512, 549
Joncherey: 330
Jones, Brig. Gen. Albert M.: 8, 10-11, 28
Jorhat: 185-86, 439
Jouvieval: 369
Juchsen: 481
Jucken: 410
Juelich: 327, 329, 331-329, 338-39, 341-43, 346-47, 392, 410-11, 418, 485, 492
Juengersdorf: 327, 330, 339, 346
Juenkerath: 427
Juin, Gen. Alphonse (French.): 86, 88, 114, 150, 159
Julita: 310
June Hill (Okinawa): 542
Juneau: 66
Jungholz: 523, 525
Junkersdorf: 425
JUNO Beach: 203. See also Normandy Campaign, landing phase.
Juntersdorf: 420
Jupiter: 26
Jurong: 23
Jurques: 239
Juvelize: 284, 288
Juvigny: 244
Juvincourt: 191
–L–
K. B. Mission: 51-52
Kavacan: 35-36, 503, 511-13, 515
Kabaw Valley: 263, 295
Kabo: 364
Kachin guerrillas: 96, 187, 193
Kachin Trail: 168
Kadena airfield: 468-69
Kaduja Ga: 162, 170
Kaduma: 364
Kaerlich: 431
Kaga: 40
Kagman Peninsula: 216, 218, 222
Kaiapit: 135-36
Kaichen: 461
Kaifeng: 189
Kaimling: 512
Kairouan: 86, 90, 103-05
Kairouan Pass: 88-89
Kaisersesch: 429
Kaiserslautern: 443-44, 446-47, 455
Kaiserstuhl: 507
Kaitou: 200
Kakazu Ridge pocket: 482, 484, 486, 488, 491, 506, 508, 510, 512
Kako: 49
Kang Dagit: 346
Kalach: 47, 49, 69
Kaladan Valley: 8, 176, 351
Kalaklan River: 388
Kalamata: 301-02
Kalang: 21, 23
Kalapanzin River and Valley: 351, 353, 358
Kalasungay: 539-40
Kalborn: 386, 394, 396-97
Kaldenhausen: 422, 424
Kalemyo: 263, 325, 327, 365
Kalenborn: 436-38, 440
Kalewa: 35, 71, 146, 244, 343-44, 356
Kalinin: 6, 81
Kalikodobu: 58
Kalinkovichi: 162
Kalisz: 382, 384
Kalkar: 427
Kall: 427
Kall River: 317, 319-20, 370-71
Kalmesweiler: 443
Kalmyk sector: 81
Kalrath: 414
Kalscheuren: 427
Kaltenbrunn: 508
Kaltenhouse: 349, 383
Kaltensundheim: 467, 479
Kalterherberg: 271-73
Kalthof: 496
Kaluga: 10, 14, 20, 26-27
Kama Rock: 415, 438
Kamaing: 71, 163, 166, 168, 177-78, 180-83, 185, 187, 190, 195, 197, 200, 207, 210-11, 297, 304
Kamberg: 459, 461
Kamen: 482, 485
Kamenets-Podolsk: 183
Kamensk: 45, 86
Kamikaze attacks
Okinawa: 456, 458, 468-69, 478, 480, 488, 491, 499, 525, 532, 542
Philippines: 347, 351, 366-67
Kamilianlul Mountain: 289
Kamimbo Bay: 90-91
Kamiri: 223-24, 232, 267
Kamiri River: 233-24, 255
Kampar: 8-11
Kamti: 189-90
Kananga: 339, 355, 358
Kanawha: 103
Kanchow: 396
Kandel: 451
Kandy: 187, 469
Kanga Force (Australian.): 38-39, 43, 53, 83, 85, 89-91, 98, 106
Kangaw: 381, 384, 387
Kangoku Rock: 415, 438
Kaniku: 506
Kanmonhag: 311
Kano: 76, 81-83
Kantau: 156
Kantemirovka: 76
Kanth: 401
Kantha: 378
Kantome: 188
Kanzem: 408
Kanyutkwin: 28
Kaosha: 536
Kapa Kapa: 56-57, 60
Kapern: 506
Kapintalan: 437, 443, 447, 463, 469, 477, 479, 482, 488, 501, 505, 509
Kapintalan Ridge: 509, 511, 517, 520, 522, 536
Kappel: 442
Kappelen: 420
Kapuva: 461
Karaberra Pass: 227
Karachev: 128
Karachi SOS bases: 31, 39, 53, 56, 123, 492, 537
Karachoum: 105
Karadera: 542
Karai-ai: 175
Karbach: 440
Karben: 461
Karelian Isthmus: 206, 213, 215
Karl: 434
Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary): 530, 532-33
Karlshausen: 410-11
Karlsruhe: 467, 471, 473, 475, 477, 486
Karmes: 434
Karsdorf: 469
Kasagi Ridge: 536
Kasan Ga: 178
Kasberg: 526
Kasel: 434
Kassel: 463, 465, 467-68, 470, 472, 474-75, 477
Kasserine Pass: 92-95, 98
Kastel: 459
Kasternoe: 89
Kastl: 511
Katchin Peninsula: 471, 476
Katernburg: 478
Katha: 35, 304, 349, 352
Katowice: 386
Kattenes: 438
Katzem: 412
Katzenelnbogen: 459
Katzenfurt: 456
Kaub: 454
Kaufbeuren: 525
Kaunas (Kovno): 239-40
Kaundorf: 362, 366
Kautenbach: 382
Kavieng: 16-17, 129, 155-56, 159-60, 162, 172, 174-75, 179, 180, 182
Kawkareik: 16-17
Kawlin: 357
Kayangel Island: 339, 342
Kayserberg: 347
Kazatin: 157
Kebili: 101-02
Keblingen: 406
Kecskemet: 316
Kedah River: 5
Keeken: 398
Keeling Islands: 329
Kef el Goraa: 106
Kef en Nsour: 106-08
Kef Sahan: 107
Kehl: 335, 496
Kehmen: 359, 361, 380
Kehrig: 429
Kei (Kai) Island: 47
Keintzheim: 354
Keise Islands: 456, 465
Kelanoa: 160
Kelantan: 3-6
Kelberg: 429, 432
Kelbra: 489
Kelheim: 514, 516, 519
Kell: 439
Kellen: 401
Kellermann works: 273
Kelley Hill: 119
Kelley, 1st Lt. John R.: 119
Kellmunz: 516
Kelly, Capt. Colin P., Jr.: 4
Kelsen: 407
Kelsterbach: 455
Kelz: 415
Kema: 14
Kembs: 349
Kembs Dam: 515
Kembu Plateau: 517, 519, 527, 529-30, 533
Kempen: 423, 435
Kempten: 520, 523, 525
Kendari: 17-18, 30
Kendenich: 427, 429
Kengtung: 34, 37, 39
Kenn: 428
Kennedy Peak: 318
Kenney, Lt. Gen. George C.: 45, 47, 48, 53, 186, 315
Kennon Road (Luzon): 433, 482, 527
Kenten: 08
Keosha: 509
Keppeln: 413
Kerama Retto: 456-58, 460, 462, 464-65, 469
Kerbach: 404
Kerch: 10, 32, 37-38, 186
Kerch Peninsula: 143, 186
Kerch Strait: 53
Kerkrade: 294, 296-98, 302
Kerling: 321-24, 326
Kerpen: 415-16
Kerpich: 340
Kerschenbach: 424
Kervenheim: 415, 418
Kesbern: 496
Kescheid: 452
Kesfeld: 269, 272, 405
Kessel: 402
Kesselring, Field Marshal Albert: 91, 97, 450
Kesten: 436, 443
Kesternich: 351-53, 387-89, 392-93
Kestert: 454
Ketting: 431
Kettwig: 487, 489
Keyenberg: 415
Keyes, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey: 119, 147
Kharkov: 26-27, 37-41, 90-98, 125-31
Kherson: 144, 180
Khorol: 136
Khorramshahr: 82
Kia: 123
Kiangan: 548-50
Kibawe: 515, 520, 527, 530-31, 533
Kickenbach: 485
Kidney Ridge (Egypt): 61-62
Kiel: 113, 154, 482
Kiel Canal: 529
Kielce: 374-75, 377
Kierspe: 487
Kieta: 17
Kiev sector: 133, 135-36, 138, 144-47, 156, 159-60, 162, 172
Kilay, Henry: 325
Kilay Ridge: 325-27, 330-40, 342-44
Kiling: 314
Killerton Trail. See Cape Killerton.
Killstett: 368-69
Kilu: 181
Kimmel, Adm. Husband E.: 6
Kimura, Gen. (Jap.): 511, 515
Kin: 476
Kinding: 516
Kindwiller: 383
King, Maj. Gen. Edward P., Jr.: 29, 32
King, Adm. Ernest J.
appointed CNO: 28
CINC, U.S. Fleet: 7, 28
and command in Pacific: 43
urges SLEDGEHAMMER implementation: 46
views on Pacific offensive: 43, 224
King Hill (Okinawa): 537, 539
Kingisepp: 168
King’s Wharf (Butaritari): 148
Kinhwa: 39
Kinkaid, Vice Adm. Thomas C.: 61, 67, 81, 96, 102, 105, 120, 127, 176, 339, 370
Kinugasa: 58
Kinzweiler: 330
Kippenhof: 379
Kirberg: 459
Kirch: 414
Kirchberg: 334, 338, 395, 442-43
Kirchboitzen: 495
Kirchdorf: 515, 533
Kircheib: 452
Kirchen: 464
Kirchenlamitz: 502
Kirchhain: 460
Kirchhausen: 471
Kirchheim: 507, 509
Kirchhellen: 456, 458
Kirchhoven: 383
Kirchline: 478
Kirchsiebnach: 519
Kirchweiler: 429
Kirf: 407
Kirishima: 67
Kiriwina Island: 114-15, 120
Kirkenes: 311
Kirn: 443
Kirnssulzbach: 443
Kirov: 14
Kirovo: 153
Kirovograd: 161, 165
Kirrberg: 335
Kirsch: 434
Kirschhof: 446
Kirschnaumen: 327
Kirspenich: 427
Kirtorf: 460
Kirzscher: 496
Kishinev: 252, 255
Kiska Island: 40-41, 48, 51, 54, 55, 75, 96, 112-13, 116, 120-29
Kitano Point: 441
Kithira Island: 275, 292
Kittensee: 512
Kittyhawk: 388
Kitzingen: 465, 475, 477
Kiyamu: 547
Klais: 525
Klang: 328
Klatovy: 532
Klein Auheim: 453
Klein Buellesheim: 426
Klein Krostitz: 506
Klein Kuehnau: 506, 508
Klein Kyll River: 431, 434
Klein Langheim: 485
Klein Maischeid: 454
Klein Muehl River: 526, 528
Klein Weil: 525
Klein Werther: 485
Klein Winternheim: 445
Kleinblittersdorf: 406
Kleinenberg: 472
Kleinenbroich: 418
Kleinfahner: 483
Kleinhau: 322, 330, 339, 340-43
Kleinheringen: 487
Kleinhoscheid: 380
Klienlangenfeld: 417
Kleinseelheim: 460
Kleinwelschendorf: 496
Klepzig: 498
Kletskaya: 50-51, 68
Klettstedt: 479
Klin: 6
Klingenmuenster: 448
Klopper, Maj. Gen. (British.): 41-42
Klostermansfeld: 512
Kluang: 17-18
Klueppelberg: 489
Kluetz: 529
Kluge, Field Marshal Guenther von
CG of Army Group B: 232
becomes CinC West: 223
succeeded by Model: 250
suicide: 251
Knaphoscheid: 380, 401
Knapsack: 425
Knerr, Brig. Gen. Hugh J.: 160
Knightsbridge: 40-41
Knocks: 315
Knottengrund: 498
Knowles, Capt. H. B. (USN): 111
Knox, Frank: 189
Kobbenrode: 483
Kobe: 34, 445
Kobern: 441
Koblentz: 265, 267, 431-32, 434, 437-42, 444, 449, 456, 504, 512, 516
Kobscheid: 410
Kochbauer: 524
Kocher River: 481, 483, 485, 488, 490, 492, 503, 505
Koch: 517, 533-34
Kochi Ridge: 517, 519-20, 522, 524-25, 527, 529-30, 534-35
Koecking Forest: 325-26
Koecking Ridge: 323-25
Koefering: 522
Koeltz, Gen. Louis-Marie (French.): 86
Koengen: 513
Koenig, Gen. Pierre Joseph (French.): 258
Koenigsbach: 477
Koenigsberg: 241, 382, 384-87, 406, 439, 461, 481, 483
Koenigsbourg Chateau: 339
Koenigsdorf: 422, 424
Koenigshofen: 466, 469, 473, 475, 477
Koenigshoven: 415
Koenigsmacker: 320-22, 378
Koenigstaedten: 453
Koenigstein: 461
Koepang: 24
Koermend: 465
Koerner: 472
Koernitz: 496
Koerrenzig: 410
Koesen: 487
Koeslin: 425, 428
Koeszeg: 461, 463
Koethen: 496, 498, 500, 504
Koetschette: 360
Koevering: 286-87
Kofferen: 411
Kogenheim: 343
Kohima: 183-87, 202, 206, 216, 356
Koiso, Gen. Kuniaki: 233, 476
Kokengolo Hill: 125
Kokoda: 43-47, 49, 58, 63-64
Kokoda Trail: 43, 46, 54, 56-60, 63, 67
Kokoggon: 360
Kokolope Bay: 128, 130, 134
Kokomtambu Island: 49
Kokuba River and Estuary: 540, 542-43
–K–
Kokumbona: 50, 52, 54, 56, 58-59, 62-66, 68, 82-83, 85, 87-88
Kolberg: 425, 440, 443
Koli Point: 56, 62-65, 71-72, 86
Kollesleuken: 407
Kollig: 438, 440
Kolombangara: 97, 110, 115-18, 121, 125-26, 129, 132, 134, 138-39
Kolombangara (Second Kula Gulf) naval battle: 118
Komandorski Islands naval battle: 100
Kommern: 426
Komiatum: 46
Komiatum Ridge: 106, 129
Kommerscheidt: 317-20, 342, 394-95, 397
Kommlingen: 421
Kongauru Island: 290-91
Konigsee: 487
Konigsfeld: 432
Konigswinter: 438, 440, 442
Koningsbosch: 378
Konombi Creek: 83, 85
Konotop: 130, 132-33
Konstadt: 381
Konz Karthaus: 421, 434
Konzen: 355, 387
Kopp: 424
Kopscheid: 393-94
Kordel: 419, 421
Korea: 551
Korim Bay: 241, 244, 249
Kornelimuenster: 270
Koromokina Lagoon: 145
Koromokina River: 145
Koronal Creek: 207, 229, 233-34
Kornasoren: 223-24, 230, 236, 262
Korosten: 147, 149-51, 157
Korostyshev: 157
Korosun: 169
Korperich: 408
Korrig: 407
Kortenaer: 26
Koruniat Island: 184
Kos Island: 134, 138-39
Kosice (Kassa): 379
Koslar: 332-33, 336-39
Kossol Roads: 351
Kostheim: 459
Kota Bharu: 3-4
Kotabu Island: 147
Kotelnikov: 48, 74, 79
Kottenich: 327
Kotzenaurach: 496
Kowel: 225, 232-34
Kowloon: 4-5
Koxhausen: 411
Koza: 469
Kra Isthmus: 3, 316, 329, 531
Kraim Lerhmed: 107
Kramatorsk: 91, 93, 96
Kranburg: 396
Kranichfeld: 467, 487, 490
Kranji: 23
Krasnoarmeisk: 92
Krasnodar: 49, 91-92
Krasnograd: 94, 136
Krasnogvardeisk: 165
Kratzenburg: 439
Kraufbeuren: 520
Krauthausen: 410-11
Krautscheid: 410
Kray: 482
Krefeld: 273, 353, 420, 422, 471
Krefeld Oppum: 420, 422
Kremenchug: 137-38, 141, 153
Kremenets: 182
Kremnica: 471
Krettnich: 442
Kretzschau: 489
Kreuzau: 397, 412
Kreuzberg: 429, 489, 515, 517
Kreuzenstein: 472
Kreuzrath: 293
Kreuzweiler: 407
Krewinkel: 390, 393
Krian River: 6-7
Kriegsfeld: 455
Krimm: 427
Krinkelt: 387
Krivoi Rog: 141-42, 153, 171, 175
Krofdorf-Gleiberg: 462
Kroftel: 461
Kroh: 5
Kronach: 487, 490, 492
Krondf: 526, 528
Kronenburgerheutte: 424
Kropotkin: 48, 89
Krudenberg: 454
Krueger, Gen. Walter: 93, 114, 151, 155, 157, 160-61, 177, 190, 195, 199, 202, 207, 209-10, 212-14, 227, 229, 253, 256, 260, 262, 308, 314-15, 319, 326, 337, 344, 370, 373, 377, 379, 384, 387, 417, 428, 450, 479
Krulak, Lt. Col. Victor H. (USMC): 142
Krunkel: 452
Kruspis: 465
Krutweiler: 410
Krymskaya: 51
Ksar Rhilane: 94, 97
Ksar Tyr: 107
Kuala Kangsar: 6
Kuala Krai: 7
Kuala Lumpur: 7, 13
Kuala Pilah: 13
Kuala Selangor: 11
Kuantan airfield: 3-4, 7-11
Kuantan River: 10
Kuba: 471, 474
Kuba Island: 458
Kuban Peninsula: 135, 137
Kuban River: 48-50, 86, 92, 96, 120, 137
Kuching airdrome: 8-10, 13
Kuckum: 415
Kudaung Island: 363
Kueckhoven: 414
Kuehnhausen: 485
Kuestelberg: 468, 470, 472
Kuestrin: 394, 435-36, 505
Kufra: 55
Kufstein: 531
Kuhazu: 522, 525
Kuhlendorf: 372
Kukum: 49, 52, 56-58, 63, 82, 89
Kula Gulf naval battles: 116, 118
Kulmbach: 492
Kultzschau: 515
Kuma Island: 148
Kumanovo: 324
Kume: 450
Kume Island: 548-49
Kumnyen Ford: 179
Kumon Range: 189, 195
Kumusi River: 46-47, 57, 60, 62, 65-67, 71-72, 90, 92, 96
Kunchaung: 293
Kung Lung-po: 242
Kunishi Ridge: 544-47
Kunitz: 489
Kunming
defense of: 7, 155-56, 291, 319, 329, 333, 341, 344, 348, 350, 354, 357, 365, 369, 379, 384, 386, 387, 392, 488, 536, 544
planning conferences: 356, 362
transfer of AVG to: 36
Kunzelsau: 485, 488, 492
Kunzvart: 532
Kupferzell: 492
Kupyansk: 90
Kure: 445
Kuribayashi, Lt. Gen. Tadamichi: 442, 452
Kurile Islands, raids on: 117, 133
Kurisch Sound: 380
Kursk: 16, 43, 89-92, 94, 116-18, 120, 130
Kurtscheid: 447, 449
Kusel: 444
Kushchevskaya: 90
Kuter, Maj. Gen. Laurence S.: 87
Kutoku: 469
Ku-tung: 213
Kwajalein Atoll: 21, 160, 164, 166-73
Kwangsi Command (Chinese): 544
Kwangsi Province: 339, 495, 539
Kweichow Province: 339, 344, 349
Kweilin: 114, 209, 246, 259, 266, 272, 274, 282, 313, 322, 329, 362, 403, 495, 517, 545, 550
Kweilin Training Center: 145, 154
Kweiyang: 322, 329, 343-44, 350, 539
Kyaukme: 349, 441, 446, 463
Kyaukmyaung: 375
Kyaukpadaung: 33-35, 490
Kyaukpyu: 380, 384, 469
Kyaukse: 463
Kyauktaw: 86, 176-77, 351
Kyll River: 414, 417, 419, 421-22, 424, 426-29, 431
Kyllburg: 428
Kyllburgweiler: 426
Kynsperk: 533
Kyungon: 30
Kyushu Island
air raids on: 444-45, 462, 497, 499
plans for seizure of: 204, 275
–L–
La Bandita: 150-51, 153-54
La Barquette: 203-04
La Bastia Hill: 193
La Bernardrie: 226
La Bourgonce: 316
La Bresse: 300
La Butte: 236
La Calvaire: 228-29
La Cambe: 204
La Capelle: 260
La Chapelle-en-Juger: 236
La Chapelle Moche: 248
La Conviniere: 237
La Cosa Creek: 132, 134
La Côte Pelée: 269
La Coucourde: 256-57
La Croce Hill: 143
La Crocetta: 300
La Croix: 249
La Croix-aux-Mines: 336
La Falise: 368
La Ferté-Macé: 248
La Fière: 204, 206
La Folie: 206
La Fortuna: 298
La Fotelaie: 206
La Fouquerie: 239
La Françaisere: 248
La Glacerie: 216-17
La Gleize: 357-60
La Guarde Freinet: 250
La Haye-du-Puits: 223-28
La Hencha: 104
La Hogue: 232, 240
La Houcharderie: 232
La Houssière: 309, 311, 322
La Lima: 291
La Londe: 250
La Luzerne: 228-29, 231
La Macta: 65
La Madeleine: 231
La Mare à Canards: 216-17
La Martina: 292
La Maxe: 326
La Méauffe: 228
La Môle: 249
La Napoule: 250, 252-53
La Neuville: 373
La Paz, Luzon: 380-81
La Paz, Samar: 310
La Petite Pierre: 332-33
La Rava Creek: 154
La Rivière: 203
La Roche: 286
La Rochelle: 328, 525, 527, 531
La Salle: 317-18
La Senia: 65
La Serra: 412-13
La Spezia: 295, 471, 505
La Tombs Ridge: 276
La Rorraccia: 279
La Torre: 289
La Trinité: 263
La Turbia: 261
La Vallette: 254
La Vezouse River: 284-85
La Vie River: 252
La Villa: 296-97, 299
La Voivre: 332
Laasan: 489
Laasphe: 464
Lababia Ridge: 114, 118
Labangan River: 389
Labico: 201
Labir Hill: 314
Labiranan Head: 308-09, 314
Labiranan River: 307-08
Labis: 15, 17
Laborde, Adm. Jean de (French.): 70
Labow: 527
Labrador, Luzon: 371-72
Labrador Peninsula: 32
Labuan Island: 12, 545-46
Lac de Bizerte: 109
Lackenhausen: 517
Lae: 17-18, 82-83, 96, 125, 128-36, 138, 154, 186
Allied assault on: 43-46
Allied evacuation of: 18
enemy air attacks: 17
enemy landing: 27-28
U.S. attack on shipping: 28
Laehndorf: 431
Laffeld: 380
Laffey: 66
Lagang Ga: 177-78
Lage: 470, 472
Lagnieu: 259
Lagone: 153-54
Laguna de Bay: 434, 437, 450, 475-77
Lahn River: 454, 456-58, 460, 464
Lahr: 408, 458, 496, 503
Lahug airfield: 460
Laiana: 117-19, 121
Laiatico: 226, 228-29
Lai-feng Mountain: 237-38
Laigle: 253
Laize River: 246, 248
Lake Albano: 201
Lake Aztec: 278
Lake Balaton: 340, 345-48, 358, 449, 463, 467, 471
Lake Bizerte: 109
Lake Buluan: 549-50
Lake Chiusi: 217
Lake Comacchio and its islands: 421, 467, 473, 475
Lake Como: 518, 521
Lake Constance: 509, 511, 518, 523
Lake Garda: 516, 518, 521, 525
Lake Ilmen: 175
Lake Kathleen: 150
Lake Ladoga: 3, 86, 122, 206
Lake Lanao: 35-36
Lake Onega: 215
Lake Peipus: 172, 232, 247
Lake Pinalay: 532
Lake Salome: 282-83, 285-86, 289-91
Lake Sentani: 188-89
Lake Susupe: 212-13
Lake Taal: 430, 451
Lake Trasimeno: 214-15, 220
Lake Velencei: 3.48, 360
Lama: 394
Lama di Sotto Ridge: 394
Lama Hills: 315
Lambach: 531
Lambertsberg: 419
Lambeti Plantation: 115, 118
Lameng: 202
Lammersdorf: 271-73, 275, 278, 280-81, 288, 290, 317, 339-40
Lamon Bay: 480, 482, 486, 488
Lamone River: 335-38, 343-45, 349-50, 357, 364
Lamopog: 506
Lamorménil: 367
Lampaden: 4, 119
Lampedusa Island: 113-14
Lampertheim: 455
Lampione Island: 114
Lampoldhausen: 479
Lamut River: 545
Lanaye: 268
Lanciano: 147, 151
Land Forces, Adriatic (British.): 286, 301
Land Forces, Greece (British.): 262, 331
Landau: 447-48, 522, 524, 526
Landau Landkreis: 516
Landeck: 531-32
Landgraben Canal: 368
Landing craft allocations
Mediterranean: 145, 155, 160, 172
Normandy: 164, 172
SEAC: 160
Landing Force, VAC (USMC): 303, 360, 366, 369, 406
Landrecies: 261
Landremont: 272
Landres: 265
Landroff: 325-26
Landrum, Maj. Gen. Eugene M.: 111
Landsberg: 518-21, 523
Landsberg Meseritz: 388
Landscheid: 380, 382, 385, 431
Landshut: 522-24, 526
Laneuveville-en-Saulnois: 322
Langanan: 426
Langel: 425
Langemak Bay: 136
Langen: 452-53, 455
Langenbach: 496
Langenbeutingen: 492
Langenbochum: 464
Langendiebach: 461
Langendorf: 420, 424
Langener: 483
Langenfeld: 497
Langenhain: 470
Langenpreising: 524
Langensalza: 470, 472, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483
Langenstein: 502
Langenwiesen: 487
Langerringen: 519
Langerwehe: 327, 330-32, 335-36, 339, 346
Langfroich: 379
Langley: 26
Langlir: 371-73
Langlir River: 372
Langres: 268-69, 271
Lansival: 367
Lantap: 545
Lantawan: 484, 506-08, 510, 519
Lantershofen: 427
Lanuvio: 197-201
Lanzerath: 387
Laoag airfield: 4-5
Laohokon: 405, 447, 453
Laokai: 193
Laon: 191, 258-60
Lapiay Point: 18
Larche Pass: 254
Lariano: 199
Larkin, Brig. Gen. Thomas B.: 22
Larminat, Lt. Gen. Edgar de (French.): 207, 328
Laroche: 368-73, 380
Laruma River: 145
Laruni: 60
Lascheid: 408, 419
Lasel: 422, 424
Lashio: 33-35, 99, 155, 293, 387, 430, 463
Lastau: 496
Laterina: 233
Lathen: 480
Latin America. See American republics.
Latrop: 474
Lattre de Tassigny, Gen. Jean de (French.): 187, 250, 272, 285, 305, 310, 313, 317, 325, 343, 351
Latvia, operations in: 229, 236, 239-40, 253, 275, 280, 302, 383, 534
Laubach: 439, 477, 479
Lauchheim: 502, 511
Lauchroeden: 472
Laudenbach: 485, 488
Laudesfeld: 388
Lauenburg: 504, 514, 520, 522, 524
Lauenfoerde: 481
Laufenburg Castle: 329-31
Lauffen: 475, 477
Lauingen: 511, 514, 516, 518
Laulau: 216-18
Laumesfeld: 327
Launstroff: 329
Lauperath: 410
Laupheim: 516
Laurensberg: 306
Lauscha: 490
Lausdorn: 383-84
Lauter River: 352, 355, 439, 443, 445
Lauterbach: 343, 345, 461, 463
Lauterbourg: 352, 439, 445, 450
Lauterecken: 444
Lauterhofen: 507-08
L’ Aution: 486, 490
Lauzenhausen: 441
Lavacherie: 372
Laval: 243, 304, 369
Laval, Pierre: 33
Lavaux: 367
Lavezares: 407
Lavino Creek: 503
Lavoro: 89
Lay: 440
Layac junction: 12
Layton, Vice Adm. Sir Geoffrey (RN): 4
Lazu: 191
Le Bardo: 109
Le Batty: 366
Le Bény-Bocage: 239-40
Le Bingard: 237
Le Bonhomme: 340
Le Bourg-St. Léonard: 250
Le Bourget airfield: 257
Le Busq: 243
Le Camp: 252
Le Carrefour: 206
Le Carillon: 213, 231-32
Le Cateau: 261
Le Conquet Peninsula: 256-58, 267
Le Désert: 226, 228, 230
Le Grand Hameau: 203
Le Grand Pré: 356
Le Ham: 206-07
Le Hamel: 203
Le Havre: 260-62, 267-69, 276, 366
Le Hohwald: 338
Le Kef: 69, 95
Le Locheur: 242
Le Luc: 249
Le Mans: 243-45, 247
Le Mesnil-Durand: 231, 236
Le Mesnil-Tôve: 244
Le Mesnil-Veneron: 226
Le Muy: 249-51
Le Neubourg: 254-55
Le Paire: 332
Le Pastinelle: 162
Le Plessis: 258
Le Port: 204
Le Propaia: 165-66
Le Puy: 253
Le Rocher: 228
Le Saunier: 262
Le Scalette: 274
Le Seudre River: 498
Le Teilleul: 246
Le Thiel: 214
Le Thillot: 285, 294
Le Tholy: 296, 300, 306, 326
Le Tourneur: 239
Le Trèport: 260
Le Valtin: 379, 386
Le Verdon: 505
Leahy, Adm. William D.: 33, 49, 237
Lear, Lt. Gen. Ben: 384
Leary, Vice Adm. Herbert F. (Australian.): 22, 34
Lebach: 443
Lech River: 519-21, 523, 525, 527-28
Lechbruck: 521, 523
Lechenich: 420
LeClerc, Brig. Gen. Jacques-Philippe: 94, 97, 99, 105, 256
Ledo: 170, 177, 194
Ledo Road: 11, 14, 38, 61-62, 64, 93, 95-96, 99, 110, 118, 128, 155, 255, 349, 372, 375, 377, 379, 382, 386-87, 392. See also Stilwell Road.
Leedstown: 65
Leeheim: 449
Leende: 279
Leese, Gen. Sir Oliver (British.)
commands Allied land forces in Asia: 292, 324, 384
commands Eighth Army: 156-292
directive on Rangoon recovery: 455
Leeuwarden: 484, 495, 497
Legaspi: 5, 8, 435, 437, 451-52, 467, 469, 471, 477, 479, 484, 486
Legaspi Attack Group (TG 78.4): 467
Legentilhomme, Gen. P. (French.): 83
Leghorn (Livorno): 136, 202, 223, 226, 228-33, 235, 253, 318
Legislative Building (Manila): 412, 416-17
Legnago: 518, 521
Lehmen: 437-38
Leidenborn: 405-06
Leiffarth: 342, 353
Leigh-Mallory, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford
commands AEAF: 150
commands Normandy air forces: 114, 116, 203
commands SE Asia Air Command: 326
Leimbach: 411
Leimen: 465
Leimersheim: 451, 469
Leimok Hill: 188
Leine River: 476, 478, 480-83, 486, 489
Leintrey: 313, 325
Leipheim: 516, 518
Leipzig: 175, 458, 465, 491, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 509
Leisenwald: 463
Lellingen: 384
Lembach: 352, 526, 528
Lembang: 13
Lembeck: 458
Lemberg: 347-48, 365, 367
Lemery: 428, 452
Lemestroff: 326
Lemgo: 472
Lemnos Island: 292
Lemoncourt: 292
Lend-lease
to China: 6, 9, 11, 123, 162, 235
Iran-U.S. agreements: 28
Tulsa Incident: 7, 9
United Kingdom: 7, 9, 25
USSR: 41, 56-57, 141, 499
Lendersdorf: 354
Lengenfeld: 500
Lengfeld: 517
Lenggries: 530
Lengsdorf: 430
Leningrad sector: 3, 11, 21, 84, 86, 162-66, 170, 206, 214
Lenkersheim: 494
Lenne River: 468, 470, 483, 487, 493, 496, 498
Lennep: 493, 495
Lenola: 195-96
Lentaigne, Maj. Gen. W. D. A. (British.): 183, 230
Lentini: 119
Leonforte: 120-22
Leopold Canal: 269-70, 279, 284, 296-98, 306
Lepini Mountains: 198, 200-201
Lepuix: 333
Lermoos: 525
Leros Island: 134, 139, 146-47
Les Andalouses: 65
Les Andelys: 258
Les Champs-de-Losque: 229-31
Les Etangs: 330
Les Fieffes Dancel: 208
Les Forges: 203
Les Landes: 206
Les Loges: 239
Les Maures: 250
Les Mayon: 250
Les Moulins: 203
Les Rouges Eaux: 309, 312, 322
Les Tailles: 372
Lesbos Island: 292
Lesménils: 275
Lesneven: 243
Lessay: 230, 237
Lesse River: 359
Lessenich: 430
Leszno: 386
Letpadan: 437
Létricourt: 299, 316
Lettin: 494
Leubsdorf: 435, 449
Leuna: 494 496
Leutkirch: 521, 523
Leutzkendorf: 192
Levango Island: 123
Levant Island: 249
LEVER: 475. See also Lake Comacchio and its islands; Reno.
Leverkusen: 425, 495
Leversbach: 414
Levershausen: 483
Levita Island: 292
Lewe: 33
Lexington: 25, 28, 36-37, 136
Ley: 281
Leyr: 288
Leyte Campaign: 305-549
Leyte Island
fall of: 34
recovery of: 270, 274, 283, 301-03, 305, 365, 367, 374, 385, 388-89, 391, 400, 403, 406, 421, 431, 436, 450, 471, 493, 531, 535
Leyte Gulf: 305, 351, 366-67, 449
Leyte Gulf naval battle: 310-12
Leyte Peninsula: 362
Leyte River: 333-34, 347
Leyte Valley: 307, 310-12, 317, 339
Leyviller: 334
Lézey: 280
Lgov: 96
Li, Marshal Chi-shen: 246
Lian: 389
Libbesdorf: 498
Libby airfield: 529
Liberi: 141
Liberia, U.S. forces in: 37
Liblar: 422, 425
Libog: 467
Libongao: 356-58
Libya. See also Egypt, operations in.
Allied operations: 3-16, 18, 26, 28-29, 38, 67-70, 74-79, 82-89
Allied thrust to Egyptian frontier: 5
Axis drive on Egypt: 39-43
Axis withdrawal toward Gazala Line: 4
Cyrenaica offensive by Axis, 1942: 17-22
directive to Alexander: 49
diversion in favor of Malta convoy: 28-29
first phase of Allied campaign ended: 16
lull in operations: 22
Tripoli as objective: 16
Licata: 117-19
Lich: 412
Lichkova: 96
Lichtel: 492
Lichtenau: 471
Lichtenberg: 372, 451, 480, 482, 494
Lichtenborn: 407-08
Licodia: 119
Lida: 227
Lidrezing: 324
Lieblos: 461
Lieg: 439
Liége: 263, 265-67, 361, 393
Liegnitz: 401-02
Lieler: 384
Lienhwa: 375
Liepvre: 339-40
Lierfeld: 417
Lierneux: 366-68
Lierscheid: 454
Liesel: 314-15
Liesenfeld: 439
Lieser: 443
Lieser River: 434
Liesse: 394
Liessem: 417
Ligneuville: 374
Liguria coast sector: 269, 471, 475, 494, 501, 505, 515-16, 520
Likhaya: 92
Liki Island: 194
Lille: 58, 261-62
Lille St. Hubert: 278
Lillers: 262
Lima Creek: 290-91
Limay: 406
Limbach: 452, 494, 516
Limbourg: 266
Limburg: 454, 456, 458, 461
Limerle: 380
Limon: 316, 320, 322-24, 327, 329-30, 333-35, 341-52, 355-57
Linao: 351-53
Lincoln, Maj. Gen. Rush B.: 33
Lindau: 525
Linden: 496
Lindenberger Wald: 411
Lindenholzhausen: 459
Lindern: 340-42
Lingayen Gulf: 6-7, 367-70, 373, 376, 385
Lingen: 462, 468-69, 472, 474, 476, 480, 482
Ling-ling: 266
Linguaglossa: 128
Linkenheim: 467
Linne: 383
Linnepe: 487
Linnich: 340-41, 395, 409, 411-12
Linosa Island: 113
Lintfort: 423, 425
Linz: 431-32, 481, 529-33, 536
Linzenich: 422
Lipa: 451, 455, 457, 460-61, 471
Lipa Hill: 457, 471
Lipno: 382
Lippborn: 472
Lippe: 526
Lippe Canal: 452, 454, 472
Lippe River: 452, 454, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 478
Lipperscheid: 380
Lippoldshausen: 479
Lippstadt: 466, 470, 472, 478
Liri River and Valley: 149, 161, 171, 191, 193-99
Lisaine River: 329
Lisbon: 128, 131
Liscome Bay: 149
Lisdorf: 344-45
Lisichensk: 45, 91, 96
Lisieux: 249, 253
l’Isle-sur-Doubs: 272
Lissendorf: 427
Lissingen: 424, 426-27, 429, 431
Lithuania, operations in: 239-40, 250-51, 295, 300-302, 386
Litteau Ridge: 208
Little: 53
Little St. Bernard Pass: 266
Littoria: 120, 165, 196
Liuchow: 259, 266, 313, 322, 329, 362, 403, 495, 517, 545-46, 548-49
Liu-yang: 210
Liu-yang River: 207-08
Livarot: 252
Livergnano: 298-303, 305
Liversedge, Lt. Col. Harry B. (USMC): 116-18, 121, 124-26
Livron: 253, 257-58
Livry: 208
Lixières: 298
Lixing: 404-05
Ljubljana Gap: 217, 222
Lobberich: 420
Lobenstein: 494
Lobstadt: 494
Loch: 427
Lodz: 378
Loehnfeld: 456
Loerrach: 514
Loetzbeuren: 442
Loevenich: 412, 422, 424
Loewenstein: 494, 496, 498, 500
Logbiermé: 373-74
Logistic Support Group (Ryukyus): 449
Lohmar: 487
Lohn: 333-34
Lohne: 474
Lohnen: 451
Lohr: 471
Loi Island: 169-70
Loiano: 292, 294-96
Loi-kang Ridge: 377, 391-92
Loikaw: 33-34
Loilem: 34-35, 545
Loire River: 242, 250, 257, 274
Loisach: 525, 527
Loisach River: 525
Loisy: 269-70, 272
Loiwing: 30, 36, 368
Lokeren: 269
Lollar: 458
Lombrum Plantation: 179, 182
Lommel: 276, 278-79
Lommersum: 422, 424
Lommersweiler: 386-87
Lomopog: 503, 507
Lomre: 371, 373
Lomza: 271
Londinières: 259
London
AFHQ activated: 55
conference on SEAC plans: 241, 254
LONDON: 452. See also Wesel.
Lone Tree Hill (Luzon): 511, 515, 517, 522, 531
Lone Tree Hill (New Guinea): 197-98, 214-20, 221
Long Island (New Britain): 157
Long Island, German agents landed on: 41, 43
Long Range Penetration Groups: 146, 186, 200, 209, 214, 221, 223, 226, 237. See also Infantry Regiments, 475th; Merrill’s Marauders; Wingate, Brig. Orde Charles; Units, independent, 5307th Provisional.
