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Aa, River, 112, 194,

Aachen, 71, 107, 133, 190, 361

Abwehr (German military intelligence), and Englandspiel, 22, 379; and ‘King Kong’, 48n

Adair, Maj Gen Allan, 6, 52, 68, 168, 196, 197, 208, 219, 253, 264, 278

Ahlborn, Maj Bodo, 199, 247

Albert Canal, 16, 17, 18, 28, 44, 48

Amersfoort, 376, 377

Amersfoort concentration camp, 48–9, 96, 97, 134, 144, 150

Amsterdam, 9, 20, 29, 46, 71, 109, 133, 293, 343, 380; in Hunger Winter, 373, 374, 379

Antwerp, 7, 13, 14, 16, 18, 26, 27, 370

Antwerp, port of, 5, 7, 13, 27, 37, 71, 322, 369, 370

Apeldoorn, 49, 133, 138, 143, 311, 323, 336, 342, 343, 346, 372, 375

Armée Blanche see Belgian Resistance

Armija Kraiowa see Home Army

Arnhem, 10, 12, 20, 21, 33, 47, 49, 50, 51, 58, 59, 60, 273n; plans to take, 7, 25, 26, 28, 29–30, 31, 33, 35n, 36, 37, 42, 43, 47, 55, 64, 65–6, 68, 70, 100, 196, 322, 365; during Market Garden, 18, 27, 42, 71, 72, 74, 78–9, 80, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 100, 102–7, 126–41, 143, 146–7, 151–3, 162, 172–8, 183, 184–8, 190–93, 195, 203, 210, 218, 219–20, 227, 228–33, 235, 236, 239, 241, 243, 246, 248, 253, 254, 261–4, 266, 281, 292, 300, 301, 308, 311n, 313, 319–20, 321, 334, 336, 337, 339, 361, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 374; casualties in, 370–71; evacuation of, 344–9, 362, 370, 379; destruction to, 207, 346, 348, 370–72; recovery, 379–80

Arnold, Gen Henry (‘Hap’), 26, 44

Bachenheimer, Pfc Theodore H., 359–60

Baltussen, Cora, 255

Bangard, Strm Karl H., 72, 91, 93, 95, 337

Baskeyfield, L/Sgt John, VC, 244

BBC, 9, 84, 178, 195, 326

Bedell Smith, L Lt Gen Walter, 4, 35n, 37, 38, 50–51, 218n, 292, 377–8

Beek, 120, 165, 221, 222, 260, 280, 297, 340

Beek, Dr Marius van der, 58, 79, 237

Belgian Resistance, 6, 13, 14

Bemmel, 247, 248

Berg en Dal, 202, 222, 341; Hotel, 120

Beringen, 16, 19, 44

Bernhard, HRH Prince, 9, 36, 59, 252, 327, 365, 377–8

Best, 85, 112, 115–16, 154–6, 158, 194, 204, 205

Bestebreurtje, Capt Arie, 77, 83, 85, 119, 120, 123, 124, 164, 196, 197, 197n, 217, 250

Betuwe (‘the Island’), 60, 80, 87, 107, 238, 253, 256, 264, 266, 281, 288, 294, 301, 303, 315, 319, 322, 337, 340, 341, 348, 353–8, 360, 361, 363, 379

Bittrich, ObGpFh Wilhelm, 49–50, 60–61, 71, 72, 92–3, 95, 96, 103, 106–7, 126–7, 132, 133, 134, 141, 146–7, 162, 184, 191, 202, 220, 221, 228, 247, 256, 264–5, 266, 281, 301, 311, 313, 321, 322, 337, 361, 366

Black market, 357–8, 373, 374, 375

Blackwood, Maj J. E., 23, 148, 149, 151, 175, 176, 188, 265, 276, 284, 285, 298, 315, 323, 324, 325, 328

Blaskowitz, GnObst Johannes, 378, 378n

Bocholt (Germany), 133, 134, 190

Bode, Nicholas de, 59, 346

Boeree, Col Theodor, 49

Boxtel, 112, 154, 294

Bradley, Lt Gen Omar N., 3, 4, 5, 6, 7–8, 14, 25, 29, 38, 48, 292

Brereton, Lt Gen Lewis H., 23–4, 25, 27, 28, 31, 32–3, 44, 53, 63, 69, 144, 206, 222, 224, 246, 293, 353, 364, 365

British Army

21st Army Group, 7, 14, 36, 50, 369

Second Army, 7, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 46, 52, 54, 107, 186, 205, 229, 238, 276, 287, 293, 303, 316, 322, 323, 325, 327, 334, 338, 343, 355, 364

VIII Corps, 31, 205, 279, 296, 339

XII Corps, 31, 205, 339

XXX Corps, 1, 26, 28, 29–30, 31, 37, 43, 51, 53, 54, 64, 65–7, 105, 106, 114, 125, 136, 141, 147, 153, 154, 155, 162, 166, 167, 185, 187, 191, 194, 202, 203, 205, 209, 219, 220, 221, 223, 224, 228, 229, 256, 259, 271, 274, 275, 276, 277, 279, 283, 294, 299, 309–10, 312, 315, 316, 318, 322, 327, 333, 334, 339, 342, 358, 364, 366, 368

