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