Longastrino: 488, 490
Longchamps: 373-74
Longegoutte: 294-95, 298
Longiano: 297-98, 300
Longkamp: 444
Longoskawayan Point: 17-20
Longsdorf: 377, 379-80
Longstop Hill (Tunisia): 77-78, 105-07
Longueville: 204-05
Longueville-lès-Cheminot: 278, 280, 282
Longuich: 434
Longvilly: 267, 375-76
Loniu Village: 183
Lonlay l’Abbaye: 248
Lonoy: 351, 353, 355-57, 359
Lons: 262
Looc: 519
Look: 361
Lopdak: 315
Lorch: 457, 459, 505
Lorcher Wald: 455
Lorengau: 32, 164, 170, 176-77, 180-81
Lorengau River: 181
Lorenzana: 231
Lorenzo: 120
Lorey: 268-70
Lorich: 421
Lorient: 243-48, 258, 270, 365, 458, 464
Loriol: 258
Lorry: 273, 275
Lorsch: 434
Lorscheid: 438-39
Los Alamos atomic test: 550
Los Banos: 410, 451, 453
Los Negros Island: 164, 186-87
Losenseifen Hill: 275
Losheim: 295, 387-88, 390, 393-95, 439
Lothra: 492
Loudeac: 242
Loudrefing: 333-34
Loudspeakers, used in New Guinea: 225
Louisiade Archipelago naval actions: 37
Lourmel: 65
Lousberg Heights: 302, 306
Louvain: 264, 356 430
Louviéres: 204
Louviers: 252-57
Louvigny: 232-33
Love Hill (Okinawa): 538, 540, 542
Lovelady, Lt. Col. William B.: 271, 273, 282, 284, 327, 414, 422, 424, 452, 458, 462, 464, 474
Lowen: 395
Lower Rhine. See Neder Rijn.
Loyev: 141
Lozovaya: 19, 92, 96, 135
Lubang Islands: 416-17, 419, 428, 433
Lubao: 12
Lubine: 336
Lublin: 234-35
Lubni: 136
Lucas, Maj. Gen. John P.: 136, 162, 169
Lucban: 484
Lucca: 204, 234, 263-64, 304-05, 359, 361-62
Lucchio: 290
Lucena: 464
Luchem: 342-43, 346
Lucherberg: 343, 345
Luchtenberg: 415
Luciana: 232
Lucka: 492
Ludendorff: 426
Ludendorff Bridge: 429, 432-33, 441
Ludwigs Kanal: 514, 516, 521
Ludwigsberg: 471
Ludwigshafen: 447-48, 450-51
Ludwigslust: 527-28
Luebeck: 512, 526-27
Lueben: 401
Luechow: 508, 510
Luedenscheid: 489, 491
Lueneburg: 499, 501, 508, 510, 520
Luenern: 485
Luetgendortmund: 480, 482
Luetzkewitz: 494
Luetzow: 497
Luftwaffe: 3, 34, 365
Lugo: 484
Lugo Canal: 486
Lugos Mission: 180
Luichow Peninsula: 376
Luisiana: 9
Lullange: 380
Lumban: 475-76
Lumboy: 406-07, 413
Lunebach: 408, 417, 419
Lunéville: 272, 275, 277-78, 283-84, 305, 366, 442, 447
Lunga Point: 50-66, 72, 82, 88
Lunga Point naval battle: 71
Lunga River: 48-49, 59, 62-63
Lung-ling: 197-98, 200, 202, 205-07, 210-12, 218, 255, 166, 272, 314, 318, 322
Lunzenau: 496
Lupao: 391, 393-96, 398
Luppy: 322
Lure: 272, 275
Lutirano: 312
Lutong: 547
Lutrebois: 363-69, 371
Lutremange: 369, 371
Lutsk: 170
Luttange: 329
Lutterbach: 348
Lutz: 438
Lutzel: 476
Lutzen: 502
Lutzerath: 440
Lutzkampen: 394, 396
Luxembourg, operations in: 267, 297, 308, 343, 354, 357-59, 362, 365-66, 380, 383, 385, 389. See also Western Europe.
Luxeuil: 272, 275
Luxheim: 417
Luzon. See also Luzon Force; Philippine Islands.
capitulation: 37
enemy air attacks: 3-5
enemy casualties: 26
enemy landings: 3-5, 7-8, 17
FEAF withdrawal: 4, 6
pursuit of U.S. forces: 9
recovery of: 211, 294, 283, 301, 302, 304-06, 340-41, 344, 352-550
U.S. air attacks: 4-5, 21
Luzon Attack Force (TF 77): 366-67, 370, 373
Luzon Campaign: 353-540
Luzon Force: 28-29, 31, 32
Luzuriaga: 522
Luzzaro: 513
Lwow: 230, 235-37
Lykershausen: 452, 454
Lyon: 254, 257-62, 280, 337
Lyuban: 165-66
–M–
M. Abelle: 499
M. Acero: 140
M. Acidola: 425
M. Acuto: 271, 286
M. Adone: 499, 503
M. Albano: 234, 261, 264
M. Alcino: 306-08
M. Altuzzo: 269, 271-73, 276-77
M. Arcalone: 160
M. Arnato: 233
M. Arnigo: 499, 501, 503, 505
M. Arrestino: 196-97
M. Artemisio: 199-200
M. Bagnolo: 220
M. Bassana: 322
M. Bastia: 296
M. Bastione: 286-87, 290
M. Belmonte: 304-06, 309, 437
M. Battaglia: 289-94, 299, 301, 305
M. Belvedere: 336, 405-07, 433, 477, 479, 483
M. Beni: 287
M. Bibele: 292, 295-96
M. Budriatto: 321
M. Burratini: 303
M. Calvana: 251, 261, 263, 265-67
M. Calvi: 269, 272, 277, 279
M. Calvo: 195-96
M. Camino: 144-46, 149-53
M. Camolato: 126
M. Campania: 405-06
M. Campese: 193-94
M. Canda: 284, 286-87, 290
M. Capadarso: 120
M. Cappello: 291, 299, 305-06
M. Caprara: 499
M. Carchio: 475
M. Carmucino: 230
M. Caruso: 140
M. Casalino: 299-300, 306, 309
M. Casciaio: 287
M. Cassino and its abbey: 173, 182, 187, 194
M. Castellari: 296-98
M. Castellaro: 309, 340
M. Castello: 299, 405, 408-09, 423
M. Castellone: 169, 176
M. Castelazzo: 309
M. Castelnuovo: 154
M. Castiglione Maggiore: 230
M. Catarelto: 291-94
M. Cauala: 296-301, 305, 309
M. Cavallara: 292, 297
M. Cavallo: 198, 200, 308-10
M. Cavo: 201
M. Ceco: 294-98, 301, 305-06, 309
M. Cedro: 160-61
M. Ceraso: 201
M. Cerere: 306, 351
M. Cerreta: 477
M. Ceschito: 192
M. Cesima: 144
M. Chiavino: 196-97
M. Chioda: 319
M. Chiunzi: 133
M. Cifalco: 165
M. Citerna: 269, 284
M. Colomobo: 309, 312
M. Coloreta: 283, 285
M. Conca: 194
M. Cornazzano: 309
M. Corno: 145
M. Coroncina: 271, 286-87
M. Cuccoli: 304-05, 307
M. dei Bracchi: 193
M. dei Pensieri: 191-92
M. dei Pini: 303
M. dei Torri: 201
M. del Galletto: 292-94
M. delta Birra: 321
M. delta Casselina: 410
M. dell’Acqua Saluta: 306, 348, 358
M. della Croce: 285, 425
M. del Lago: 194
M. della Spe: 426
M. della Torraccia: 407-10, 412-13, 423
M. della Vedetta: 423
M. della Vigna: 304-05
M. della Volpe: 359
M. dell’Erta: 301
M. delle Formiche: 298-304
M. delle Tombe: 299-301, 304
M. delle Vacche: 302-03
M. delle Valle: 306, 317
M. del Puntale: 288
M. del Verro: 348, 358
M. di Castelnuovo: 287-89, 291
M. di Mola: 194
M. Domini: 235
M. Faeto: 394
M. Faito 169, 171, 191
M. Fano: 304, 306
M. Farneto: 296-98
M. Ferra: 501
M. Feuci: 191
M. Fili: 235
M. Fiore: 201
M. Fortino: 329-30, 333
M. Fragolita: 475
M. Frassino: 269, 271, 274, 276-77, 279
M. Freddi: 288
M. Frena: 283
M. Gamberaldi: 286-90
M. Gatta: 288
M. Gazzaro: 283
M. Giovi: 251, 261, 263, 265-67
M. Giro: 309
M. Girofano: 192
M. Giuvigiana: 277
M. Gorgolesco: 405-07
M. Grande: 194-95, 304-07, 309-11, 370
M. Grande d’Aiano: 425, 434, 437
M. Gridolfo: 261
M. Grosso: 308
M. Guivigiana: 271
M. il Castello: 243
M. il Pratone: 260
M. Jugo: 165-66
M. l’Abate: 274, 276-77
M. la Chiaia: 160-61
M. la Civita: 193
M. la Difensa: 144-45, 149, 151-53
M. la Fine: 284-87
M. la Pieve: 302-03, 306
M. la Posta: 155
M. la Remetanea: 151-53
M. la Rocca: 151
M. Lenano: 196
M. Leucio: 195
M. Lignano: 224, 226, 231
M. Liguana: 277, 279
M. Lungo: 145, 152-55, 158
M. Maggiore: 144, 149, 151-54, 163-64, 166, 191, 205, 231, 267
M. Majo: 159-61, 192-93
M. Majulo: 140
M. Mantino: 497
M. Mario: 503, 505
M. Marrone: 151
M. Massico: 142-44
M. Mesola: 193
M. Mirabello: 312
M. Monna Casale: 157
M. Monsicardi: 196
M. Monsignano: 319
M. Monterumici: 296-305, 499, 501
M. Monticelli: 269, 271-72, 274, 276-75, 279
M. Monzuno: 499
M. Morello: 251, 261, 263, 265-66
M. Morrone: 195
M. Mosco: 499
M. Moscoso: 273, 282, 501
M. Muscoli: 260
M. Natale: 164-65, 167
M. Oggioli: 285-90
M. Oliva: 277
M. Oro: 194
M. Pacciano: 220
M. Pantano: 150-52, 154-55
M. Passignano: 195
M. Pelato: 126
M. Penzola: 342, 344, 347
M. Pero: 499
M. Peschiena: 274, 277, 279, 283
M. Pianoreno: 305-06
M. Pigna: 497
M. Pilonica: 219
M. Pisano: 261
M. Pizzaculo: 492
M. Pizzuto: 196
M. Poggiolo: 325
M. Ponpegno: 322
M. Porchia: 160-62
M. Posigliano: 499, 503
M. Pozzo del Bagno: 276
M. Prano: 282-83
M. Pratello: 319
M. Pratolungo: 288
M. Pratone: 276-77
M. Purgatorio: 167
M. Querciabella: 234
M. Reale: 303-04
M. Reggiano: 291
M. Revole: 193-94
M. Ricci: 333-35
M. Rinaldo: 345
M. Romano: 195, 303-04, 307-09
M. Rotondo: 145, 154, 157, 164, 192
M. Ruazzo: 193
M. Sabbiuno: 509
M. Salvaro: 306-09
M. Sammucro: 149, 152-55, 157
M. Sarasiccia: 405-06
M. Scalari: 238
M. Scauri: 163, 193
M. Senario: 251, 261, 263, 265-66
M. Siserno: 198
M. Sole: 311-12, 497
M. Soprano: 132
M. Spadura: 302, 304, 306-10
M. Stanco: 296-97, 299-300, 302
M. Stelleto: 274
M. Taverna: 310-12, 339
M. Terminale: 423
M. Termine: 309-10
M. Testa: 319
M. Toncone: 288-89, 291
M. Tondo: 359
M. Trocchio: 161-62
M. Valbura: 433
M. Vase: 225-26
M. Vele: 195
M. Venere: 294, 296
M. Veruca: 271-72, 274, 277
M. Vigese: 294, 296
M. Villanova: 285
M. Vitalba: 224
M. L. Abele: 491
M. S. Bartalo: 323, 325
M. S. Biagio: 195
M. S. Michele: 234, 505
M. S. Barbara: 501, 503
M. S. Croce: 142-44, 146, 164, 196, 217
Maas River: 270-71, 276, 283-84, 291, 293, 297, 308, 316-19, 321, 325, 328, 331, 333, 340, 343, 351. See also Meuse River.
Maas-Waal Canal: 276, 278
Maashees: 283
Maastricht: 265-66, 270-71, 273, 275, 284, 353, 391
Mabalacat: 384
Mabalacat East Airfield: 384
Mabatang: 13
Mabatobato: 529
Mabini: 436, 440-41
Mabitac: 473
Mabompré: 376
Mabuni: 547-48
Macajalar Bay: 36, 520, 529, 535
Macalpe: 314
Macarite Island: 407
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas: 42, 135, 212-13, 314, 370, 377, 379, 381, 391, 394, 421, 505. See also Southwest Pacific Area; United States Army Forces, Far East.
appointed SCAP: 551
cancels Gasmata offensive: 145
cancels Hansa Bay assault: 178, 180
commands AFPAC: 472, 478
commands New Guinea offensive: 43, 54, 63
commands SWPA: 30, 33-34, 101
control of naval forces in P.I.: 20
decision to evacuate Manila: 8
departure from Philippines: 25, 27, 29
directives for Solomons: 122-23, 132, 135, 138
inspects Bataan defenses: 13
objection to stress on Marshalls: 113
occupation plans for Japan: 546
opens GHQ at Port Moresby: 6, 400
plans for Admiralties and New Ireland: 172, 175-78
plans for Arawe: 149
plans for Formosa-Mindanao: 180, 209, 224, 230, 235, 237
plans for recovery of Philippines: 266, 283, 294, 301, 341, 367
plans for Saidor assault: 155
plans for TULSA: 43-45
proposal on Bismarcks offensive: 40
recommends offensive against Japan: 37, 44-45
restores Philippine Government: 310
retains control of P.I. operations after departure: 28
role in Japanese surrender: 550-51
transfers from Corregidor: 28-29
warns of bombing of Manila: 248
Macatunao: 473
Macedonia sector: 348
Macerata: 346
MacFarland: 59
Machang airfield: 4-5
Machinato: 504
Machinato airfield: 532
Machinato Inlet: 504
Machishi: 541
Machtum: 71
MacKechnie, Col. Archibald R.: 101-02, 114-15, 117
Macken: 438
Mackenbruch: 470
Mackwiller: 341-42
MacLeod, Lt. Gen. D. K. (British.): 5, 9
MacNider, Brig. Gen. Hanford: 59, 69, 264, 383, 467, 538
Macon: 262
McAuliffe, Brig. Gen. Anthony C.: 208, 359
McBride, Brig. Gen. A. C.: 13, 17
McCabe, Col. Frederick: 52
McCain, Vice Adm. John S.: 49, 541
commands COMAIRSOPAC: 38
commands SOPAC land-based aircraft: 45
and TF 63: 46-47
McCammon, Col. John E.: 199
McCawley: 59, 115
McClure, Brig. Gen. Robert B.: 126-27, 135, 339, 343, 354, 384, 544
McCreary, Lt. Col. Melvin: 72
McCreery, Lt. Gen. Sir Richard L. (British.): 132-33, 292
McKean: 147
McLain, Maj. Gen. Raymond S.: 305, 337
McMorris, Rear Adm. Charles H.: 82, 93, 100
McNair, Lt. Gen. Lesley J.: 28, 236
McNarney, Lt. Gen. Joseph T.: 309
McSevney Point: 395, 398-400
Mactan Island: 460
Madagascar, operations in: 36-37, 40, 44, 53-57, 59-60, 63-64, 83
Madang: 74, 164, 178, 188
Madauk: 28
Madaya: 426
Madeleine River: 207
Maderbach Creek: 334, 336-38, 344
Madionen: 21
Madoera Strait: 22
Madon River: 264-65
Madonna di Brasa: 425
Madonna di Cerbiano: 310
Madrid: 128, 131
Maeda: 519-20
Maeda Escarpment: 519-20, 522, 524-25, 527, 529-30, 532-34
Maegdesprung: 500, 502
Maeseyck: 317, 323
Maffin Airstrip No. 1: 196-97, 205
Maffin Bay: 222, 227, 230, 236, 261, 263-64, 269
Magalang: 382, 386
Magat River: 544
Magdeburg: 486, 489, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 502, 506, 534
Mageret: 365, 367, 373-74
Mageri Point: 114
Magicienne Bay: 213-14, 217
Maginot Line: 320, 336-37, 345-47, 350, 366, 369, 372, 439
Magione: 217
Magliano: 210
MAGNET: 14, 19
MAGNETO Conference: 392, 398, 400
Magneville: 205-06
Magny: 327
Magny en Vexin: 258
Magoster: 366
Magruder, Brig. Gen. John: 6
Magwe: 29-30, 33, 505
Mahan: 347
Maharès (Gumtree) Road: 99, 101-02
Mahlaing: 4 13
Mahlberg: 505
Mahogany Hill: 329-30, 333
Mahonag: 337 349
Maiana Island: 151
Maîche: 264
Maikop: 48, 49, 89
Mailar: 483
MAILFIST: 542. See also Singapore.
Main River: 451-55, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465, 469, 471, 475, 477, 479, 481, 485, 490
Mainaga: 436-37
Mainarde Ridge: 157
Mainbernheim: 477
Maingkwan: 168, 177-78, 187
Mainhardt: 503
Mainit River: 314
Mainneville: 258
Mainz: 442, 444-45, 447-49, 452, 455, 457, 459, 461
Mainzlar: 458
Maiori: 133, 137
Mairy: 265
Maison Blanche: 64
Maison des Eaux: 92
Maison Rouge: 382-83
Maisoncelles-la-Jourdan: 246
Maixe: 273
Maizières-lès-Metz: 293-94, 296-99, 301-02, 307, 312-15, 320-21, 326
Maizila Pass: 90
Majola Hill: 168
Majunga: 54-55, 57
Majuro Atoll: 164, 166-67, 169, 172
Majuro Attack Group (TG 51.2): 164, 166
Makambo Island: 49
Makassar: 23
Makassar Strait: 17-18
Makin Atoll: 21, 50, 137-40, 147-49
Maknassy: 75, 89-90, 99-100, 102-04
Mako Ko: 375
Maktar: 86, 90, 93, 105
Makunsha: 225
Makuy Bum: 180
Malabang: 35, 446, 453, 488, 497, 501
Malabo: 525
Malabog: 488, 503
Malacca: 13-14
Malagang: 11
Malahang: 135
Malakawng: 187
Malamaui Island: 444-45
Malang: 21
Malarya Hill: 478, 480
Malaucourt: 320
Malay Barrier: 11
Malaya
fall of
AIF Malaya organized: 14
air defense of: 4-5, 20
airfields, British withdrawal from: 4
Allied reinforcement of: 15
armor reinforcement: 20
capitulation: 24
East Force organized: 14
enemy air attacks: 3-4, 8, 17
enemy control of waters and air: 4
enemy landings: 3, 5, 7, 15-16, 19
Indian forces regrouped: 7
Singapore, withdrawal of force to: 18, 20-21
Wavell visits front: 13-14
West Force organized: 14
recovery of: 3, 116, 536, 541-43
air support for: 531
directive on: 391, 531
Malaya Command (British.): 3-4
Malaybalay: 539-40
Malberg: 426
Malbergweich: 417, 419
Maldegem: 296, 298
Maldingen: 381
Malempré: 366
Maletto: 127
Malgobek: 58, 81
Malines: 269
Malinta Tunnel: 37
Malisiqui: 373
Mailing: 321-23, 325
MALLORY MAJOR: 228-29, 231
Malmédy: 354-58, 366, 373, 375-78
Maloelap Atoll: 165-66
Malolos: 385, 387, 390
Malsbenden: 422
Malsfeld: 465, 467-68
Malta
air reinforcement of: 37
air support from: 116
Axis invasion postponed: 38
command controls designated: 28
convoys, attacks on: 23, 29, 49, 67
CRICKET Conference: 387, 390
awarded George Cross: 33
Italian surrender: 133, 138
RAF forces absorbed by MAAF: 155
supply situation: 28
Malta Air Command (RAF): 93
Maltot: 228, 234
Malvar: 455
Mamala River: 32
Mambare River: 74, 98
Mamburao: 358, 366
Mamien Pass: 192-93, 199-200
Mamming: 524, 526
Mananga River: 455, 488
Manauangan: 507
Manchuria, Soviet occupation of: 398, 550
Mandalay
fall of: 25-26, 29-29, 33-35
recovery of: 91, 93, 99, 150, 155, 257, 271, 293, 316, 327, 349, 374, 401, 412, 414, 421, 426, 430, 433, 435-36, 438, 442, 445-47, 467, 486
Mande St. Etienne: 365, 371
Manderfeld: 388-89, 412
Manderscheid: 410, 416, 432
Mandeville: 204
Mandog: 541-44
Mandom: 199
Mandray: 335
Mandurriao: 445
Mangaldan: 381
Mangatarem: 374
Mangima Canyon: 537, 539
Man-shih: 197, 206, 255, 322, 332
Manhay: 357-62, 368-70, 372
Manheim: 414
Manhton: 185
Maniagassa Island: 230
Manio Bridge: 205, 210
Manila
conference on Japanese surrender: 551
enemy advance on: 7, 11
evacuation of: 8, 10
declared open city: 9
Pacific forces hq: 478, 490
preservation of reservoirs: 505. See also Ipo Dam; Wawa Dam.
recovery: 377, 379, 384-85, 387-97, 399-407, 409-10, 412-14, 416-17, 419, 421, 423, 426, 439, 484, 542
warning on U.S. bombing: 248
Manila Bay: 5, 10, 12, 391, 394, 401, 403, 406, 417, 423, 450, 499
Manipur: 47-48
Manipur River: 274
Manna: 504
MANNA: 285. See also Greece.
Manna Farm: 167-69, 171
Mannebach: 431
Mannerheim Line: 206-07, 213
Mannheim: 263, 267, 277, 318, 444, 446-47, 455, 459, 461, 463
Manning, Group Capt. E. R. (RAF): 11
Manoag: 371-72, 375
Manokwari Island: 201, 249
Manoncourt: 298
Manpin: 183, 188, 191
Mansfield, Rear Adm. J. M. (RN): 262
Manshausen: 385
Mansi: 304
Mantes-Gassicourt: 250-54, 256-58
Man-tha: 320, 326
Mantitang: 385
Manus Island: 129, 152, 164, 170, 172, 176-77, 179-81, 183-84, 186-87, 190, 303, 329
Manych River: 47, 86-87
Manzanares: 484, 493
Mapait Hills: 476, 478
Mapandan: 371
Mapia Islands: 327, 332
Maquis: 254. See also French Forces of the Interior.
Mar airfield: 227, 233, 236-39, 255, 262
Marxist, Col. Robert V.: 90
Marakei Island: 151
Maramag airfields: 534
Maran: 192
Marano: 513
Marano River: 264, 272, 274, 276-77
Maranola: 194
Marbache: 263-66
Marblehead: 22
Marburg: 385, 458, 460
Marches: 356, 358-59, 363, 365, 367
Marcoiano: 277, 279
Marcouray: 361, 369
Marcourt: 369
Marcus Island: 27, 130, 195, 299
Mardigny: 270, 273
Mardt Bibart: 488
Marecchia River: 282-83, 285-86
Mareth Line: 91-101
Marettimo Island: 123
Marghana: 111
Margut: 265
Mariadorf: 298, 327, 329
Mariana Islands
air and naval actions: 175, 209-12, 214, 219, 222-23, 227, 234-37, 240, 242, 245
armor support: 215, 217, 238, 244-45
base for Japan air offensive: 336, 376, 458
casualty summaries: 220, 227, 246
enemy strength estimated: 209
recovery of: 152, 162, 179, 208-27, 230, 234-46, 249
staging area for Iwo Jima: 299, 373, 385, 401-04
underwater demolition teams: 210
Mariaweiler: 350, 352-53
Marienau: 424, 426, 428
Marienberg (eastern Germany): 384
Marienberg (western Germany): 292-93
Marienburg: 469, 471
Marienhausen: 454
Marienthal: 349
Marienwerder: 387
Marieulles: 275, 277
Marigny: 236-37
Marikina River. See Mariquina River.
Marilao: 390
Marimont: 330
Marimont Hill. See Hill 334 (France).
Marina di Pisa: 235
Marina di Ragusa: 118
Marinduque Island: 367, 372, 387, 389
Marine Corps Airdrome Battalion, 2nd: 129-30
Marine Amphibious Corps
I: 118, 135, 137, 140, 142-43, 145, 150, 154, 183
III: 222, 225, 234, 241, 244-45, 249, 263, 274, 278, 283, 301, 303, 307, 467-69, 471, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501, 504, 508, 519, 531, 534-48
V: 131, 135-36, 148, 150, 166-67, 173, 211, 217-18, 222-25, 303, 360, 366, 369, 406-09, 411-13, 415-17, 420-23, 425, 427-28, 430, 432-34, 436-38, 440-41, 444-46, 449, 452-53, 455, 519
Marine Corps Aviation
MAG 22: 26
MAG 23: 50, 52
MAG 25: 50
1st MAW: 50, 59, 78
2nd MAW: 78
VMF 211: 4, 7, 9, 26
VMF 223: 50
VMSB 17: 6
VMSB 232: 50
Marine Corps Aviation personnel
in defense of Bataan: 13, 17-18
reinforce Midway: 4, 7, 9, 26
in Philippines: 347, 544
in defense of Wake: 4
Marine Corps Brigade, 1st Provisional 234-39, 243, 245
Marine Corps Defense Battalions
1st: 4-5
3rd: 46-47
4th: 8-9
5th: 53-54, 57, 63
6th: 3
7th: 130
9th: 71-72
11th: 94
Marine Corps Divisions
1st (1st, 5th, 7th): 35-73, 93, 155-57, 159, 172, 178, 183, 188, 274, 283, 285-86, 301, 306, 338, 467-69, 471, 476, 525, 527, 529-30, 532-48
2nd (2nd, 6th, 8th): 44, 74, 81-85, 89, 135, 148, 210-14, 216-24, 227, 230, 236-37, 239, 411, 427, 468, 546-47
3rd (4th, 22nd, 29th): 137, 141, 143-50, 153-57, 161-63, 183, 234-46, 360, 408-09, 411-13, 415-17, 420-23, 427-28, 430, 432-34, 436-38, 440-42, 444, 456
4th (3rd, 9th, 21st): 167-68, 171, 173, 210-14, 216-27, 236-37, 239, 360, 407, 409, 411, 413, 415-16, 418, 420-21, 423, 428, 430, 432-34, 436-38, 440-42, 444-45
5th (23rd, 24th, 25th): 360, 407-09, 411-13, 415-16, 418, 420-21, 423, 428, 430, 432-34, 436-38, 440-42, 444-46, 449, 452-53, 456
6th (26th, 27th, 28th): 467-69, 471, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501, 508, 531, 534-48, 551
Composite Army-Marine: 85-89
Marine Corps Engineer Battalions
1st: 62
2nd: 74
Marine Corps Field Artillery Battalions
10th: 89, 149, 226
11th: 58
Marine Corps Parachute Infantry Battalions
1st: 48-49, 54-56, 149
2nd: 142, 144
Marine Corps Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st: 142, 152
Marine Corps Raider Battalions
1st: 44, 48-49, 53-59, 116-17
2nd: 50, 63, 66, 72
3rd: 94, 144
4th: 113, 115-16
Marine Corps Raider Regiments
1st: 116
2nd Provisional: 143
Marine Corps Regiments
1st: 35-73, 157, 172, 174, 274, 276-79, 281-83, 286, 468-69, 525, 527, 529, 533-37, 539, 542-43, 545-46
2nd: 44, 49, 51, 55, 58, 62-63, 65, 84, 89, 148-49, 212, 216, 218, 223-24, 227
3rd: 143-45, 427
4th: 8, 10, 182, 234, 237-38, 468, 478, 495, 499, 539-44, 547, 551
5th: 41, 49, 157, 159, 175-76, 178-79, 274, 276, 278, 281-82, 288-91, 296-97, 299-300, 468, 529, 533, 535-39, 541-43, 546-47
6th: 82, 84-89, 148-50, 212, 216, 218-21, 224, 227, 230
7th: 45, 53-56, 156, 159, 162, 274, 276, 278-79, 281-82, 286, 288-89, 291-95, 297, 468, 533-39, 543-47
8th: 63, 65, 71, 84-85, 89, 148-49, 212-13, 216-21, 224, 227, 236-37, 546-47
9th: 143-44, 413, 415-17, 420-21, 423, 430, 432, 434, 436, 441, 444, 456, 474
21st: 145-47, 154, 159, 408-09, 411, 413, 417, 420, 423, 428, 430, 432, 434, 436, 441, 444, 451
22nd: 174-75, 234, 237-38, 468, 476, 478, 493, 499, 534-38, 541-42, 544, 547
23rd: 168, 211-13, 216-18, 224-25, 227, 407, 409, 413, 415-16, 418, 420, 423, 428, 430, 432-34, 441
24th: 168, 212-13, 216-18, 220, 225-27, 407, 411, 413, 415, 420-21, 423, 428, 430, 433-34, 441-42, 444
25th: 167-68, 211-14, 216, 220, 225, 227, 407, 409, 411, 415-16, 418, 420-21, 423, 428, 430, 434, 441, 442
26th: 211, 407, 409, 411, 413, 415-16, 420-21, 423, 428, 436, 438, 441-42, 444-46, 449, 453
27th: 407, 409, 416, 418, 420, 423, 428, 436, 438, 441, 449
28th: 407-09, 411-13, 418, 420-21, 423, 428, 434, 436, 438, 440-42, 444-46, 449, 452-53
29th: 212, 218, 478, 482, 484, 486, 495, 499, 537-39, 542-43, 547
Marine Corps Tank Battalions
1st: 162
2nd: 148, 149, 151
4th: 173
Marisfeld: 481
Mariquina (Marikina) River: 407, 409-10, 457, 499, 501, 503, 510, 534, 540
Maritime Alps: 486
Mariupol: 133
Mariveles: 19, 403-05
Mark River: 314-17
Markbreit: 477
MARKET-GARDEN: 267, 276, 288. See also Rhine River.
Markham River and Valley: 120, 131, 136, 188
Markhausen: 462
Markolsheim: 386
Marksuhl: 473
Markt Nordheim: 490
Markt Oberdorf: 520
Markt Wald: 5, 119
Marktheidenfeld: 469
Marktl: 526
Marktredwitz: 506
Marktzeuln: 487, 490
Marl: 460, 462
Marly: 326-27
Marnach: 384
Marne River: 256-58, 266
Marne-Rhine Canal: 272-73, 275, 320
Maroth: 454
Marovovo: 91
Marpi Point: 224, 227
Marradi: 283, 285-87, 291-92
Marrakech: 66
MARS: 304, 441, 537
Marsal: 287
Marsala: 122
Marsanne: 254
Marsberg: 460
Marseilles 250-58, 307
Marshall, Gen. George C.: 40, 181, 205, 274, 517, 536, 545, 547. See also Combined Chiefs of Staff; Joint Chiefs of Staff; War Department.
asks for air support for Rangoon: 462, 472
authorizes mobile air force for SWPA and POA: 44
at BOLERO conferences: 32-33
on Calcutta-Assam LOC: 166-67, 171
on division of CBI: 222-27, 230, 235, 266, 310
establishes USAFIME: 41
fosters Stilwell-Mountbatten meeting: 177
and King: 43
and negotiations for use of Chinese Communists: 385
orders Stratemeyer to command China air forces: 544
proposes Stilwell as Chiang’s chief of staff: 14
proposes unified command for Far East: 9
role in Japanese surrender: 550
urges SLEDGEHAMMER: 46
Marshall, Brig. Gen. Richard J.: 12, 34, 46
Marshall Islands campaign: 112-13, 128-29, 139, 152, 159-60, 162, 164-75
air and naval support: 21, 147, 164-69, 173-75
armor support: 168-70
casualty summaries: 170-71
objection to stress on: 113
staging area for Marianas: 204, 208
Martaban: 21, 23
Martelange: 359
Marthille: 325
Martigues: 255
Martin, Brig. Gen. Clarence A.: 72, 155, 157, 161, 195, 221, 229
Martin, Maj. Gen. Frederick L.: 6
Martinstein: 444
Martinville Ridge: 211, 228, 231-32
Martuba: 67
Marubian: 191-93
Maruyama Trail: 76
Marvie: 357, 363, 365, 370
Marzeno: 337
Marzeno River: 336-37
Masbate: 462, 471
Masbate Island: 462, 471, 480, 531
Maschio d’Ariano: 199-201
Mashiki: 476
Masholder: 416
Masilay: 436, 438, 442
Maspelt: 386
Massa: 296, 471, 475, 477, 483, 486, 490
Massa Lombardo: 490
Massaciuccioli: 275
Massacre Bay: 109-11
Massacre Valley: 109, 112
Massarosa: 275
Masseler: 377
Massenheim: 459
Massicault: 109
Mast, Brig. Gen. Charles E. (French.): 60
Masthorn: 400, 406
Masurian Lakes: 385
Mataba: 412
Matagob: 359-60
Mataling River: 35
Matanikau: 50, 57
Matanikau River: 49, 56-58, 60-63, 66, 68, 71, 74, 83, 85
Materborn: 398-400
Matese Mountains: 142
Mateur: 67, 70, 81, 95-96, 99, 106-09
Mati: 309
Matruh (Mersa Matruh): 42-43, 64
Matting: 517
Matzen: 416
Matzerath: 414-15, 419
Mauban: 8, 13, 16-18, 480, 486, 488
Maubeuge: 261
Mauel: 414
Maungdaw: 75, 108, 110, 161, 178, 184
Mauo: 417, 421, 425
Maupertus: 217-19
Mauritius Island: 53
Mausbach: 273
Mawchi: 31, 33-34
Mawlaik: 344
Mawlu: 181, 316, 322
Mawpin: 311, 314
Maximiliansau: 453
Maxonchamp: 286
Maxwell, Maj. Gen. Russell L.: 42, 52, 63
Maybancal: 437, 467
Mayen: 431-32
Mayenne: 243-44, 247
Mayenne River: 242-44
Maymyo: 28, 32
Mayondon Point: 460
Mayotte Island: 44
Mayu Peninsula and River: 75, 78, 89, 98, 103, 152, 160, 351, 362
Mayu Range: 148
Mazagan: 66
Mazzarino: 118-19
Mbangai Island: 49
Meauffe: 213
Mechelen: 456
Mechelgruen: 498
Mecher: 382
Mecher-Dunkrodt: 362, 366
Mechili: 18-19, 22
Meckel: 416
Meckinghoven: 468
Mecklenburg: 523, 530
Mécleuges: 326
Medard: 444
Medebach: 464, 466, 468
Medeera: 547-48
Medel: 383
Medendorf: 386
Medendorp, Capt. Alfred: 58, 60, 70
Médenine: 93, 96-97, 100-101
Medicina: 492, 499, 501
Mediterranean Air Command (Allied): 93, 110
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces: 153, 155, 177, 246
Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force: 182, 228-29, 231
Mediterranean, Supreme Allied Commander. See Mediterranean Theater; Wilson, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland.
Mediterranean Theater. See also Wilson, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland.
air reorganization: 156, 159
CCS directive on unified command: 152-53, 155:
landing craft allocation: 145, 155, 160, 172
redesignated from NATOUSA: 316
relinquishes North Africa to AMET: 419
strategic planning: 150
Wilson as SACMED: 156, 161
Medjerda River: 105, 108
Medjez el Bab: 68-72, 74, 78-79, 95, 101-08
Medyn: 15
Meerssen: 275, 277
Meeuwen: 355
Megara: 301-02
Meggen: 485
Mehdia: 65
Mehr: 398, 450
Mehr River: 452
Mehrum: 451
Meijel: 291, 313-14, 319-20, 327
Meiktila: 34-35, 348, 372, 408-09, 412, 414, 416-17, 425, 430, 439, 450, 459, 461, 463, 490
Meinbrexen: 481
Meindorf: 446
Meine: 484
Meiningen: 467-68, 475, 479, 481
Meisburg: 426
Meisdorf: 502
Meisenheim: 444
Meisenthal: 346, 366
Meisert: 275
Meitesheim: 342-43
Meldola: 311, 313-15
Melfa River: 196-98
Melfi: 136
Mélisey: 285
Melitopol: 140, 142
Mellingen: 490
Mellu Island: 167
Melsbach: 449
Melun: 252, 254-56
Memel: 300, 302, 386
Memmingen: 518, 520
Mempakul: 12
Menado: 14
Menarmont: 315
Menate: 486, 488
Menaurupt: 319
Mendaropu: 63
Menden: 446, 451, 496
Menfi: 121
Mengeringhausen: 460
Mengerschied: 443
Mengmao: 212
Mengta Ferry: 191
Ménil: 361
Menne: 464
Mennekrath: 414
Menton: 266
Menzel Djemil: 109
Méounes: 252
Meppel: 493
Meppen: 480
Merauke: 42
Merbeck: 416
Mercato Saraceno: 299
Merchingen: 475
Merderet River: 203-08
Merduma: 75
Merefa: 131
Merenberg: 458
Mereveldhoven: 279
Mergui: 16, 18
Merheim: 427
Merken: 350, 395
Merkenich: 427
Merkers: 473
Merkols: 382
Merkstein: 295, 297
Merlscheid: 07
Mermuth: 439
Merode: 330-32, 340, 346, 349-50
Merrill, Rear Adm. A. Stanton: 143
Merrill, Brig. Gen. Frank D.: 160, 175, 178-79, 184, 189
Merrill’s Marauders: 160, 163, 168, 175, 188-89, 191, 194-98
Mersa Bou Zedjar: 65
Mersa Matruh: 42-43, 64
Mersch: 357, 410, 412
Merscheid: 383
Merseburg: 492, 494, 496
Merseburg-Leuna: 192
Mersing: 15, 17
Merten: 340, 425, 427
Mertesdorf: 434-36
Mertloch: 437
Mertzdorf: 428
Mertzwiller: 340, 345-46, 349, 441
Merville: 203
Merviller: 315
Merxem: 294
Merxheim: 444, 518
Merxplas: 291
Merzbach: 427
Merzenhausen: 333-34, 338
Merzenich: 412, 422, 424
Merzien: 498
Merzig: 330-32, 341, 357, 359, 396, 410, 440, 442
Meschede: 480, 483
Meschenich: 427
Messdorf: 430
Messe, Marshal Giovanni (It.): 88, 94, 110
Messerich: 414
Messervy, Lt. Gen. Frank W.: 347
Messina: 114, 119-20, 124, 126, 128
Messina Strait: 128, 131-32
Messnerschlag: 526
Metapona River: 62-64
Metauro River: 253-54, 256-57
Metlaoui: 93, 97
Métrich: 321-23
Metropolitan Road (Luzon): 539
Mettendorf: 407-09, 413
Metterich: 422
Metternich: 425
Mettlach: 440
Mettmann: 497, 500
Metz: 260, 265-68, 270, 272-73, 275, 277, 288-89, 293, 315-18, 320-21, 324-32, 334, 340, 342, 345-47, 349, 351, 353, 357, 359, 399-400, 423
Metzeresche: 328
Metzervisse: 327
Metzingen: 510, 513-14
Meurich: 407
Meurthe River: 270, 272-73, 275, 280-81, 283-84, 300, 315, 319, 321-22, 324, 328, 330-33
Meuse River: 258-64, 266-67, 271, 277, 305, 320-21, 353, 356, 360-62, 366, 374, 396-407, 415. See also Maas River.