I Airborne Corps, 24, 25, 26, 26n, 31, 33, 41, 53, 75, 245, 369

British Army divisions

1st Airborne, 23, 24, 25, 26, 26n, 28, 29, 32, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 50, 51, 54, 55, 58, 64, 68, 72, 75, 77, 87, 98, 129, 134, 135, 145, 162, 167, 174, 191, 195, 198, 203, 219, 228, 236, 238, 245–6, 253, 255, 256, 264, 265, 272, 274, 276, 281, 284, 288, 292, 293, 294, 301, 303, 305, 307, 308, 308n, 316, 319, 321–2, 326, 332, 334, 337, 338, 362, 364, 366, 369; and signal problems, 56, 101, 129, 130, 184, 185–6, 195, 269

6th Airborne, 26n, 55, 101

Guards Armoured, 2, 5–6, 14, 16, 19, 51, 53, 65, 66, 67–8, 78, 125, 141, 158, 159, 195–6, 203, 216, 219, 228, 253, 281, 339

11th Armoured, 2, 5, 13, 67, 358

43rd (Wessex) Inf, 1, 66, 253, 274, 281, 294, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308n, 315, 321, 323, 327, 328, 332

50th (Northumbrian) Inf, 44, 167, 316, 321, 355

52nd (Lowland) (Airlanding), 26n, 30, 53, 293

British Army brigades

32nd Guards, 278, 295

1st Parachute, 55, 56, 70, 75, 100, 101, 102, 104, 127, 138, 142

4th Parachute, 55, 142, 144, 147, 178, 179, 188, 202, 234, 271, 339

1st Airlanding, 43, 55, 56, 77, 102, 142

129th Inf, 281, 301, 315, 321

130th Inf, 291, 301, 304, 307

214th Inf, 281, 301

British Army regiments/battalions

2 HCR, 5, 14, 52, 155, 158, 167, 168, 194, 206, 223, 253, 259, 270, 282, 283, 291, 302, 303, 339

4/7 DG, 256, 282, 291, 301, 321

15/19 Hussars, 194, 204, 205, 223

44 RTR, 223, 224, 278, 295

Sherwood Rangers, 1, 2, 13, 44, 45, 280, 296, 297, 341

1 Light Rgt RA, 98, 101, 130, 137, 147, 233, 234, 270, 273, 274, 322, 324, 331, 339

64 Medium Rgt RA, 274, 299, 301, 322, 323

1 (Motor) Gren Gds, 196, 198, 199, 203, 209–10, 216, 217

2 (Armoured) Gren Gds, 196, 197, 198, 199, 203, 210, 219, 220, 231

Gren Gds Group, 5, 14, 194, 196, 198, 219, 366

1 (Armoured) Cldstrm Gds, 16, 196, 203, 221, 222, 297

2 (Armoured) Irish Gds, 5, 89, 125, 168, 169, 202, 203–4, 212, 213, 216, 224, 252

3 (Motor) Irish Gds, 52, 53, 68, 218, 248, 339

Irish Gds Group, 5, 16, 81, 88, 154, 167, 194, 219, 361

2 (Armoured Rec) Welsh Gds, 5, 16

7 KOSB, 82, 98, 143, 144, 147, 174, 179, 181, 189, 236, 267, 268, 276, 314, 328, 332

1 Border, 98, 102, 143–4, 234, 235, 236, 237, 253, 266, 267, 285, 305, 328

2 South Staffs, 98, 142, 143, 147, 149, 172, 174, 175, 176, 188, 234, 239, 244, 245, 265–6, 325

6 Durham Light Inf, 44, 45

7 Somerset LI, 281, 288, 301

4 Dorsets, 307, 308, 309, 316, 317, 318, 325, 332, 338, 367, 368

5 DCLI, 282, 291, 357

1 Para, 55, 70, 100, 101, 102, 114, 131, 132, 134, 139, 140, 172, 175, 330, 339

2 Para, 39, 55, 70, 74, 100, 102, 104, 126, 130, 142, 191, 228, 231

3 Para, 55, 100, 103, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 139, 140, 143, 145, 152, 172, 175, 176, 185, 245, 262, 349

10 Para, 151, 152, 179–80, 182, 183, 234, 235, 336

11 Para, 23, 142, 148, 151, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 188, 234, 243, 265, 284, 290–91, 315, 323

156 Para, 149, 151, 152, 174, 178, 179, 181, 234, 235, 268, 299

21 Anti-Tank Bn, 198, 208, 222, 248

16 Para Fd Amb, 104, 145, 176, 288

131 Para Fd Amb, 99, 190

181 Airlanding Fd Amb, 146, 189, 241, 242, 243, 290, 311–12, 334

British Army sub-units

21 Ind Para Coy (Pathfinders), 77, 98, 150, 236, 275, 276n, 284, 312

1 Para Sq RE, 87, 104, 130, 137, 153, 185, 187, 229, 230

1 Airborne Rec Sq, 55, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 127, 229, 255–6, 268, 272, 286, 298, 315

9 Fd Coy RE, 291

14 Fd Sq RE, 194, 217, 218, 226, 250

Phantom detachment, 235, 314, 326

Brooke, FM Sir Alan, 29, 30, 32, 38, 322, 367, 369

Browning, Lt Gen Frederick (‘Boy’), 24–5, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 41, 43, 51, 54, 55, 64, 68, 75, 120, 140, 144, 163, 167, 195, 196, 202, 206, 210, 212, 214, 222, 246, 256, 282, 283, 293, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 314, 318, 319, 337, 338, 339, 365, 367, 368, 369

Brussels, advance to, 5–6; Liberation of, 6, 13, 14, 18, 27, 28, 30, 31, 37, 44, 53, 54, 166

Burns, Pfc Dwayne T., 73, 120, 165, 355, 356

Burriss, Capt T. Moffatt, 203

Cain, Maj Robert, VC, 174–5, 177, 234, 265–6, 325, 332

Canadian Army

First Canadian Army, 7, 37, 355, 363, 369, 373, 376

I Cdn Corps, 377, 378

Royal Canadian Engineers,

20th Field Coy RCE, 328, 329, 330

23rd Field Coy RCE, 328, 329, 330, 331

Carrington, Capt Lord, 217, 218

Cassidy, Lt Col Patrick J, 82, 85, 111, 157, 158, 203, 204, 224, 258, 259

Chappuis, Lt Col Steve, 156, 157, 204

Chatterton, Lt Col George, 75, 195, 202

Chill, GenLt Kurt, 18, 19, 44

Christiansen, Gen d. Flg Friedrich, 19, 20, 47, 94, 97, 134, 301

Churchill, Winston, 3, 8, 26, 103, 364, 372, 373

Cleve, 96, 107, 121, 171, 341, 360

Club Route see Hell's Highway

Cole, Lt Col Robert, 116, 154, 156, 157

Collaboration see also NSB, 10, 12, 13, 21, 46, 48, 57, 110, 117, 121, 159, 160, 178, 206, 225, 251, 346, 360

Combat fatigue, 142, 157, 185, 189, 200, 231, 243, 252, 271, 287, 298, 322, 341, 380

Cook, Maj Julian, 203, 209, 210, 211, 212, 215, 216, 218, 219, 248, 297

Crawley, Maj Douglas, 105, 230, 231

Crerar, Lt Gen Henry, 7

Crete, German airborne invasion of, 17, 91

Cronkite, Walter, 161

Davis, Lt Bruce E., 143, 148, 181, 238, 239, 275, 284, 322, 323, 326, 328

Deelen airfield, 30, 36, 47, 53, 55, 58, 70, 72, 80, 93, 97, 102, 236, 293

De Guingand, Maj Gen Francis (‘Freddie’), 7, 24, 25, 26, 292, 376, 377

Deinum, Martijn Louis, 70, 123, 164, 251, 296, 342, 349, 359

Dempsey, Lt Gen Sir Miles, 7, 26, 28–9, 31, 32, 33, 35, 39, 44, 54, 67, 205, 206, 303, 308, 316, 321, 364

Den Heuvel (‘Devil’s Hill’), 203, 260, 297, 340

Dennennoord, 266, 285, 299, 325, 352

Des Voeux, Lt Col Sir Richard, Bt, 178, 235

Dijk, Sister Christine van, 78, 106, 139, 140, 273, 350

Dobie, Lt Col David, 102, 131, 132, 134, 172, 174, 175

Doetinchem, 49, 60, 93, 191

Dommel, River, 52, 112, 159, 169, 205

Douw van der Krap, Lt Cdr Charles, 58, 238, 239

Dover, Maj Victor, 104, 129

Dreijeroord, Hotel (‘the White House’), 189, 236, 267–8

Dutch Resistance see Dutch underground

Dutch underground, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20–21, 22, 46, 47, 48n, 50, 57–9, 77, 106, 109, 110, 117, 121, 124, 132, 170, 178, 196, 197, 198, 199, 204, 225, 232, 247, 255, 258, 278, 319–20, 340, 342, 345, 360, 362, 363, 372, 375, 376

Dyrda, Lt Jerzy, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309

Eberbach, Gen d. PzTr Heinrich, 2–3, 370

Eerde, 278, 280, 294, 295, 315

Egan, Father Bernard, 126, 186, 191

Eindhoven, 9, 10, 12, 16, 20, 29, 52, 53, 63, 65, 66, 78, 95, 109, 112, 114, 125, 154, 158, 161, 167, 168, 169, 205–6; bombing of and casualties, 207, 222, 250, 256, 313, 368

Eisenhower, Gen Dwight D., 3–5, 7, 9, 24, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 38, 51, 125, 144, 227, 292, 293, 353, 365, 369, 370, 373, 375, 376, 377

Elden, 301, 321

Elst, 59, 100, 107, 247, 253, 256, 264, 281, 282, 301, 302, 303, 315, 317, 321, 361

Euling, HptStFh Karl-Heinz, 95, 130, 162, 163, 199, 216, 217, 219, 220, 221, 247

Ewell, Col Julian, 278, 357

Falaise Gap, 1, 138

Fitch, Lt Col John, 103, 131, 145, 172, 174, 175, 176

Franco, Capt Robert, 197, 338

Frost, Lt Col John, 27, 39, 70, 74–5, 87, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 126, 127, 129, 130, 131, 135, 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, 147, 153, 154, 172, 177, 185, 186, 187, 188, 191, 193, 228, 229, 230, 231, 264, 339, 361

Fullriede, Obstlt Fritz, 6, 53, 62, 63, 97, 112, 216, 266, 301, 335

Gavin, Brig Gen James M., 26, 32, 33, 35, 36, 43, 64, 69, 76, 77, 85, 119, 120, 123, 124, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166–7, 169, 195, 196, 197, 202, 203, 208, 210, 219, 221, 222, 260, 280, 281, 293, 296, 297, 319, 340, 341, 353, 355, 360

Gellhorn, Martha, 119, 360

German Army see also Waffen-SS

German Army formations

Army Group B, 17, 19, 47, 57, 60, 62, 92, 93, 94, 107, 132, 163, 220, 221, 295, 301, 313, 322, 337