Meuse-Escaut Canal: 264, 267-68, 270, 276, 278
Mexican-U.S. Joint Defense Commission: 26
Meximieux: 259-62
Meycauayan: 391
Meyenheim: 395
Meyerode: 384
Meyrargues: 252
Mézidon: 246, 429
Mézières: 263
Mga: 164
Michael, King of Rumania: 255
MICHAELMAS: 155, 157-59, 172. See also Saidor.
Michaelstein: 508
Michamps: 365-66, 376
Michelan: 463
Michelbach: 427, 495, 505
Michelfeld: 500, 503
Michldorf: 512
Middelburg: 319
Middle East: 5, 9
aircraft reinforcements for: 42
U.S. mission to: 42
Middle East Air Command (RAF): 93
Middle East Air Force: 43
Middle East Command (British.): 16, 25
assumes control of Eritrea: 21
control of Iran and Iraq: 12, 15
diversion of aircraft from: 9, 155
diversion of ground units from: 5, 24
Middle East Force (British.): 55
alerted for defense of Iran: 38
Alexander succeeds Auchinleck: 49-50
control of Malta: 28
operations in Libya: 3
preparation for defense of Anatolia: 35
Middle East Theater (U.S.), established: 41
Middleburg Island: 239, 241, 248, 251
Midway, Battle of: 39-40
enemy air losses: 28
enemy bombardment: 3, 18, 22-23, 36
garrison reinforced: 6, 8-9, 38
MAG 22 formed: 26
Nimitz inspects defenses: 36
Seventh Air Force in defense of: 38
Miehelau: 490
Miel, 427
Mielec: 236
Miesbach: 527-28
Mieux: 257
Mignano: 141, 144
Mignano Gap: 144, 147, 155
Mignéville: 316
Migyaungye: 33
Mike Hill (Leyte): 311
Milan: 61, 523, 525, 527
Milburn, Maj. Gen. Frank W.: 361, 373
Milchenbach: 480
Military highway to Alaska: 23, 62
Military Liaison Headquarters, Greece (Allied): 262, 305, 325, 331
Military missions. See countries by name.
Mille Atoll: 166
Millerovo: 45, 85
Millich: 415
Milligen: 398
Milliken, Maj. Gen. John: 300, 441
Millingen: 430, 453
Millomont: 369
Mills, Maj. Herbert N.: 273, 281-82, 284, 327-29
Milne Bay: 40-45, 47, 50-54, 57-58, 95, 97, 104, 114, 129, 141
Mils: 531
Milspe: 491
Miltonberger, Brig. Gen. Butler B.: 381, 386
Minami: 416, 418, 420-21, 423, 428
Minami-Uebaru: 480
Minatoga: 543-44.
Minatoga River: 543
Mindanao City: 434
Mindanao Island
aircraft evacuated to Australia: 6
capitulation: 37
enemy assault on: 7-8, 33, 35-37
FEAF transferred from Luzon to: 6
MacArthur arrives: 28-29
recovery of: 179, 211, 224, 235, 244, 275, 417, 419, 431, 433-34, 436-38, 440-42, 444-46, 452-53, 457, 462, 486, 488, 493, 497, 501, 503, 505-07, 510-13, 515, 517, 519-20, 522-23, 525, 527, 529-41, 543-44, 547-50
Sharp commands garrison: 27
Mindanao River: 503, 506
Mindanao Sea: 351
Mindelheim: 518, 520
Minden: 403, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480
Mindoro Attack Group: 339
Mindoro Island
fall of: 22, 26
recovery of: 302, 315, 331, 338-41, 350-58, 360, 362-69, 373, 375-76, 378-79, 381, 383, 385-87, 389, 405, 411, 415, 417, 419, 434, 488
Mineralnye Vody: 84
Minesweeping and Hydrographic Group (TG 77.6): 366-68
Mingaladon: 5, 528
Mingolsheim: 467
Minhla: 32-33
Minna Island: 491, 497
Minsk: 216, 218-20, 222-23
Mint Building (Manila): 410
Mintal: 529, 534, 536-37, 539-40
Minturno: 163-64, 186, 191
Mios Woendi: 200, 205
Miquelon Island: 8
Mirabeau: 252
Mirbach: 429
Mirecourt: 268, 272
Mirfeld: 383
Mirgorod: 216
Miri: 6
Miri Detachment: 5
Misano: 262
Misima Island: 37
Misinsman: 527
Miskolc: 341-44, 349, 355, 382
Mission Trail (Bougainville): 144, 146
Missouri: 551
Missy: 242, 256
Misterbianco: 120, 125
Mistretta: 123-24
Misurata: 85
Mitchell, Maj. Gen. Ralph J. (USMC): 148
Miteiriya Ridge: 61
Mitlesheim: 439
Mitrovica: 344
Mitry Mory: 258
Mitscher, Vice Adm. Marc A.: 122, 166, 175, 541
Mitsensk: 121
Mittel Gruendau: 463
Mittel Sorpe: 478
Mittelwihr: 346, 348
Mittenwald: 527, 530
Mitterfels: 515
Mittersheim: 331, 334-35
Mitterteich: 508
Mittl Isar Kanal: 524, 526
Mittweida: 496
Mius River: 96, 124, 129-30
Miyako Island: 519
Mnichov: 533
Moa: 103
Model, Field Marshal Walter: 228, 250, 502
Modena: 250, 511
Modenheim: 395
Moder River: 340, 379, 381, 383, 385, 389-91, 393, 402, 419, 439
Moderscheid: 382-83
Modica: 118
Modigliana: 321, 327
Moeckern: 494
Moeckmuehl: 475, 477
Moedrath: 416, 418, 420, 422, 425
Moehne Dam: 111
Moehra: 473
Moellen: 451
Moerdijk: 319-20
Moers: 422-23
Moetsch: 416
Mogaung Valley: 180, 185, 187, 195, 197, 200, 207, 210-11, 216, 219, 257
Mogilev: 150, 182, 219-20
Mogok: 446, 463
Mohacs: 340
Mo-hlaing: 346, 348-49, 353
Mohn: 419
Mohne River: 472, 478, 480, 482, 487
Mohnyin: 307
Mohon: 263
Moinet: 376, 379
Moircy: 364-65
Moivron: 288, 298
Mokerang Plantation: 181, 184, 187
Mokerang Point: 184
Mokmer: 198, 202, 204-09, 211, 213, 216, 219-20, 241
Mokpalin: 25
Moletta River: 164, 170-71, 173
Molo: 445-46
Molucca Passage: 17-18
Momauk: 326, 362
Mombaru: 469
Momerstroff: 336
Mommenheim: 445
Momote: 164, 170, 176-79, 181, 187
Monastery Hill: 151-52, 171-72, 174, 180-81, 192
Moncada: 378, 381
Monceau: 358
Moncel: 283-84
Moncourt: 272, 281, 287, 308, 320
Mondelange: 265
Monfalcone: 527
Mong Pawn: 34
Mong Wi: 364, 368-69
Monghidoro: 292-93
Mongiorgio: 505
Monglo: 484, 490, 493, 495
Mongmit: 293, 359, 388, 391, 434
Mono Island: 142, 146
Monoebaboe: 208
Monrovia: 118
Montrone: 280
Mons: 261-65
Monsabert, Lt. Gen. Aimè de Goislard de (French.): 261
Monschau: 271, 273, 278, 295, 353, 355, 358, 388
Monschau Forest: 351, 353, 358-59, 387-90
Monselice: 522
Monssen: 66
Monsummano: 264
Mont: 369, 374
Mont Castre Forest: 226, 225
Mont de Cadenbronn: 344
Mont de Fosse: 367
Mont le Ban: 372-73
Mont Pincon: 240-41, 243-44, 246
Montabaur: 454
Montaione: 232
Montalban: 409, 412, 440, 442, 450
Montalbano, Italy: 291
Montalbano, Sicily: 127
Montaquila: 145
Montarello: 287-88
Montargis: 254, 266
Montbéliard: 328-29
Montbronn: 346, 366
Montcornet: 260
Montdidier: 259, 333
Montebello: 285-86
Montebourg: 204-09, 213
Montebourg Station: 206
Montecarelli: 274
Montecchio: 292, 344
Montecodruzzo: 298
Montecorvino: 133
Montefiascone: 207
Montefredente: 290
Montélimar: 254, 256-59
Montelupo: 234, 250
Montemarano: 138
Montenau: 378, 394
Montenegro area: 347
Montenero: 233
Montenovo: 301
Montepiano: 284-85
Montepulciano: 221
Montereau: 252, 254-56
Monterenzio hills: 299-305
Monterosso: 119
Monterotondo: 204
Montescudo: 274, 276-77
Montese: 495
Montevarchi: 233
Montfort: 380-82
Montgomery, Rear Adm. Alfred L.: 145-46
Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L.: 50, 54, 58, 60-63, 70, 74, 82-84, 86-87, 94-95, 100, 102, 104-05, 107, 118, 121, 126, 133-34, 137, 140, 142, 147
CG of Eighth Army: 49-50
CG of 21 Army Group: 156
commands Allied land forces in Normandy: 203
directives on drive to Germany: 262, 271, 289, 292, 304, 317, 356, 363
directives on Normandy breakout: 212-14, 221, 227, 240-41, 243, 245-46, 248, 252, 256
directives on Rhine River crossing: 432
relinquishes control of 12th Army Group: 260
role in German surrender: 529
Montiano: 301
Monticello: 194
Montigny: 204, 315, 325
Montilgallo: 297
Montmartin-en-Graignes: 208-10
Montone River: 321, 323-26, 328, 333, 335-37, 342-43, 430
Montpellier: 259
Montrevel: 262
Monywa: 35-36, 381, 449
Monzelfeld: 444
Monzuno: 296
Mook: 396
Moore, Maj. Gen. George F.: 27
Moore, Maj. Gen. James (USMC): 186
Moore, Lt. Col. Malcolm A.: 125
Moosbrugger, Comdr. Frederick (USN): 125
Moosburg: 521-22, 524, 526
Moosham: 519
Mor: 451
Moranao: 547
Morava River: 477, 481
Moravian Gap: 465, 473, 481, 525
Moravska Ostrava: 505, 511, 523, 525
Morciano: 262
Morello Hill: 155, 157
Morenhoven: 427
Morgan, Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick E., named COSSAC: 106. See also Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander (designate).
Morgorod: 201
Morhange: 325-26, 405
Morhange Plateau: 320
Moriviller: 278
Morlaix: 243-44, 251
Moro River: 151-53
Morobe Harbor: 101-02, 114, 116
Morocco, Allied landings in: 64-65. See also Algiers; Northwest Africa Campaign.
Moron: 14-15, 17
Morondava: 54
Morong: 437
Morong River and Valley: 438, 441-42
Morotai Covering Force: 271
Morotai Island
air and naval actions: 274, 276
assault on: 211, 233, 235, 249, 253-54, 261-64, 269-71, 274, 276-77, 279, 281-83, 286-87, 291, 295, 297, 302, 390, 449, 491
enemy air raids: 390, 449
staging area for Philippines: 297, 400
Morris, Gen. Basil M. (Australian.): 43, 46, 50
Morris Force: 210, 230, 234
Morris, Brig. G. R. (Indian Army): 210
Morrona: 231
Morsbach: 392, 394
Morscheid: 437
Morschenich: 412, 414
Morshausen: 438-39
Morshead, Lt. Gen. Sir Leslie (British.): 139
Morsott: 88, 104
Mortagne: 252-53, 310
Mortagne River: 275, 278, 280, 307-10
Mortain: 241-47
Mortars, first use in Pacific: 133
Morteaux: 250
Mortlock Atoll: 162
Morvillars: 330
Morville-lès-Vic: 321
Moscou Farm: 327
Moscow: 97, 166, 269
Churchill arrival: 49
Foreign Ministers Conference: 141, 143
German assault on: 3-4, 10
USSR-France treaty: 349
Moselkern: 438
Moselle River crossings: 260-61, 263-70, 273, 275, 277-78, 280-85, 287, 292, 295-97, 300, 318, 320-23, 325-30, 360, 371, 374, 382, 406-09, 414, 419, 421-24, 432, 434-45
Moselotte River: 299-300, 304
Moselweiss: 441
Mosles: 204
Mossoux: 285
Mostroff: 360, 362
Moten, Brig. M. J. (Australian.): 85
Motobu Peninsula: 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 493, 495, 497, 501, 508
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron, 3rd: 59
Motor torpedo boats: 17, 59
Motoyama: 409, 417, 420, 423, 430
Mott, Col. John W.: 70, 72
Mouen: 219
Moulins-lés-Metz: 329
Moulmein: 12, 17-18, 20-22, 155, 511, 515
Mountbatten, Adm. Lord Louis: 152, 155, 160, 170, 172, 178, 180-81, 187, 195, 206, 435, 463. See also Burma; China; India-Burma Theater; South East Asia Command.
Cairo conference with Churchill: 299, 304, 316
Calcutta commanders’ conference: 358
commands SEAC: 129, 141-42, 147
directives on Burma and Malaya: 271, 274, 391, 531
directives on recovery of Rangoon and Singapore: 395, 455, 469, 501
establishes Air-Ground Supply Committee: 459
offers British troops for training of Chinese: 163
organizes Eastern Air Command: 153
plan for Arakan offensive: 161, 321
plans for recovery of Malaya and Singapore: 542-43, 546
plans for reinforcement of China by air: 449
plans for SEAC strategy: 235, 241, 254, 293, 299, 304, 307, 316, 329
and Stilwell conferences: 177, 185
on transfer of Chinese from Burma: 341, 344
Mourmelon: 337
Mousson Hill: 272-73, 275
Mouterhouse: 346, 365, 439, 442
Moyland: 402-03, 408
Moyen: 238
Moyenmoutier: 333
Moyenvic: 284, 287, 320
Mozambique Channel: 54, 57
Mozdok: 53, 81
Mozhaisk: 16
Mozyr: 161-62
Mozzagrogna: 150
Msus: 19-20
Mt. Alava: 379
Mt. Alifan: 235
Mt. Alutom: 238
Mt. Austen: 48-49, 56, 61, 66, 75-78, 82, 88
Mt. Badian: 339
Mt. Balidbiran: 449
Mt. Banahao: 517
Mt. Barrigada: 241-44
Mt. Batulao: 390
Mt. Baytangan: 443, 445, 460
Mt. Bermodo: 421
Mt. Bijang: 435-36, 443, 445
Mt. Binicayan: 532-35
Mt. Cabungaan: 349-50, 352
Mt. Calugong: 482
Mt. Capisan: 438, 452
Mt. Cariliao: 390
Mt. Caumes: 253
Mt. Caymayuman: 445-46, 448
Mt. Cenis: 471, 473
Mt. Chachao: 235, 238
Mt. Coudon: 253
Mt. Daho: 501, 512
Mt. Dalaga: 499
Mt. Etna: 120-21, 126, 128
Mt. Faron: 254
Mt. Haruna: 530-31
Mt. Isarog: 529-30
Mt. Lasso: 237
Mt. Macolod: 445-46, 448, 450-53, 455, 460-61, 464-65, 471, 490, 493, 503, 505, 507, 510
Mt. Magabaag: 430-31, 433
Mt. Malepunyo: 469, 473, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 488, 490, 493, 497, 499, 511, 517, 523, 525
Mt. Mataasna Bundoc: 482, 488, 493, 499, 501, 505, 507, 511, 513, 517, 520, 522
Mt. Mataba: 413-14, 416, 431, 438, 450, 457, 460-61, 463-64, 475, 477, 482, 484, 486, 501, 503, 510
Mt. Minoro: 335
Mt. Mirador: 511, 513, 515, 517, 519
Mt. Montalban: 471
Mt. Myoko: 439, 442, 448-49, 453, 460, 463, 465, 467, 484, 486, 490, 493, 503, 505, 509-10, 515, 520, 522
Mt. Nafutan: 217-18
Mt. Natib: 15, 408
Mt. Oro: 419, 477, 505
Mt. Pacawagan: 413-14, 416-17, 431, 477, 503, 505, 507, 510-11, 513, 517, 520, 525, 527, 529, 533-34, 538
Mt. Petosukara: 225
Mt. Pinatubo: 440, 484, 497
Mt. Popa: 34, 507
Mt. Pulungbatu: 462
Mt. Saksin: 214, 225
Mt. St. Jean: 288, 298
Mt. Samat: 19, 31-32
Mt. Santa Rosa: 242-43, 245
Mt. Sapia: 59
Mt. Sembrano: 471
Mt. Silanganan: 16
Mt. Suribachi: 407-09, 411-13, 418
Mt. Tambu: 121, 129
Mt. Tanauan: 443, 445-46, 448-50
Mt. Tapotchau: 216-20, 222
Mt. Tenjo: 238
Mt. Thabor: 419
Mt. Tipo Pale: 216, 218-20, 222
Mt. Toulon: 272-73, 298
Mt. Vesuvius: 138
Mt. Yabang: 448
Muar: 14-17
Muar River: 15
Muara Island: 545-46
Mubo: 46, 53, 83, 90-91, 98, 106, 114-15, 117-18
Muchhausen: 422
Muda River: 6
Mudburch River: 313
Mueddersheim: 418
Mueggenhausen: 425
Muehl River: 528
Muehlacker: 477
Muehlberg: 472
Muehldorf: 528
Muehlen: 517
Muehlhausen: 481, 485, 521
Muehlheim: 455
Mueldorf: 465
Muelhausen: 421
Muelheim: 420, 431, 443-44
Muelldorf: 446
Muellendorf: 332-33, 344, 355
Mueller, Maj. Gen. Paul J.: 279, 282, 307
Muenchberg: 494
Muendersbach: 454
Muensingen: 513-14
Muenster: 466, 468, 470, 472, 476, 497
Muenster Plain: 466
Muensterbusch: 278, 280-82, 284
Muentz: 412
Muenzenberg: 459
Muenzingen: 335
Muerlenbach: 428
Muerringen: 386-87
Muesse: 474
Muetzenich: 389
Mugford: 48
Muhlhausen: 383, 465, 470, 472, 474-75, 477, 479
Muhlheim: 511
Muids: 257
Mukacevo: 312
Mulazzano: 276
Mulcahy, Brig. Gen. Francis P. (USMC): 127
Mulde River: 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 508, 510, 514-15, 522, 524, 526
Muldenau: 418
Mulheim: 487
Mulhouse: 332-34, 336, 395
Munassib: 61
Munchen-Gladbach: 416, 418, 420, 422
Munda Point: 82, 97, 110, 113-29, 139, 156
Munda Trail: 116-18, 121
Munda-Bairoko Occupation Force: 116
Mundenheim: 448
Munich: 509, 512, 519, 521, 523-24, 526
Munoz: 388, 390-91, 393-96
Munster: 331, 334
Munstereiffel: 429
Muntzenheim: 386-87
Munzingen: 406
Murakumo: 58-59
Murg River: 488
Murnau: 525
Murphy, Robert: 60
Murr River: 503, 505
Murrhardt: 505
Musa River: 59-60
Musashino aircraft plant: 370, 425
Mu-se: 379, 386
Musita Island: 75, 77-79
MUSKET: 115. See also Taranto.
Musket block (New Guinea): 81-85
Mussau Island: 182
Mussolini, Benito: 88
appeal to Italians: 120
execution of: 521
fall of: 122
Mussolini Canal: 164-65, 167, 177, 196
Mussomeli: 121
Mustert: 443
Musweiler: 432
Mutcho Point: 224
Mutterstadt: 447-48
Muxerath: 411
Myawadi: 16
Myebon: 372
Myebon Peninsula: 372-73, 378, 380
Myers, Brig. Gen. Donald J.: 262
Myhl: 415
Myingan: 450
Myingun: 505
Myinmu: 381, 401
Myitkyina
conference on air organization: 375
fall of: 36-38
recovery of: 61-62, 64, 71, 91, 93, 145, 170, 175, 185-90, 193-201, 204, 207, 209-11, 213-14, 219-21, 223, 226, 229-31, 234, 236-39, 242, 255, 266, 270, 274, 291, 293, 297, 304, 354, 375, 379, 382
Myitson: 388-89, 397, 399
Myitta: 15
Myohaung: 384, 387
Myola: 58
Myotha: 436
Myothit: 314, 326
Mytilene (Lesbos) Island: 292
–N–
Naa Island: 150
Naab River: 510, 512, 514
Naaf River: 178, 290, 367
Nabburg: 510
Nachtmanderscheid: 381-82
Nackenheim: 449
Nadrin: 373
Nadzab: 131-33, 135-36, 154
Nafutan Point: 213-20
Naga: 6-7
Naga Trail: 168
Nagasaki: 550
Nago: 480
Nagold: 500
Nagold River: 496, 498
Nagoya: 34
Naguilian: 443, 447, 455, 457, 482, 484, 546-47
Nagumo, Vice Adm. Chuichi: 39
Naha: 536, 540-44
Naha Inlet: 543
Nahe River: 439-46, 481
Naiden, Brig. Gen. Earl L.: 43
Nakagusuku Bay: 469
Nakama: 519
Nalbach: 444
Nalchik: 61, 77, 82
Nalimbiu River: 63-64
Nalut: 94
Nam Kawng Chaung: 183
Nambalan: 378
Namber: 225, 229-30
Nambyu Stream: 178-79
Namely: 444
Namhkam: 293, 342, 345, 353, 368, 371, 375-78
Namhpakka: 371, 376-79, 384-85
Namkwi: 193, 195
Namkwi River: 193, 195
Namkwin: 197
Namma: 286, 304, 311
Namur: 263-64, 363
Namur (Camouflage) Island. See Roi-Namur Islands.
Namyung: 391
Nan Hill (Leyte): 311
Nan Hill (Okinawa): 533-35
Nancy: 263, 267-70, 272-73, 275, 277-78, 280, 289
Nangis: 259
Nanning: 336, 541, 545
Nanod: 512-13
Nanomea Island: 128, 130, 132
Nanpo Shoto. See Volcano Islands.
Nantes: 245-47
Nanyaseik: 200
Napapo: 73, 75-76, 78
Napier: 11
Napilas: 484
Naples: 72, 115, 119, 121-23, 127, 129-40, 147, 163, 171, 187, 210, 224, 226, 248, 528
Naples-Foggia Campaign: 128-63
Narbefontaine: 336
Naranjo Island: 415
Narew River: 246, 272, 374
Narni: 209
Naro: 118
Narva: 168, 171, 237
Narva River: 170-71
Nashville: 351
Nasingen: 411
Naso: 126
Nassandres: 255
Nassau: 456
Nassau Bay: 114-17, 120
Nassereith: 530
Nassig: 463
Nastatten: 459
Nasugbu: 372, 379, 381, 385, 389
Natamo: 175
Nate Road (Kwajalein): 169
Nathan Road (Kwajalein): 169
National Military Advisory Council, China: 146, 246
National Redoubt (Germany): 520
Natmauk: 33
Natsugumo: 58-59
Nattenheim: 416-17
Natunga: 61-62, 65-67
Naubum: 188
Nauheim: 451
Naumberg: 487, 489, 491
Naumburg: 466, 470
Nauplia: 298
Naurath: 431
Nauro: 54
Nauro Peninsula: 130-31
Nauru Island: 3, 121, 136-39, 147
Nautilus: 40, 148
Naval Coastal Frontiers, U.S.: 10, 22
Naval Construction Battalions: 63, 71
in Admiralties: 187
authorized: 9
on Ellice Islands: 130
in Solomons: 156
6th: 53, 57
18th: 74
19th: 72
Naval District, 17th: 186
Naval forces, Allied: 22. See also Royal Navy; Navy, United States.
Naviglio Canal: 351-53, 356-58, 364, 366
Navy, United States. See also Fleets; Task Forces, Navy; United States Fleet.
air units withdrawn from P.I.: 3, 6
controls ANZAC area: 20
coastal frontiers redesignated: 22
Construction Battalions authorized: 9
death of Knox: 189
Europe forces headed by Stark: 28
Forrestal appointed Secretary: 191
in ground defense of Bataan: 13, 17-19
King appointed CinC of Fleet and CNO: 7, 28
Pacific forces headed by Nimitz: 472
Pacific forces redesignated: 541
Pearl Harbor warship losses: 3
WAVES established: 47
Nawngmi Stream: 190
Ndeni: 57-58, 60
Ndrilo Island: 184
Nebra: 48
Neckar River: 459, 461, 463, 466, 471, 473, 475, 477, 481, 500, 503, 505, 509, 513-14
Neckargemund: 465
Neckargartach: 473, 475
Neder Rijn (Lower Rhine) River: 276, 281, 284, 286-88, 342, 474
Nederweert: 313-16
Nederweert-Wessem Canal: 287, 315-16, 325
Needle Rock: 519
Neesen: 476
Nefaar: 189
Neffe: 365, 369
Neffel River: 4, 115, 417-18
Negritos: 464, 497, 506, 510
Negros Island: 34, 176-87, 419, 430, 452-53, 460-61, 464-65, 467, 469, 471, 473, 476, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 493, 497, 499, 501, 503, 506-08, 510, 517, 519-20, 522-23, 525, 527, 529-34, 536, 538, 540, 542-43, 547-48
Negros Occidental Province: 452, 460-61, 519, 522, 527, 529, 533-34, 536, 538, 540, 543
Negros Oriental Province: 430, 517, 519, 522, 527, 529-34, 542, 548
Neheim: 485, 487
Néhou: 211, 225
Neidenbach: 426
Neidhausen: 385
Neidingen: 386
Neilson Field: 4, 401
Neisse River: 498, 505
Nelben: 491
Nelson: 138
Nelson, Donald M.: 246-47, 263-65
Nelson, Maj. Gen. Frederick L.: 160
Nemi: 199, 201
Nemmenich: 422
Nennig: 334, 338, 375, 380-82
Neosho: 37
NEPTUNE: 168, 187. See also Normandy Campaign, landing phase.
Nero Point: 169
Neschen: 449
Nesselbach: 496
Netherlands operations in: 265-517. See also Western Europe.
surrender of German forces in: 530
U.S. air operations begin: 44
Netherlands Air Force, in Borneo: 6
Netherlands Army
in Borneo: 549
Royal Netherlands Brigade: 259, 266
Netherlands District (British.): 468, 493
Netherlands East Indies
ABDA directive for defense of: 11
Allied air reinforcement: 6, 18
casualty summaries: 295
enemy landings: 14, 17-18
fall of: 11-46
government moves to Bandoeng: 27
Malaya air force moved to: 20
recovery of: 193, 233, 235-36, 249, 253-54, 261-64, 269-71, 274,
276-77, 279, 281-83, 286-87, 291, 295, 297, 302, 327, 331-32, 527, 545-47, 549-50
SWPA control of: 30
Netphen: 468, 470, 472, 474
Netterden: 460
Nettuno: 164, 170-71. See also Anzio Campaign.
Neu Astenberg: 468, 470
Neu Ulm: 516, 518
Neuberg: 496
Neubourg: 383
Neudorf: 461
Neuenburg: 486, 511-12
Neuendorf: 398
Neuenkirchen: 464, 468
Neuenrade: 489, 494
Neuenstadt: 492
Neuenstein: 417, 490, 492
Neuerburg, 411, 413
Neuf-Brisach: 343, 389-93, 395
Neufchâteau, Belgium: 357-60, 365, 380
Neufchâteau, France: 268-70, 272
Neufchef: 266
Neufelden: 528-29
Neuffen: 513
Neuhaus: 468, 470, 506, 528-29, 531
Neuheilenbach: 424
Neuhof: 388, 390, 463, 487
Neuhoffen: 365
Neukirchen: 425, 446, 515, 522
Neumarkt, eastern Germany: 401
Neumarkt, western Germany: 507-08, 511-12, 531
Neumuhl: 458
Neundorf: 381-82
Neunhoffen: 442
Neunkirchen: 447
Neuoetting: 528-29
Neupfotz: 451
Neurath: 408, 420, 422
Neuss: 411, 416, 418, 420, 462, 466
Neustadt: 447, 469, 477, 479, 485, 487, 490, 492, 496, 498, 518-19
Neustettin: 417
Neustrassburg: 424
Neuviller-sur-Moselle: 268
Neuwied: 448, 452
Neville: 375
Nevinnomyssk: 48
New Bosoboso: 448, 450-51, 453, 461. See also Bosoboso River and Valley
New Bosoboso River: 448
New Britain Island
air offensive against: 140, 143-47, 155-56, 174
Allied assault on: 139, 141, 143-47, 149, 151-56, 159-63, 166, 172-73, 175-76, 179-79, 181, 183, 198, 190
armor actions on: 159-60, 163
enemy air attacks on: 12, 16-17
enemy landings on: 17
JCS directive on: 44
MacArthur proposed offensive: 43
naval actions: 144, 146
plans for: 43-45, 92, 96-98, 101, 106, 108, 118, 136, 139, 140, 143, 151, 154
New Caledonia, as staging area: 26-28, 155, 322
New Delhi
conference on Burma recovery: 90
SEAC removed from: 187
NEW GALAHAD: 209, 221, 237. See also Long Range Penetration Groups.
New Georgia campaign: 113-36, 179
air and naval actions: 72, 78, 97, 110, 115-18, 122, 125, 127-29, 138-39
armor support: 119, 123, 135
enemy move from Guadalcanal to: 82, 84
Kolombangara naval battle: 118
Kula Gulf naval battles: 116, 118
supply situation: 117-18
Vella Gulf naval battles: 125, 139, 363
New Georgia Air Command: 127
New Georgia Attack Force: 119
New Georgia Occupation Force: 113, 116, 119, 126
New Guinea Campaign: 88-364, 536
advance base established: 49
air and naval actions: 51-52, 67-68, 70-74, 77-78, 82-83, 90-91, 96, 104, 110, 117, 125-31, 135, 137, 147, 159, 161, 164, 173, 176-77, 180-81, 184-85, 187-91, 193, 197-98, 202, 205-06, 209, 211-12, 215-16, 220, 222-23, 225, 227, 230, 232, 235-36, 241, 247, 251, 256, 262, 267
air supply: 74
airborne operations: 131, 223-24
Allied air attacks on shipping: 46-47
Allied armor support: 74-79, 82, 84, 147, 196, 198, 200, 205, 215, 221
Allied reinforcements: 39, 56, 58-59, 63-66, 69-70, 72-76, 78-79, 85, 89, 91, 95-96, 129, 131-32, 161, 163, 188, 198, 200, 202, 206, 208-10, 212-13, 220, 223, 229, 234, 247
Australians take control: 342
Blarney commands Allied forces: 56
casualty summaries: 81, 87, 190, 195, 202, 216, 223, 238, 240, 253, 256, 260
Eichelberger takes command: 71-72
enemy air attacks: 17, 21, 27-28
enemy armor support: 211
enemy ground offensives: 17, 25, 31, 47
enemy landings: 17, 25, 31
enemy reinforcements: 49-53, 68, 71, 74, 77, 82, 96, 141, 178, 151
first Army troops arrive: 55
flame throwers: 73
JCS directive on: 44
MacArthur proposed to head offensive: 43
naval attacks on enemy shipping: 46
New Guinea Force controls all units: 48
Papua Campaign: 46-87
plans for offensive: 54, 57, 63, 92, 96-98, 101, 106, 108, 152-53, 155, 176, 178-80, 189-91, 201, 211, 214-15, 227, 230
staging area for Morotai: 261-64, 269
staging area for P.I.: 302
supply situations: 72-74, 188-89, 201, 204-05, 217
SWPA control of: 30
New Guinea Volunteer Reserve (Australian.): 12, 38
New Hebrides, as staging area: 29, 50, 53-55, 57, 61, 141, 145-46
New Ireland Campaign
air and naval actions: 149, 159-60, 162, 174-75
Allied assault: 129, 155-56, 159-60, 162, 172, 174-75, 178, 180, 182
Cape St. George naval battle: 149
enemy air attacks on: 16-17
enemy landings: 17
JCS directive on: 44
offensive plan for: 43-45, 92, 96-98, 101, 106, 108, 155
New Strip (New Guinea): 69-72, 76
NEW YORK: 453-54
New Zealand, U.S. troops arrive: 39, 41
New Zealand Army units
Corps, New Zealand: 99-101, 169, 171-75, 180-83
Divisions
2nd: 50, 53, 61, 63-66, 74-76, 84, 96, 99, 102-03, 105, 140, 150-51, 153, 156, 169, 174, 180, 183, 197-98, 207, 227-28, 230-31, 234-38, 240, 247, 250, 252, 268, 285, 288, 301-04, 306, 309, 338, 352-54, 357, 430, 484, 486, 492, 495, 497, 501, 503, 507, 513, 515, 518, 522-23, 525, 527-28
3rd: 134-35, 140, 142-43, 146, 172-74
Brigades
6th: 46
8th: 134, 140, 142, 146
14th: 135
Newel: 139, 154, 229, 419
Ney: 439
Nezhin: 135
Ngahgahtawng: 183
Ngajatzup: 144
Ngakyedauk Pass: 172, 175, 177
Ngam Ga: 177-78
Ngao Ga: 191
Ngarekeukl: 286
Ngazun: 412
Ngesebus Island: 226, 290-91
Ngulu Island: 184, 305
Nhpum Ga: 183-85, 196
Nicastro: 132-33
Nice: 249, 259
Nichols Field: 4-5, 395-96, 398-402
Nicholson, Brig. C. G. G. (British.): 94-95
Nicosia: 121-25
Nida River: 374
Nidda: 461
Nideggen: 394, 398, 215
Nied Allemande River: 331
Nied Française River: 23-24, 327-29
Nied River: 324, 329-30, 332, 336, 341
Niedaltdorf: 341
Nieder Bettingen: 427
Nieder Breisig: 433, 435
Nieder Breitbach: 449
Nieder Dollendorf: 442
Nieder Emmel: 443
Nieder Emmels: 380
Nieder Erlenbach: 459
Nieder Eschbach: 459
Nieder Fell: 438, 440
Nieder Gailbach: 355
Nieder Gandern: 481
Nieder Gebraching: 517
Nieder Geckler: 409-10
Nieder Gladbach: 459, 461
Nieder Gondershausen: 439
Nieder Heimbach: 443
Nieder Hersdorf: 424
Nieder Jossa: 465
Nieder Kastenholz: 427
Nieder Lauch: 421
Nieder Losheim: 440
Nieder Mehlen: 398
Nieder Mendig: 441-42
Nieder Pierscheid: 411
Nieder Pruem: 399-400, 421-22
Nieder Schlettenbach: 445-46
Nieder Seemen: 463, 465
Nieder Stedem: 414
Nieder Uttfeld: 406-07
Nieder Viebach: 526
Nieder Vorschutz: 465
Nieder Winkel: 434
Nieder Zissen: 433
Niederau: 411-12
Niederaual: 463
Niederaussem: 420
Niederbach: 427
Niederberg: 420, 422
Niederbronn: 347-48, 442
Niederbruch: 422
Niedergegen: 406
Niederhone: 475, 477
Niederkail: 429
Niederkyll: 427
Niedermerz: 331
Niedermodern: 380
Niedernhausen: 456
Niederpleis: 446
Niederrad: 454-55
Niederroeblingen: 489
Niederroedern: 351
Niederschaeffolsheim: 340
Niederschlettenbach: 443
Niederselters: 461
Niedersfeld: 472
Niederspay: 442
Niedersteinbach: 442
Niederstetten: 485
Niederwalgern: 458
Niederwampach: 374-75
Niederweiler: 417
Niederweis: 416
Niederzeuzheim: 456.
Niederzier: 410-11
Nieffern: 383
Niehl: 408, 427
Niel: 398
Niemen River: 300
Nienburg: 480, 489
Nierfeld: 426
Niers Canal: 418, 420
Niers River: 399, 421
Niersbach: 431
Nierstein: 447
Nieukerk: 420
Nieuport: 266
Nievenheim: 425
Nigia River: 188-89, 207, 250
Nijmegen: 276, 278-79, 281-82, 289-90, 292, 321, 353, 356, 396, 398, 468, 474
Nikolaev: 153, 184
Nikopol: 142, 171
Nile River Delta: 43, 50
Nimes: 259
Nimitz, Adm. Chester W.: 60, 81, 102, 314
CINCPOA: 30
commands all Navy forces in Pacific: 472
directives on recovery of Gilberts and Nauru: 121, 137
inspects Midway defenses: 36
JCS directives on Formosa and Mindanao: 180, 209, 224, 230, 235, 237
orders offensive in Solomons: 45
plans for New Guinea: 181
plans for occupying Japan: 546
plans for Pacific offensive: 139, 162, 211, 224, 230, 235, 237
plans for recovery of Palaus: 226, 230
plans for recovery of P.I.: 266, 294, 340
plans for seizure of Volcanos: 297, 299, 337, 385
role in Japanese surrender: 550
succeeds Kimmel: 6
Nims River: 413-14, 416-17, 419, 421-122, 424
Ningbyen: 175
Ningru Ga: 163
Ninni Island: 167-68
Ninth War Area, China: 208-09, 341
Niroemoar Island: 194
Nis: 300, 304, 324
Niscemi: 118-19
Nisei troops. See Infantry Battalions (Separate), 100th; Infantry Regiments, 442nd.
Nishi: 418, 421, 423
Nishibaru: 510, 512-13
Nishibaru Ridge: 506, 508, 510, 512, 515
Nissan Island: 173
Nister River: 454
Nittel: 408, 414
Nitra: 465
Nitra River: 463
Niumen Creek: 207, 240-43
Nob Pier: 169
Noble, Brig. Gen. Alfred H. (USMC): 182
Noble, Rear Adm. Albert G.: 501
Nocera: 133, 137-38
Nocher: 377
Nochern: 454
Nodake: 474
Noemfoor Island: 201-02, 206, 211, 214-17, 220-25, 228-30, 232, 235-36, 246, 249, 251, 255, 257, 260, 262, 264, 267
Noerde: 464
Noerdershausen: 438
Noertrange: 380
Noethen: 427
Nofilia: 76
Nogent-sur-Seine: 256
Nomeny: 277, 292, 320-21
Nompatelize: 315, 317
Nonancourt: 252-53
Nonhigny: 328
Nonnenweier: 498
Nonnweiler: 440
Nora Road (Kwajalein): 168-69
Nordborchen: 462, 464
Norddorf: 472
Nordenau: 474
Nordhausen: 483, 485, 487, 489, 491
Nordheim: 481
NORDWIND: 365. See also Armies, Seventh.