Fifteenth Army, 7, 18, 27, 30, 51, 66, 71, 106, 112, 154, 292, 369

LXXXVIII Corps, 17, 19, 109

Corps Feldt, 107, 163, 164, 165, 166, 260

German Army divisions

12th Inf, 71

59th Inf, 112, 154, 204, 205, 225, 277, 279

85th Inf, 18

116th Pz-Div, 71, 337, 361

176th Inf, 17

245th Inf, 109, 277, 294

406th Landesschützen, 107, 163, 221

712th Inf, 277

719th Inf, 17, 19

107 Pz-Bde, 71, 107, 169, 205, 206, 209, 223, 256, 277, 278, 279, 294, 295, 296

280 StuG Bde, 71, 107, 133, 335

503 Hvy Pz Bn, 132, 266, 286

506 Hvy Pz Bn, 133, 190, 301, 313, 322, 361

171 Arty Rgt, 266, 285

30 Machine-Gun Bn, 301, 304, 318

German Army Kampfgruppen

Chill, 18, 19, 44

Greschick, 221, 222

Huber, 277, 279, 294, 315

Knaust, 133–4, 138, 139, 184, 253, 264, 281–2, 301, 302, 315, 317, 321

Walther, 50, 52, 62, 63, 89, 95, 256, 278, 294, 295, 296

Ghent (Gand), 13, 84

Golden, Lt Lewis, 329–30

Göring, Reichsmarschall Hermann, 17, 19, 108, 350

Gough, Maj Freddie, 55, 99, 100, 102, 104, 127, 185, 187, 193, 229, 230, 231, 261, 262

Gräbner, StBnFh Viktor, 80, 81, 95, 102, 107, 126, 132, 136, 137, 146, 147, 153, 230, 264

Grafton, Maj James, 317, 318

Graham, Maj Gen Miles, 30, 31

Granville, 4–5, 7, 29, 37

Grave, 53, 122, 194, 195, 293

Grayburn, Lt John, VC, 127, 229

Grebbeberg, 97, 134

Gregory Hood, Maj Alec, 196, 209

Groenewoud, Capt Jacobus, 104, 105, 186

Groesbeek, 85, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 165, 166, 196, 221, 222, 297, 306, 340

Groesbeek heights, 43, 64, 85, 120, 121, 122, 123, 220, 340

Gwatkin, Brig Norman, 68, 125, 154, 167, 168, 202, 219, 222, 248, 252

Hackett, Brig John (‘Shan’), 27, 55, 56, 75, 142, 144, 147, 150–51, 178, 179, 234, 235, 265, 271, 303, 310, 319, 339, 342, 362, 363

Hague, The, 20, 46, 96, 109, 293, 373, 374, 376n

Hansen, Maj Chester B., 6, 14, 16

Harmel, BdeFh Heinz (10 SS), 60, 61, 71, 96, 107, 133, 135, 146, 153, 162, 163, 184, 187, 190, 191, 192, 202, 218, 220, 228, 229, 230, 248, 253, 359, 361

Hartenstein, Hotel, 131, 146, 151, 152, 177, 178, 181, 235, 236, 238, 239, 268, 270, 272, 275, 283, 284, 287, 310, 318, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 328, 334

Harzer, StndFh Walter (9 SS), 60, 61, 80, 81, 95, 107, 126, 132, 133, 134, 135, 146, 172, 174, 183, 184, 254, 265, 286, 287, 311n, 315, 337, 344, 345

Heathcoat-Amory, Lt Col Derick, 235

Hechtel, 44, 54, 125

Heeswijk, 119, 225

Hell's Highway, 66, 203, 205, 223, 226, 249, 256, 258, 277, 278, 280, 281, 294, 296, 315, 316, 319, 339, 369

Helle, Stbnnfh Paul, 49, 96, 97, 134, 144, 150, 190, 251

Helmond, 223, 277, 279, 296

Henke, Obst Friedrich, 50, 162, 164

Heumen, 122, 221

Heveadorp, ferry, 307, 308, 318

Heydte, Oblt Friedrich Fhr v. der, 17, 19, 44, 62, 63, 156, 224, 294, 295, 315, 316, 366, 375

Hibbert, Major Tony, 103, 104, 141

Hicks, Brig Philip (‘Pip’), 43, 55, 56, 75, 102, 142, 143, 144, 146, 150, 151, 267, 272, 285, 298, 303, 325, 326, 332, 338, 339

Hills, Lt Stuart, 45, 297

Himmler, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich, 17, 47, 48, 72, 97, 249n, 351, 375

Hitler, Adolf, 7, 11, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 46, 49, 50, 62, 67, 71, 96, 108, 144, 217, 220, 221, 248, 251, 255, 264, 290, 301, 313, 342, 378

Hodges, Lt Gen Courtney H., 4, 7, 30, 38

Hollinghurst, AVM Leslie, 32, 35

Home Army (Armia Krajowa), 42, 69, 253

Horrocks, Lt Gen Brian, 1, 2, 3, 5, 14, 28, 29, 31, 51, 54, 65, 66, 67, 68, 78, 81, 125, 167, 197, 203, 210, 214, 219, 220, 222, 253, 259, 282, 283, 292, 294, 295, 303, 305, 306–8, 309, 310, 316, 318, 321, 339, 364, 366, 367, 368, 369

Horstman, Albert, 58, 140, 319, 345, 347

Hunger Winter, 373–9, 379n

IJssel, River, 58, 348, 361

IJsselmeer (Zuyder Zee), 30, 66, 68

Jedburgh teams, xiii, 77, 104, 124, 136, 186

Jedelhauser, Lt Gustav, 62, 92

Jews, 300; under German occupation, xiv, 20, 21, 47, 48, 175, 251; in Pathfinders, 77, 150, 236, 275–6; in Market Garden, 190, 241, 242, 250, 345, 359

Jodl, GenObst Alfred, 62, 71, 108, 248

Johnson, Col Howard, 117, 225, 226, 256, 277, 278, 294, 295, 356–7

Johnson, Capt LeGrand K., 204, 238

Johnson, Lt Paul B., 101, 269, 274, 286, 303, 338

Jones, Capt Robert, 115, 116, 117, 154, 155

Jones, Lt Tony, 217, 218, 226, 250

Jonge, Jhr Bonifacius de, 266, 267, 285, 299, 325, 352

Jungwirth, Maj Hans, 225, 315, 316

Jüttner, ObGpFh Hans, 96

Keep, Capt Henry, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 297

Kinnard, Lt Col Harry, 117, 119, 225, 226, 256, 258, 277, 278, 294, 295

Kraats, Wouter van der, 59, 60

Krafft, StmBnFh Sepp, 71–2, 91, 93, 94, 95, 101, 102, 103, 234, 236, 268, 337

Krap, Lt Cdr Douw van der, 58, 238, 239

Krebs, GenLt Hans, 47, 60, 68, 72, 92, 183, 220, 281, 293, 295

Kreipe, Gen d. Flgr Werner, 108

Kriegsmarine, 96, 241, 375

Schiffs-Stamm-Abteilung, 9, 134, 143, 285

Kruijff, Piet, 58, 59, 319, 342, 362

Kussin, GenM Friedrich, 92, 94, 103, 132, 178

La Riviere, Lt Richard G., 215, 358

Landelijke Knokploegen see also Dutch underground, xiv, 58, 109, 110, 170, 178, 345

Langton, Capt Roland, 248, 252, 253

Lathbury, Brig Gerald, 55, 56, 75, 100, 102, 103, 104, 127, 131, 132, 141, 142, 145, 176, 310, 319, 342, 362

Lea, Lt Col George, 172

Leigh-Mallory, ACM Sir Trafford, 23, 28

Leopoldsburg (Bourg Léopold), 16, 65, 206, 249, 296

Lewis, Major Peter, 103, 129, 130, 137, 138, 153, 191, 230, 262

Liège, 7, 18, 25, 94

Lindemans, Christiaan Antonius (‘King Kong’), 47–8n

Lindquist, Col Roy E., 123–4

Lippert, ObStBnFh Hans, 134, 143, 234, 237, 265, 285

Loder-Symonds, Lt Col Robert, 142, 178, 237, 273–4, 303, 323

Logan, Capt Jimmy, 138, 186, 230, 231

Lonsdale, Major Richard, 151, 243–4, 245, 265, 318, 324

Lonsdale Force, 245, 324

Looting, in Belgium, 6; in the Netherlands, 4, 6, 10–12, 21, 46, 76, 110, 123, 169, 170, 263, 316, 349–52, 374

Lord, Flt Lt David, VC, 182–3

Love, Flt Lt Donald, 88, 168, 252–3

Luftwaffe

First Fallschirm (Parachute) Army, 17, 57, 62, 80, 292

Luftflotte Reich, 18

II Fallschirmjäger Corps, 107, 163, 221, 248, 260, 280, 296, 301, 341

Luftwaffe divisions, Fallschirmjäger, xiii, 110, 112, 223, 225, 247, 260

Hermann Göring, 51, 53, 64, 112, 114, 120, 124, 266, 301, 335, 348

3rd Jagd (Fighter), 47, 72, 93

2nd Fallschirmjäger, 19

3rd Fallschirmjäger, 164, 260

5th Fallschirmjäger, 164

7th Fallschirmjäger, 17

Luftwaffe regiments

2nd Fallschirmjäger, 294, 315, 351

6th Fallschirmjäger, 17, 19, 44, 62, 156, 224, 294, 315, 316

Fallschirmjäger Rgt v. Hoffmann, 89

1st Fallschirmjäger Trg Rgt, 162, 164

JG 51, 14

Kampfgruppe Becker, 164, 221, 222, 260

Kampfgruppe Henke, 162, 164

Kampfgruppe Hermann, 221

VI Luftwaffe Battalion (penal), 17

Worrowski Bn, Hermann Göring, 266, 285

Maas, River (Meuse), 7, 25, 29, 47, 122, 194, 358, 359, 370

Maas–Scheldt Canal, 50, 51, 62

Maas–Waal Canal, 122, 167, 211, 296

Maastricht, 17, 23, 25, 49, 57

McAuliffe, Brig Gen Anthony C., 32, 54, 76, 161, 278, 279, 349

McCardie, Lt Col Derek, 172

McCrory, Sgt Paddy, 203–4, 224

Mackay, Capt Eric, 87, 104, 130, 137, 138, 153, 185, 187, 229, 230

Mackenzie, Lt Col Charles, 39, 58, 64, 75, 104, 142, 150–51, 177, 178, 282, 283, 302–3, 309, 310, 325, 338