Norfolk House (London): 116, 164
Normandy Campaign: 203-35
air attack phase: 33, 39, 42, 49, 114, 161, 179, 183, 186-87, 199, 191, 195, 197, 203, 225-26, 232
airborne operations: 164, 203-04
amphibious plan issued: 168
artificial moonlight employed: 231
Battle of the Hedgerows: 223-32
CCS approves BOLERO: 33
CCS establishes staff structure: 106
code names defined: 168
conferences on air support: 39, 42, 46, 49
contact with Seventh Army: 267
D-Day determination: 129, 164, 167, 172, 183, 191, 202
Eisenhower commands Allied forces 152, 156, 163, 203
Italy offensive in support of: 187
landing craft allocation: 164, 172
landing phase: 199-201, 203-04, 216-27
Marshall-Hopkins-King conferences: 32, 46
naval attack phase: 189, 203, 218
planning phase: 30, 32-33, 39, 42, 49, 106, 112, 129, 150, 164, 167-68, 172, 179, 183, 187, 189, 191, 202
stabilization phase: 227-35
U.K. accepts BOLERO plan: 33
North Africa, military mission to: 8, 21, 42
North African Air Force: 109, 113-15, 119, 124, 130, 140-41
North African Theater of Operations. See also Northwest Africa campaign.
activated under Eisenhower: 91
air organization: 155-56
AMET, merger with: 419
Devers heads: 161
Germany-to-England, first shuttle raid: 114
McNarney succeeds Devers: 309
designated MTOUSA: 316
SOS established: 92
Southern France, plans for: 159
North Apennines Campaign: 267-473
North Carolina: 55
North Force, New Guinea: 229-32, 235-36, 239-40
North Gugegwe Island: 170
North Luzon Force: 8-10, 12
North Pacific, control by POA: 30
North Pacific Force: 48, 81, 102, 111, 135
North Sea: 449
Northampton: 71
Northeim: 483
Northern Assault Force, Salerno: 132
Northern Attack Force, Gilberts: 143-44, 147
Northern Attack Force, Marshalls: 167
Northern Attack Force (TF 53): 467
Northern Attack Group, French Morocco: 65
Northern Combat Area Command: 168, 170, 173-98, 200-201, 204, 207, 210-11, 213-14, 216, 219-21, 223, 226, 229-31, 234, 236-37, 239, 242, 244, 257, 274, 286, 293, 297, 304, 307, 311, 313-14, 318-19, 322-23, 326-28, 333, 337-39, 341-42, 345-48, 351-54, 358-59, 362-64, 366-69, 371-72, 375-78, 380-92, 397, 399, 402, 405-06, 430, 434, 438, 441, 446, 463, 467
Northern France Campaign: 235-71
air support of: 236, 240, 244-45, 260
breakout phase: 247-55
pursuit phase: 259-65
supply situation: 256-58, 260-62, 265
Northern Ireland, U.S. troops arrive in: 14, 19
Northern Landing Force, Attu: 109-12
Northern Landing Force, Marshalls: 167-68, 170-71
Northern Landing Force, New Georgia: 115, 126-29, 131, 140, 143, 146
Northern Landing Group, New Georgia 116
Northern Solomons Campaign: 95-332
Northern Troops and Landing Force, Marianas: 212, 227
Northwest Africa campaign. See also Algiers; Tunisia.
air support of. See Air Forces, Twelfth; North African Air Force; Northwest African Allied Air Force.
Algeria-French Morocco Campaign: 64-66
AFHQ activated: 55
attacks on shipping: 64-66, 73, 75
civil government restored: 98
CCS agrees upon command structure: 46
convoy departures for: 59-61, 64
Darlan orders cease fire: 66
D-Day determination: 56
decision on landing sites: 53
decision to seize: 14, 42
directive to Eisenhower: 50
Egypt-Libya Campaign: 41-92
Eighth Air Force diverted from: 33
Eisenhower as commander: 48, 55
outline plan issued: 56
Stilwell proposed as commander: 14
Tunisia Campaign: 66-110
U.S.-French conference on: 60
warship departures for: 61, 64
Northwest African Air Forces, activated: 93, 96
Northwest Sea Frontier: 186
Northwestern France. See Normandy Campaign; Northern France Campaign.
Nortons Knob: 437, 439, 446, 455, 457
Norway
first U.S. assault on: 122
German island bases raided: 9
operations in: 9, 122, 308, 311, 326, 334
Quisling establishes government: 21
Norzagaray: 390
Nossoncourt: 315
Nostorf: 526
Noswendel: 440
Nosy Bé Island: 54
Nothberg: 333
Nothweiler: 354
Notre Dame de Cenilly: 237
Notre Dame de la Garde: 257
Notre Dame d’Elle: 237, 242
Notscheid: 437-39
Nouméa: 50
Novaliches: 407, 503
Noveant: 264-65, 267
Novgorod: 163, 170
Novgorod Severski: 133, 135
Noville: 370-71, 374
Novo Belitsa: 140
Novocherkassk: 47, 92
Novograd Volyinsk: 159
Novorossisk: 48, 52-54, 57, 83, 86-87, 89, 91-92, 135
Novosokolniki: 176
Nowy Sacz: 379
Nowy Targ: 387, 473
Noyers: 231-32, 242
Noyes, Rear Adm. Leigh: 45, 47
Noyon: 261
Nueha River: 88-89
Nuembrecht: 482, 485
Nuetterden: 398
Nugent, Brig. Gen Richard E.: 271
Nugu Point: 89
Nukufetau: 129-30, 139
Numa Numa Trail: 144, 146, 157
Number 3 airstrip, New Guinea: 52
Numundo Plantation: 181
Nunkirchen: 442
Nure River: 518
Nuremberg: 184, 483, 487, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 507, 508-09, 513, 521, 530
Nusbaum: 405-07
Nutheim: 270
Nuttlar: 478
Nyaparake: 189-90, 192-93, 195
Nyaparake Force: 190
Nyaunglebin: 26
Nyaungu: 402, 408-09
Nyebon: 94
Nyrsko: 521-22
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Oahu, Japanese attack on: 27
Oak Hill (Okinawa): 542
OB WEST. See Commander in Chief, West.
Ober Beisheim: 463
Ober Bettingen: 427
Ober Bieber: 451
Ober Breisig: 435
Ober Buchfeld: 511
Ober Dollendorf: 442
Ober Drees: 427
Ober Ehe: 429
Ober Eisenbach: 409-10
Ober Elspe: 485
Ober Elvenich: 422
Ober Emmels: 380
Ober Felden: 500
Ober Fleckenberg: 476
Ober Forstbach: 270
Ober Gartzem: 426
Ober Geckler: 410-11
Ober Gladbach: 459, 461
Ober Gondershausen: 439
Ober Henneborn: 483
Ober Hersdorf: 424
Ober Kappel: 524
Ober Kessach: 475
Ober Lahnstein: 452, 454
Ober Landenbeck: 483
Ober Lauch: 421
Ober Liblar: 424
Ober Mehlen: 396-97
Ober Meiser: 472
Ober Morscholz: 440
Ober Olmer Wald: 445
Ober Otterbach: 445
Ober Pierscheid: 411
Ober Ramstadt: 451
Ober Rot: 503
Ober Sorpe: 478
Ober Spiesheim: 485
Ober Stadtfeld: 428
Ober Stedem: 414
Ober Steinbach: 452
Ober Uttfeld: 406-07
Ober Wichterich: 422
Ober Windhagen: 442
Ober Winkel: 434, 492
Ober Wolfert: 427
Ober Wurzbach: 446
Oberaasheim: 395
Oberau: 523
Oberbronn: 441
Oberbruegge: 489
Obercassel: 444
Oberembt: 414
Oberentzen: 393, 395
Oberesch: 336
Oberfeulen: 357
Obergailbach: 352
Obergartzem: 426
Obergeich: 349
Oberhausen: 386, 427, 440
Oberhof: 470, 477, 479, 483
Oberhoffen: 388-93, 395-402, 419, 439
Oberhundem: 478
Oberkail: 426, 428
Oberkassel: 420, 422
Oberkirch: 500
Oberkirchen: 470, 472, 474, 476, 478
Oberkossa: 494
Oberleuken: 335-36, 338, 406
Oberlind: 490
Obermaubach: 358, 360-61, 363
Obermuhlthal: 370, 372, 376
Obernai: 338
Obernau: 459
Obernbreit: 473, 477
Oberndorf: 517
Obernkirchen: 482
Oberode: 479
Oberpleis: 445
Oberroeblingen: 489
Obersachswerfen: 487
Obersdorf: 489, 528
Obersehr: 417, 419
Obersgegen: 409
Oberspay: 44
Obersteinbach: 365
Obertal: 503
Obertiefenbach: 454
Obervellmar: 472
Oberwampach: 376-77, 379
Oberweiler: 419
Oberweis: 413
Oberwesel: 441, 443, 454
Oberwiehl: 482
Oberzenn: 509
Oberzier: 411-12
Object Hill (Luzon): 400, 406
Oboe Hill (Okinawa): 540-42
Obojan sector: 117
Obringhausen: 480
Observation Hill (New Guinea): 117
Observatory Hill (Germany): 302-03, 305
Obspringen: 380
Ocean Islands: 3
Ochakov: 184
Ochsenfurt: 465, 469, 471, 473, 477
Ochtendung: 429
Ockfen: 409-11, 413-14, 416-17
Ocoy River: 519, 529
OCTAGON Conference: 269, 271, 274, 280, 285, 290
Octeville: 217-19
Oda, Maj. Gen. Kensaku: 74, 76, 86
O’Daniel, Maj. Gen. John W.: 173
Odeigne: 367-68
Odekoven: 430
Odenbach: 444
Odendorf: 426
Odenhausen: 458
Odenwald: 459
Oder River: 382-84, 389, 394-95, 400, 425, 435, 438, 446, 467, 498, 505, 518
Odessa: 184, 186
Odheim: 481, 488
Odingen: 485
Odlumon: 529, 533-34
Odon River: 219-21, 224, 228, 231-32
Odrimont: 367
Oedt: 418, 420
Oehringen: 492, 494
Oels: 384
Oelsnitz: 498, 502
Oepping: 526, 528
Oerlinghausen: 466, 468, 470
Oermingen: 343
Oesel (Saarema) Island: 296, 330, 335
Oesthaven: 24
Oestringen: 469
Oeting: 404-05
Ofanto River: 137
Offenau: 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485
Offenbach: 455, 457
Offenburg: 496
Offendorf: 368, 376, 390, 393, 395-96
Offenthal: 455
Office of Strategic Services units: 139, 545-46
Offingen: 516
Offwiller: 381
Ognon River: 266
Ohe River: 515
Ohlau: 395
Ohr: 474, 476
Ohrdorf: 486
Ohrdruf: 473, 477
Oidtweiler: 298, 327
Oirschot: 281
Oise River: 259
Oituz Pass: 258
Oivi: 47, 62-65
Oker River: 482, 484, 486
Okinawa campaign: 462-549
Ryukyus Campaign.
airborne operations: 540-41
armor actions: 488, 506, 510, 519-20, 522, 538-40, 543-46
East China Sea naval battle: 480
effect of seizure: 548
enemy air and naval attacks: 456, 458, 468, 478, 480, 488, 491, 499, 512, 520, 525, 532, 540-42, 548
psychological warfare employed: 547
spigot mortar, first use of: 482
underwater demolition teams: 453, 462, 493
U.S. air and naval actions: 300, 380-81, 449, 453, 456, 462, 464, 467, 471, 480, 482, 486, 493, 495, 497, 499, 506, 517, 525, 538, 540-41, 544-46, 548,
Okino Daito: 420
Oktwin: 511
Old Rossum: 181
Old Spanish Trail: 428, 434, 436, 441, 453, 548
Old Strip (New Guinea): 77-78, 81
Oldenburg: 480, 484, 495, 501
Oldendorf, Rear Adm. Jesse B.: 210
Oleana: 115
Olef River: 393-94, 424
Oleron Island: 525, 527
Olevsk: 159
Oliva: 453
OLIVE: 242. See also Gothic Line.
Oliver, Commodore G. N. (RN): 132
Oliveto: 136-37
Olk: 419
Olkenbach: 436
Ollheim: 427
Ollmuth: 426
Olmuetz: 523, 534
Olmscheid: 408, 410
Olongapo: 13, 22, 388, 403
Olpe: 482
Olsberg: 483
Olsdorf: 413
OLYMPIC: 541. See also Japan, preparations for invasion of.
Olzheim: 397, 400
Omaha: 254
OMAHA Beach: 203. See also Normandy Campaign, landing phase.
Ombrone River: 210, 214, 217
Ommersheim: 443
On Chong’s Wharf (Butaritari): 148
Onaga: 517, 524, 527
One-hundred-meter Hill (Okinawa): 542-43
Onaiavisi Entrance: 115
Onaiavisi Occupation Unit, New Georgia: 115
Ona-Yama Island: 542-43
Ondava River: 342-43
Ondenval: 376, 379
Ondonga: 139
Onipa River: 478
Oos: 426-27
Oosterbeek: 281-82
Oosterhout: 315
Opherten: 415
Ophoven: 416
Opladen: 495, 497
Oploo: 291
Opochka: 231
Opon airfield: 460
Oppau: 459
Oppeln: 383, 395, 449
Oppenau: 503
Oppenhausen: 438
Oppenheim: 318, 445, 447-48, 450, 452, 457, 465
Opperode: 502
Oran: 53, 64-65
Oradea: 301
Oraison: 252
Orange: 257
Orani: 403
Orani River: 14
Oranienbaum: 163
Oranienburg: 513
Orbec: 254
Orbetello: 208
Orbey: 353
Orcia River: 214-16, 218-19
Ordorf: 424
Ordzhonikidze: 64
Oregon: 42, 54
Orel: 90-91, 95-96, 99, 116-18, 120-21, 125, 128
Orenhofen: 424, 429, 431
Orete Cove: 130
Orglandes: 210
Orgon: 256
Orion: 15, 18
Orioung: 545-46
Orioung Pass: 545-46
Ork: 451
Orléans: 191, 247-51, 257, 261
Orlo River: 234
Ormoc: 316, 318-22, 326-29, 337, 341-42, 344-53, 358, 360, 363
Ormoc Bay: 334, 346-47, 349-50, 352
Ormoc Valley: 317-18, 355, 358
Ormont: 414, 416, 419, 421-22
Orne River: 203, 216, 228, 231-33, 242-46
Oro Bay: 67, 74, 76-79, 88, 97, 104, 159, 176, 188, 225
Oroku Peninsula: 543-46
Oron: 324
Orote Peninsula: 235-39, 241
Orreux: 372
Orsara: 310, 312
Orsbeck: 415, 418
Orsberg: 429
Orscheid: 442
Orscholz: 379-80, 407-08, 410
Orscholz Switch Line: 330, 332, 334-36
Orsfeld: 426
Orsha: 219
Orsogna: 153, 156
Orsova: 291
Orsoy: 422, 425, 427-28, 456
Ortelsburg: 382
Ortona: 147, 152-53, 155-57
Orvieto: 204-06, 209-10
Osboy Ridge: 538-39
Osburger Hoch Wald: 438
Oscariz: 546
Oschersleben: 161
Osima: 225
Oskol: 45
Osmena, Sergio: 310
Osnabrueck: 460, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 501
Ospel: 317
Oss River: 290
Ossenberg: 428, 430, 432
Ossendorf: 464
Ost Buederich: 480
Ost Oennen: 476
Ostend: 266, 315-16
Osterath: 418
Osterburken: 475
Osterhagen: 487
Osterheide: 470
Osterhofen: 526
Osteria Finocchio: 201
Osterode: 487
Ostheim: 346, 381-82, 459, 469
Ostiglia: 505
Osterpai: 441
Ostroleka: 264
Ostrov: 229, 233-34
Ostrow: 384
Osweiler: 354-55, 358
Ostwig: 478
Ottbergen: 474
Otterskirchen: 522
Ottmarsheim: 397
Ottre: 369
Ottweiler: 444, 446-47
Otzenrath: 415-16
Oubourcy: 365, 375
Oudelande: 312
Oudna: 71
Oudref: 101
Oudrenne: 323-25
Oued ben Hassine: 109
Oued Zarga: 67-68, 103
Ouffet: 358
Ouistreham: 203
Oujda: 82
Ouki: 474, 482, 486, 488
Ouki Hill: 508
Our River: 268-69, 353, 377-79, 381-83, 385-90, 392, 394, 396-402, 404-10
Ourthe: 380-81
Ourthe River: 359, 367, 371, 373-78
Ousseltia: 86, 88, 104
Ousseltia River and Valley: 86-89
Outscheid: 411
Overbruch: 451
Overhagen: 472
Overloon: 291, 293-95, 301-02
OVERLORD: 112, 114, 129, 150, 152, 156, 161, 164, 168, 172, 183, 187, 199, 203, 258, 267. See also Normandy Campaign.
Overpelt: 267
Overton: 168
Ovruch: 147
Owen, Lt. Col. William T. (Australian.): 46
Owen Stanley Range: 43-44, 52-54, 58, 71, 131
Owi Island: 200-201, 206, 212, 215
Ozato: 545
Ozeville: 206, 208
–P–
Paan: 18, 23
Pachino town and Peninsula: 118-19
Pachten: 334-46
Pacific Air Command, AAF: 22
Pacific Fleet (RN): 531
Pacific Fleet (U.S.), Nimitz, Kimmel: 6
Pacific Military Conference, Washington: 97-98
Pacific Ocean Areas. See also Nimitz, Adm. Chester W.; Pacific theater; South Pacific theater; Southwest Pacific Area.
absorbs part of SOPAC: 183
control of Army units: 314
directive on seizure of Gilberts-Nauru: 121, 137
directive on missions: 30
JCS directive on advance to Luzon-Formosa: 180
Nimitz commands Navy forces: 6, 30, 472
orders for recovery of Solomons: 45
plans for occupation of Japan: 546
plans for operations in New Guinea: 181
plans for Pacific offensive: 139, 162, 221, 224, 230, 235, 237
plans for recovery of Philippines: 266, 294, 340
plans for seizure of Formosa: 180, 209, 224, 230, 235, 237
plans for seizure of Palaus: 226, 230
plans for seizure of Volcanos: 297, 299, 337, 385
reorganized: 183
support for Guadalcanal: 60
Pacific theater
air build-up: 126, 128-30, 132, 211, 224, 227, 235, 282, 294
Central Pacific Campaign: 3-152
China as supply base for: 190, 200, 204-05, 242, 517, 536, 540
CCS establishes: 30
controls SE Pacific area: 30-31
Eastern Mandates Campaign: 152-210
hostilities cease: 551
mobile air force authorized: 44
plans for drive through to Japan: 112, 126, 129-30, 132, 135, 139, 147, 152, 162, 204, 209, 224, 230, 235, 237, 274, 294, 299
redeployment of forces to: 528, 530, 550
SWPA command problems: 43-44
VJ-Day proclaimed: 551
Western Pacific Campaign: 187-551
Pacific War Council, Allied: 23, 31
Pacijan Island: 379, 391
Pack Howitzer Battalion, 2nd Separate: 174
Paclasan: 368
Paco station: 400
Paderborn: 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470
Padignon: 30
Padua: 224, 522-23
Paernu: 285
Paestum: 132, 134, 136
Paffendorf: 415-16, 418
Pagan: 403
Pagani Valley: 133, 137
Pagbilao: 8-9
Paget, Gen. Sir Bernard (British.): 156
Paglieta: 145
Pagny-lès-Goin: 322
Pagny-sur-Moselle: 263, 268
Pago Bay: 241
Pagsangahan River: 359
Pagsanjan: 464
Pagsanjan River: 475
Pahang: 9
Paidado Islands: 200
Paidu Pulangi: 506
Paima Shan: 509, 536
Pain de Sucre: 278, 280
Painten: 514
Pak Island: 186
Pakokku: 348, 372, 403
Pakriki: 249
Palacpalac: 378
Palaia: 232-34
Palanas River: 335, 345-46
Palatinate sector: 439, 453
Palau Islands
Allied seizure of: 264, 270, 274, 276-79, 281-83, 285-86, 288-97, 299-303, 305-08, 310-12, 317, 338-39, 342, 350
air and naval actions: 264, 268, 270, 274, 278, 283, 286
casualty summaries: 306, 308, 312, 338
plans for seizure of: 179, 184, 211, 226, 230, 240, 249, 259, 263
underwater demolition teams: 270
Palauan: 358, 366, 368
Palauig: 405
Palauru: 205-06, 233-34, 236, 238-39, 242
Palawan Island: 37, 395, 405, 415, 417, 419-21, 423, 425, 427-28, 430, 432, 442, 457, 484, 503, 512, 547, 549
Palazzo: 314-15
Palazzolo: 118
Palazzuolo: 285, 286-87, 291-92
Palel: 189, 191, 416
Palembang: 8, 18, 24
Palena: 183
Palenberg: 292, 295
Palermo: 120-24
Palestrina: 201
Paliano: 201
Palimpinon: 520, 522-23, 525
Palma: 110
Palma di Montechiaro: 118
Palmersheim: 427
Palo: 307-11
Palombara Pass: 199
Palompon: 348, 356-64
Palzem: 407
Pamati: 194-95
Pampanga River: 110-11, 384, 388-89, 403, 409
Pampelonne Bay: 249
Panacan: 539
Panaon strait: 307, 315-16
Panaro River: 505, 509, 511, 513
Panay Island: 22, 33-34, 415, 419, 440-41, 443, 445-46, 448-50, 460, 547
Pandan: 4
Pandanan Island: 432, 512
Panheel: 325
Paniqui: 378
Pansfeld: 500
Panningen: 330
Pansipit River: 428
Pantabangan: 413
Pantalan River: 370
Pantangan: 401
Pantalbangan: 406, 409-10
Pantay: 442
Pantelleria Island: 109-14
Pantenburg: 432
PANTHER: 163. See also Garigliano River.
Pantingan River: 19
Paoching: 211, 481, 492, 509, 536, 544
Papa: 455
Papitalai Mission: 178, 181-82
Papua: 60
Papua Campaign: 46-87
Parachute Infantry battalions
509th: 255
551st: 255
Parachute Infantry Regiments
503rd: 65, 93, 131, 133, 135, 223-24, 229-30, 232, 235-36, 246, 251, 255, 257, 302, 353, 357-58, 366, 368, 375, 404-06, 411-12, 415, 421, 480, 484, 493, 501, 527, 533-34, 536
504th: 164-65, 167, 184
505th: 446
508th: 380, 386-87, 397-99
509th: 65-70, 72, 75, 134, 146, 164, 177, 185, 195-96
511th: 337, 349, 352-54, 357, 389-90, 392-96, 398, 434-35, 437, 445, 450-52, 471, 478, 490, 497, 501, 522-23, 548
517th: 212, 219, 254-55, 373, 389, 392, 394-95, 397-99
Paradise Valley (Saipan): 225, 227
Parai: 198-99, 201, 205
Parai Defile: 198-99, 201-02, 205, 207-08
Parakovio: 195, 199
Paramushiro Island: 117, 132
Parang: 35, 44, 453, 488, 497, 501, 503, 506, 531
Paranaque: 393-94
Pardo: 455
Parfouru-l’Eclin: 210
Parian Gate (Manila): 410
Paris: 251-58, 261, 328
PARIS: 456, 458
Parker, Maj. Gen. George M., Jr.: 5, 8
Parkstein: 508
Parma: 515-16, 518
Parocchia di M. Maggiore: 351
Parmignola Canal: 492, 501
Parroy: 278
Parry Island: 174-75
Parsberg: 518
Partenkirchen: 523, 525
Partisan forces. See French Forces of the Interior; Guerrilla forces.
Pasananca: 436-38, 440, 442
Pasananca Reservoir: 440
Pasay: 401
Paschel: 417, 419
Pas-de-Calais: 256, 262, 268
Pasig River: 392, 394-97, 399-400, 410
Passau: 521-22, 526, 528-29
Passo Corese: 205
Pastena: 196-97
Pastina: 228-29
Pastrana: 311-13
Pasugi-Pianag: 357-58
Patani: 3
Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander M.
activates Americal Division: 39, 81
CG of XIV Corps: 81
CG of Seventh Army: 177
commands on Guadalcanal: 73-74, 78, 82
commands New Caledonia TF: 27-28
Paterno: 120-21, 125
Patersberg: 454
Pathfinders, use in bomber aircraft: 137, 144
Patik: 461
Patog: 464, 476, 497, 533-34
Patok: 318, 320-22
Patras: 285-86
Patrick, Brig. Gen. Edwin D.: 197-200, 215, 223
Pattensen: 486
Pattern: 334, 338, 410, 412
Patti: 126-27
Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr.
commands II Corps: 97, 100, 102, 104-05
commands Third Army: 240, 247, 263, 286-87, 290-91, 316, 319-20, 343, 357, 442
commands Seventh Army: 117, 119, 124, 501, 522-23, 548
commands Western Assault Force: 65
Paustenbach: 355, 392, 394-95, 397-99
Pauili River: 523
Pauk: 385
Paulus, Field Marshal: 83
Paungde: 30-31
Paup villages: 228
Pausa: 496
Pavia: 527
Pavlograd: 94, 136
Pavuvu: 94
Pawing: 308-09
Payagyi: 26
Peabody, Capt. Maurice E., Jr.: 272,
Peabody Peak: 272
Pearl Harbor. See also Hawaiian Islands.
attack on: 3
conference on Pacific offensive: 230, 237
Fletcher TF arrives: 39
Spruance TF arrives: 38
Peary: 25
Peccia River: 160
Pecs: 340, 342
Pedaso: 214
Peel Marshes: 284, 287, 289-90, 292, 294, 296-97, 301, 315
Peenemuende: 128
Peffingen: 405, 413
Pegau: 489, 491-92
Pegu: 24-27, 511, 523, 525, 529
Pegu Yomas: 26
Peilstein: 526, 528
Peine: 482
Peiping-Hankow railway: 187
Peirse, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard: 153
Peising: 519
Peleliu Island: 226, 268, 274, 276-79, 281-83, 285-86, 288-97, 299-303, 305-06, 311-12, 317, 338
Peleliu Island Garrison Force: 301
Peljesac Peninsula: 272
Pellingen: 416-17, 428
Peloponnesus sector: 275, 285, 298
Penablanca: 548
Penfoie: 24-25
Penadjim Point: 549
Penang Island: 4, 6
Penfeld River: 277
Penig: 494
Pensacola: 5, 8
Perak Flotilla (RN): 6
Perak River: 6-8
Percival, Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur E. (British.): 6-7, 13-14, 23-24
in Johore operations: 13, 18
orders withdrawal to Singapore: 19
surrenders Malaya forces: 24
Percy: 238-41
Perekop Isthmus: 143
Pergola: 352-54
Périers: 208-09, 224-27, 229, 231-32, 236-38
Perl: 406
Perlesreut: 515
Persano: 133-34, 136
PERSECUTION: 182. See also Aitape operation.
PERSECUTION Covering Force (New Guinea): 227-33, 236, 238, 241, 246-47, 249. See also Task Forces, Army, PERSECUTION, Aitape.
Persia. See Iran.
Persian Corridor. See Persian Gulf Infantry Divisions Command.
Persian Gulf Service, 41st: 5, 13-16, 18-19, 21, 31
Persian Gulf Command: 141, 153, 156
Persian Gulf Service Command
approval of plan for use: 56-57
Connolly commands: 57, 60
mission directive: 52
redesignated PGC: 153
personnel structure: 60
operates under USAFIME: 49, 57
Shingler commands: 50
as supply route to USSR: 20
Persons, Maj. Gen. John C.: 233, 262, 274
Perth: 26
Pertuis: 252
Perugia: 210-14, 346
Pervomaisk: 182
Pesaro: 259-60, 262
Pescadores Islands: 367, 370, 375, 380
Pescara: 142, 207
Pescia: 277, 282, 288
Pescia River: 217-18, 221
Pesch: 415, 427
Pest: 349
Pétain, Marshal Henri-Philippe: 33
Petersau: 447
Petersroda: 504
Petit Landau: 397
Petit-Magny: 336
Petit Réderching: 349-50
Petit St. Bernard Pass: 457, 461
Petit Thier: 355, 376-77
Petite-Hettange: 321-23
Petite Langlir: 370-72
Petite Mormont: 373
Petite Tailles: 372
Petralia: 120-22
Petrignano: 221
Petsamo: 280, 303, 308
Pettoncourt: 289-90, 292
Pettstaedt: 489
Peuschen: 494
Peyrolles: 252
Pfaffenheck: 438, 440
Pfalz: 504, 512, 516
Pfatter: 519
Pfedelbach: 496
Pfeffer River: 442, 452
Pferdsfeld: 443
Pfettrach: 522
Pforzheim: 471, 475, 477, 481, 498, 503
Pfullendorf: 521
Pfullingen: 513
Pfungstadt: 451
Phalsbourg: 332-33, 335
Phantom Ridge (Italy): 192, 194
Philippine Army units
Corps
I: 12-25, 28, 30, 32
II: 12-22, 24-25, 30-32
Infantry Divisions
1st: 12-13, 16-23, 35
2nd Philippine Constabulary: 13
11th: 4, 7, 10-13, 19-22
21st: 7, 9-13, 16, 18-19, 31-32
31st: 12-13, 15-16, 18-20
51st: 5, 10-11, 13-15, 18-20, 22, 28
71st: 7, 9-12
91st: 9-12, 17, 19, 22
92nd: 400
101st: 35
102nd: 35-36
106th: 549-50
108th: 549-50
Field Artillery Regiments
51st: 10
61st: 36
81st: 36
101st: 35
102nd: 35
Infantry Regiments
1st: 9, 13, 15, 403, 411, 417, 433
1st Philippine Constabulary: 19
2nd: 35
2nd Philippine Constabulary: 10
3rd: 13
11th: 20
12th: 20
21st: 14
23rd: 15
32nd: 15
33rd: 19, 31-32
41st: 19, 32
42nd: 32
43rd: 32, 36
52nd: 9
53rd: 9
61st: 35-36
62nd: 36-37
71st: 7, 12
72nd: 12
73rd: 36
82nd: 32
83rd: 33
92nd: 16, 22
93rd: 36
94th: 391
102nd: 35
103rd: 36
104th: 35
116th: 549-50
118th: 549
121st: 380, 446-47
Engineer Battalion, 31st: 21
Field Artillery Battalion, 31st: 13
Philippine Constabulary Battalion, 1st: 20
Philippine Constabulary, and defense of Bataan: 17, 20, 22, 32
Philippine Constabulary units. See Philippine Army units.
Philippine Guerrilla Forces, North Luzon: 419, 426, 447, 546
Philippine Islands
fall of: 3-37, 41
ABDA directive for defense of islands: 11
aircraft moved to Australia: 6
all elements assigned to USAFFE: 95
attacks on enemy shipping: 4
Bataan Defense Force: 8, 12-13
Corregidor as hq for USFIP: 29
Death March: 32
enemy air attack: 3-4
enemy landings: 3-4
final capitulation: 37
first action by Australia-based planes: 7
government moved to Corregidor: 8
Luzon Force: 28-29, 31-32
MacArthur controls islands after departure: 28, 30
MacArthur controls naval forces 20
MacArthur departs: 25, 27, 29
MacArthur transfers to Mindanao: 28-29
Mindanao seized by enemy: 7
naval forces moved to Corregidor: 9
naval forces withdrawn: 3, 6
naval operations under Rockwell: 9
Philippine Islands Campaign: 1-37
PT boat operations: 17
rations reduced: 12
reorganization of forces: 27-28
Service Area Command: 13, 17-18
SWPA controls: 30
TF South Pacific dispatched to P.I.: 5
Visayan-Mindanao Force: 33
Wainwright commands all forces: 29-30
Yamashita succeeds Homma: 28
naval battles
Leyte Gulf: 310-12
Philippine Sea: 212, 214-15
recovery of: 302-549
air actions: 244, 270, 297, 301, 304, 307-11, 315, 318-19, 322, 340, 344, 347, 350, 352-54, 356, 358, 360-61, 364, 366-70, 373, 375, 379, 381, 395, 406, 408-09, 415, 417, 419, 428, 430, 434, 436-38, 441, 445-46, 448, 450, 455, 467, 469, 471, 479, 482, 484, 495, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 510, 513, 520, 527, 533-38, 540, 542, 544, 548
airborne operations: 372, 379, 381, 385, 389, 390-92, 404, 410, 548
armor actions: 310-11, 319, 376, 381, 471, 517, 540, 545-47
artificial moonlight employed: 503
casualty summaries: 364, 389, 408, 411, 421, 423, 433, 448, 476, 503, 523, 531
civil administration restored: 310
enemy reinforcements: 316, 318, 321-22, 347-48, 350, 358, 368
guerrilla activities: 356-58, 366-68, 372-73, 375, 399-400, 419, 426, 433-34, 436, 441, 443, 445-48, 453, 455, 457, 462, 469, 471, 476, 480, 482, 486, 497, 501, 503, 510, 513, 519, 522-23, 531, 535-36, 538, 540-43, 546-50
kamikaze attacks: 347, 351, 366-68
Leyte Campaign: 305-549
Luzon Campaign: 353-549
naval actions: 212, 214-15, 305-07, 310-12, 339, 351, 355, 362, 366-70, 372-73, 375, 380, 385, 403, 415, 417, 433-34, 436, 441, 443, 455, 462, 467, 469, 484, 499, 501, 535
plans for: 95, 179, 209, 211, 224, 235, 237, 266, 274, 276, 283, 287, 291, 294, 301, 304, 315, 350
Southern Philippines Campaign 415-549
supply situation: 310-11, 323, 326, 332-33, 339, 342
underwater demolition teams: 306-07 369
Philippine Islands Campaign: 1-37
Philippine Scouts: 21-22. See also Cavalry Regiments, 26th Philippine Scouts; Engineer Battalion, 14th Philippine Scouts; Field Artillery Regiments, 88th Philippine Scouts; Infantry Regiments, 45th and 57th Philippine Scouts.
Philippine Sea naval battle: 212, 214-15
Philippines, U.S. Forces in: 542
Philippsbourg: 365-68, 442
Philippsheim: 421, 426
Phillips, Adm. Sir Tom (RN): 4
Phillipsweiler: 414
Phyket Island: 531
Piacenza: 231, 518, 521
Pian dei Cerri: 239
Pian di Castello: 264
Piana di Caiazzo: 140
Pianoro: 499, 501, 503
Piave River and Valley: 523, 525, 527
Piazza Armerina: 119-209
Pick, Brig. Gen. Lewis A.: 157, 392, 426
PICCADILLY: 178. See also Indian Army units, Divisions, 3rd, and Brigades, 77th LRP (Chindits).
Picauville: 206
Pichon: 92, 97, 102-04
Pico: 194-96
Piedimonte: 164, 170, 195, 197
Piedimonte d’Alife: 140-41
Piedura: 344-45, 347
Pier: 349-50, 360
Pierrefontaine: 264
Piesbach: 444
Piesport: 435-36
Piet Hein: 25
Pietra Colora: 423, 425
Pietraperzia: 120
Pietrasanta: 279-80
PIGSTICK: 152, 160. See also Mayu Peninsula and River.
Pikard: 342
Pikas: 310
Piket: 35
Pilar: 403, 405
Pilar River: 17-21
Pilelo Island: 154
Pili: 529
Pillau: 516, 518
Pillsbury: 26
Pilsen (Plzen): 530, 532-33, 536
Pim: 188
Pimple Hill (Luzon): 490
Pin Chaung: 33-34
Pinamalayan: 365, 367-68, 373, 389
Pinamola: 548
Pinamopoan: 318-19, 322, 344, 358
Pinbaw: 257
Pindale: 445
Pingka: 193, 196-97, 202, 286
Pingkian: 548
Pingsheim: 418
Pinlebu: 354
Pinnacle, The (Ie Shima): 501, 504, 506, 508, 510
Pinnacles, The, East and West (Okinawa): 508, 510
Pinsamont: 364, 367
Pinsk: 147, 230
Pintsch: 383
Pinwe: 322-23, 328, 337-38, 341
Pio: 11
Piombino: 218, 220
Piraeus: 301-02, 304
Pirmasens: 447
Pironpré: 367, 371
Piru Plantation: 129
Piryatin: 136, 201
Pisa: 162, 190, 202, 204, 210, 231, 234-35, 253, 261
Pisciatello: 304, 306
Pisek: 533
Pisignano: 309
Pistoia: 162, 204, 230, 234, 269, 279, 284, 288, 370
Pithiviers: 253
Piti Navy Yard: 235
Pitoe airfield: 274, 276, 279, 281, 286, 291
Pityilu Island: 184
Piva River: 148-49
Piva Uncle, and Piva Yoke, airstrips (Bougainville): 150, 157, 161, 179-80
Pivitsheide: 470, 472
Pizzo: 132
Plaine River: 329-31
Plana: 532
Plancher-lès-Mines: 332
Planice: 533
Planois: 300
Plaridel: 10-11, 385, 387, 389-90
Platt, Lt. Gen. Sir William (British.): 44, 55, 57, 59, 83
Platting: 521-22, 524, 526
Plauen: 496, 498
Pleinting: 526
Pleiserhohn: 447
Plettenberg: 491
Pliesse River: 498, 502
Ploessberg: 510
Ploesti: 259
air raids on: 41, 112, 124, 185, 234, 237, 244
Plouvien: 245
Pluetscheid: 419, 421
PLUNDER: 449 See also Rhine River, Allied river crossing; Ruhr sector.
Po di Volano: 511
Po River and Valley
air offensive against bridges: 228-29, 231
drive to: 167, 224-520
Po Valley Campaign: 475-534
Pock, Lt. Hugh A.: 379
Podolski: 182
Pofi: 199
Poggibonsi: 226, 230-31
Poggio all’Olmo: 225
Poggio Berni: 285-86
Poggio Cavalmagra: 285
Poggio Prefetto: 271-72, 274
Poggio Renatico: 509
Poha River: 58, 62, 84-85, 87-88
Poikam: 514
Point Cruz: 57-58, 62-63, 68-69, 82, 84-86
POINTBLANK: 113, 129, 161. See also Combined Bomber Offensive against Europe.
Pointe d’Arceau: 525
Pointe de Corsen: 258
Pointe de Grave: 328, 496, 498, 503, 505, 507
Pointe du Hoe: 203-05
Poix: 259
Poland
Combined Bomber Offensive against: 219, 236, 244
operations in: 159, 176, 228-29, 237-39, 246, 248, 251, 264, 271-72, 279, 293, 306, 372, 374-87, 389, 403, 406, 410, 428, 435, 443, 473
revolt against Germans: 240, 248, 271-72, 279, 293
Polch: 429
Polesella: 517
Polich: 434
Polish Army units
Army, Second: 505
Corps, 2: 183, 187, 189, 191-95, 197-99, 204, 212, 214-16, 221, 225, 227, 232, 233, 247, 251-63, 289, 303, 305-06, 308, 312-13, 315, 317, 319, 321, 324, 327, 329-30, 333-38, 344-45, 352-54, 358, 369, 402, 430, 435, 483, 486, 488, 490, 492, 495, 497, 499, 501, 505, 507, 509
Divisions
1st Armored: 245, 248, 250-53, 260-65, 268-69, 274, 279, 284, 287, 290-92, 307, 309, 314-15, 317-19, 480, 486
3rd Carpathian: 194, 210, 225, 251-52, 261, 319, 321, 330, 333, 354, 358, 402, 483, 486, 490, 509
5th Kresowa: 251, 305-06, 308, 312-13, 319, 321, 330, 354, 358, 369, 430
Brigade, 1st Parachute: 276, 279, 281-82, 284-86
Poll: 420
Polle: 478
Polloc Harbor: 501
Polong: 371
Polotsk: 156-57, 224
Polsfeld: 489
Polsum: 460, 462
Poltava: 93, 126, 137, 201, 215
Pomerania: 387-88, 410, 417, 425-26, 428, 435-36, 439, 443, 446, 520
Pongani: 59, 63, 65-66
Ponggor River: 19
Ponsacco: 232
Ponson Island: 375, 378
Pont: 374
Pont à Mousson: 263, 268, 292
Pont d’Aspach: 346
Pont de l’Arche: 257
Pont de la Roche: 238
Pont-du-Fahs: 106-07, 109
Pont Evêque: 253
Pont Hébert: 228-31
Pont l’Abbé: 206-10, 212-13
Pont Remy: 262
Pont St. Vincent: 268
Pont Sainte Maxence: 260
Pont-sur-Meuse: 260
Pont-sur-Saône: 268
Pontassieve: 250, 256, 258
Pontaubault: 239-40
Ponte Cavour: 202
Ponte a Moriano: 279
Ponte del Duca d’Aosta: 202
Ponte della Pietra: 306
Ponte Grande: 117-18
Ponte Margherita: 202
Ponte Milvio: 202
Ponte Olivo: 117-18
Ponte Rotto: 165, 177
Ponte Samoggia: 507
Ponte Sele: 133, 136
Ponte Vecchio: 243, 248
Ponte Vedra Beach, German agents landed at: 42-43
Pontecorvo: 194-96
Pontedera: 232-33, 244
Pontelagoscuro: 513, 515
Pontianak: 20
Pontine Marshes: 196
Pontorson: 240.