Maltzahn, Maj Berndt-Joachim Frh v., 169, 205, 296

Marrable, Lt Col Arthur, 242, 300, 311, 312

Marshall, Gen George C., 24, 26

Maurier, Daphne du, 24, 120, 195

Mawson, Capt Stuart, 151, 312

Meindl, Gen d. FSTruppen Eugen, 107, 163, 164, 221, 260, 280, 296, 301, 341

Mendez, Lt Col Louis G., 68, 85, 222

Michaelis, Col John, 156, 258

Model, GFM Walter, 18, 19, 47, 48, 50, 57, 60, 61, 62, 70, 72, 79, 92–3, 94, 106, 107, 108, 132, 133, 134, 146, 162, 163, 164, 183, 191, 197n, 202, 204, 220, 221, 247, 248, 251, 256, 260, 263, 269, 277, 279, 281, 286, 292, 293, 301, 313, 322, 337, 342, 343, 344, 361, 365

Möller, HptStFh Hans, 95, 131, 134, 135, 143, 174, 183, 241, 313

Montfroy, Harry, 59

Montgomery, FM Sir Bernard, 3, 4, 5, 7–8, 9, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27–8, 67, 154, 195, 227, 252, 264, 268, 292, 309, 321, 358, 365–6, 367, 369, 370, 375, 376; and Eisenhower, 3, 4, 7, 29, 30, 37, 38, 227, 292, 370; and Antwerp, 7, 13, 27, 31, 37, 292, 322, 369; and planning Market Garden, 28–9, 30, 31, 32, 39, 44, 47, 50, 51; and air force, 23, 27, 31, 32, 32n, 33, 36, 353, 365; and Poles, 41, 309, 367

Mook, 122, 163, 165, 203, 221–2, 296, 313, 340

Moor Park, 33, 42, 64, 68, 178, 362

Munford, Maj Dennis, 130, 131, 147

Murrow, Edward R., 86

Myers, Lt Col Eddie, 282, 283, 302, 303, 304, 319, 325, 328

Neder Rijn, River, 26, 29, 33, 42, 43, 47, 49, 55, 87, 97, 100, 107, 135, 137, 139, 143, 162, 163, 245, 253, 255–6, 265, 266, 281, 282, 283, 294, 301, 303, 305, 308, 309, 317, 319, 322, 324, 328–9, 333, 334, 337, 348, 349, 353, 355, 356, 362, 363, 364, 366, 370, 373, 379, 380

Neerpelt, 51, 53, 62, 65

Netherlands, 9–10, 12, 57, 60; 1940 German invasion of and occupation, 10, 12n, 16, 19, 20, 21–2, 46, 71, 91, 337, 350, 351, 372, 375–6, 377–8; and Market Garden, 30, 46, 48, 76, 79, 97, 125; government in exile, xv, 9, 12, 293, 372–3, 375, 379

Royal Netherlands Army, 48, 60, 76–7, 252, 256, 293

Prinses Irene Brigade, 48, 60, 256, 293

Newbury, Capt Edward, 64, 293, 302

Nijmegen, 26, 28, 33, 70; and Market Garden, 26, 28, 29, 33, 43, 57, 59, 78, 80, 96, 100, 107, 109, 110, 120, 123–4, 146, 161, 162, 164–7, 169, 170–71, 196–207, 208–16, 227, 228, 247, 248–50, 251, 253, 256, 260, 274, 278, 281, 282, 283, 293, 296, 309, 337, 338, 339, 341, 342, 349, 359–60, 366, 368; and American bombing of, 22, 208; casualties in, 22, 370–71

Nijmegen road bridge, 36, 37, 48, 53, 64, 124, 132, 133, 162, 163, 187, 191, 216–20, 221, 231, 248, 250, 253, 281, 342, 365

Normandy, 1–4, 6, 14, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 36, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 49, 50, 61, 62, 68, 73, 80, 83, 97, 101, 115, 156, 164, 183, 279, 315, 367

Nosecki, Stanley, 69, 366–7

NSB (Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging), xiv, 10, 12, 46, 48, 57, 58, 110, 117, 121, 159, 160, 178, 206, 251, 344, 350

Office of Strategic Services (OSS) see Jedburgh

OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), 4n, 108, 264

Oosterbeek, 47, 48, 57, 59–60, 62, 70, 72, 79, 91, 92, 93, 103, 104, 105, 109, 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 143, 145, 152, 174, 176, 178, 189, 218, 229, 232, 233–4, 237, 238, 239–42, 243, 253, 261, 264, 265–9, 270, 272–5, 282, 286, 288–91, 294, 298, 300, 303, 311, 313–16, 322, 324, 326, 327, 334–7, 342, 344, 345, 347, 348, 361, 362, 367; civilian casualties in, 370n, 379, 380

Oosterhout, 248, 256, 281, 282

Operations

Bagration, 42

Berlin, 319, 321–2, 325–32, 337

Comet, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 50, 70, 74, 100

Linnet, 24, 25, 32

Market Garden, 29–30, 31, 33, 36, 38, 43, 47n, 50, 51, 59, 64, 68, 69, 70, 154, 227, 246, 299, 293, 306, 314, 317, 321, 322, 339, 342, 353, 358, 361, 362, 364–6, 369, 370, 370n, 372, 380