Pope: 26
Popondetta: 68-69, 74-75, 79
Poppenweiler: 492
Poprad: 386
Porac: 11-12
Poritz: 486
Porkhov: 176
Porkkala Peninsula: 280
Porlaka: 178
Porlock Harbor: 74, 97
Poro Island: 378, 382, 389, 391
Poros Bay: 292
Porquerolles Island: 254
Port Cros Island: 249-50
Port Dickson: 13
Port-en-Bessin: 204-05
Port-Joie: 257
Port-Lyautey: 65-66
Port Moresby: 40, 42-43, 46-47, 50-56, 59, 72, 89, 97, 104, 131
advance GHQ opens: 64
advanced base established: 49
Allied reinforcement: 38
enemy air attack: 21, 28
enemy invasion suspended: 37
enemy landing attempt: 35, 37
strategic conferences: 155
Port Sual: 370, 372
Port Swettenham: 13
Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles: 39, 42
Porter: 61
Porter, Maj. Gen. Ray E.: 90, 368
Portico: 298
Porto di Pantelleria: 111
Porto Empedocle: 120
Porto Gruaro: 525
Posen: 381, 384-85, 387, 389, 394-95, 401, 410
Postroff: 335
Poteau: 355, 358, 377-78
Potenza: 135-36
Potsdam: 516, 520
TERMINAL Conference: 550
Pouppeville: 203
Pournoy-la-Chévite: 278, 281, 283-85, 287, 324
Poussay: 269-70, 272
Pownall, Rear Adm. Charles A.: 136
Pownall, Lt. Gen. Sir Henry (British.): 9
Pozorrubio: 374, 376-78, 382-83, 390, 402
Pozzallo: 119
Pozzilli: 145
Pozzo Alto: 261
Pra del Bianco Basin: 495
Prada: 297
Pradura: 505
Praga: 272
Prague: 531-35
Prairies Marcagéuses: 224
Prasily: 532
Prata: 143
Pratella: 142
Prates Reef: 375
Prato: 271, 273
Prayelle Farm: 325
Pré-Alps: 255
Prechlau: 417
Predappio Nuovo: 312-13
Prefetto Hill: 271-72, 274
Preischeid: 409
Preist: 424
Prenzlau: 520
Presenzano: 144
President Coolidge: 61
Presov: 379
Pressath: 506
Prether River: 393, 415, 417, 419, 422
Pretzetze: 508
Pretzsch: 517
Preussisch Eylau: 399
Prex: 502
Priluki: 136
Primasole: 119
Prims River: 352, 440, 442
Prince of Wales: 4
Princeton: 136, 312
Pringle: 499
Prinz Eugen: 23
Priola Gargallo: 118
Prisoners of war: 34. See also Death March.
Priverno: 197
Pro Mission: 188
Prochorovka: 118
Profen: 492
Prokhladny: 52
Proletarskaya: 47, 86
Prombach: 515
Prome: 29-31, 384, 404, 467, 522, 528, 537
Pronsfeld: 388, 392, 405-06, 417
Propoisk: 150
Proskurov: 183
Protville: 109
Provedroux: 369
PROVIDENCE: 46. See also Buna.
Providero Defile: 197
Provisional Groupment, New Guinea: 193-94
Provisional Mountain Force, Leyte: 363-64
Provisional Service Command, Bougainville: 160
Pruem: 275, 393-95, 397, 399-401
Pruem River: 275, 277, 391, 398-400, 402-03, 405-11, 413-14, 416-17, 419, 421-22, 424
Prummern: 329-31, 333
Prut River: 183, 185, 257
Przemysl: 238
Pskov: 176, 233, 235
Psychological warfare, effect of: 547
PT boats: 17, 59
Pucot Hill: 17-19
Puderbach: 454
Puerto Princesa: 415, 417, 420
Puetzborn: 428-29, 432, 434
Puetzlohn: 333-35
Puffendorf: 327-28, 330
Puget: 250
PUGILIST: 95, 100. See also Mareth Line; Tunisia Campaign.
Pugo Valley: 382, 482, 490, 505, 513
Pulangi River: 537, 541
Pulheim: 422
Pulie River: 155
Pulkovo: 163
Pullenried: 514
Pulo Anna Island: 307
Pulsnitz: 513
Pulupandan: 461, 464, 450
Pulversheim: 391
Puncan: 401, 409, 413, 417, 419, 421, 423, 426
Puntian: 36-37
Purple Heart Ridge (Saipan): 217-22
Pursuit Squadrons
17th: 19-20
1st: 22
Puruata Island: 143
Pussade: 510
Putanges: 251
Putbroek: 383
Putlan: 428, 430-31, 433-34, 437, 443
Putlan River and Valley: 449, 460, 463
Putscheid: 386
Puttelange: 336, 343-44, 359
Pyatigorsk: 49, 84
Pyawbwe: 29, 35, 463, 486, 488
Pyinbon: 27
Pyinmana: 30-34, 503, 509
Pyingaing: 360
Pyinzi: 445
Pyle, Ernest T. (Ernie): 503
Pyritz: 425
Pyu: 517
–Q–
Qattara Depression: 44
Quadrath: 4, 118
QUADRANT Conference: 127-29
Quartermaster Port Battalion, 393rd: 38
Quebec Conferences. See OCTAGON Conference; QUADRANT Conference.
Queckenberg: 427
QUEEN: 327, 336
Quedlinburg: 502, 512
Queichambach: 447
Quellendorf: 496
Querceta: 303
Question Mark Hill (Luzon): 406, 409
Quezon, Manuel: 8, 10
Quezon Bridge: 392
Quezon Gate: 410
Quezon Hill: 517
Quinan, Lt. Gen. E. P. (British.): 12
Quinauan Point: 27-22
Quincy: 49
Quinéville: 204, 206-09
Quingentole: 513, 515
Quint: 430
Quinzano: 294-95
Quioeng: 497
Quisling, Vidkun: 21
–R–
Raamsdonk: 315
Raba River and Valley: 465
Rabaul
Allied air attacks: 25, 45
coastal battery destroyed: 17
enemy air-naval reinforcement: 141, 144, 146
enemy air attacks on: 12, 16-17
enemy landings: 17
enemy staging area for Bougainville: 144-46
garrison and defenses of: 12
Guadalcanal, enemy escape from: 91
JCS directive on offensive: 44
neutralization of: 92, 96-98, 101, 106, 108, 115, 129, 140, 143-46, 153-55, 172, 174-75, 180
operations plan drawn: 51
17th Army in control: 50
U.S. naval attack: 25
Rabbi River and Valley: 308, 312, 315-16, 321
Rabi: 51
Rabon: 372-73
Rachamps: 374, 376
Rackwitz: 506
Radar, use of in air bombardment: 154, 166
Radda in Chianti: 233
Radewell: 504
Ramdhapur: 195, 198
Radicofani: 213
Radicosa Pass: 284-85, 290
Radio countermeasures, use of in air bombardment: 139
Radom: 237, 376
Radomyshl: 154
Radscheid: 270, 390
Raenkam: 517
Raesfeld: 456
Raffadali: 120
Ragay: 6
Ragusa: 118
Rahm: 449
Rahman: 61, 63
Rahrbach: 482
Raids (French town): 229
Raihu River: 188
RAINCOAT: 151-53
Ralshoven: 412
Rambervillers: 282, 291-92, 315
Rambouillet: 253
Rambrouch: 359-60
Rambutyo Island: 185, 188
Ramcke, Maj. Gen. Hermann Bernhard (Ger.): 279
Ramecourt: 272
Ramey, Brig. Gen. Rufus S.: 208, 215, 227, 232, 234, 236, 240, 248
Ramgarh training center: 52, 60, 151
Rampan: 232
Ramrath: 422
Ramree Island: 380, 384, 399
Ramree River: 95
Ramsay, Adm. Sir Bertram H. (RN): 117, 203
Ramsbeck: 480
Ramscheid: 290-92
Ramu Valley: 164, 178, 188
Randau: 489
Randazzo: 125-28
Randerath: 383-84
Ranes: 248-49
Ranger Battalions
1st: 64, 91-92, 98-99, 117, 119, 121, 133-34, 137-38, 145-46, 167
2nd: 203-05, 250, 256, 258, 325, 343, 345-47, 353, 355, 408, 418
3rd: 117, 119-20, 127, 133-34, 137-38, 151-53, 167
4th: 117, 119, 121, 133-34, 137-38, 144, 167
5th: 203-05, 250, 342, 362, 398, 406, 408-11, 413-14, 419, 494
6th: 301, 305-06, 547-48
Ranger Force, 6615th Provisional: 164
Ranger units: 50, 119. See also Commandos; Ranger Battalions; Ranger Force, 6615th Provisional.
Rangoon
British request for air support: 462, 472
enemy air attacks: 8, 18
enemy reinforcements: 32
enemy seizure: 7-9, 18, 26-28, 32
recovery of: 149, 155, 235, 260, 271, 293, 316, 395, 410, 426, 455, 467, 469, 486, 501, 511, 517-18, 525, 528, 530, 532-33, 536-37, 541, 546
Tulsa Incident: 7, 9
Rangoon River: 5, 28, 530
Rankin: 83-84
Rankin, Capt. Pinkney R.: 83
Ransbach: 454
Raoe Island: 283
Raon-l’Etape: 309, 312, 314-15, 319, 321, 324, 326, 328-29, 331-32
Rapido Plain: 162
Rapido River: 162-67, 173, 191-93
Rappelsdorf: 481
RASHNESS: 508. See also Canton; Hong Kong.
Rastadt: 375
Rastatt: 488, 490
Rastenburg: 2, 3
Rath: 414-15, 418, 420, 422, 489
Rathedaung: 78, 82, 86, 90, 98, 363
Ratheim: 415
Rathenow: 520
Ratibor: 457, 465
Ratingen: 500, 502
Ratzebuhr: 389
Ratzwiller: 343, 345
Rau de Vaux: 375
Raub: 12
Raubach: 454
Raunheim: 453, 455
Rauray: 218-19
Rauth: 527
Ravels Hill: 304
Ravenna: 162, 276, 344
RAVENOUS: 64, 73. See also British Army units, Corps, 4.
Ravensburg: 521
Ravolzhausen: 461
Rawang: 12
Rawlings, Vice Adm. Sir Bernard (RN): 450
Rawicz: 383
Razabil: 180
Rebaa Oulad Yahia: 86, 89
Rebaa Valley: 86, 89
Rebaou Pass: 104
Recanati: 340
Rechitsa: 146-47
Rechrival: 364-65, 367, 369
Recht: 355, 375-78
RECKLESS: 182. See also Hollandia; Task Forces, Army, RECKLESS, Hollandia.
Recklinghausen: 466, 489
Recodo: 436
Recogne: 370, 374
Reconnaissance Squadrons, Army
25th: 335
41st: 396, 401, 442-44, 447-489, 463, 465, 526, 530, 532, 534
42nd: 336
86th: 256, 401, 455
91st: 123, 125, 197, 200, 202, 205, 208, 261, 266-67, 284, 296
94th: 346-47, 349
117th: 202, 208, 217, 220, 257, 262, 316, 331, 349, 389, 393
Provisional, 1st Cavalry Division: 388-89
Reconnaissance Squadron, 110th Army Air: 206
Recouvrance: 257-58, 270, 274
Red Army. See Soviet Army; Soviet Army units.
Redeployment of units to Pacific: 528, 530, 550
Redeyef: 97
Redoute des Fourches: 217-18
Rees: 449-50, 452-53
Regalbuto: 124
Regen: 514-15, 519, 522, 529
Regen Pass: 532-33
Regen River: 514
Regensburg: 128, 175-76, 506, 512, 516-19, 521, 526
Regenstauf: 511
Reggio: 515
Reggio di Calabria: 131
Regimental combat teams. See Regiments.
Regimental Objective Hill (Luzon): 539
Regiments. See Cavalry Regiments; Engineer Boat and Shore Regiments; Engineer Combat Regiments; Engineer General Service Regiments; Field Artillery Regiments; Glider Infantry Regiments; Infantry Regiments; Marine Corps Infantry Regiments; Marine Corps Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st; Marine Corps Raider Regiments; Parachute Infantry Regiments.
Regne, Belgium: 267
Regne, France: 358, 369, 372
Reguisheim: 395
Rehau: 504, 506
Rehlingen: 345, 408
Rehsiepen: 478
Reichenbach: 500, 514
Reichenhausen: 467
Reichensachen: 468, 470
Reichlos: 465
Reichshoffen: 349, 441-42
Reichswald: 278, 396, 398, 400-402
Reidenhausen: 440
Reiff: 408
Reifferscheid: 427, 432
Reifsnider, Rear Adm. Lawrence F.: 181, 467
Reigneville: 210
Reims: 257-58, 260, 405, 407, 534
Reinhausen: 481
Reinsfeld: 439
Reinsport: 443
Reipeldingen: 408
Reipertsweiler: 366-67, 371, 377
Reisach: 529
Reisbach: 526
Reisdorf: 377-78, 445, 447
Reitano: 124
Reith: 528
Remagen: 364, 429, 431-33, 435-36, 440, 449
Remering: 336
Remich: 287, 292
Remilly: 323
Remiremont: 277, 282-86, 300
Remonval: 375
Rems River: 505, 507, 509, 511, 513
Remscheid: 495
Remsfeld: 463
Rendova Island: 115-18, 122, 126-27
Rengershausen: 475
Renglez: 378
Rengsdorf: 449
Renkum: 286
Rennell Island: 58
Rennes: 240-42, 247
Reno: 475
RENO: 95, 211.
Reno River: 304, 368, 469, 475, 477, 479, 486, 495, 503, 505, 507, 511, 513
Renuamont: 372
Repelen: 423, 435
Repulse: 4
Requancourt: 245
Rescheid: 417
Resia Pass: 531
Rethel: 260
Rethem: 486, 489, 491
Rethicourt-la-Petite: 280, 287
Retonfey: 330
Rettel: 323
Rettenbach: 516
Rettigny: 375, 378
Reuden: 496, 502
Reuland: 421-22
Reuler: 383
Reuth: 422, 424, 426
Reutlingen: 513, 516
Reutte: 523, 525
Reyersviller: 439
Rezonville: 264
Rheder: 426, 474
Rheinbach: 425-27
Rheinbay: 440
Rheinbeck: 433, 435
Rheinberg: 423, 425, 427, 433, 450, 452
Rheinbreitbach: 432
Rheinbrohl: 444, 447
Rheindahlen: 415
Rhein-Durkheim: 447, 455
Rheine: 453, 460, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 476
Rheingonheim: 448
Rheinhausen: 423, 425
Rheinkamp: 425
Rheinprovinz: 512
Rheinzabern: 451
Rhens: 441-42
Rheurdt: 423
Rheydt: 415
Rhidma: 101
Rhine-Clove Canal: 399-400
Rhine-Herne Canal: 460, 466, 468, 472, 476, 478, 480, 482
Rhine-Main airport: 455
Rhine-Marne Canal: 272-73, 275, 320
Rhine Plain: 381, 389
Rhine-Rhône Canal. See Rhône-Rhine Canal.
Rhine River: 258, 262-63, 277, 282, 330-31, 362, 366-68, 390, 392-93, 395-96, 468, 470-71, 476, 480, 485, 492, 496, 502, 504, 509, 512, 514-16, 530
Allied airborne crossing: 402, 450-52
Allied river crossing: 267, 271, 305, 307-09, 313, 318-19, 333, 335-38, 342-43, 345, 347, 349, 351, 353, 356, 386, 388-89, 393-94, 396-99, 402, 409, 415-16, 418-70
Rhineland Campaign: 271-447
Rhône-Rhine Canal: 330, 332, 386-90, 392-93, 395-97
Rhône River and Valley: 246, 253-55, 257-61
Rians: 252
Ribano Hill: 309
Ribeauville: 337, 386
Ribera: 121
Rice Anchorage: 116
Richardson, Lt. Gen. Robert C., Jr.: 126, 127, 130, 241
Richardson, Lt. Col. Walter B.: 335-38, 415, 420, 447, 454, 462
Richelsbusch: 382, 385
Richelskaul: 297, 299-300, 317
Rickelrath: 115
Ridge 300 (Saipan): 218
Ried: 529
Riedheim: 516
Riedseltz: 352
Riedwihr: 383-84
Riegling: 514
Riesa: 515
Riesi: 118
Riesweiler: 441
Rieti: 202-04
Rievenich: 432
Riez: 251-52
Riga: 229, 236, 253, 256, 275, 280, 295, 302
Riggs, Rear Adm. R. S.: 415
Rigo Track: 57
Rigossa River: 301-02
Rijsbergen: 313
Rilland: 311
Rimbach: 468
Rimbeck: 464, 466
Rimburg: 293-94, 296
Rimini: 190, 202, 210, 262, 266, 274, 276, 283
Rimini Line: 274, 276, 279-80, 282
Rimling: 352, 365, 369-70, 403, 439
Rimlingen: 440
Ringel: 362-63
Ringenberg: 453-54
Ringhuscheid: 411
Ringleben: 487
Rinnen: 427
Rinnthal: 447
Rinsecke: 480
Rinteln: 472
Rio de Janeiro, conference of American republics at: 15, 19
Riol: 434
Ripsdorf: 429, 431
Risle River: 255
Ritchie, Gen. Sir Neil M. (British.): 18, 21, 28, 39, 41-42
Ritpong: 189-91
Rittersdorf: 413-14
Rittershoffen: 369-78
Riva: 525
Rizal, Leyte: 315
Rizal, Luzon: 391, 394, 401-02, 409
RO: 141. See also Rabaul, enemy air-naval reinforcement.
Road Junction 471 (Huertgen Forest): 302-03
Roads Nos. 1, 2 and 3 (Manus Island): 180-81, 183
ROAST: 467. See also Comacchio Spit.
Roberts, Lt. Gen. O. L. (British.): 536
Rocca d’Evandro: 153
Rocca di Roffeno: 495
Rocca Massima: 199
Rocca Pipirozzi: 144
Rocca San Casciano: 313
Roccadaspide: 133, 135
Roccagorga: 198
Roccamonfina: 143
Roccaravindola: 144
Roccaromana: 141
Roccasecca: 196-97
Rochefort: 359, 363, 367
Rochelinval: 369
Rocherath: 353, 387-89
Roches-lès-Blâmont: 328
Rochesson: 319
Rocheville: 213
Rochlitz: 494, 496
Rockenhausen: 444, 453, 463
Rockwell, Rear Adm. R. W.: 9, 102, 111, 127
Rocky Crags (Okinawa): 506, 508, 510, 512-13
Rocky Point (Angaur): 278-79
Rodalbe: 323-24, 331
Rodder: 432
Rodenkirchen: 429
Rodershausen: 411
Rodgen: 387, 462
Rodgers, Rear Adm. B. J.: 403
Rodheim: 458
Roding: 514
Rodingen: 412
Rodriguez Island: 53
Roedenweiler: 505
Roehl: 417
Roelsdorf: 354
Roenkhausen: 489
Roer Dam: 351
Roer Plain: 327, 336
Roer River and Valley: 295-96, 323, 327, 330, 332-33, 337-41, 343-44, 346-52, 354-56, 374, 384, 387, 389, 391-93, 395, 398-400, 402, 409-12, 414-20, 422-27
Roerdorf: 342, 409
Roermond: 290, 293, 325, 328, 332-33, 374-84, 415, 418
Roesberg: 425, 427
Roeschwoog: 377
Roetgen: 269-70, 272
Roetgen Forest: 271
Roettingen: 488
Roetz: 515
Roevenich: 420
Rogachev: 176
Rogden: 416
ROGER: 531
Rogery: 380
Roggendorf: 422, 424
Roggersing: 521
Rognac: 253, 255
Rognes: 254
Rohe: 331-32
Rohn Point: 188
Rohr River: 489
Rohrbach: 444, 528
Rohrbach-lès-Bitches: 345, 349
Rohrbusch: 376-77
Rohrdorf: 486
Rohren: 387, 389
Rohrenspring: 489
Rohrsen: 474
Rohrweiler: 368-70, 376-78, 390
Roi-Namur (Burlesque-Camouflage) Islands: 21, 166-68
Roisdorf: 429-30
Roitzheim: 426
Roitzsch: 500, 504
Rokossovski, Gen. Konstantin (USSR): 83
Rollesbroich: 278, 280, 353, 393
Roma: 133
Romblon: 436
Romblon Island: 427, 434, 436, 440, 448, 471, 476
Rome: 115, 121, 131-32, 136-37, 142, 159, 161-62, 213
air attacks on: 120-21, 127
declared open city: 127
drive on: 176, 190-205
Rome-Arno Campaign: 164-267
Romelfing: 335
ROMEO: 249-50
Romlinghoven: 444
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin: 39, 43, 91-92, 94-95. See also Egypt, operations in; Libya.
commands Army Group, Africa: 95
commands Axis forces in Libya: 3
departure from Africa: 97
relieved at Army Group B: 232
relieved at German-Italian Panzer Army: 88
Rommelfangen: 407
Rommelsheim: 412, 414
Rommersheim: 422, 444
Rommerskirchen: 422
Romni: 135
Romrod: 463
ROMULUS: 316, 321, 351. See also Arakan coast.
Roncalla: 226
Ronce River: 370, 372
Ronco River: 310-13, 315-16, 318
Roncobilaccio: 286
Roncofreddo: 297-99
Roncourt: 268
Roney: 238
Ronsdorf: 495
Ronsperk: 526
Rooke Island: 172, 174
Rosendaal: 313
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 42, 181
agrees to cancellation of BUCCANEER: 152-53
appeal to Italians: 120, 124
asks commitment of Yunnan Force: 162
attends ARCADIA Conference: 8
Chiang’s demands on: 59, 153, 155, 163, 165, 169, 171, 280, 285
at conference on Pacific strategy: 230, 237
on control of Calcutta-Assam LOC: 166-67, 171
criticized for failure in China: 299
death of: 491
on division of CBI: 224-27, 230, 235, 290
on Eisenhower as commander for OVERLORD: 152, 156
on Eisenhower as commander for TORCH: 48
at EUREKA Conference: 150-51
and Giraud conference: 116
JCS proposal to, for recovery of Burma: 73
on observer mission to Chinese Communists: 171, 214, 217, 343
and political representatives in China: 220, 226-27, 230, 235, 246-47
protests Salween withdrawal: 276
at QUADRANT Conference: 127-29
and recovery of Burma: 176
at SEXTANT Conference: 148, 150-52
transmits OCTAGON decisions to Chiang: 280, 285
signs SPARS bill: 69
on Stilwell as commander of Chinese: 222-27, 230, 235, 255, 276, 296, 302
on Stilwell recall: 220, 296, 301-02, 306
on Stratemeyer as commander of India-Burma air affairs: 116
at TRIDENT Conference: 110-12
Roosevelt Ridge (New Guinea): 121, 127
ROOSTER: 509. See also Chihchiang.
Rosario: 7, 373, 374-77, 380, 385, 390, 402, 407, 482
Rosario Heights: 400
Roscheid: 270, 272-73, 408
Rose: 466. See also Ruhr sector.
Rose, Maj. Gen. Maurice: 462
Roselle River: 344-45
Rosenau: 331
Rosenberg: 510
Rosenkranz: 384
Rosenthal: 416
ROSIE: 466. See also Cannes; French Naval Assault Group.
Rosignano: 223-27, 237
Roslavl: 137
Rossbach: 449, 508, 510
Rossbuerg: 505
Rossendorf: 489, 492, 494
Rosslershof Castle: 334
Rossosh: 45, 85
Rossum: 181, 183
Rosteig: 366
Rostov: 45-46, 48, 81, 83, 85, 87-92
Rot am See: 505
Rota Island: 212
Roth: 391, 394, 408, 427, 456, 458, 460, 475, 477, 507
Roth River: 418, 420
Rotha: 510
Rothau: 336
Rothbach: 340, 380, 382
Rothbach Rau: 379
Rothbach River: 419, 439
Rothenberga: 487
Rothenbergen: 461
Rothenburg: 488, 490, 494, 496, 498, 500, 505
Rothenstein: 490, 492
Rott: 270, 397, 447, 521
Rottbitz: 438
Rotte Creek: 324
Rottenbach: 487
Rottenburg: 503
Rottenegg: 529-30
Rotterdam: 270
Rottersdorf: 492
Rottgen: 429
Rottweil: 509
Roubion River: 255-57
Rouen: 50, 253, 256, 258-59, 262
Rouffach: 351, 391-93
Rougemont: 268
Rougemont Ridge: 325
Rougemont-le-Château: 336
ROUNDUP: 30, 33. See also Normandy Campaign, planning phase.
Route Napoléon. See Highways, 85
Routes. See Highways by number.
Rouxeville: 237
Roversano: 306
Rovigo: 518
Rovno: 170, 181
Row, Brig. R. A. (NZ): 142
Rowell, Maj. Gen. Sydney F. (Australian.): 49-50
Roya River: 490, 500
Royal Air Force
around-the-clock assault on Germany: 95
attacks on Continent: 3, 54, 58, 61. See also Combined Bomber Offensive against Europe.
attacks on V-weapons sites: 128
Bomber Command: 191, 225, 239, 245, 248, 293
in defense of Malaya: 4
diversion of aircraft from ME to FE: 9
Eagle Squadrons transferred to AAF: 57
first shuttle raid on Germany: 114
Malta Command absorbed by MAAF: 155
Middle East Command absorbed by MAAF: 155
Second Tactical Air Force: 150, 186
sinks Admiral Scheer: 482
sinks Luetzow: 497
withdrawal from Singapore: 15-16
224 Group: 536
Royal Australian Air Force
at New Britain: 146
responsibility assigned: 53
in support of P.I. operations: 315
Wing 71: 206
Royal Indian Navy: 89, 94-95
Royal Marines. See Commando forces, British.
Royal Navy. See also ships by name.
Aircraft Carrier Squadron 11: 531
East Indies Fleet: 384
Eastern Fleet: 4, 12, 193, 236
Pacific Fleet: 531, 550
Special Boat Service: 473
TF 57: 450, 456
Royan: 328, 494, 496, 498, 500, 503
Royce, Maj. Gen. Ralph: 133
Rubenach: 431
Rubercy: 206
Rubicone River: 301
Rudersdorf: 462
Rudingshain: 463
Rudisleben: 485
Rudolec: 533
Rudolstadt: 490
Ruebhausen: 447
Rueblingen: 492
Rueckingen: 461
Ruesselsheim: 453
Ruethen: 464
Rufina: 258
RUGBY: 249-51
Ruhla: 479
Ruhland: 215
Ruhmansfelden: 517
Ruhr River: 468, 470, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486-87, 489, 491, 493, 495-96, 510, 515
Ruhr sector: 111, 114, 262, 270-71, 283-84, 287-88, 292, 305, 432, 449, 456-66, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478-84, 487, 489, 493, 495-96, 498, 500, 502, 506, 510, 512, 517
Ruhrberg: 392-93
Rumania
agreement with USSR on division of territory: 269
air assault on: 111-121, 124, 185, 203, 207, 234, 237, 242, 244-45
declares war on Germany: 256
joins Allies: 269, 471
King surrenders to USSR: 255
operations in: 252, 254-55, 257-60, 264, 269, 291, 295, 300-301
U.S. declares war on: 40
Rumbeck: 487
Rumersheim: 397
Rumlange: 380
Rumpenheim: 455
Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd von: 223, 262, 353, 527
Runzhausen: 458
Rupertus, Maj. Gen. William H. (USMC): 63, 155-57, 276
Ruppertshofen: 503
Rupt: 282, 285-86
Rurich: 410-11
Russell Islands: 93-94, 97, 102, 155
Russi: 344
Russian Army. See Soviet Army; Soviet Army units.
Ruthenia: 313
Ruttershausen: 458
Ruviano: 141
Ruweisat Ridge: 45
Ruwer: 428
Ruwer River: 423-24, 426, 428, 430-32, 434, 437
Ruyter, de: 26
Ru-ywa: 404-06, 437
Rybnik: 457
Ryder, Maj. Gen. Charles W.: 64
Ryuju: 51
Ryukyus Campaign: 264, 456-549
air and naval actions: 294, 300, 367, 370, 380-81, 420, 449-50, 452-53, 456, 462, 464, 467, 486, 493, 495, 497, 499, 506, 517, 525, 538, 540-41, 544-46, 548-49
casualty summaries: 465, 478, 480, 488, 510, 515, 525, 530, 548
plan for invasion: 204, 294
supported by raids on Japan: 444, 462
Rzhev: 14, 18, 47-49, 70, 95-96
–S–
S. Agata: 125-26
S. Andrea: 192
S. Andriano: 291
S. Angelo: 163-64, 302-03
S. Angelo d’Alife: 14-42
S. Angelo Hill: 170
S. Apollinare: 192
S. Arcangelo: 285-88
S. Barnaba: 337
S. Benedetto: 286-87, 291
S. Benedetto del Tronto: 138
S. Benedetto in Alpe: 286
S. Benedetto Po: 511
S. Biagio: 198
S. Carlo: 307-08
S. Casciano: 236-37
S. Cataldo: 120
S. Caterina: 120-21
S. Cesareo: 201
S. Chierlo: 503
S. Clemente: 263, 304
S. Constanzo: 252
S. Domenico Ridge: 191
S. Donato: 233
S. Elia: 150, 155, 157, 162
S. Fortunato: 274, 277, 279-80, 282-83
S. Fratello Ridge: 125
S. Giacomo Hill: 154
S. Gimignano: 226, 229
S. Giorgio: 193
S. Giovanni: 235, 509
S. Giovanni Incarico: 197
S. Giuseppe: 121
S. Giusta: 160
S. Ippolito: 254, 286
S. Lorenzo: 297-98
S. Lucia, Italy: 276-77, 282-84, 324
S. Margherita: 121
S. Maria Infante: 191-93
S. Maria Oliveto: 144
S. Maria Ridge: 191-92
S. Martello: 290
S. Martino: 274, 276-77, 292-93, 295-96
S. Martino Hill: 191-92
S. Martino in Strada: 320-21
S. Mauro: 123
S. Mauro di Romagna: 289
S. Michele Pass: 154
S. Oliva: 194, 196
S. Paola: 298-99
S. Patrignano: 274
S. Pellegrino: 282
S. Piero: 305
S. Pietro: 151-55
S. Pieve di Luce: 230
S. Prospero: 501
S. Ridge, Italy: 191-93
S. Salvo: 144
S. Savino: 263-64, 266-67, 270-72
S. Severino: 137
S. Severo: 366, 368, 423, 430, 484
S. Stefano, Italy: 131, 234
S. Stefano, Sicily: 119, 121-24
S. Tome: 324
S. Varano: 321, 325
S. Vito: 151
S. Vittore: 155, 157, 160-61
Saale River: 479, 485, 487, 489-92, 494-99
Saale Stau Lake: 494
Saales: 332, 334-35
Saales Pass: 282
Saalfeld: 492, 494
Saalhausen: 480, 483
Saar River. See Sarre River.
Saar sector: 262, 338, 340, 439-53
Saarbruecken: 278, 280, 346, 404, 408-10, 423, 426, 439, 445-46
Saarburg. See Sarrebourg.
Saarholzbach: 439-40
Saarland Province: 512, 514, 516
Saarlautern: 334, 340-44, 346-56, 374, 379, 384, 386, 389-400, 402-05, 410-11, 414, 417, 433, 435, 437-38, 442-44, 446
Saarlautern-Roden: 343, 345-46, 350, 396, 445
Saarlouis. See Saarlautern.
Saarlouis-Roden. See Saarlautern-Roden.
Saarwellingen: 444
Saase: 508
Sabalayan: 358
Sabang, Luzon: 390
Sabang, Sumatra: 236
Sabatai River: 282
Sablan: 486
Sabria: 101
Sabron: 188
Sachsa: 489
Sachsenburg: 487
Sachsenhausen: 454, 466
Sacignano: 290
Sacobia Ridge: 02
Sacobia River: 484
Sadler, Brig. Gen. Percy L.: 262
Sadzot: 362-63, 366
Saeffelen: 378
Saeffler Creek: 293-94
Saegmuhl: 367, 371, 383
Saffig: 431
Safi: 65-66
Sagekarasa Island: 134-36
Sagkanan: 316
Saguing: 515
Sahmaw: 244
Sahy: 353
Saidor: 131, 153, 155, 157-61, 163-64, 166, 172, 174-75
Saigon: 372
Saillancourt: 258
Sainscheid: 456
St. Amé: 286-87
St. André-de-l’Epine: 228
St. André-sur-Orne: 233
St. Anton: 531
St. Antonis: 287
St. Avold: 337-38, 342, 357, 362
St. Barbara: 340-42
St. Benoit: 315
St. Blaise: 334-35
St. Brieux: 243
St. Calais: 247
St. Christophe-du-Foc: 213
St. Clair-sur-Elle: 209
St. Clement: 283
St. Cloud: 65
St. Côme-du-Mont: 203-05
St. Cyprien: 109
St. Denis-le-Gast: 238
St. Dié: 282, 286, 300, 303, 306-10, 312-19, 324-26, 328, 332-34
St. Dizier: 191, 259
St. Eny: 227-28
St. Florentin: 255
St. Floxel: 207
St. Fraimbault-de-Prières: 244
St. Georges: 331
St. Georges-d’Elle: 228
St. Georges-du-Vièrve: 255
St. Germain-de-Varreville: 203
St. Germain-sur-Sèves: 234
St. Gilles: 226, 228, 236-37
St. Goar: 440-41
St. Goarer Stradtwald: 441
St. Goarshausen: 454
St. Hilaire-du-Harcourt: 241
St. Hippolyte: 264
St. Hubert: 265, 357, 366, 371, 373
St. Hubert Farm: 288-89, 327
St. Ilgen: 465
St. Ingbert: 446
St. Jacques: 367
St. Jean-de-Baisants: 238
St. Jean-de-Day: 226
St. Jean d’Ormont: 333
St. Jean-du-Bois: 243, 248
St. Jean-Rohrbach: 334-35
St. Joeris: 330
St. Johann: 443-44
St. Joost: 378
St. Lambert-sur-Dives: 251
St. Laurent-sur-Mer: 203-04
St. Leonard, Belgium: 286, 292
St. Leonard, France: 333
St. Lô: 207-09, 211, 213, 221, 227-33, 236-37
St. Louis: 332
St. Malo: 241-43, 245-50, 260
St. Martin-de-Varreville: 203
St. Martin-le-Gréard: 213-14
St. Matthias Islands: 180-82, 186
St. Médard: 324-25
St. Michel: 332
St. Mihiel: 261
St. Nazaire: 30, 365, 458, 464
St. Nicolas: 269, 273, 345
St. Oedenrode: 279, 282, 286, 288
St. Omer: 262-64
St. Oskol: 91
St. Paul: 252
St. Peter: 534
St. Pierre: 341
St. Pierre d’ Oleron: 525
St. Pierre-du-Mont: 204
St. Pierre-Eglise: 215
St. Pierre Island: 8
St. Pierre-la-Vieille: 246
St. Pierre-sur-Dives: 249
St. Pois: 240-44
St. Pol: 260-61
St. Privat: 265
St. Quentin: 260-61
St. Raphaël: 249-50
St. Saens: 259
St. Sauveur-de-Chaulieu: 246-48
St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte: 210-11, 219, 221
St. Sever-Calvados: 242
St. Sulpice: 203
St. Sylvain: 245
St. Thomas: 426
St. Tonis: 420
St. Trond: 265, 356
St. Tropez: 249-51
St. Tropez Peninsula: 249
St. Valery-en-Caux: 197, 260-62
St. Vallier: 255
St. Vith: 269, 353-59, 370, 375-86
St. Wendel: 443-44
Ste. Anne: 205
Ste. Colombe: 209, 211
Ste. Croix en Plaine: 391
Ste. Geneviève: 269-70, 272-73, 275
Ste. Honorine: 216
Ste. Marguerite: 327
Ste. Marguerite-d’Elle: 208
Ste. Marie: 328, 335, 337-39
Ste. Marie-aux-Chênes: 264-65
Ste. Maxime: 249
Ste. Mère-Eglise: 203-04
Ste. Pôle: 325
Ste. Suzanne-sur-Vire: 238
Saipan Island: 208-27, 230
base for raids on Japan: 227
staging area for Iwo: 403-04
Sakishima Islands: 380, 450, 456, 519
Sakket: 102
Sala: 138
Salacsac passes: 419, 426, 428, 435-36, 453, 457, 465, 477, 479, 482, 484, 486, 488, 501, 505, 527
Salamaua: 17, 18, 27-28, 43, 53, 117, 120, 129, 131-34
Salami Plantation: 178-79, 186
Salango River: 12
Salat: 473, 477, 479, 482, 486
Salazar: 428, 435-36, 441
Salchendorf: 464
Salerno: 122, 127-40, 163
Salival: 321
Salkau: 508
Salle: 373
Salm: 426, 428-29
Salm River: 358-59, 367, 369-71, 373-75, 382, 431-34
Salm Wald: 429
Salmbach: 352
Salmchâteau: 368-70, 372, 374, 393, 397
Salonika: 316, 321
Salsk: 48
Salso River: 120, 125
Salt Lake City: 58
Salvaro: 439, 457
Salvatito Hill: 163
Salvator Hill: 302, 306
Salween River: 18, 21-23, 37, 170, 181, 186, 189, 191-93, 195-200, 202, 205-08, 210-14, 216, 218-20, 223, 226-29, 235, 237, 241-43, 246-47, 253-55, 264-66, 270, 274, 276, 286, 314, 332, 342, 349, 357, 367, 379, 383
Salzburg: 528-29, 531
Salzwedel: 493, 499, 508
Samal: 13
Samal Island: 531, 534-39
Samar Island: 34, 310, 326, 361, 374, 388-400, 403, 406-07, 411-12, 415, 417, 421, 425, 433
Samarinda: 22
Sambro Valley: 292
Sambuco: 288-89
Sambodja: 550
Samland Peninsula: 406, 483, 498, 516
Samoa, as staging area: 53
Samoggia River: 326, 495, 503, 507
Samos Island: 135, 139
Sampoloc: 9
Samrée: 369-70
San Agustin, Luzon: 460, 465, 529
San Agustin, Mindoro: 353, 357
San Andres: 461
San Antonio: 519
San Bernardino Strait: 5, 306, 310-11, 403, 406-07, 412, 415, 469, 499
San Carlos: 371
San Clemente: 375
San Fabian: 8, 370
San Fernando: 7, 10-11, 32, 386, 426, 443, 446-47, 460
San Francisco, California, U.N. organization: 517, 548
San Francisco, Luzon: 484, 486, 490, 492, 495, 497, 499
San Isidro, Leyte: 362-63
San Isidro, Luzon: 393, 401, 412, 442, 531
San Jacinto: 370-71
San Joaquin: 311
San Jose, Leyte: 307, 354, 358
San Jose, Luzon: 9, 11-12, 387, 389, 392, 393, 401-02, 427
San Jose, Mindoro: 301, 353, 364-65, 369, 386-87
San Jose, Panay: 34
San Juan, Luzon: 390
San Juan, Negros: 493
San Juanico Strait: 310-11
San Luis: 546
San Mandrier Peninsula: 257-58
San Manuel: 378-79, 381, 383, 385-86, 403
San Marino, Republic of: 279, 282
San Mateo: 410, 413, 442
San Miguel, Leyte: 314, 364
San Miguel, Luzon: 380-81
San Nicolas: 390, 403
San Pablo, Leyte: 310-11
San Pablo, Luzon: 469, 473
San River: 235, 238
San Roque, Leyte: 309
San Roque, Mindanao: 434, 436-38, 440, 442
San Vicente: 313, 315
San Vicente Hill: 312-13
San Vicente River: 32
Sanananda Point and Village: 67-77, 81-87, 96
Sandakan: 15-16
Sandbach: 526, 529
Sandersdorf: 496, 500
Sandhausen: 465
Sandhofen: 455, 457
Sandomierz: 251, 372
Sandoway: 535
Sanfatucchio: 215
Sanga Sanga Island: 469, 478, 549
Sangerberg: 533
Sangerhausen: 489, 517
Sanggau: 10
Sangro River: 145, 147, 149-51
Sanip River: 162-63
Sanipon: 537-38, 541
Sannerville: 240
Sanok: 375
Sanry-sur-Nied: 323-24, 326
Sansapor Plantation and village: 227, 233, 236, 238, 240, 255, 260
Sansepolcro: 226
Sansonnet: 328
Santa Ana: 530
Santa Anastasia: 434
Santa Barbara, California, shelled by Japanese: 25
Santa Barbara, Luzon: 371-72
Santa Barbara, Panay: 443
Santa Cruz, Leyte: 310-11, 314
Santa Cruz, Luzon: 12, 477
Santa Cruz Island: 44-45, 52, 61
Santa Fe, Leyte: 312, 314
Santa Fe, Luzon: 390, 428, 453, 529, 536, 539-43
Santa Ignacia: 9
Santa Lucia, Luzon: 545
Santa Maria: 390, 394-95, 430
Santa Maria River, Mindanao: 440
Santa Maria River and Valley, Luzon 465, 473
Santa Rita: 391
Santa Rosa: 388-89
Santerno River and Valley: 279-80, 282-85, 299, 344, 486, 488, 490, 492, 495
Santiago: 10, 546
Santo Tomas: 451, 453
Sanzenbach: 503
Saône River: 262
Sapangbato: 388
Sapois: 298
Sapri: 135
Sarana Pass and Valley: 111-12
Sarande: 301
Sarangani Bay: 549-50
Saratoga: 9, 44, 51-52
Sarawak: 5-6, 13, 547
Sardinia: 115, 121, 133, 136
Sargenroth: 443
Sariaya: 9, 480
Sark Island: 57
Sarmi: 177, 180, 189-90, 195-99, 208, 210, 213-20, 221, 224-25, 227, 230, 238, 249, 253, 262
Sarno River: 138
Sarny: 157, 162
Sarraltroff: 381
Sarre River: 318, 320, 325, 328-32, 334-42, 344-57, 374, 396, 406-110, 413-14, 416, 419, 423, 428, 435, 437-39, 442, 445
Sarre-Union: 339, 341-44
Sarrebourg: 318-19, 325-26, 331-33, 335-36, 338, 408, 414, 419, 421, 430-31, 434, 437
Sarreguemines: 278, 281, 345-50, 447, 455
Sarreinsberg: 366
Sarreinsming: 347
Sarstedt: 478
Sart: 369
Sarthe River: 243, 245
Sart-lez-St. Vith: 380
Sarzana: 501
Sasa airfield: 539
Sasavele Island: 115, 124
Sasebo: 226
Sassel: 380
Sassetta: 221
Sassoleone: 294-95
SATIN: 81, 85-86. See also Sfax.
Sattelberg: 138, 141-42, 147, 149
Sattler, Brig. Gen. Robert (Ger.): 219
Satzvey: 426
SAUCY: 118. See also India-Burma Theater, land supply route to China from.
Saudi Arabia: 52
Sauer River: 272, 287, 297, 360-63, 376-80, 382, 392, 396, 398, 400-401, 404, 409, 421
Saulcy: 334
Saulgrub: 523, 525
Saulxures: 299, 335
Saunnu: 18
Sava River: 344, 346
Saverne: 282, 319, 331-32, 334-35, 366, 437
Savignano di Romagna: 288-89, 291, 297, 300
Savio River: 301, 303-04, 306-10
Savo Island: 49, 53, 66-67
Savo Sound: 71
Savojaards Plaat: 284, 302, 306
Savoureuse River: 334
Sayre, Francis B.: 8
Sayre Highway: 35-36, 511, 513, 515, 519-20, 522-23, 525, 527, 529-30, 532-37, 539-40
Sbeïtla: 86, 89-90, 92-93, 96, 98, 100-101, 104
Sbiba: 88, 93-94, 98
Sbiba Pass: 94
Scafati: 138
Scaldino: 337
Scattered Trees Ridge: 400
Scauri: 191, 193
Schaefstall: 518
Schaephuysen: 421
Schaerding: 528-29
Schaffhausen: 509, 511
Schaffhouse: 365
Schaidt: 450
Schainbach: 505
Schalbach: 336
Schalkau: 487
Schankweiler: 402-03, 405
Scharfbillig: 417
Scharnhorst: 23
Scharnhorst Line: 272-73
Schaueburg Lippe: 526
Schaufenberg: 298
Schauffenberg: 415
Schautzhofen: 523
Schaven: 426
Scheggia: 232
Scheibenhard: 445
Scheid: 424
Scheidel: 361
Scheiden: 439
Scheiditz: 490
Scheifendahl: 381
Schelde Estuary and River: 274, 276, 283-84, 289, 297, 304, 317
Scheller: 496
Scherfede: 462, 464, 470
Schermbeck: 456
Scherpenseel: 327-29
Scheuren: 392-94, 413, 432, 457
Schevenhuette: 275, 278, 280, 284, 311, 327
Schiebenhardt: 352
Schiefbahn: 420
Schierwaldenrath: 293-94, 297, 379
Schijndel: 282
Schilberg: 377
Schill Line: 273
Schilla: 131
Schillersdorf: 383-84
Schillingen: 439
Schimsheim: 444
Schippach: 463
Schirmeck: 333, 336
Schirnding: 508
Schkauditz: 492
Schladen: 484
Schladitz: 506
Schlausen Bacher Wald: 393
Schlebach: 427
Schleid: 419
Schleiden: 330, 382, 388, 390-91, 410, 422, 424, 427
Schleidweiler: 429
Schleithal: 445
Schlem: 432
Schlerthal: 352
Schleswig-Holstein: 527
Schleusingen: 477, 479
Schlicht: 349-50
Schlieben, Maj. Gen. Karl-Wilhelm von (Ger.): 215, 219
Schlier Lake: 531
Schlierbach: 356, 463
Schliersee: 531
Schlindermanderscheid: 384
Schlitz: 467
Schlossberg (Pillkalen): 374, 378
Schlotheim: 474, 485
Schlucht Pass: 252
Schluchtern: 471
Schmachtendorf: 456
Schmalkalden: 473, 475
Schmallenberg: 478
Schmidt: 295-98, 303, 311, 315, 317-19, 330, 342, 394-95, 397-98, 418
Schmidt, Maj. Gen. Harry (USMC): 168, 303, 406
Schmidtheim: 429
Schmidthof: 269
Schmiedefeld: 481
Schmitten: 463, 465
Schmittviller: 345
Schmorda: 494
Schnee Eifel: 270, 272-73, 275, 277, 280, 350, 354, 356, 389, 392-95
Schneidemuehl: 389, 401
Schneidhausen: 356, 358
Schneppenheim: 425
Schney: 490
Schnorrenberg: 419
Schoden: 411
Schoenbach: 428, 533
Schoenbronn: 505
Schoenebeck: 489, 495, 506
Schoenecken: 422
Schoenfeld: 424
Schoengras: 512
Schoenhofen: 514
Schoenlanke: 387
Schoensee: 516
Schoenthal: 335, 515
Schomerich: 419
Schonberg: 355, 387-88
Schondorf: 437
Schoneberg: 452
Schoneseiffen: 390
Schongau: 520-21, 523
Schonnebeck: 480
Schonstedt: 477
Schophoven: 349-50, 360, 410
Schoppen: 378, 380
Schoppenstedt: 486
Schorbach: 439
Schorndorf: 509
Schostorf: 506
Schoven: 460
Schroeck: 458
Schrozberg: 492
Schueller: 427
Schulenberg: 476
Schuppach: 500
Schwabach: 505
Schwabenheim: 461
Schwabstadl: 520-21, 523
Schwadorf: 427
Schwaebisch Gmuend: 505, 507, 509, 511
Schwaebisch Hall: 498, 500, 503, 505, 507
Schwaiganger: 524
Schwall: 439
Schwammenauel Dam: 295, 391-93, 397-99
Schwandorf: 512
Schwanenstadt: 531
Schwanheim: 455
Schwarbsdorf: 487
Schwarza: 492
Schwarzach: 515
Schwarzach River: 515
Schwarzbach: 470
Schwarzenau: 470
Schwarzenbach: 508
Schwarzenfeld: 510
Schwarzmaar: 425
Schwartzenborn: 428-29, 431
Schwarzwald. See Black Forest.
Schwebenried: 481
Schweifeld: 439
Schweighausen: 342, 383, 385
Schweiler: 389
Schweinberg: 460
Schweinfurt: 128, 140, 176, 465, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487-88, 490
Schweinheim: 427, 453, 459, 461, 463
Schwelm: 491, 493, 496
Schwerdorff: 329
Schwerfen: 426
Schwerin: 527-28
Schwiebus: 388
Schwirzheim: 424
Sciacca: 121
Scobie, Lt. Gen. R. M. (British.): 262, 288, 304, 331
Scoglitti: 117
Scoones, Lt. Gen. Sir Geoffrey (British.): 347
Scott, Rear Adm. Norman: 58
Scout Company, 7th: 104, 110
Scout Ridge (New Guinea): 121, 132
Scudder, Col. Irwin C.: 32
Sea Frontiers, redesignated: 22
Sea Horse (Guadalcanal): 83-84
SEA LION: 3
Sea of Azov: 3
Sea Witch: 26
Seabees. See Naval Construction Battalions.
Sealark Channel: 53, 59
Sebkra d’Oran: 65
Sebkret en Noual: 103
Sebkret et Kourzia: 106
Sebou River: 65
Sebree, Brig. Gen. Edmund B.: 63, 68, 81, 90, 273, 277-78, 280
Secchia River: 513
Sechtem: 429
Second Front, Churchill-Stalin discussions: 49
Secret weapons, German. See V weapons.
Sedan: 261-65, 364
Sedjenane: 96, 101
Sedjenane River: 107
See: 512
Sée River: 239-40
Seeadler Harbor: 177-79
Seebach: 481
Seebergen: 479
Seefeld: 527, 530
Seehausen: 499
Seelbach: 476, 478
Sées: 245-48, 253
Seesbach: 443
Seesen: 484
Séez: 266
Seffers River: 440
Sefferweich: 417, 419
Segamat: 14-17
Segamat River: 16
Segendorf Rodenbach: 448
Segi Point: 114-15, 118, 139
Sehlem: 431, 434
‘s Hertogenbosch: 290, 308, 312
Seidfeld: 489
Seikpyu: 399
Seille River: 277-78, 280-82, 284-86, 288, 291-92, 298-99, 307, 316, 320-21, 324
Seine River: 243, 245, 248-49, 251-60
Seingbouse: 338
Seinsfeld: 426
Seinsheim: 475
Seiwerath: 424
Selange: 267
Selangor: 12
Selb: 504, 506
Selbagnone: 311, 316
Selbecke: 480
Selbitz: 494
Selbitz River: 492, 494
Sele River: 132-34
Selective Service System: 72
Seleo Island: 188
Sélestat: 337-39, 341-44, 381
Selgersdorf: 410
Selhausen: 410
Selkentrop: 480
Sellerich: 275, 393-94
Selsent: 379
Seltz: 351
Selune River: 239-40
Selzen: 445
Semécourt: 321
Sendenhorst: 476
Sened Station and Village: 88-90, 98-99
Sengerich: 407
Sengkofen: 519
Senio River: 353-55, 357-58, 364, 366, 368, 423, 483-84, 486, 488
Sennern: 462
Senonchamps: 365
Senones: 333-34
Sens: 252-54
Sensburg: 386
Sentani airdrome: 189
Sepolno: 386
Seppois: 331, 335
Serafimovich: 68
Serbia sector: 347-48
Serchio River and Valley: 261, 266, 267, 271, 273, 277, 288-91, 296, 299, 313, 318, 361-64, 371, 392, 394, 397, 401, 481
Seremban: 13
Seria: 6
Serkenrode: 487
Sermide: 505, 515
Serravalle: 279-80
Serrest: 412
Serre: 136
Serrières: 261, 285, 293
Serrig: 409-11, 413-14, 416-17
Servance: 294
Service Command Area, Bataan: 13, 17-18
Services of Supply. See theater, area, or command.
Services of Supply, U.S. Army, constituted: 28
Sessa Aurunca: 138
Sessenheim: 368, 377-78, 452
Sesto: 261
Sesto Campano: 143
Sesupe River: 250
Seton: 195, 197, 200
Setta Creek: 290, 304, 311, 503
Setterich: 328-30
Setz: 386
Sevastopol: 3, 6, 10-12, 21, 40-44, 191
Sevelen: 420-21, 433
Seven Dwarfs forts (France): 325
Sevenig: 269, 411
Sevenum: 333
Sèves River: 229-30, 237
Sevizzano Ridge: 499, 501
Sevsk: 130
SEXTANT Conference: 148, 150-52
Seychelles Island: 53
Sezze: 198
Sfax: 75, 81, 85, 104
Sferro: 121
Shaberg: 424
Shaduzup: 183-85
Shaggy Ridge (New Guinea): 164
Shakhty: 92
Shan Hills: 545-46
Shan States: 28
Shanghai International Settlement: 4
Shanmen: 536
Sharaw Ga: 144
Sharp, Brig. Gen. William F.: 22, 27, 37
Shede: 458
Shemya Island: 112, 114
Shepetovka: 172
Shepherd, Brig. Gen. Lemuel C. (USMC): 159. See also ADC Group (USMC).
Sherman, Rear Adm. Frederick C.: 143, 156, 159-60
Shichina: 543
Shihtien: 198
Shimabuku: 469
Shimbu Line: 410, 419, 425, 430-31, 434, 436, 438-39, 441-42, 467, 471
Shimpach: 376
Shinchiku: 149
Shingbwiyang: 157, 168, 177
SHINGLE: 149, 159, 163. See also Anzio Campaign.
Shingler, Col. Don G.: 31, 42, 50, 52, 60
Shipping, Allied, attacks on: 55, 79
Shipping routes: 51
SHO: 306
Shoestring Ridge (Leyte): 335-36, 338-39, 341
Shoho: 37
Shokaku: 37
Short, Lt. Gen. Walter C.: 6
Shortland Islands: 115-17, 123, 132, 143
Shuganu: 274
Shuri: 540-43
Shuri Castle: 540, 542
Shuri defense line: 484, 488, 506, 515, 519, 524, 532, 534-38, 540-42
Shuttle bombing: 114, 138-39, 143. See also Combined Bomber Offensive against Europe; FRANTIC.
Italy as base for: 139, 175, 201, 207, 219, 237, 244-45, 271
U.K. as base for: 215, 219, 245
USSR as base for: 201, 203, 207, 215, 219, 234, 236-37, 242, 244-45, 268, 271
Shwebo: 369, 371
Shwedaung: 30-31
Shwegu: 304, 318, 320, 349
Shwegugale: 319
Shwegyin: 28, 36-37
Shwekyina: 333
Shweli River and Valley: 193, 200, 213-14, 216, 346, 349, 366-68, 371, 375, 388-90, 397, 402, 405
Shwemyo: 499
Shwemyo Bluff: 499, 503
Siain: 8
Sialum: 159
Sian: 453 520
Siauliai: 250-51, 295
Sibenik: 118
Sibert, Maj. Gen. Franklin C.: 208, 213, 217, 233, 239, 255, 308, 326, 497, 503
Siboney: 8, 21, 24
Sicily Campaign: 84, 87, 97, 105, 109-28
air and naval actions: 110, 113-17, 119-20, 125-26, 128
airborne operations: 117-19
armor actions: 118, 126, 128
enemy withdrawal: 126-28
Sicily Strait: 114
Sid: 346
Siddessen: 474
Sidi Amor el Kenani: 88
Sidi Barrani: 43, 65
Sidi Bou Zid: 89-93, 96, 104
Sidi Ferruch: 64
Sidi Muftah: 39-40
Sidi Nsir: 95, 104
Sidi Rezegh: 41-42
Sidi Said: 89
Siebenaler: 384
Siedlce: 239
Siedlinghausen: 476
Siefersheim: 444
Sieg River: 441, 445-47, 452, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482, 485, 487
Siegburg: 446, 482, 485
Siegen: 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476
Siegfried Line: 260-61, 265, 267-73, 275, 278, 280-82, 284, 288, 290, 292-94, 296-99, 334, 338, 344-46, 348, 351, 354, 374, 384-92, 394-400, 402, 405-09, 412, 428, 431, 436-39, 441-43, 445-48, 450
Siegmar: 496
Siena: 219, 222-23
Sienne River: 238-39
Sierck-les-Bains: 300
Sierra Bullones: 490
Sierra Madre Mountains: 549-50
Siersdorf: 327-29
Siersthal: 350
Sieve River: 267-69
Sievernich: 418
Sievsk: 96
Sigmaringen: 507, 509, 514, 516
Sigolsheim: 379, 382
Sikaw: 293
Sikorski, Gen. Wladislaw (Pol.): 116
Silaiim: 20
Silaiim Bay: 22
Silaiim Point: 23-24
Silaiim River: 20-23
Silay: 469, 471
Silbach: 474
Silchar: 186, 189
Silesia, operations in: 377, 379-84, 386, 394-95, 400-404, 406, 410, 417, 450, 457, 463, 465, 467, 481, 518, 534
Silkerode: 485
Sillaro River: 292-94, 302, 305, 312, 490, 495, 497
Sillegny: 275, 278, 280-81
Silly-en-Saulnois: 322
Silvester, Maj. Gen. Lindsay McD.: 315
Silz: 448
Simara Island: 434, 436, 448
Simbach: 526
Simemi Creek: 76-77, 79, 81
Simemi Village: 68, 73
Simeto River: 119-21, 126
Simignano: 222
Simmer River: 429, 439
Simmern: 439-40
Simmern unter Dhaun: 443
Simmons, Maj. Gen. F. Keith (British.): 21
Simonskall: 318
Simpelveld: 277
Sims: 37
Sinaloan: 473
Sinalunga: 213, 222
Sindelsdorf: 525
Sindorf: 415-16
Singapore: 3-6, 11-24, 395, 542
Singkaling Hkamti: 177
Singkawang: 8, 19
Singling: 346, 348
Singora: 3-5
Sinn: 456
Sinnersdorf: 422
Sinonog River: 452
Sinsheim: 471
Sinspelt: 409-10
Sinsteden: 422
Sinthern: 424
Sintria River: 353
Sinz: 335, 384-85, 396-98
Sinzenich: 422
Sinzig: 429, 432
Sinzweya: 171-72, 175
Sio: 153, 160, 162
Sipoco: 7
Sirte: 76-77
Sison: 378, 383, 406
Sisserno Hill: 199
Sisteron: 252
Sitapur: 220, 223
SITKA: 249. See also Port Cros Island; Special Service Force, 1st.
Sittang River: 25-26, 28-29, 31, 33-34
Sittard: 277-78, 377
Sittaung: 244, 263, 331
Si-u: 326-27
Sivry: 293-94, 298
Siwori Creek: 71
Siwori Village: 75-76, 82
Skoda Works: 533
Skoplje: 261, 324, 326
Skyline Drive (Luxembourg-St. Vith road): 383
Skyline Ridge (Okinawa): 506, 508, 510, 512-13
SLAPSTICK: 131-32. See also Taranto.
Slavyansk: 49, 93, 96
SLEDGEHAMMER: 30, 46. See also Normandy Campaign, planning phase.
Slim, Lt. Gen. William J. Jr.: 29, 238, 244, 263
Slim River: 8, 11-13
Slocum, Brig. Gen. L. H.: 400
Slooe Channel: 317-18
Slot, The (Guadalcanal): 91
Slovenia sector: 347
Smallwood, Maj. Gen. G. R. (British.): 53, 59
Smela: 152, 166, 178
Smith, Maj. Gen. Holland M. (USMC): 131, 212, 215, 218, 225, 299
Smith, Maj. Gen. Julian C. (USMC): 148-49, 152
Smith, Maj. Gen. Ralph C.: 147-48, 215, 218
Smith, Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell: 159
Smith, Rear Adm. W. W.: 48, 82
Smoke, first wide-scale use of: 267
Smolensk: 25, 44, 97, 127, 130, 135-37, 218
Snake Hill North (Luzon): 396, 398-99, 401
Snake Hill West (Luzon): 400
Snake Ridge (Guadalcanal): 85, 87
Snaky River: 198, 214-15
Sobe: 468
Soegel: 484
Soena Plantation: 74
Soerabaja: 21, 193
Soest: 470, 474, 476, 478, 480
Soetenich: 427
Sofia: 275, 304
Sogliano al Rubicone: 295-96
Soissons: 257-58, 260, 337
Solacciano: 191-92
Solano: 544
Solarolo: 486
Solingen: 495, 497-500
Soller: 414, 417
Sollum: 14, 43
Solomon Islands
air and naval actions: 48, 119, 122, 142, 156, 161
Cape Esperance air-naval battle: 58-59
casualty summaries: 129, 136, 139
Eastern Solomons air-naval battle: 51
Ghormley proposed as commander: 43
Guadalcanal Campaign: 45-94, 115
Guadalcanal naval battle: 66-67
Harmon’s offensive plans: 57
JCS directive on: 44
last enemy offensive in: 182-83
native forces in: 124
New Hebrides as staging area for: 53-55, 57, 61
Northern Solomons Campaign: 95-332
planning phase: 113-14, 126, 132, 138, 140
recovery ordered: 45
Samoa as staging area for: 53
Santa Cruz air-naval battle: 61
SOPAC control of: 44
staging area for Palaus: 263
SWPA control of: 30-31
tactical orders issued: 46-47
Tassafaronga naval battle: 71
U.S. air strength in: 122
Solomons Air Support Force: 45, 47, 49
Solomons Amphibious Force: 45
Solomons Expeditionary Force: 45
“Solomons-New Guinea Ladder.” See New Britain Island; New Guinea Campaign; New Ireland campaign; Solomon Islands.
Solscheid: 441, 444
Soltau: 484, 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501
Somaliland forces join Allies: 70, 78
Sombernon: 267
Sombor: 309
Someren: 281
Somme River and Valley: 258-62
Sommerain: 373, 375
Sommerau: 437
Sommervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.: 28, 90
Sommerviller: 273
Son: 276, 278-79, 281
Sonderhofen: 471
Song River: 136
Sonlez: 371-72
Sonneberg: 490
Sonnino: 196
Sonsbeck: 418, 425, 427
Sonthofen: 527
Soong, T. V.
on, Allied strategy: 299
approves selection of Wheeler: 64
at Kunming conference: 357, 362
named premier and foreign minister: 344
plans for Yunnan Force: 66, 89
proposal for U.S. commander of Chinese: 276
on 30-division program: 89
urges recall of Stilwell: 134-35
Sopron: 465, 467
Soputa: 46, 68-75, 77, 82, 84-87
Sora: 198, 200
Sorbey: 325-26
Sorido: 214, 244, 247, 249
Sorinne: 360-61
Sorong: 31
Sorong Island: 191, 212, 249
Sorpe Staubecken Lake: 489, 491
Sorrento: 133
Sorrivoli: 301-02
Sorsogon Province: 477, 484, 490, 492, 503
Sortini: 118
Soryu: 40
Sosoral Islands: 307
Soufflenheim: 335, 351
Souk Ahras 93
Souk el Arba: 67-68
Soulac: 503
Soulevre River: 239, 241
Soultz: 441
Soultz-sous-Forêts: 351, 369
Sourdeval: 244, 246-48
Sousse: 104-05, 112
South African units
Divisions
1st: 39, 41, 61
2nd: 10-11, 14, 39, 41
6th: 202
6th Armored: 191, 197-98, 202, 204-10, 215, 217, 219-22, 224, 226, 233-36, 252, 257, 261, 264, 266, 267, 269, 271, 273, 275, 277, 279, 282-84, 286-97, 299-300, 302-04, 306-12, 314-15, 318-19, 361, 375, 377, 410, 497, 499, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515-16, 518, 521, 523
Regiment, Pretoria: 57
South America: 31 See also American republics.
South China Sea naval actions: 370, 372, 375-76, 380
South East Asia Command activated: 129, 147
amphibious operations plans: 152
Calcutta commanders conference: 358
control of India Command: 147
control of LOC troops: 168
control of NCAC: 214
delegation to SEXTANT Conference: 150
directive on airlift supply of China: 200, 271, 293, 517
directives on operations: 176, 293, 299, 304, 316
Eastern Air Command activated: 153
final air reorganization: 542
hq transferred to Kandy: 187
landing craft allocation: 152, 160
Leigh-Mallory succeeded by Garrod: 326
mission of Supreme Commander outlined: 142
mission to U.S. and U.K.: 170
plans for Burma: 145
plans for Malaya-Singapore: 542
plans for Rangoon: 410
plans for Sumatra: 160-61, 176, 188
strategy denounced by Chiang: 299
Troop Carrier Command activated: 154
Wheeler succeeds Stilwell: 146, 324
South Force, New Guinea: 42, 229-36, 238-44
South Gugegwe Island: 170
South Luzon Force: 5, 8-11
South Pacific Amphibious Force: 115, 119
South Pacific Scouts, U.S.: 124
South Pacific theater
absorbed by SWPA and POA: 183
air reinforcement: 60
boundary defined: 44
commanded by Ghormley: 33, 42
Ghormley-MacArthur conference: 44-45
Halsey succeeds Ghormley: 59
Harmon commands USAF: 45
McCain commands AIRSOPAC: 38
plans for New Britain-New Guinea-New Ireland: 92, 96-98, 101, 106, 108, 155, 172, 175-76, 178, 180, 189
plans for P.I. operations: 95
POA control of: 30-31
South Seas Detachment: 52-74
Southeast Algerian Command (British.): 97, 99-104
Southeast Area: 175
Southeast Asia Command. See South East Asia Command.
Southern Assault Force, Salerno: 132
Southern Attack Force, Gilberts: 145-46, 148
Southern Attack Force, Marianas: 213, 227
Southern Attack Force, Marshalls: 167
Southern Attack Force, Okinawa: 467
Southern Attack Group, Northwest Africa: 65
Southern Defense Command: 365
Southern France Campaign: 248-73
air preparation: 246
airborne operations: 249-51
contact with OVERLORD forces: 267
D-Day date: 183
effect on operations in Italy: 171, 176, 182, 222
exploitation phase: 263-73
landing phase: 247-62
Lattre commands French forces: 187
planning phase: 150, 152, 155, 157, 162, 164, 171, 176-77, 182-83, 187, 189, 207, 212, 217, 220, 222, 240, 246-47
tactical air support: 256-58
Southern Landing Force, Attu: 109, 111-12
Southern Landing Force, Guam: 234
Southern Landing Force, Marshalls: 167-70
Southern Landing Group, New Georgia: 116, 142
Southern Philippines Campaign: 415-549
Southern Troops and Landing Force, Marianas: 222
Southwest Pacific Area: 135
absorbs part of SOPAC: 183
activated under MacArthur: 30-31
air directive: 44, 53
Army or Navy to control offensive in: 43-44
Bismarck Archipelago Campaign: 154-338
Blarney heads land forces: 34
boundary defined: 44
Brett heads air forces: 34, 45
control of USAFIP: 34
first tank battle in: 198-99
GHQ at Manila: 490
GHQ moves to P.I.: 307
GHQ at Port Moresby: 64
Kennedy succeeds Brett: 45, 48
Leary heads naval forces: 34
Marshall heads SOS: 46
naval elements become Seventh Fleet: 94
order of battle reorganized: 183
Philippine Army units assigned to USAFFE: 95
plans for Cape Gloucester: 136
plans for Hollandia: 176
plans for Morotai: 233
plans for New Britain-New Guinea-New Ireland: 92, 96-98, 101, 106, 108, 118, 136, 139, 141, 143, 151-55, 172, 175-76, 178, 180, 191, 201-02, 230
plans for P.I.: 95, 211, 230, 235, 137, 315, 395, 400
replaces USAFFE: 34
staff designated: 34
supply role under USAFIA: 34
Soven: 447
Soviet Army
meetings with Allied forces Austria: 535-36
Czechoslovakia: 536
Germany: 496, 498, 512-19, 521-23, 526-30, 532-34, 536
occupies Korea: 551
occupies Manchuria: 550
Soviet Army units
Fronts
First Baltic: 224, 239, 290, 295, 300, 386
First Ukrainian: 166, 170, 172, 181-84, 187, 230, 232, 235-38, 242, 251, 372, 374-80, 382-86, 395, 400, 403, 448-50, 457, 465, 467, 509, 511, 513, 516, 518, 534-35
First White Russian: 176, 221-23, 225-26, 230, 232, 234-35, 237-39, 272, 374, 376-82, 387, 425-26, 428, 436, 443, 446, 509, 511, 513, 515-16, 518, 520, 530, 534
Second Baltic: 175, 229, 231, 236-37, 295, 302
Second Ukrainian: 153-54, 166, 174, 182-83, 252, 254, 257-60, 295, 300-301, 308, 312-13, 316, 318, 340-44, 348-49, 351, 354, 362, 364, 377, 382, 453, 455, 457, 459, 463, 465, 467, 471, 473, 477, 481, 492, 498, 516, 518, 523, 535
Second White Russian: 220, 231, 237, 239, 246, 271, 374, 377, 379-84, 399, 403, 424-25, 428, 436, 448-50, 453, 455, 457, 459, 463, 518, 520, 523, 527, 530, 535
Third Baltic: 232, 234-35, 247, 256, 280, 295, 302
Third Ukrainian: 171, 180, 184, 186, 252, 254, 257, 259, 275, 291, 300-301, 307, 340, 342, 343, 345-49, 351, 354, 358-62, 364, 451, 453, 455, 457, 461, 463, 465, 467, 473, 477, 479, 481, 492, 535
Third White Russian: 222-23, 227-29, 231, 239-41, 250, 305, 378-84, 399, 439, 446, 448-50, 453, 455, 461, 471, 481, 483, 498, 516, 518, 535
Fourth Ukrainian: 171, 306, 312-13, 343-44, 375, 378-79, 382, 385-87, 457, 473, 511, 525, 534-35
Bryansk: 125
Central: 125, 141, 146
Don: 68-69, 83
Kalinin: 81
Karelian: 215, 303, 308, 311, 326
Leningrad: 84, 86, 162-63, 175, 206, 214, 237, 275, 294, 296, 534
Northwest: 96
Southern: 86-87, 91, 120
Stalingrad: 68-70, 86
Steppes: 125
Volkhov: 84, 86
Voronezh: 87, 125
West: 125
Armies
5th Guard: 524
62nd: 62
64th: 62
Independent Maritime: 187
Corps
III: 68
III Cavalry: 530
III Tank: 527-28
VI: 65
Divisions
58th Guards: 517
121st: 524
Soy: 359-61
Spaatz, Lt. Gen. Carl: 82
commands Eighth Air Force: 36, 42, 72
commands Twelfth Air Force: 96
commands Western Desert Air Force: 94
CG of NAAF: 72, 93, 155-56
CG of USSAF: 156, 550
CG of USSAFE and USSTAF: 160
named deputy CinC, MAAF: 155-56
Spaccato: 300
Spadafora: 128
Spandau: 520
Spang: 429
Spangenberg: 467
Spangdalem: 429
SPARS activated: 69
Spartan: 166
Spas Demensk: 127
Special Boat Squadron, RN: 285-86
Special Security Force, 37th Division: 396
Special Service Force, 1st: 127, 149, 151-53, 156, 157-62, 170, 196-98, 200-202, 249-50, 254-55, 339
Spedaletto: 292
Speicher: 424, 426
Spell: 414
Spellen: 451
Sperlonga: 195
Spessart Mountains: 473
Speyer: 447-48, 450-51, 459, 465
Speyer Landkreis: 516
Spezia: 114
Spicheren: 408
Spielberg: 465
Spielmannsholz Hill: 275
Spiesheim: 446
Spigno: 192-93
Spigot mortar, first use: 482
Spinazzola: 136
Spineux: 368-69
Spitzendorf: 522
Split: 314
Spora: 494
Sprague, Capt. Albert T. (USN): 453
Sprendlingen: 441, 443-44
Sprichra: 468
Sprimont: 372
Springlingen: 448, 455
Spruance, Adm. Raymond A.: 38-40, 137, 139, 142, 160, 162, 167, 212, 224, 230, 235, 237, 299
Staadt: 409
Stadtilm: 487
Stalltkyll: 427
Stadtlohn: 460
Stadt-Meckenheim: 425, 427, 432
Stadt-Schwarzach: 485
Staffeln: 427
Stahl: 414
Stainwald Woods: 389, 391
Stalbach: 408
STALEMATE: 230. See also Palau Islands.
Stalin, Joseph. See also Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
agreement on air bases: 169, 279
and Churchill conferences: 49
at EUREKA Conference: 150-51
Stalingrad, Battle of: 45, 47-55, 57, 61-62, 64-65, 68-71, 74-75, 77, 81, 83, 85-88, 90
Stalino: 92, 95, 129-30, 132
Stalzenburg: 268
Stammeln: 410
Standdaarbuiten: 315, 317
Standish, Lt. Col. Miles L.: 327, 332, 334
Stanislawow: 237
Stapp: 451
Staraya Russa: 25, 27, 30-32, 97, 174
Stargard: 425-26
Stark, Brig. Gen. Alexander N., Jr.: 88, 221, 383
Stark, Adm. Harold R.: 28
Starnberg: 526
Starr, Col. Edward M.: 240
Station Hospital, 159th: 38
Stattmatten: 368, 377
Staufen: 525
Staufenberg: 458, 460
Stavelot: 355-58, 361, 372
Stazzema: 290
Stegenthumbach: 506
Steckenborn: 393-94, 397
Steele: 474, 482
Steenbergen: 317-18
Steffeshausen: 387
Steige: 337
Steige Pass: 335-36
Steimke: 502
Stein: 477
Stein Bockenheim: 447
Steinach: 490, 492, 515, 521
Steinbach: 375, 380, 461, 492, 521
Steinberg: 492
Steinborn: 426
Steinfeld: 446-48
Steinfurth: 500
Steingaden: 523
Steinhau: 384, 401
Steinheid: 487
Steinheim: 409, 421
Steinkirchen: 416, 496
Stein-Kopf: 387
Steinmehlen: 396, 398-99
Steinstrass: 411-12, 414
Sterkrade Buschhausen: 462
Sterkrade Holten: 456, 460
Sterpigny: 374-76
Stetternich: 411
Stettfeld: 466
Stettin: 424, 426, 436, 446, 518
Stettin Bay: 443
Stevenson, Air Vice Marshal D. F. (RAF): 11, 29
Stevensweerd: 378
Steyr: 176, 532-33
Stieldorferhohn: 445
Stienta: 515
Stiepelse: 524
Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Joseph W.: 30-31, 33-36, 42, 98, 142, 145, 150, 159-60, 163, 170, 174, 179, 181, 184, 187-88, 190, 195, 197, 202, 204-05, 214, 219, 270, 272, 274, 279, 280, 282, 303, 548. See also Burma; China; China-Burma-India Theater; China Theater; India; India-Burma Theater; South East Asia Command.
agrees on SOS base at Calcutta: 53
arrival in India: 25
blamed for loss of east China: 299
as China Theater chief of staff: 21
at command conferences: 26-27, 177, 185
commands Chinese in Burma: 28-29, 297
commands Chinese in India: 33, 44, 155
commands Yoke Force: 114
control of NCAC: 168
control of XX Bomber Command: 166
defines command structure of CBI: 44
deputy to Mountbatten: 129
directive on China task force: 20-21
on division of CBI: 222-27, 230, 235, 266
establishes Hq, CBI: 27
heads AGF: 384
and lend-lease: 297
ordered to halt offensive: 178
plans for recovery of Burma: 46-48, 60-61, 63, 70, 155
plans for CATF operations: 55, 60, 71
plans for Yunnan Force: 66, 89, 146
proposed as commander of Chinese in China: 222-27, 230, 235, 255, 265-66, 271, 276, 287, 296, 302
proposed as commander of GYMNAST: 14
recall of: 134-35, 220, 296, 301-02, 306, 324
relation to Chiang: 14, 17, 129
reports on threat to air bases: 276
retreat from Burma: 36, 38
role in Chiang’s demands: 43, 48, 59
role in support of Communist forces: 132, 271
selects Wheeler to head SOS: 64, 70
60 division plan: 138
on support of Chinese: 235
temporarily commander of SEAC: 241, 254
30 division plan: 59, 89
warns on bombing of Manila: 248
on Yunnan offensive: 144, 297
Stilwell Road: 386. See also Ledo Road.