Pegasus, 362

Sabot, 5

Order Service (OD), xv, 110

Organisation Todt, 348, 350, 351, 370, 372

PAN (Partisanen Actie Nederland), xv, 159

Pannerden (ferry-point), 135, 162, 228, 248, 359

Pare, Rev G. A., 149, 271, 334

Parks, Brig Gen Floyd L., 25, 32, 253

Patton, Lt Gen George C., 1, 3, 4, 23, 24, 29, 30, 38, 40, 220, 292, 370

Payton-Reid, Lt Col Robert, 189, 236, 267, 268, 328, 332

Pearson, S/Sgt Dudley, 235, 265, 310

Penseel, Jan, 20, 59, 319

Peterse, Father Wilhelmus, 170, 226

PGEM electricity company, 59, 78, 209, 211, 362

Poland see also Warsaw, 3, 20, 40, 41–2, 69, 239, 245–6, 314, 366, 378n

Polish Army, 26–7, 41–3

1st Independent Pct Bde, 26n, 29, 40–41, 42, 43, 55, 69, 181, 182, 185, 245–6, 252–6, 274, 281, 282, 291, 299, 304; and Valburg conference, 307–9; 313–14; crossing Neder Rijn, 317–18, 322, 323; and evacuation, 326; and aftermath, 329, 332, 333, 338, 366–9

Anti-tank sq, 147, 150, 181, 182, 189, 276, 290

Poppe, GenLt Walter, 112, 154, 256, 295

Powell, Maj Geoffrey, 179, 235, 299, 325, 332

Pyman, Brig Harold, 78, 125, 303, 305

Queripel, Capt Lionel, VC, 179, 181

Ramsay, Adm Sir Bertram, 3, 13, 37, 292, 369

Rauter, SS-ObGpFh Hans Albin, and Final Solution, 20, 21; and SS and Waffen-SS, 21, 48, 96, 97, 376; and fear of Dutch uprising, 46–7, 57–8, 97; and defence of Netherlands, 47, 48, 61, 70, 221; and ambush, 375–6

‘Red Ball Express’, 14–15, 16

Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD), xv, 96, 129, 163, 200, 225

Reichswald, 43, 64, 122, 123, 124, 163, 165, 196, 248, 260, 281, 296, 297, 340, 359

Reinhard, Gen d. Inf Hans Wolfgang, 17, 18, 19, 44, 109, 116

Renfro, Lt Col C. D., 54, 66, 78, 125

Reprisals, 6, 20, 21, 57, 79, 117, 293, 345, 346, 362, 372–6

Ressen, 248, 256, 281, 301

Rhine, River see Neder Rijn

Ridgway, Maj Gen Matthew Bunker, 25, 206, 221, 222, 353, 355

Ringsdorf, RttnFh Alfred, 185, 192, 230, 263, 264, 301

Roberts, Maj Gen ‘Pip’, 2–3, 5, 67

Robinson, Sgt Peter, 210, 216, 217–18, 219, 220, 247

Roermond, 9, 292

Rotterdam, 20, 29, 46, 48, 71, 133, 239, 293, 372, 373, 375, 379

Royal Air Force (RAF), 12, 27, 28, 35, 54, 55, 77, 82, 88, 147, 148, 168, 182–3, 237, 367

Bomber Comd, 54, 78, 125

Air Def GB, 54, 79, 148

2nd Tac AF, 12, 54, 79, 81, 88, 109, 168, 252, 279, 295, 303, 322

RAF Transport Command

38 Group, 28, 35, 182–3, 184, 254, 269, 304

46 Group, 28, 182–3, 184, 254, 269, 304

Rundstedt, GFM Gerd v., 16, 62, 71, 92, 107, 108, 281, 313, 342, 361

Rutland, Capt the Duke of, 196, 209

Saar, 29, 38, 370

St Elisabeth Hospital, 79, 105, 106, 129, 132, 138, 139, 140, 143, 144, 145, 152, 172, 175, 176, 177, 184, 186, 232, 233, 239, 243, 262, 273, 288, 310, 311, 319, 340, 342, 350

St Oedenrode, 112, 115, 157, 203, 204, 224, 258, 259, 277, 295, 303, 308n, 315

Sampson, Padre Francis L., 76, 100, 117, 119, 249, 279, 357

Scheldt estuary, 7, 18, 27, 37, 71, 154, 322, 369

Schijndel, 157, 203, 225, 226, 256, 258, 277, 278, 295

Schoonoord, Hotel, 70, 93, 145–6, 189–90, 239, 241, 242–3, 271, 272, 289, 290, 291, 299, 310, 311, 312, 323, 334, 336

Seyss-Inquart, Reichskommissar Dr Arthur, 12, 20, 46–7, 345, 350, 351, 372, 376–8, 378n

SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force), 35n, 50, 178, 292, 373, 375, 379

First Allied Airborne Army, 7, 23, 24, 25, 26n, 27, 30, 31, 32n, 43–4, 50, 53, 63, 157, 206, 245, 246, 253, 288, 293, 332, 357, 364

Sicily, airborne operation, 24, 25, 27–8, 36, 55, 64, 69, 70, 74, 83, 101, 191, 243, 262

Siegfried Line (Westwall), 4, 27, 30, 241

Sikorski, Gen Władysław, 41

Simpson, Louis, 40, 160, 161, 340

Sink, Col Robert, 85, 112, 114, 115, 158, 159, 278, 279

Sionshof, Hotel, 120, 164, 196

Slangenburg, Kasteel (Doetinchem), 60, 93

Smaczny, Lt Albert, 291, 314, 324, 326, 328, 331, 332–3

Smyth, Lt Col Ken, 179, 182, 235

SOE (Special Operations Executive), xiii, 22, 47n, 58, 379

Son, 85, 109, 111–14, 115, 116, 125, 154, 156, 157, 158, 160, 168, 169, 194, 205, 209, 223–4, 227