Stima Peninsula: 131, 135
Stimson, Henry L.: 36
Stiring Wendel: 405, 408, 423-24, 426
Stirling Island: 142, 155-56
Stirpe: 472
Stivers, Col. Charles P.: 34
Stockach: 509, 511
Stockem: 275, 380, 406
Stocken: 509
Stockhausen: 442
Stockheim: 410-12, 414, 496
Stockigt: 273, 405
Stockstadt: 451
Stockum: 451, 482, 484
Stokes, Lt. Col. William M.: 275, 279
Stolberg: 269-71, 273, 275, 278, 281-82, 284, 327, 415
Stolzenau: 478
Stolzenburg: 387
Stommeln: 422
Stone, Maj. Gen. Charles B.: 550
Stone Pier (Makin): 148
Stopford, Lt. Gen. Sir Montagu (British.): 185, 541
Storm King Mountain: 395-96
Stotzheim: 425-26
Stoubach: 386
Stoumont: 355-59
Stracking: 521
Strada San Zeno: 308
Straelen: 420
Straeten: 381
Strait Settlements Volunteer Force (British.): 21
Strakonice: 533
Stralsund: 523, 527
Strangle: 182, 201
Strasbourg: 313, 319, 331-33, 335-36, 338-39, 347, 366-67, 369
Strass: 349
Strassebersbach: 462
Strassfeld: 425
Strasskirchen: 524
Strategic Air Forces, Allied: 186, 550
Stratemeyer, Lt. Gen. George E.: 116, 125, 147, 166, 173, 333
and air organization conference: 375
CG Eastern Air Command: 154, 342
commands air forces in China: 527, 532, 537, 540, 544, 547
Straubing: 518-19
Strauch: 393, 397
Strauscheid: 449
Straussfurt: 485
Streett, Maj. Gen. St. Clair: 186
Strehla: 518
Strehlen: 457
Streitau: 494
Strengberg: 534
Strettoia: 479
Stribro: 532
Strickscheid: 408
Strigara: 296
Strip Point (New Guinea): 76
Strodt: 440-42
Stroh, Maj. Gen. Donald A.: 339
Strohn: 434
Stromberg: 456
Stromberg Forest: 477
Strong: 116
Strotzbusch: 434
Struble, Rear Adm. Arthur D.: 339, 351, 353, 388, 403, 443
Strueth: 457
Struth: 479
Stundweiler: 369
Stupbach: 386
Stuppelburg: 398
Sturges, Maj. Gen. (British.): 36
Stuttgart: 132, 176, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513-14, 516
Stutzenbach: 481
Stutzhaus: 483, 485
Stuzelbronn: 442
Styr River: 176
Suarce: 330, 333
Subbawng: 333
Subiaco: 204
Subic: 388, 403
Subic Bay: 388, 403, 452
Submarines, German, land agents in U.S.: 41-43
Submarines, Japanese: 25
Subotica: 301, 309
Sudak: 12
Sudlingen: 417
Sudlohn: 460
Suechteln: 418, 420
Sueggerath: 329-30, 333
Suelm: 417
Suelz: 498, 500
Sugar Loaf Hill (Luzon): 438, 440-42, 445, 448, 532-35
Sugar Loaf Hill (Okinawa): 536-40
Suhl: 470, 473, 479
Suichwan: 324, 375, 387, 409
Suicide air attacks. See Kamikaze attacks.
Suicide Creek (New Britain): 159
Suikerbrood Hill: 188
Suippes: 366
Suisse: 325
Sukhinichi: 20
Sulac: 478, 482
Sully: 205
Sulmonte: 503
Sultan, Lt. Gen. Daniel I.: 159-60, 381
air organization conference: 375
commands in Burma: 222-27, 230, 235, 276
commands China airlift: 297
heads IBT: 310, 548
Sulu Archipelago: 8-9, 395, 419, 469, 478, 484, 499, 501, 512, 549
Suluan Island: 305
Sulzbach: 461, 503, 505, 507-08, 510, 518, 530
Sulzheim: 444
Sumatra: 15-16, 18, 24, 160-61, 176, 188, 236
Sumprabum: 96, 98, 181
Sumy: 95, 130
Sundhoffen: 391
Sung Shan: 198, 202, 211, 218, 220, 225-26, 228-29, 235, 237, 242, 246-47, 253-54, 264-65
Sungei Patani: 4
SUPERCHARGE: 63, 100. See also El ‘Alamein; Mareth Line.
Supino: 200
Support Carrier Group, TF 52: 403
Supreme Allied Commander, Chief of Staff to. See Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander.
Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean: 189, 262, 288, 354. See also Alexander, Gen. Sir Harold R. L. G.; Wilson, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland; Mediterranean Theater.
Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command. See Mountbatten, Adm. Lord Louis; South East Asia Command.
Supreme Commander, Allied Powers, Far East. See MacArthur, Gen. Douglas.
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force. See also Allied Force Headquarters; Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D.
army regroupment by: 236
CCS directive to: 172
control of 6th Army Group: 273
control of 12th Army Group: 260
COSSAC redesignated as: 163
Eisenhower takes command: 152, 156, 163
hq established: 172
hq at Reims: 407
planning for Normandy: 106, 112, 129, 150, 164, 167-68, 202
Surbourg: 443
Sure River: 368
Surigao Strait: 5, 306, 310, 351
Surovikino: 49
Surre: 362
Surth: 429
Susteren: 374, 376-77
Susuga Pass: 548
Sutherland, Lt. Gen. Richard K.: 34, 98
Suzuki, Gen. (Japanese): 486
Suzuki, Adm. Kantaro (Japanese): 476
Suzzano: 495, 497
Svatovo: 90
Sverdrup, Col. Leif J.: 56, 60, 63
Swabian Jura Mountains: 511, 514, 516
Swatow: 376
Sweich: 421, 423-24, 429-32, 435-36
Swift, Maj. Gen. Innis P.: 176-78, 481
Swinemuende: 497
Switzerland, operations near: 332-33, 349, 419, 500, 509, 511, 514, 516, 518, 521
SWORD Beach: 203. See also Normandy Campaign, landing phase.
Sychevka: 97
Sydney: 39
Syffret, Rear Adm. (RN): 36
Syracuse: 110, 117-18
Syria, British forces in: 12
Syrian: 24, 530
Szeged: 295, 300, 308
Szekesfehervar: 346-47, 359-60, 379, 382, 441, 451
Szentgotthard: 465
Szigetvar: 345
Szolnok: 318
Szombathely: 461
–T–
Taal: 428, 430
Tabali River: 115
Tabango Bay: 363
Tabarka: 67, 96
Tabawng Ga: 162
Taben: 409-11, 413
Tabgas: 345
Tabgas River: 347
Tabontabon: 311-14
Tabuclan: 512-13
Tachiiwi Point: 409, 434
Tacloban: 307-10, 361
Tactical Air Commands
IX: 240, 280-82, 292
XII: 332, 398
XIX: 240, 267-68, 270-71, 288, 307, 530
XXIX: 271, 292
Tadji Plantation: 188-89, 196, 206, 250
Tadji Defense Perimeter and Covering Force: 249
Tafaraoui: 65, 70
Taganrog: 129-30
Tagaytay Ridge: 381, 389-92, 488
Tabgilaran: 486, 488
Taglawigan: 362
Tagoloan River: 36
Tagum River: 540
Taihpa Ga: 159, 161, 163, 168, 170
Taiping: 4, 7
Taira: 480
Taivu Point: 50, 54
Taiwan. See Formosa.
Ta-kawn: 376
Takrouna: 105
Talaga: 431
Talais: 498
Talaud Islands: 235, 274
Talamban: 469
Talange: 265
Talasea: 178-79, 183
Talavera: 388
Talheim: 494
Talisay, Cebu: 455
Talisay, Luzon: 476, 478
Talisay, Negros: 465, 467, 469
Talisayan River: 344, 347, 354
Tallinn: 256, 275, 280, 284
Talomo: 549
Talomo River and Valley: 534-38, 540-41, 549
Talomo Trail: 515, 520, 525, 530, 535, 537-38, 541, 548
TALON: 316, 367. See also Akyab operation.
Tamakau River: 116
Taman Peninsula: 137, 140
Tamandu: 426
Tamanthi: 206
Tamatave: 56
Tambalego River: 91
Tambongan: 540
Tambu Bay: 120
Tambuco: 355
Tamera: 96-98
Tamo: 191
Tamontaca: 503
Tampin: 13
Tamu: 179-80, 191, 243, 263, 347
Tanabaru: 513, 533-34
Tanabaru Ridge escarpment: 515, 533
Tanaga: 51
Tanahmerah Bay: 188
Tanai River and Valley: 96, 156, 159, 161, 163, 165-66, 177, 181
Tanambogo: 48-49
Tananarive: 54-57
Tanapag Harbor: 209, 211, 213, 219-20, 223, 230
Tanapag Plain: 224
Tanauan, Leyte: 311-12, 354, 361
Tanauan, Luzon: 455, 457
Tanbach: 479
Tanchuk: 550
Tandel: 379
Tangermuende: 489, 491, 493
Tanimbar (Tenimbar) Island: 47
Tanjong Malim: 13
Tank, Mark VI “Tiger,” first appearance of: 86
Tank Battalions
70th: 204
191st: 133, 135, 172
192nd: 21
193rd: 147-48
194th: 9
702nd: 422
707th: 319
743rd: 332
746th: 203-04
751st: 109
756th: 165, 488
761st: 447
767th: 310
771st: 415
777th: 492
781st: 383, 513
813th: 102
Tank battle, first in SWPA: 198-99
Tank Destroyer Battalions
607th: 454
704th: 308
705th: 357
804th: 219, 233
827th: 369
894th: 109
Tank Destroyer Group, 8th: 449, 464, 470, 502
Tank Group, 1st Provisional (Chinese-American): 177-82
Tankulan: 37, 536, 541, 549
Tanne: 500
Tannenberg: 379-80
Tannroda: 490
Tano Hill: 201
Taormina: 128
Tapananja: 84
Taping River: 314, 322, 326
Tarahoha: 220
Tarakan Island: 14, 527, 548
Tarakena: 75-76, 82-83
Taranto: 115, 131-32, 134-37, 140
Tarawa Atoll: 136, 139, 141, 146-50, 152
Tarchamps: 371
Target Hill (New Britain): 159-60
Tarhuna: 86-87
Tarlac: 5, 9-10, 379-80, 403, 405
Tarnopol: 179, 182-83, 187
Tarnow: 378
Taro Plain: 157, 165-66, 177
Taro River: 515
Taroa airstrip: 166
Tarquinia: 205-06
Tarragona: 345
Tarrenz: 527-28, 530
Tartu: 256
Tarung River: 143, 157, 160, 162-63
TARZAN: 145, 152. See also Burma, recovery of.
Tasimboko: 54
Task Forces, AAF
Second: 125-26
Third: 164
Thirteenth: 186, 251
China: 44
Desert: 60
East China: 324
Task Forces, Army
1, 92nd Div: 397
1st Airborne: 249-50, 252-55, 258-59, 261, 266, 333, 337
45, 45th Div: 237, 252, 261, 266-67, 269, 273, 275, 277, 279-80, 283, 296, 319, 336, 370, 374, 386, 412
77, 77th Div: 253, 274
92, 92nd Div: 287-91, 295-301, 305, 309
A, VI Corps: 368
A, 2nd Armd Div: 328
A, 6th Armd Div: 241-45, 251
A, 82nd A/B Div: 395, 400
Aola, 147th Inf: 63-64, 72
Artman, 8th Armd Div: 470
B, VI Corps: 368
B, 29th Div: 256, 259
Bacon, 95th Div: 326-30
Baldy, XI Corps: 471, 479, 490, 530
Barber, 4th Div: 206-07
Beatty, 7th Armd Div: 460, 462
Bell, 5th Div: 341-42
Benson, 1st Armd Div: 98, 101-03
Bibo, 45th Div: 257-58, 260-61
Biddle, 83rd Div: 472, 486
Birks, 9th Div: 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 483
Boerem, 32nd Div: 65, 69
Boles, 3rd Armd Div: 464, 474
Boyer, 5th Armd Div: 343-45
Bradford, 27th Div: 512, 515
Breckenridge, 5th Div: 440-41, 443-44
Brett, Fifth Army: 197
BREWER, 1st Cav Div: 176-78
Brown, 7th Armd Div: 454, 458, 460, 462
Buna, 32nd Div: 73
Butler, VI Corps: 251-54, 256-59
Byrne, 35th Div: 416, 418, 420-21, 423, 425, 430, 432-33
C, 29th Div: 232-33
Carrier, 28th Div: 65, 68-69
Chamberlain, 10th Armd Div: 327, 332, 334
Chappuis, 7th Armd Div: 458, 462
Cheadle, 94th Div: 448, 450
Church, 84th Div: 415, 418
Coane, 41st Div: 113, 116, 120
Connolly, 33rd Div: 542, 547-48
Cox, 30th Div: 294-96
Crater, 89th Div: 487, 490, 492
CYCLONE, New Guinea: 215, 217, 222-23, 225, 228-30, 260, 264
D, 26th Div: 437, 440
Darby, Fifth Army: 516, 518
Davisson, 1st Div: 417
DIRECTOR, New Britain: 114, 151, 154
Disney, 2nd Armd Div: 294
Doan, 3rd Armd Div: 414-15, 420, 427, 452, 454, 460, 462, 464
Dull, 10th Mtn Div: 509, 511
East, 6th Div: 403, 405-06, 408
Ellis, Fifth Army: 205
END RUN. See Myitkyina.
Engel, 89th Div: 454, 459
Erlenbusch, 7th Armd Div: 458
Faith, 95th Div: 478, 480, 482, 485, 487, 489, 491
Fickett, Third Army: 342, 353, 356, 360, 366, 368-69, 371, 373, 382, 386-87, 454, 457, 459, 461, 463, 465
Field, 12th Armd Div: 444, 446-47
Freeman, 7th Div: 352
Gassman, 90th Div: 406-08
Graham, 5th Div: 431, 434
Griffin, 7th Armd Div: 454, 458, 460
Guillaume, Fifth Army: 210, 217
Gypsy, Sixth Army: 548
H, Burma: 191, 193-94
Hamberg, 5th Armd Div: 340, 342-43
Hankins, 10th Armd Div: 490
Harmon, Fifth Army: 174
Harris, 63rd Div: 349, 362, 364-65, 389, 446-47
Herren, 10th Div: 357, 362, 365-67, 369-70, 373-74, 376, 383, 391
Higgins, 101st A/B Div: 366
Hinds, 2nd Armd Div, 294
Hogan, 3rd Armd Div: 275, 277, 280-81, 284, 305-06, 372, 415, 420, 427, 454, 462
Howze, 1st Armd Div: 197-98, 200-201, 205, 216
Hudelson, Seventh Army: 362, 365-66
HURRICANE, Biak: 196-202, 204-08, 210-13, 217, 220, 222, 234
Johnson, 89th Div: 454, 459, 461
K, Burma: 189-92, 194-95
Kane, 3rd Armd Div: 415-16, 420, 427, 452, 454, 460, 466, 474
Kedrovsky, 90th Div: 427
Keller, 104th Div: 491, 494, 500, 502, 504
King, 3rd Armd Div: 273
King, 7th Armd Div: 454
Lagrew, 6th Armd Div: 376
Laundon, 104th Div: 464, 476
Linden, 42nd Div: 349, 362, 366-68, 370, 377, 385, 404
Lohse, 7th Armd Div: 462
Lovelady, 3rd Armd Div: 271, 273, 282, 284, 327, 414, 422, 424, 452, 458, 462, 464, 474
M, Burma: 194-95
MacKechnie, 41st Div: 101-02, 114-15, 117
MacNider, Sixth Army: 383
MARS, Burma: 304, 441, 537
McClure, 25th Div: 126-27, 135
Medendorp, 32nd Div: 58, 60, 70
MICHAELMAS, 32nd Div: 155, 157-59, 172
Mills, 3rd Armd Div: 273, 281-82, 284, 327-29
Miltonberger, 35th Div: 381, 386
Muir, 87th Div: 426-27, 429
Murray, 8th Armd Div: 425, 428, 430, 432-33
Norton, 12th Armd Div: 444, 446
Nyaparake, New Guinea: 189-91, 195-96, 199
Oboe, 4th Armd Div: 390
Onaway, XII Corps: 422, 426, 428-29, 431-32
Palawan, 41st Div: 405, 417, 432
Paratroop, Algeria: 66
PERSECUTION, Aitape: 182, 187-88, 190, 195, 290-202, 206-07, 220-21, 227-28
Polk, 3rd Cav Gp: 280, 287, 289, 296, 300, 332, 396, 406, 408-11, 416, 419
Pope, 86th Div: 489, 526, 528
Porter, Fifth Army: 313, 337, 350
Provisional, Americal Div: 403, 406-07, 415
Provisional, X Corps: 403
Ramey, Fifth Army: 208, 215, 227, 232, 234, 236, 240, 248
RECKLESS, Hollandia: 182-83, 186-88, 210
Reed, 2nd Cav Gp: 360
Rhea, 7th Armd Div: 454
Rhine, 4th Div: 431-32
Richardson, 3rd Armd Div: 335-38, 415, 420, 447, 454, 462
Ripple, First Army: 319
Rock, VI Corps: 404-06, 411-12, 415, 421
Rodwell, 4th Div: 509, 511, 513-14
Samar, Americal Div: 399-400
Sarangani, 24th Div: 549-50
SATIN, II Corps: 85-86
Schwartz, 32nd Div: 75-76
Scott, 26th Div: 371
Sebree, 35th Div: 273, 277-78, 280
Smith, 80th Div: 531
South, 38th Div: 403, 405-06, 408
Spiess, 90th Div: 408, 410, 440-41, 443-45, 447-48, 453, 455, 465
Standish, 10th Armd Div: 327, 332, 334
Stark, 43rd Div: 383
Stokes, 2nd Armd Div: 275, 279
S, 2nd Div: 419, 422, 424-26
Sugar, 29th Div: 256-58
Sundt, 87th Div: 454, 459, 461, 463, 485, 490, 494, 496, 498, 500
Taylor, 1st Div: 478-79, 481
TED, New Guinea: 240-45
TORNADO, New Guinea: 193, 195-97, 199, 202, 205-06, 208-09, 217, 221, 233, 262
TRADEWIND, Morotai: 249, 254, 263-64, 269-71, 274, 277, 287
Twaddle, 95th Div: 478, 480, 482, 484-85, 487, 489, 491
TYPHOON, Sansapor: 233, 236, 239, 249, 255-56
Urbana, 32nd Div: 69-79, 81, 84
VICTOR IV, 41st Div: 417
VICTOR V, X Corps: 446
Wahl, 79th Div: 369, 383-84
Walker, 8th Armd Div: 470
Warnock, 5th Div: 295-97
Warren, 32nd Div: 56, 59, 63-64, 67-79, 81
Welborn, 3rd Armd Div: 414, 422, 452, 458, 462, 464, 474
Wemple, 7th Armd Div: 454
Western Visayan, Sixth Army: 302, 353, 356, 365, 387
Wheeler, Fifth Army: 280
Williamson, Fifth Army: 233
Wingard, 11th Armd Div: 532
Wolfe, 7th Armd Div: 462
X, Darby’s Rangers: 121-22
X, 9th Div: 502, 504
Yoke: 114
Yon, 6th Div: 383
Task Force, British, Lind, Fifth Army: 280
Task Forces, Marine Corps
BACKHANDER, New Britain: 155-56
Liversedge, New Georgia: 116-18, 121, 124-26
Task Forces, Navy
8: 3, 48, 81, 102
14: 6-8, 139
15: 136
16: 102, 111
31: 115-16, 119, 126-29, 131, 140, 142-43, 146, 291
32: 119, 270, 291
38
China coast: 375-76
Formosa: 149, 165, 276, 302-03, 367, 370, 375, 380
Indochina: 372
New Britain: 143-44, 146, 156, 159-60
Pescadores: 367, 370, 375, 380
Philippines: 270, 301, 304-05, 367-68, 370, 372, 380
Ryukyus: 294, 300, 367, 370, 380-81
Sakishima Gunto: 380
scouts South China Sea: 370, 372, 375, 380
and TF 58: 541
39: 143
50: 167, 299
51: 159, 167, 299, 373, 404, 467, 538
52: 143-44, 147, 167, 403-04
53: 145-46, 148, 167, 467
54: 403-04, 430
55: 467
56: 299
57: 303
58: 224
Hollandia: 187
Japan air offensive: 404-06, 413, 444-45, 462, 497, 499
Marianas: 208-10, 212, 214-15
Marshalls and Carolines: 166, 172-75, 184, 189, 204
Ryukyus: 420, 444, 449, 462, 488, 491, 499, 541
61: 45-50
62: 45-50
63: 45-47, 49-50
65: 55-58
76: 131, 154
77: 222, 339, 366-67, 370, 373
88: 124
Center: 64-65
Eastern: 64, 117
South Pacific: 5, 8
Western: 60-61, 65, 117, 127, 132
Task Groups, Navy
31.24: 548
38.4: 268, 270
50.15: 166
51.2: 164, 166
51.11: 172-73
51.19: 486
56.1: 303, 406
58.4: 173
74.2: 415
77.2: 367-68
77.3: 351, 355
77.6: 366-68
77.12: 351, 355
78.2: 385, 415, 417, 501
78.3: 339, 351, 353, 355, 403, 443
78.4: 467
94.9: 383
Tassafaronga naval battle: 71
Tassafaronga Point: 59, 67, 71, 89-90
Tassigny, Gen. Jean de Lattre de. See Lattre de Tassigny, Gen. Jean de.
Tata: 453
Tatangtzu Pass: 192, 197, 200
Tate, Capt. Jackson R. (USN): 152
Tategahtawng: 188
Tauali: 157
Tauber River: 479, 490
Taucha: 508
Taukkyan: 27-28
Taung Bazaar: 170, 172
Taungdwingyi: 29, 32-34, 492
Taunggyi: 33-37
Taungtha: 412, 430, 461
Taungup: 384, 437, 522, 535
Taup: 488
Taupota Bay: 186
Taute River: 210, 224, 227, 230, 237
Tavernaux: 374
Tavernelle: 231, 235
Tavigny: 379-80
Tavoy airdrome: 5, 15-16
Tawi Tawi Islands: 469
Tayabas Bay: 8, 372, 379
Taytay: 409-10, 437
Tayug: 8
Teano: 143
Teardrop (New Guinea): 215-19
Tebano: 355
Tébessa: 89, 94-95, 98
Tebourba: 70-72, 108
Teboursouk: 78, 104
TED: 240-45. See also Aitape operation.
Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W. (RAF): 93, 155-56
Tegern See: 528, 530-31
Tegernsee: 531
Tehran
EUREKA Conference: 150-51
hq for mission to USSR: 21
movement of supplies to: 56-57
Tel el Aqqaqir: 63
Tel el Eisa: 45
Telfs: 530
Telgte: 466
Telok Anson: 11
Tementoe Creek: 193, 199, 210
Temmels: 408
Templeton’s Crossing (New Guinea): 58-59
Temryuk: 137
Tenaro: 91
Tenaru River: 48-49
Tenasserim: 5, 13, 16
Tenavatu River: 48
Tendon: 287, 296
Tengah: 11, 22-23
Teng-chung: 71, 194, 205, 213, 216, 218-19, 223, 227, 237, 241-43, 272, 291, 379
Tenholt: 414
Tenney, Col. Clesen H. (USMC): 149
Tenth Military Region, French: 515
Teora: 137-38
Tepla River: 532
Tera: 545
Teramo: 212
Terek: 56
Terek River: 52-53, 71, 75
Terelle: 164
Terere: 122
Teresa: 440-41
Terheeg: 414
TERMINAL Conference: 550
Termini Imerese: 122
Termoli: 138-39
Ternate: 391, 406, 417, 423
Terneuzen: 284, 312
Terni: 136, 138, 162, 202, 204, 206-07, 209-10
Terra del Sole: 321
Terracina: 195-96
Terrette River: 231
Terricciola: 230-31
Terukini Ridge: 536
Tessel: 218
Tessy-sur-Vire: 238-41
Tetelrath: 416
Tetere: 63-64
Teterev River: 146
Teton: 476
Tettenborn: 487
Tettingen: 334-36, 338, 374-75, 377, 380, 389, 396-97
Teugn: 519
Teunz: 514
Teutoburger Wald: 466, 468, 470
Teveren: 291, 323
Thabaikkyin: 293, 374
Thabutkon: 414, 416
Thailand
Allied air attacks: 202
fall of: 3-4, 10, 33
declares war on U.S.: 18
Thakutpin: 530
Thal: 481
Thala: 88, 94-95
Thale: 504
Thalexweiler: 443
Thalheim: 496, 502
Thalichtenberg: 443
Thalmassing: 521
Thanet: 19
Thankirchen: 526
Thann: 346-49
Thaon: 283
Tharrawaddy: 28
Thaton: 23-24
Thazi: 34, 348
Theater designations
Alaska Defense Command redesignated Alaskan Dept: 143
ABDA activated and inactivated: 15, 26
CBI divided into IBT and China Theater: 222-27, 230, 235, 266, 310
CBI activated: 27, 44
China Theater activated: 310
CINCPOA activated: 30-31
ETO supersedes USAFBI: 41
India-Burma Theater activated: 310
Islands Area (British) activated: 59
MTO activated: 152-53, 155
NATO activated: 91, 316
Pacific Theater activated: 30
PGSC redesignated PGC: 153
SEAC activated: 129, 147
SOPAC absorbed by SWPA and POA: 183
SWPA replaces USAFFE: 30-31, 34
USAFFE inactivated and reactivated: 29, 95
USAFIME activated: 41
USAFIPOA supersedes USAFCPA: 241
USAFISPA activated: 43
USFIP inactivated: 41
Thélepte: 93
Themar: 477, 479
Theobald, Rear Adm. Robert A.: 38, 48, 81
Theoule-sur-Mer: 249-50
Theuerbronn: 505
Theuma: 500
Thicourt: 325
Thiéfosse: 299
Thielt: 265
Thier: 489
Thierbach: 496
Thionville: 191, 265-70, 272, 280, 287, 321-23, 325
Thirimont: 373-74
Thomas Stone: 64
Thommen: 380, 382
Thompson, Maj. Gen. Charles F.: 42
Thompsons Post: 62
Thonnbrunn: 510
Thorn, Germany: 407
Thorn, Poland: 384-85
Thrace Province: 321
Thrall Hill: 388
Three Peaks (Luzon): 484, 486, 488
Thuelen: 460
Thuir: 418
Thum: 415, 417
THUNDERBOLT: 277. See also Metz.
Thur River: 389, 391-92
Thuringer Wald: 467, 470, 475, 481, 485
Thurland: 496
Thurmansbang: 521
Thurnau: 492
Thury-Harcourt: 228, 243-48
Tiaong: 425, 471, 473
Tiawir River: 19
Tiber River and Valley: 202-07, 212, 214, 217, 220, 226, 229-30
Tibungko: 539
Tibur: 363
Ticala: 529
Ticala Valley: 529
Ticao Island: 421, 423, 436
Tichwin: 4
Ticino River: 523, 527
Ticonderoga: 380
TIDALWAVE: 124. See also Ploesti, air raids on
Tiddim: 179, 186, 189, 230, 240, 274, 295, 306, 317, 321
Tiefen Creek: 341, 343
Tiefenbach: 340, 342, 441
Tigbao: 308-09
Tigbauan: 443
TIGER: 189
Tigliano: 258
Tikhoretsk: 48, 89
Tilburg: 295, 307-08, 313-14
Tilic: 419
Tilin: 381
Tillet: 369-70
Tilly: 256
Tilly-la-Campagne: 232, 240
Tilly-sur-Seulles: 206-09, 218, 222
Tilsit: 379-80
Timor Island: 24-25, 360
Timoshenko, Marshal Semyon K. (USSR): 96
Tinchebray: 243, 246-49
Tine River and Valley: 106-08
Tinghawk Sakan: 168
Tingib: 314
Tingkrukawng: 192
Tingring: 187
Tingyaing: 359
Tinian Island
base for air offensive against Japan: 458
recovery of: 209, 234-41
staging area for Iwo: 401-02
Tinian Town: 239
Tinker, Maj. Gen. Clarence L.: 6, 40
Tinsukia: 153
Tintage: 361
Tipolo: 364
Tippelskirch, Lt. Gen. von (Ger.): 528
Tirana: 329
Tirfoam River: 196-97, 199, 205-06, 210, 213-14
Tirlemont: 264
Tirschenreuth: 508, 512, 514
Tisza River: 300, 316
Titerno Creek: 141
Titi: 89-91
Tito, Marshal: 166, 307, 337, 527
Tittling: 5, 115
Titz: 414
Tiyan airfield: 241
Tjilatjap: 26
Tmimi Line: 22
Toba: 483
Tobacco Factory (Salerno): 133-34
Tobruk: 3-4, 21, 40-42, 55, 67, 82
Todi: 210, 212
Toem: 195, 198-99, 202, 208, 210, 221, 236
Toenisberg: 421
Togbong River: 357-59
TOGO: 198. See also China, air bases, threats to.
Togo, Shigenori: 53
Toguchi: 486
Tojo, Hideki: 53, 233
Tokashiki Island: 457-58, 460, 462
Tokashiki Town: 460
Tokyo, air assaults on: 34, 336, 370, 405, 413, 425
Tokyo Bay, site of Japanese surrender: 551
Tokyo Express: 64
Tokyo Plain, plans for seizure of: 274
Tole: 499
Toledo: 32-33, 512
Tollevast: 216
Tollhausen: 415
Tom Hill (Okinawa): 542
Tomb Hill (Okinawa): 482, 484
Tomba di Pesaro: 261
Tombstone Ridge (Okinawa): 506, 508
Tomigusuki: 544
Tomlinson, Col. Clarence M.: 73, 76
Tongatabu Island: 37, 52
Tongres: 266
Tonk-wa: 346-49, 351-53, 364
Tonndorf: 487
Tonny: 372
Tooc: 513
Top of the World (Luzon): 388, 398
Tor River: 193-96, 199, 205, 222
Tor Sapienza: 201
TORCH: 46, 48, 53, 55-56, 59-61, 64. See also Northwest Africa campaign.
Torcheville: 331
TOREADOR: 150. See also Mandalay, recovery of.
Torgau: 513, 515-18
Torigny-sur-Vire: 238-39
TORNADO: 193, 195-97, 199, 202, 205, 206. See also Sarmi; Task Forces, Army, TORNADO; Wakde Island.
Tornitz: 495
Torraccia: 280, 282
Torre di Primaro: 425
Torre Iussi: 495
Torre Poggiolli: 287-89
Torrenuovo: 126
Torres: 373
Torricella Hill: 271, 274, 276-77, 279, 283
Torricelli Mountains: 242
Torten: 496, 498, 500, 502, 504
Torun: 389
Tosno: 165
Tossignano: 350-52
Tôtes: 259
Toul: 263, 273
Toulon: 70, 249-58
Toungoo: 22, 26, 28-31, 509, 511, 515
Touques River: 253
Tourane: 372
Tour-en-Bessin: 205
Tourlaville: 216-17, 257
Tournai: 261-62
Towers, Rear Adm. John H.: 39, 42
Tozeur: 93, 97
Trachenberg: 383
TRADEWIND: 249. See also Morotai Island.
TRADEWIND Assault Force, Morotai: 274
Traintrux: 315
Traps-en-Provence: 250
TRANSFIGURE: 257. See also Seine River.
Transylvanian Alps: 291
Trapani: 122-23
Traubling: 519
Traun Gmundner See: 533
Traun River: 531-32
Trautmannshofen: 507
Treasury Islands: 132, 134, 136, 140, 142, 145-46, 155-56
Trebisov: 342
Trebur: 449
Tredozio: 298, 312
Treis: 432, 438
Tremensuoli: 191
Trémery: 327
Trengganu: 9
Trentelhof: 371
Treuen: 500
Trévières: 206
Treviso: 523, 525
Treysa: 463
Triangle, The (New Guinea): 69-71, 75-78
Triangulation Hill (Okinawa): 482
Tribola: 291
TRIDENT Conference: 110-12, 114, 118, 129
Trier: 414, 416-17, 419, 421, 435, 437, 442, 446
Trieste: 523, 525, 527-28
Trieux: 265
Triflisco Gap: 140
Trigno River: 139, 142-43
Trimport: 417, 422
Trinal: 366
Trincomalee: 32
Tripoli: 16, 69, 83-88, 96
Tripolitania: 391
Trippelsdorf: 427
Tripsrath: 329
Triri: 117
Trivio: 194
Troarn: 232-33, 240
Trobriand Islands: 101, 114-15, 119-20, 122
Troina: 124-26
Troine: 380
Trois Ponts: 358-59, 361, 369
Trois Vierges: 354, 381-82
Troisdorf: 414, 487
Troisgots: 239
Trondheim: 122
Troop Carrier Command, CBI: 190, 194, 441
Troop Carrier Command, SEAC: 154
Troop Carrier Group, 90th: 66
Troop Carrier Squadrons
21st: 38
27th: 197, 199
Troop Carrier Wing, 51st: 302
Troppau: 511
Trossenfurt: 500
Trostau: 504
Trougemont: 299
Troyes: 255-57, 259, 272
Trpanj: 272
Trustenice: 532
Trubenhausen: 477
Truk Atoll: 144, 162, 172-74, 189-90
Truman, Harry S.: 534, 551
Trun: 250-51
Truscott, Lt. Gen. Lucian K.: 65, 117-19, 173, 175, 249, 253, 282, 285, 311, 354
Truttemer-le-Grand: 247
Truttemer-le-Petit: 248
Trzebinia: 244
Tsamat Ga: 178
Tsimlyansk: 46, 82
Tsugen Shima: 486, 488
Tsutsuuran: 214
Tuapse: 56-57, 62
Tuba: 316
Tuebingen: 511
Tufillo: 145
Tufo: 164
Tugbok: 538-39, 547
Tuguegarao: 3, 5, 547-48
Tuitum: 274, 277
Tuktuk: 359
Tukums: 253
Tulagi Island: 36, 44-45, 47-49, 51-52, 55, 57, 59, 62
Tulear: 57
TULSA I, II, II-A: 43-45, 51. See also Admiralty Islands; New Britain Island; New Ireland campaign.
Tulsa Incident: 7, 9
Tumauini: 548
Tumleo Island: 188
Tumon Bay: 242
Tunga: 316
Tungkow: 509, 536
Tung-ting Lake: 152
Tunis
conference on Anzio: 156
drive on: 65-77, 86, 99-110
Tunisia Campaign: 66-110. See also Northwest Africa campaign.
air actions: 71, 75, 87, 90, 92, 95, 98, 100, 103, 105, 108
airborne operations: 65-71
Allied reinforcements: 74, 89, 92-95, 98
armor actions: 70-71, 74, 81, 86, 89, 92, 94, 97, 100, 103, 105-07
attack plan approved: 73
Axis air transport to: 105
Axis aircraft losses: 70
Axis strength: 71
British forces enter: 67
division of Allied control: 69
18 Army Group disbanded: 112
final offensive: 104-10
U.S. forces enter: 70
Tuori: 225
Turin: 525
Turkey, internment of U.S. aircraft in: 41, 124
Turkheim: 518
Turkismuhle: 442
Turnage, Maj. Gen. Allen H. (USMC): 143
Turner, Adm. Richmond K.: 94, 113, 115, 119, 143, 148, 159, 167, 169, 227, 299, 433, 467, 538
commands Fifth Amphibious Force: 129
commands Solomons Amphibious Force: 45, 47
on strengthening Lunga defenses: 54
Turnhout: 279, 286, 291
Turnhout-Antwerp Canal: 286, 292
Turnu-Severin: 264, 291
Turqueville: 203
Tusa: 123
Tu-shan: 343
Tutlingen: 518
Tuttlingen: 507, 509
Twenthe Canal: 468, 474
TWILIGHT: 147, 150. See also China Theater, air reinforcement
Twin Peaks, Luzon: 538
Twingon: 34
Twining, Maj. Gen. Nathan F.: 84, 122, 148
Twinnge: 382, 391
TYPHOON: 233. See also Mar airfield; Sansapor Plantation and Village; Vogelkop Peninsula.
Tyrrhenian Sea sector: 191
–U–
Ubstadt: 466, 469
Uchitomari: 474, 476
Uckange: 320-22, 324
Uckerath: 450-52
Udaic: 385
Udem: 407, 413-15
Uden: 284-85
Udenrath: 390
Udenhausen: 438
Udesheim: 427
Udine: 525
Udingen: 414
Udler: 434
Udo: 547
Uebach: 283-96
Uedorsdarf: 428, 431
Uekerath: 424
Uelpenich: 424
Uelzen: 491, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501, 508, 506, 509
Uerdingen: 418, 420, 422-25
Uetterath: 382
Uetze: 482
Uffenheim: 488, 490
Uffing: 526, 528
Ugong: 407
Ujelang Atoll: 164
Ukhrul: 154, 199, 191, 223, 228, 230
Ukiangong Point: 148
Ukraine sector: 166, 169, 171, 175, 178, 313. See also Dnieper Basin and River.
Ulandang: 506-07
Ulau Mission: 192-93
Ulithi Island: 184, 226, 268, 283, 285, 287, 305, 315, 350
base for Ryukyus offensive: 350, 450, 488
Ullekoven: 427
Ulm: 501, 503-04, 506, 508
Ulmen: 428-29
Ulrichshalben: 487
Ulrichstein: 461
Ulster River: 475
Uman: 160, 179
Umanday: 371
Umasani River: 90-91
Umbertide: 213, 225-26
Umboi Island. See Rooke Island.
Umingan: 388, 390-91
Umm Qasr: 24, 31
Umnak Island: 38
Umtingalu: 154
Umurbrogol Mountains Pocket: 286, 288-97, 299-303, 305-06, 312, 317
Unconditional surrender policy: 143
Underground forces, air supply of: 160. See also French forces of the Interior; Guerrilla forces.
UNDERTONE: 439 See also Palatinate sector; Saar sector; Siegfried Line.
Underwater demolition teams
first used in Pacific: 167, 173
at Iwo Jima: 405
in Marianas: 210
in Palaus: 270
in Philippines: 306-07, 369
in Ryukyus: 453, 462, 493
Ungvar: 313
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See also Stalin, Joseph; Soviet Army; Soviet Army units.
agreement with Finland on territory: 280
agreement with Rumania on territory: 269
aircraft supply through Iran: 102
announces dissolution of Comintern: 112
armistice with Finland: 181, 263
armistice with Hungary: 378
Axis armor losses in: 118
Axis progress in, 1941: 3
convoys attacked on way to: 55, 79
and Foreign Ministers conference: 141, 143
hostilities with Bulgaria: 264, 266
hostilities with Japan: 151, 475, 550
issues Yalta declaration: 400
Manchuria as sphere of influence: 398
mutual aid agreement with U.S. and U.K.: 39, 41
and Potsdam Conference: 550
as shuttle base in Combined Bomber Offensive: 201, 203, 207, 215, 219, 234, 236-37, 242, 244-45, 268, 271
supply through Persian Corridor: 56, 57. See also Persia; Gulf Command; Persian Gulf Service Command.
treaty with France: 349
treaty with Iran: 20
U.S. aid to: 25, 41, 56, 57, 141, 499
U.S. Air bases in: 143, 169, 176, 216, 279
U.S. military mission to: 8, 21, 36, 143
United Kingdom. See also Churchill, Winston S.; British Chiefs of Staff.
AAF in. See U.S. Army Air Forces in United Kingdom.
accepts BOLERO plan: 33
air conference in London: 39, 42
amphibious training for Normandy operation: 189
armistice with Hungary: 378
bombings of Luftwaffe: 3, 34
China lend-lease diverted to: 6, 9
Churchill-Roosevelt conferences: 42
declares war on Japan: 3
Eaker commands USAAF in: 134
and Foreign Ministers conference: 141, 143
Hitler abandons plans to invade: 3
issues Yalta declaration: 400
lend-lease agreements with U.S.: 6, 25
mutual aid agreements with U.S.: 39, 41
at Potsdam Conference: 550
recognizes Ethiopia: 21
refuses U.S. proposal on SLEDGEHAMMER: 46
as shuttle base for Combined Bomber Offensive: 114, 215, 219, 245
treaty with Iran: 20
U.S.-U.K. agreement on food and production: 41
United Nations: 11, 507, 548
United States Army Air Forces in United Kingdom: 134, 141, 160, 163
United States Army Air Forces, NATO: 159
United States Army Forces, British Isles
commanded by Chaney: 25
Eighth Air Force controls air units: 38
superseded by ETO: 41
United States Army Forces, Far East: 13, 15, 18-19, 22
absorbs AFPAC: 478, 545
control of Panay and Mindoro: 22
Corregidor as hq: 89
in defense of Bataan: 12-13
last elements leave Manila: 10
Philippine Army assigned to: 95
Philippine Division as reserve: 18-19
staff nominations: 160
superseded by USFIP: 29
SWPA replaces: 34
United States Army Forces, Pacific. See also MacArthur, Gen. Douglas.
activated: 472, 478
AFPAC and USAFPOA absorbed: 478
consolidated with USAFFE: 545
United States Army Forces in Australia air services established for: 506
Brett commands: 10, 12
Claggett temporarily commands: 9
redesignated from TF South Pacific: 8
replaced by USASOS SWPA: 46
supply element of SWPA: 34
United States Army Forces in Central Pacific Area
activated: 127
superseded by USAFPOA: 241
United States Army Forces in the Middle East
activated: 41-42
Andrews succeeds Maxwell: 63
Brereton succeeds Andrews: 90
control of Iran-Iraq Service Command: 42
Iran and Iraq included: 41
Maxwell commands: 42
personnel arrive: 74
PGC detached from: 153
PGSC administers: 49, 57
redesignated AMET: 09
replaces North African mission: 42
Royce succeeds Brereton: 133
United States Army Forces in Pacific Ocean Areas
absorbed by AFPAC: 478
Richardson commands: 241
supersedes USAFICPA: 241
United States Army Forces in the Philippines (Northern Luzon): 542-43
United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area
activated: 43
Harmon commands tactical units: 45, 47
hq moves to New Caledonia: 47
United States Fleet. See also Navy, United States; Fleets; Task Forces, Navy.
control of Naval Coastal Frontiers: 10
King appointed CinC.: 7, 28
United States Forces in the Philippines
ceases to exist: 41
controlled by SWPA: 34
supersedes USAFFE: 29
United States Strategic Air Forces
in Combined Bomber Offensive: 175
commanded by Spaatz: 153, 160
controls all air units in U.K.: 163
USSAFE redesignated: 160
United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe
commanded by Spaatz: 153, 160
redesignated USSTAF: 160
United States Task Force in China: 20, 21
Units, independent
5303rd: 166, 168
5307th Provisional: 146, 175-88. See Infantry Regiments, 475th.
Unjo: 472
Unna: 480, 482, 485, 487, 489
Unstrut River: 489
Unter Boebingen: 501
Unter Grainet: 507
Unter Gruppenbach: 496
Unter Heinriet: 494
Unter Kochen: 503
Unter Schaeftlarn: 526, 528
Unter Spiesheim: 485
Unter Tuerken: 526
Unterammergau: 523
Unterferrieden: 507
Untermaubach: 356, 358
Upperhausen: 410
Urach: 503-14
Urasoe-Mura Escarpment: 474, 506, 508, 510, 512-13, 509
Urb: 389
Urbach: 487
Urbiztondo: 372, 378
Urdaneta: 375-78
Urfahr: 530, 532
Urft Lake: 392, 397-98
Urft River and Dams: 350, 389, 424
Urschenheim: 387
Urspelt: 382-83
Urville: 212-13
Usch: 426
Ushi Point airfield: 236-38
Ushijima, Lt. Gen. Mitsuru: 548
Usigliano: 230-31
Usingen: 459, 463, 465, 467
Uslar: 483
Uso River: 285-88, 295
Usterling: 524
UTAH Beach: 203, 210. See also Normandy Campaign, landing phase.
Utan Melentang: 11
Utap: 308
Uthweiler: 447
Uttenhofen: 503
Uttfeld: 269, 272, 275
Uyong: 370, 372
–V–
V weapons
against Antwerp: 302
attacks on launching sites of: 128, 130, 152, 156
Vaake: 476
Vac: 348
Vacha: 463, 470
Vachdorf: 468
Vachon, Brig. Gen. Joseph P.: 36
Vaerst, Gen. Gustav von (Ger.): 97
Vagney: 294-98
Vaiano: 215, 217-18
Valbert: 485
Valbonne: 255
Valdai Hills: 18
Valencia: 354-56, 359
Valender: 385
Valentano: 207
Valette: 336
Valga: 275, 280
Valguarnera: 121
Valiano: 221
Valkenburg: 271, 275, 277
Valkenswaard: 268, 276
Valle di Commachio: 295
Vallecchia: 277
Vallecorsa: 196-97
Valledolmo: 121
Vallelunga: 121
Vallendar: 452, 454
Vallerange: 329
Vallières: 330
Vallo: 135
Vallois: 280
Valmestroff: 323
Valmontone: 197-98, 200-201
Valognes: 210, 213, 216
Valuiki: 44, 86
Van Fleet, Maj. Gen. James A.: 441
Van River: 465
Vandegrift, Lt. Gen. Alexander A.: 46, 54, 56, 58-60, 73, 118, 135, 140, 143, 145
Vandières: 263
Vanemont: 322
Vangunu Island: 115-16
Vannes: 242-43, 247-48
Var River: 258
Varenne River: 248
VARSITY: 402. See also Rhine River, Allied airborne crossing.
Vasey, Maj. Gen. George A. (Australian.): 68, 84
Vassy: 241, 248
Vasteville: 214
Vasto: 145
Vasvar: 465
Vathiménil: 280, 284
Vatimont: 359
Vaux: 374, 376
Vaux-les-Rosières: 359, 361
Vaux-sur-Aure: 203
Vaux-sur-Seulles: 203
Vaxoncourt: 283
Vecchiano: 266-67
Vecciano: 274
Veckerhagen: 476-77, 479
Veckring: 435
VE-Day proclaimed: 534
Vedriano: 309-10
Veen: 427-28, 430, 432
Vegesack: 139
Veghel: 276, 279, 282, 284-86, 288
Vel Bor: 533
Vela Cela Island: 127
Velbert: 498
Velden: 507, 526
Veldhoven: 279
Velika Plana: 300
Velikie Luki: 18, 70, 77, 81
Velizh: 136
Vella Gulf naval battle: 125, 139
Vella Lavella Island: 121, 123, 125-30, 134-37, 139
Vellereux: 375-76
Velletri: 196-201
Velmede: 480
Venafro: 138, 140, 144-45
Vendersheim: 444
Venice: 224, 522-23, 525
Venlo: 313, 325, 331-33, 340, 343, 416, 418, 420
Vennebeck: 470
Venray: 283, 301-02, 304-05
Vensac: 496
Ventosa: 192
Ventotene Island: 132
Verahue: 90
Verberie: 260
Verde Island: 411-12, 416, 419, 423
Verdenne: 360-62
Verdun: 250-61, 356, 366
Vergato: 426, 431, 495, 497, 499
VERITABLE: 396, 403, 433. See also Canadian Army units, Army, First; Meuse River; Rhine River, Allied river crossing.
Verlautenheide: 273, 298
Verleumont: 369
Verneuil: 252-54
Verneville: 265
Vernio: 284
Vernon: 256-57
Verona: 224, 515-16, 518
Versailles: 254, 256, 283
Verse River dam: 487
Vervezelle: 307
Verviers: 266-68
Vervins: 260
Vesoul: 267-69, 271-72
Vesqueville: 371
Veszprem: 451
Vettelschoss: 440-42, 454
Vettweiss: 415
Vezouse River: 326, 328, 331
Via Flaminia: 202-03, 232
Via Prenestina: 202
Via Reggio: 246
Via Salaria: 203
Vianden: 382, 396, 401, 406, 409
Viareggio: 269, 273
Vicchio: 268
Vicenza: 518, 521
Vicht: 271, 275
Vicht River: 271, 273, 278
Vichy France
Axis seizes unoccupied areas: 66
Laval restored as Premier: 33
Leahy recalled: 33-34
U.S. breaks with: 65
Vic-sur-Seille: 287, 320
Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy: 122
VICTOR I: 443, 547. See also Negros Occidental Province; Panay Island.
VICTOR I Attack Group: 443
VICTOR II: 547. See also Bohol Island; Cebu; Negros Oriental Province.
VICTOR III: 395, 417, 547 See also Palawan Island.
VICTOR III Attack Group: 415, 417
VICTOR IV: 395, 417, 547. See also Sulu Archipelago; Zamboanga Peninsula.
VICTOR V: 446, 501. See also Mindanao Island.
VICTOR V Attack Group: 501
Victoria: 479-80
Victoria Point: 6
Vidouville: 237
Vielsalm: 355, 357-58, 361, 376
Vienna: 295, 441, 467, 471, 473, 477, 479, 481, 483, 492, 498, 505
Vier Linden: 451
Viersen: 418
Viertelsheide: 422, 424
Vierville-sur-Mer: 203
Vietinghoff, Gen. Heinrich von
succeeds Kesselring in Italy: 450
surrenders forces in Italy: 523, 528
Vietri sul Mare: 133
Vieux Brisach: 509
Vigan: 4, 7, 372, 426
Vignola: 513
Vigny: 322
Viipuri: 2, 114
Vila: 97, 110, 115-16, 121, 126
Vilbel: 459
Villa Basilica: 267
Villa Crocetta: 201
Villa Grandi: 156
Villa San Giovanni: 131
Villa Verde Trail: 390, 394-96, 398-401, 403, 409, 411-12, 419, 421, 426, 428, 430, 433, 435-36, 439, 449-50, 453, 457, 465, 467, 479, 482, 484, 501, 505, 511, 529, 536, 541
Villaba: 363-64, 406, 412
Villafranca: 333, 515-16
Villamagna: 227, 230
Villapriola: 121
Ville: 337
Villebaudon: 238
Villedieu-lès-Poëles: 239, 241
Villefranche: 262
Villeneuve: 259
Villers-Bocage: 209, 221, 240-42
Villers-Cotterêts: 260
Villers-la-Bonne-Eau: 363-66, 368-71, 374
Villersexel: 266-69, 271-72
Ville-sur-Illon: 270
Villers-sur-Nied: 325
Villiers-Fossard: 212, 214, 221, 228
Villingen: 516
Vilno: 228-29
Vils: 523
Vils River: 526
Vilsbiburg: 526
Vilshofen: 526
Vilvenich: 350
Vimont: 246
Vincennes: 49
Vinchiaturo: 138-39, 141-42
Vinkovci: 349
Vinnitsa: 162, 182
Vipiteno: 531
Vire: 240-50
Vire River and Estuary: 203, 206, 208-10, 226, 228, 230-32, 238-39, 241
Vire-Taute Canal: 208, 211, 226
Virgne Ridge: 527, 529, 533
Virming: 330-31
Viru Harbor: 115-16
Viru Occupation Force: 115
Vis: 166
Visayan Islands: 27, 33-34
Visayan-Mindanao Force: 33, 37
Visayan-Mindoro Force: 22, 27
Visayan Passage: 401, 435-36, 476
Vise: 268-69
Visso: 138
Vistula River: 237, 242, 244, 251, 272, 372, 374, 389, 428
Vital Corner (Burma): 317
Vitebsk: 139, 154, 156-58, 164, 176, 216, 218-19
Viterbo: 162, 202, 204-06
Vitiaz Strait: 71, 120
Vitry-le-François: 258
Vittel: 268-70, 313
Vittersbourg: 335-36
Vittonville: 273, 275
Vittoria: 117
Vivièrs: 322
Vizzini: 119
Vladivostok, U.S. air crews interned at: 34
Vlatava River: 533
Vlatten: 420, 424
Vlodrop: 384, 416, 418
Voecklabruck: 531-32
Voehringen: 516, 518
Voellerdingen: 343-44
Voellinghausen: 472
Vogelkop Peninsula: 211, 222, 227, 230, 233, 236, 238-41, 248-49, 251, 255-56, 260, 262
Vohenstrauss: 514
Vohrum: 482
Voiron: 258, 260
Voitsumra: 502
Volary: 532
Volcano Islands: 211, 224, 294, 297, 299, 303, 323, 337, 348, 360, 363, 456
Volchansk: 92
Volckmann, Lt. Col. Russell W.: 419
Volga River: 51
Volkach: 479, 481
Volkerode: 479, 481
Volkhov: 44, 84, 86, 92
Volkhov River: 12
Volkrange: 268
Volkrode: 481
Volmershoven: 429
Volonne: 253
Volterra: 226
Volturno River and Valley: 131, 135, 138-44
Volupai: 178
Volxheim: 443-44
Vorarlberg: 521
Vorde: 491
Voremberg: 474
Voronezh: 43-44, 85-89, 92, 125
Voroshilovgrad: 46, 48, 92, 120
Voroshilovsk: 87
Vorst: 416
Vortum: 291, 293
Vosges sector: 282, 304, 319, 335, 337-38, 340, 365-66, 375, 391, 395
Vossenack: 300-301, 315, 317, 319-20, 330, 343
Voyenne: 260
Voza: 142
Vseruby: 528-29
Vukovar: 345, 347
VULCAN: 104-05, 108. See also Tunisia, final offensive.
Vurai: 83-84
Vyazma: 97-98
Vynen: 423
–W–
Waal River: 276, 281, 284, 342
Wachendorf: 427
Wachtendonk: 420-21
Wackernheim: 445
Wadern: 463
Wadern Forest: 437
Wadi Akarit: 101-103
Wadi el Chebir: 78
Wadi Tamet: 78
Wadi Zem Zem: 85
Wadi Zigzaou: 99-100
Waga Waga: 53
Wahl: 359
Wahlbach: 460
Wahlen: 440
Wahlenau: 442
Wahlhausen: 385
Wahlrod: 454
Wahnerheide: 487
Wahrenberg: 508
Waidhaus: 514, 530
Waimes: 355, 378, 400
Wainwright, Lt. Gen. Jonathan M.: 8, 14, 19, 28-30
commands I Corps: 28
commands Luzon Force: 28-29
commands all forces in P.I.: 29-30
moves hq to Corregidor: 29
surrenders all of P.I.: 37
Wairopi: 46, 54, 57, 61, 67-68, 70
Wairopi Patrol, 32nd Division: 60, 68
Waitanan Creek: 188, 190
Waizenkirchen: 529
Wakde Island: 177, 180, 189-91, 193-95, 197-99, 208, 210, 212-20, 221, 224-25, 227, 230, 238, 249, 253, 262
Wake
fall of: 3-8
U.S. air attacks on: 25, 139, 196
Wala: 157, 189
Walawbum: 163, 177-79
Walberberg: 425, 427
Walcheren Island: 293-94, 315
Walbeck: 421
Waldbillig: 357-58, 360-62
Waldboeckelheim: 441
Waldbreitbach: 449
Waldbrol: 480
Waldenburg: 496
Waldenrath: 38
Waldensberg: 469
Walderbach: 514
Waldesch: 440-41
Waldfeucht: 378
Waldhambach: 343
Waldholzbach: 439
Waldkenigen: 429
Waldkirchen: 517
Waldmuenchen: 515, 517, 524, 526
Waldniel: 415-16, 418
Waldorf: 427, 431, 433, 514, 516
Waldrach: 438-39
Waldron, Brig. Gen. Albert W.: 72-73
Waldsassen: 508
Waldthurn: 512
Walhalla: 516
Walheim: 405
Walker, Maj. Gen. Walton H.: 243, 265, 277, 288, 338
Wallace, Henry A.: 114, 217, 220
Wallace Road (Kwajalein): 167
Wallach: 432, 450
Walldorf: 452, 457
Wallenborn: 426, 428
Wallendorf: 270, 272, 275, 277, 280, 282, 396-401
Wallenrode: 463
Wallerfangen: 345
Wallerode: 383
Wallersheim: 424
Wallerstaedten: 449
Wallertheim: 444
Wallgau: 530
Wallhausen: 489
Wallmerath: 388
Walney: 65
Walroth: 465
Walsdorf: 381
Walsrode: 496-97
Walsum: 451
Waltershausen: 477, 487
Waltrop: 472
Wama Drome: 281, 286, 291, 295
Wana Ridge and Draw: 536-40, 542
Wana Wana Lagoon: 131
Wandesbourcy: 379
Wanfried: 470
Wangen: 523
Wanigela: 58-59, 63-64
Wankum: 420
Wanne: 368-70
Wanneranval: 369-70
Wanting: 349, 357, 367, 376-77, 379
Wantrange: 371
Wapil: 188
War Department: 24, 29, 42, 59, 70, 73, 143, 144, 153, 160, 161, 162, 171, 188, 255. See also Marshall, Gen. George C.; Roosevelt, Franklin D.
War Department General Staff: 28, 30, 144, 161, 188
War Manpower Commission: 72
Warang: 163
Warazup: 187
Warbeyen: 401
Warburg: 464, 466, 470
Ward: 347
Ward, Maj. Gen. Orlando: 100, 103
Warden: 329
Wardin: 364-67, 369-72, 374-75
Wardo Bay: 251
Warendorf: 466
Wareo: 138, 150, 153
Waria River: 101-02
Warndt: 342
Warnock: 360
Warnock, Brig. Gen. A. D.: 295-97
Warong: 190, 195
Warsaw: 239-40, 248, 271-72, 279, 293, 374, 377
Wart, The (Luzon): 493, 497, 503, 510-11
Warta River: 377
Warza: 475
Washang: 193
Wascheid: 395
Washington conferences
ARCADIA: 8-10, 14
Giraud-Roosevelt: 116
Pacific Military: 97-98
TRIDENT: 110-12
Wasp: 37, 44, 55
Wassenberg: 415
Wasserbillig: 374, 376, 382, 414
Wasserburg: 526, 528
Wasungen: 468, 473
Watien: 213-14
Watten: 130
Wattermal: 384
Watut River Valley: 125
Watzerath: 400
Wau: 38, 85, 89-91, 97
Waurichen: 296, 327
Wavell, Field Marshal Sir Archibald P.: 19
arrival in Java: 13
arrival at Singapore: 13, 23
CG of ABDA Command: 10, 15
commands India forces: 15, 26, 114
in defense of Burma: 5, 22, 26, 31, 60-61, 63, 70, 90
named Viceroy of India: 114
orders Moulmein held: 18
visits Malayan front: 13-14
WAVES, activated: 47
Waw: 26-27
Wawa, Luzon: 373, 389, 413, 448, 503, 530-31, 534-35, 539, 541
Wawa, Mindoro: 373
Wawa Dam: 413, 539-42
Wawern: 408, 424
Wa-wu-tang: 525
Waxweiler: 410, 414, 417, 419
Weaver, Brig. Gen. William G.: 339, 345
Webenheim: 445
WEBFOOT: 163
Weckinghausen: 470
Wedemeyer, Gen. Albert C.: 322, 341-42, 348-49, 384, 405, 517
accepted as Chiang’s chief of staff: 306
air organization plans: 375, 454, 527, 532, 536-37, 547
announces loss of Indochina: 390
heads China Theater: 310, 316, 352, 357
negotiations for use of Chinese Communists: 338, 343, 385, 387
plans for Canton-Hong Kong: 545
plans for Chinese offensive force: 387
plans for Kunming and Chungking: 333, 348, 350, 357, 362, 365
plans for Kweilin-Liuchow-Canton: 403
role in Japanese surrender: 550
on Stratemeyer as air commander: 527, 532, 544, 547
warned of Chennault relief: 538
Weerd: 382
Weert: 283-84, 291, 314
Weetzen: 480
Weeze: 411-12, 415, 420
Wega: 462
Wegberg: 415-16, 418, 420
Wegeringhausen: 485
Wegscheid: 524
Wehe Creek: 331-33
Wehlau: 382
Wehlen: 443
Wehofen: 456
Wehr: 407, 515
Wehrden: 481
Wehre River: 468, 470, 475, 477, 479
Wehrstapel: 480
Wei, Gen. Li-huang: 189, 198, 314, 383
Weicherdange: 380, 382
Weida: 494
Weida River: 496
Weiden: 424, 508, 510, 530
Weidenau: 476
Weidenbach: 426
Weidesheim: 426
Weigenheim: 485
Weihenzell: 500
Weilburg: 456, 458, 460, 463, 466
Weiler: 380, 385, 420, 440, 494
Weilerswist: 422, 424
Weilheim: 521, 523, 525
Weimar: 465, 487, 490, 494
Weingarten: 450
Weinsfeld: 400
Weinsheim: 421-22, 447
Weisenau: 448
Weisenfels: 449
Weisel: 454
Weiskirchen: 438-39
Weirs: 429
Weirs River: 382, 384
Weissbach: 483, 488, 490
Weisse River: 494, 502
Weisse-Elster River: 489, 491-92, 494, 496, 498
Weissenbach: 525
Weissenberg Hill: 275, 277-78, 280-81
Weissenfels: 489, 491-92, 494
Weissenstadt: 502
Weisser Weh Creek: 281, 335
Weisten: 381
Weiswampach: 383-84, 396
Weisweiler: 330, 334-38
Weiszenburg: 507
Weiszenhorn: 518
Weiten: 407
Weiterbach: 396-99
Weitersborn: 433
Weitzetze: 510
Welborn, Lt. Col. John: 329
Welchenhausen: 386-87
Weldingsfeld: 483
Welferding: 412
Welgesheim: 444
Welldorf: 412
Wellesburg: 449
Wellmich: 454
Wels: 531
Welschbillig: 416
Welscheid: 380
Welsh, Air Marshal Sir William L. (RAF): 64
Welz: 340
Wenau: 330-31
Wendelsheim: 444
Weninghausen: 487
Wenne River: 485, 487
Wennigloh: 489
Wenns: 531
Weppeler: 388
Werben: 489
Werbomont: 356, 358
Werdau: 498, 500
Werdauer Wald: 498
Werden: 480, 500
Wereth: 385-86
Weringhausen: 487
Werk Kanal: 518, 520
Werkel: 465
Werkleitz: 495
Werl: 478, 480
Werlau: 440
Wermelskirchen: 493
Wernberg: 510
Werneck: 381
Wernham Cove: 95
Werntrop: 480
Werpin: 361
Werra River: 467-68, 470, 473-75, 477, 479, 481
Wertach: 521, 523, 525
Wertach River: 518-19, 521
Werth: 327
Wertheim: 465, 469
Wertingen: 514, 516
Wesel: 423, 425, 427-28, 430, 432-33, 435, 449-52, 454, 464, 470
Wesel Forest: 456
Weser Gebirge: 476
Weser River: 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476-84, 504
Weslarn: 474
Wessels, Brig. Gen. Theodore F.: 219, 223
Wessem: 287, 290, 293, 328
Wessem-Nederweert Canal: 287, 315-16, 325
West Caves (Biak): 208, 210-18, 220
West Tank Barrier (Makin): 148
West Onnen: 478
West Pinnacle. See Pinnacles, The, East and West (Okinawa).
West River (China): 116
West Wala: 192
Westen: 486
Westerburg: 456
Westerfeld: 487
Westerhausen: 447
Westerheusen: 495
Western Assault Force, Morocco: 65
Western Attack Force, Pilaus: 270, 291
Western Defense Area and Sector, New Guinea: 221, 227
Western Defense Command: 28, 102, 143
Western Desert: 58. See also Egypt, operations in; Libya.
Western Desert Air Force: 74, 94, 103, 105
Western Dorsal: 93-94
Western Europe, operations in: 261-534
airborne operations: 276, 278-79, 281-82, 284-88, 353, 450-52
Allied air offensive begins: 44. See also Combined Bomber Offensive against Europe.
Ardennes-Alsace Campaign: 353-83
critical supply situations: 270, 281-82, 284-86, 302, 305, 331, 337, 348, 358-59
Normandy Campaign: 203-36
Northern France Campaign: 236-71
Rhineland Campaign: 271-447
smoke, first wide-scale use of: 267
Southern France Campaign: 247-73
tactical air support: 267-68, 270, 273, 277, 279-82, 286, 288-90, 295, 300-301, 307, 316, 321, 327, 332, 336, 339, 341-43, 347-48, 351, 359, 361, 365, 397-98, 406, 408, 419, 422, 433, 444, 447-50, 454-55, 463, 472, 478-80, 483, 485, 494, 496, 499, 502, 504, 516, 525, 530
Western Fire Support Group, Pilaus: 270, 274
Western Force, New Georgia: 115
Western Landing Group, Marianas: 210
Western Pacific Campaign: 187-551
Western Sea Frontier: 186
Westernach: 496
Westernboedefeld: 480
Westernheim: 509
Westervoort: 488
Westfeld: 470, 480, 484
Westhausen: 513
Westheim: 496
Westhemmerde: 482
Westhofen: 489, 491
Westkapelle: 316-17
Westkapelle Dike: 293-94, 316
Weston: 12
Westphalia: 510, 526
Westwall. See Siegfried Line.
Wesu Ga: 178-79
Wethen: 464
Wetter: 493
Wetteldorf: 422
Wettewitz: 498
Wettlingen: 275, 277, 413
Wetzlar: 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 466
Wevelinghoven: 422
Weversdorp: 189
Wewak: 125, 128-29, 135, 176, 181, 183, 189, 536
Wewe River: 239
Weweler: 386
Wewer: 462, 464
Weyer: 454
Weyersheim: 368, 370, 376, 378, 390
Whaling, Col. William J. (USMC): 58
Whaling Group: 58, 62-63
Wheeler Field: 3
Wheeler, Lt. Gen. Raymond A.
and Assam airfield: 109, 112
in charge of Ledo Road: 93
heads Iran mission: 31
heads SOS, CBI: 26, 146
heads SOS, China: 64, 70
recommended as deputy to Mountbatten: 224-27, 230, 235
SEAC administrative officer: 146
succeeds Stilwell at SEAC: 324
succeeds Sultan in IBT: 548
Whitlock, Col. Lester J.: 34
Wibrin: 373
Wicterich: 420
Wickau: 496
Wickede: 480
Wicker: 459
Wickerswihr: 385-86
Wickham Anchorage: 115-16
Wicourt: 376
Widdau: 388-89
Widdern: 475, 479
Widdersdorf: 424
Wieblingen: 463
Wied: 452
Wied River: 440-42, 448-49, 451-52
Widenfeld: 420, 422
Wiemeringhausen: 474
Wiener Neustadt: 138, 144, 465, 467, 471, 481
Wiershausen: 479
Wies: 375, 382
Wiesbaden: 457, 459, 461
Wiesbaum: 429
Wieseck: 458
Wiesenacker: 511
Wiesenfeld: 485
Wiesloch: 466
Wihr-en-Plaine: 387
Wijk: 270
Wildenburg: 427
Wildenguth: 367, 371
Wildenholz: 505
Wilderdange: 382
Wildenranna: 526
Wildenrath: 416, 418
Wildenreuth: 508
Wilferding: 403
Wilhelmina Canal: 278
Wilhelmshaven: 89, 113, 144, 520
Wilhelmshaven-Emden Peninsula: 520
Wilhelmshoehe: 334-36
Wilkau: 494 502
Wilkinson, Rear Adm. Theodore S.: 126-27, 131, 136, 140, 142-43, 146, 172, 180, 291
Will Road (Kwajalein): 167
Willaumez Peninsula: 175, 151
Willegassen: 474
Willems Vaart Canal: 275
Williamson, Brig. Gen. Raymond: 233
Willich: 418
Willingen: 464, 474
Willkie, Wendell L.: 58
Willoughby, Maj. Gen. Charles A.: 34
Willroth: 452
Willwerath: 398
Wilma Road (Kwajalein): 167
Wilogne: 373
Wilsecker: 428
Wilsenroth: 456
Wilson, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland: 12, 262, 273, 288. See also Mediterranean Theater.
commands Ninth Army: 12
directive on support of OVERLORD: 187
heads British Joint Staff Mission: 354
plans for Southern France: 171, 182, 246
succeeded by Alexander as SACMED: 156, 161, 224, 354
Wiltingen: 419
Wiltrop: 474
Wiltz: 267, 354, 356, 363-64, 366, 371, 380-81
Wiltz River: 363, 374-75, 379-80, 382
Wilwerwiltz: 382-83
Wimmenau: 345, 366-67
Wincheringen: 406-08
Wincrange: 380
Windecken: 461
Winden: 356, 359-61
Windhagen: 441-42
Windischeschenbach: 508
Windsheim: 492, 502, 507
Wing, Maj. Gen. Leonard F.: 116, 249
Wingate, Brig. Orde Charles (British.): 91, 111, 170, 183
Wingen: 345, 366-69
Wingeshausen: 474, 476
Winhoering: 528
Winkhausen: 474
Winnekendonk: 420
Winnenden: 507, 509
Winningen: 440-41
Winnweiler: 444
Winringen: 421
Winseler: 370-71, 380
Winter Line: 144-47, 149-62, 368
Winterbach: 443
Winterberg: 464, 466, 468, 470, 472
Winterscheid: 389
Winterspelt: 388
Winterswijk: 460, 462
Wintrich: 443
Wipperfuerth: 489, 491, 493
Wirtheim: 470
Wirtzfeld: 357, 387
Wiskirchen: 426
Wismar: 527-28, 530
Wissembourg: 354, 369, 372, 445
Wissembourg Gap: 445-46
Wissersheim: 418
Wissmannsdorf: 416
Wissmar: 458, 460
Witlingen: 408
Wittelsheim: 391
Witten: 484, 486-87, 489, 491
Wittenberg: 466, 530
Wittenberge: 489, 510, 530
Witterschlick: 429
Wittingen: 486, 499, 506
Wittlich: 424, 429, 434-35, 443
Wittlingen: 514
Wittring: 345-46
Wittscheidt: 299-300, 303
Witzenhausen: 479
Witzerath: 393
Witzleben: 487
Wockerath: 414
Wodzislaw: 457
Woelfis: 479
Woensdrecht: 297-98, 304
Woerrstadt: 446
Woerth: 442, 461, 463
Woffelsbach: 393
Woffleben: 487
Woippy: 326-27
Woldenberg: 387
Woleai Island: 184, 187
Wolfe airfield: 434
Wolfen: 496, 502, 504, 506
Wolfenacker: 449
Wolfenbuettel: 486, 491
Wolfershausen: 465
Wolferstedt: 489
Wolfgantzen: 393
Wolfhound Ridge: 531-32
Wolfratshausen: 525, 527
Wolfsberg Pass: 332-33
Wolfsbusch: 376-77
Wolfsheim: 443-44
Wolfskirchen: 337-38
Wolfsoelden: 485
Wolken: 431
Wolkenberg: 492, 494
Wollaberg: 517, 524
Wollersheim: 418, 420
Wollseifen: 392
Wollstein: 443-44
Wolsfeld: 414, 06
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps activated: 38
Women’s Reserve, USCG, activated: 69
Wonsheim: 444
Wood, Brig. Gen. John S.: 287
Woodlark Island: 114-15, 119, 122
Woodpecker Ridge (Luzon): 499, 501, 517, 525, 529-32, 534-35, 537-39
Wootten, Brig. George F. (Australian.): 73-75
Worde: 451
Worgl: 531
World War II, total Army strength and casualties: 551
Wormbach: 480
Wormeldange: 297
Wormersdorf: 427
Worms: 441-44, 446-47, 450, 455
Worringen: 424-25
Woske River: 222
Wotje Atoll: 21, 166
Wrexen: 462
Wuelfrath: 496, 498, 500
Wuellenrath: 414-15
Wuerselen: 297-98, 300, 327-28
Wuerzburg: 465-66, 469, 471, 473, 475, 494, 502
Wuescheim: 424
Wuestems: 461
Wukang: 509, 517
Wulfen: 458
Wullmeringhausen: 474
Wullscheid: 441-42
Wundwin: 447, 450
Wunsiedel: 504
Wunthe: 356
Wupper River: 495, 497
Wuppertal: 496, 498, 500
Wurdinghausen: 480
Wurm: 330, 332, 334, 344, 354
Wurm River and Valley: 278, 292-93, 297-98, 302, 304, 323, 327, 330, 374, 383
Wurzen: 514
Wustenbrand: 494
Wutha: 479
Wuyang Valley: 529
Wy-dit-Joli-Village: 258
Wye Point: 85
Wyler: 281, 396
–X–
Xanrey: 289, 291
Xanten: 403, 423, 425, 427-28, 430, 432-33, 450
Xermaménil: 280
X-ray River: 207, 229
–Y–
Y Force. See Yunnan Force.
Y-FOS: 189-90
Yabuchi Shima: 476
Yaeju-Dake Escarpment: 543-46
Yae-Take hills: 486, 488, 493, 495, 497, 499, 501
Yafusu: 520, 522, 533
Yagyagan: 499
Yahagi: 480
Yakabi Island: 456
Yakamul: 196, 199-202, 214, 228
Yalta: 187
Yalta Conference and Declaration: 392, 398, 400
Yalau Plantation: 178, 182
Yamagata, Maj. Gen. Tsuyuo: 78; 86
Yamamoto, Col. Hiroshi: 81
Yamamoto, Adm. Isoroko: 39, 105
Yamashita, Gen. Tomoyuki: 24, 28
Yamato: 480
Yamethin: 488
Yampol: 181
Yangtze River: 97, 105, 113
Yap Island: 184, 226, 268, 274, 305
Yartsevo: 136
Yasuda, Capt. Yoshitatsu: 67
Yawata: 211
Yawngbang: 170, 173-75
Yazagyo: 295
Yazawa, Col. Kiyomi: 71, 86
Yedashe: 30
Yeisk: 91
Yellow Line (Sicily): 118-19
Yellow River: 187, 189
Yelnya: 130
Yenan Province, U.S. observer group in: 171, 214, 217, 343. See also Chinese Communist forces.
Yenangyaung: 33-34, 402, 510, 511
Yeremenko, Gen. Andrei I. (USSR): 186
Ye-u: 36, 367
Yigo: 241, 245
YOKE: 114. See also China; Burma; India.
Yokohama: 34
Yokosuka naval base: 551
Yokoyama, Col. Yosuke: 67, 76
Yon, Brig. Gen. Everett M.: 383
Yona: 240
Yonabaru: 534, 538, 540-42
Yonawa: 542
Yong Peng: 15-17
Yonne River: 252, 256
Yontan airfield: 468-69, 471, 541
Yontan-Zan: 469, 471
Yorktown: 28, 36-37, 39-40
Youk-les-Bains: 67
Yoyang: 97
Ypad: 314
Yugoslavia
agreement with Bulgaria on territory: 313-14
air attacks on: 261
Allied reinforcements: 272
Allied bases in: 166, 337
commando raids on. See British Army units, Battalions, 9th Commando.
guerrilla forces: 307, 314, 317-18, 340
meeting of Allied forces: 527
operations in: 165, 261, 264, 272, 275, 291, 300-301, 303-04, 307, 309, 314, 316-18, 324, 326, 337, 340, 344, 346-47, 349, 374, 463, 471, 473
Yugoslavian Partisan Army: 307, 314, 317-18, 340
Yukhnov: 27
Yunagusuku: 544
Yung-ning: 495, 541
Yunnan Force: 59-61, 63, 70, 90, 102, 111, 118, 125, 144-46, 150, 155, 162, 169, 170, 186, 189, 191, 194, 197, 274, 276, 322, 349, 353, 357, 379, 384-85
Yunnan Province
Allied drive from: 60-61, 63, 66, 70, 73, 87-91, 110, 125, 144, 152, 170, 194
as base for Burma operations: 47-48
Stilwell commands Chinese in: 297
Yun-nan-i: 197, 219
Yupbang Ga: 144, 156, 158, 162, 168
Yuwa: 206
Yuza: 544-45
Yuza-Dake Escarpment: 544-47
–Z–
Z Day, use of term: 151, 191
Zachopau River: 496
Zagarolo: 201.
Zaghouan: 69, 109-10
Zahrensdorf: 526
Zaluchie: 96
Zamami Island: 456-57, 460, 462, 465
Zambales Mountains: 376, 408, 411-12, 414-15, 425
Zamboanga City: 346
Zamboanga Peninsula: 405, 417, 431, 433-34, 441-42, 444-46, 462, 520, 531, 547, 549
Zanana: 116, 119-20
Zandpol: 397
Zannouch: 98-99
Zaporodzhe: 140
Zappulla River: 126
Zara: 317
Zautendorf: 500
Zavia: 88
ZEBRA: 144-45, 159
ZEBRA Force, U.S.-Sponsored: 144-45, 154, 159
Zebra Hill (Okinawa): 534-37
Zeebrugge: 268
Zeholfing: 522-524
Zeilin: 59
Zeitldorn: 515
Zeitz: 192, 489-92, 494, 496
Zelezna Ruda: 532
Zell: 485
Zella Mehlis: 477, 481
Zellerfeld: 489
Zemmer: 429
Zena Creek: 304
Zenn River: 496
Zenner: 463
Zenobia da Costa, Brig. Gen. Euclydes, (Braz.): 273
Zerbst: 521-22
Zerf: 411, 413-14, 416, 428, 437
Zeulenroda: 496, 498
Zevenbergen: 315, 317
Zhitomir: 146-47, 156, 158
Zhlobin: 155, 161, 176, 219
Zhmerinka: 181
Zieta: 125, 128
Zieverich: 415-16
Zig Canal: 327
Zigyun: 194
Zigzag Pass (Luzon): 388, 390-91, 393-95, 398-99, 401-03, 405
Zimovniki: 83
Zingsheid: 427
Zingsheim: 427
Zinkovy: 533
Zinnia (Bogon) Island: 173
Zinswiller: 342-43, 439, 441
Zintzel River: 349, 441
Zinzing: 407
ZIPPER: 531, 536, 541-43, 546. See also Malaya, recovery of.
Zirc: 451
Zirl: 530
Zliten: 86
Zmiev: 129
Znamenka: 151-53
Zon. See Son.
Zorge: 500
Zorn Canal: 393
Zorn River: 372
Zory: 457
Zotzenheim: 441
Zschernitz: 504
Zuara: 89
Zuellichau: 388
Zueschen: 468, 470
Zuid Beveland: 294, 297-98, 304
Zuider Zee: 276, 495, 499, 501
Zulling: 524
Zulpich: 422, 429
Zundert: 311-13
Zutphen: 468, 480
Zwackau: 494
Zweedorf: 526
Zweibrucken: 346, 439, 442, 445-46
Zweibruggen: 294-95
Zweifall: 271, 281, 288, 319, 401-02
Zweig Canal: 466, 468
Zwenkau: 498, 502
Zwettl: 529-30, 532
Zwick Mulde River: 492, 494, 496-98, 500, 502
Zwickau: 192, 500, 502
Zwiesel: 515, 522, 532
Zwinge: 485
Zwolle: 493
Zyfflich: 397