Sosabowski, Maj Gen Stanisław, 26–7, 28, 32, 41–3, 55, 185, 245, 246, 253, 254, 255, 282, 283, 291, 303, 304, 305–8, 308n, 309, 316, 318, 330, 338, 366, 367, 368, 369

SS (Schutzstaffel) see also Waffen-SS, 22

Gestapo, xv, 47, 110, 199

SD (Sicherheitsdienst), xv, 47, 48n

Ordnungspolizei, 48, 376

Stalin, Josef V., 85, 376

Stanley, Maj Henry, 196, 198, 208–9, 217

Stefanich, Capt Anthony, 166

Stevens, Lt Col George, 245, 246, 253, 305, 306

Stevenson, Lt John, 268, 296, 298, 315

Strong, Maj Gen Kenneth, 50, 51, 292

Student, GenOb Kurt, 16–17, 18, 19, 44, 57, 62, 63, 80, 91, 106, 112, 154, 163, 224, 225, 229, 256, 277, 279, 292, 296, 356

Sunninghill Park, Ascot, 24, 32

Susloparov, Gen Ivan, 276, 377

Sutherland, Sq Ldr Max, 88, 252

Swoboda, ObstLt Hubert v., 184, 254, 301

Tafelberg, Hotel, 47, 60, 61, 92, 146, 179, 242, 271, 272, 288, 298, 312, 323

Tatham-Warter, Maj Digby, 104, 105, 126, 127, 139, 187, 191, 232, 342, 362

Taylor, Maj Gen Maxwell, 26, 35, 40, 82, 84, 85, 114, 115, 157, 159, 161, 205, 223–4, 259, 277–8, 279, 280, 319, 349, 355, 357

Tedder, ACM Sir Arthur, 30, 31, 365, 369

Tempelhoff, Obst v., 92

ter Horst, Kate, 104, 234, 289, 335, 379

Tettau, Gnlt Hans v., 97, 134, 174, 179, 189, 191, 236, 237, 265, 266, 286, 301

Thomas, Maj Gen Ivor, 281, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 321, 338, 368

Thompson, Lt Col ‘Sherriff’, 233–4, 243, 245, 273, 274

Tilly, Lt Col Gerald, 316, 317, 318

Todd, Lt Harvey A., 104, 105, 136, 137, 186, 187, 192, 261

Trotter, Maj John, 210, 216

Tucker, Col Reuben H., 69, 122, 202, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 219, 231, 296–7, 360

Uijen, Albertus, 170, 171, 226

Ultra signals intercepts, 50

United States Army, formations

12th Army Group, 3, 4, 6–7, 14

First Army, 4, 28, 30, 31, 37, 71

Third Army, 1, 3, 4, 40, 370

First Allied Airborne Army see under SHAEF

XVIII Airborne Corps, 24, 25, 26n, 206, 221, 353

XIX Corps, 5, 48

US Army divisions

17th Airborne, 26n

82nd Airborne, 25, 26, 29, 36, 39, 40; and planning, 43, 55, 64; and preparing, 69, 72; crossing and landing, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 119; in action, 109, 121, 163, 164; and Nijmegen and Waal, 196, 199, 200, 202, 211–16, 218, 248, 260, 280, 281n, 296, 297, 306, 338, 340, 353, 355, 356, 359

101st Airborne, 17, 26n, 29, 32, 35, 40, 54, 66, 73, 78, 101; crossing and landing, 76, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 110, 111, 112, 114, 125; in action, 154, 155, 160, 161, 166, 169, 198, 205, 206, 223, 277, 280; and combat exhaustion, 296; and looting, 349, 353, 356, 362

US Army regiments

325 Glider Inf, 221, 280, 296, 340

327 Glider Inf, 40, 160, 161, 204, 205, 339–40

501 PIR, 86, 112, 115, 117, 225, 256, 294, 295, 355, 356, 357

502 PIR, 84, 112, 115, 156, 157, 158, 194, 195, 203, 204, 205, 258, 278, 316

504 PIR, 69, 83, 85, 122; and crossing Waal, 167, 202, 203, 211–16, 256, 296, 340, 359

505 PIR, 64, 122, 124, 166, 169, 197, 222, 340–41, 357

506 PIR, 85, 86, 87, 111–14, 158, 205, 223, 277, 278, 316, 356

508 PIR, 40, 68, 120, 122, 123, 164–5, 167, 203, 260, 280, 341, 349, 355, 357

US Army units

321 Glider Fd Arty Bn, 278

326 Ab Eng Bn, 84, 115

376 Pct Fd Arty Bn, 212

377 Pct Fd Arty Bn, 161, 278

456 Pct Fd Arty Bn, 221

US Army Air Force (USAAF)

Eighth AF, 22, 35, 54, 63, 74, 148

Ninth AF, 54

IX Troop Carrier Command, 23–4, 55, 68, 75, 77, 280

Urquhart, Maj Brian, 51, 112

Urquhart, Maj Gen Robert (‘Roy’), and planning, 27, 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 42, 43, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 64, 75; and Market Garden, 79, 102, 103–4, 127, 131, 132; away from headquarters, 132, 142, 145, 146, 150, 151, 152, 172, 177; at Hartenstein, 178, 179, 190, 228, 234, 236, 238, 255, 268, 273, 274, 282, 283; and evacuation, 287, 294, 303, 305, 309, 310, 311, 311n, 312, 314, 317–19, 321, 322, 325, 327; and aftermath, 337–9, 364, 366, 368