Aachen, viii, 187–9, 193, 196, 198
Alençon, 46–7, 57, 103, 147, 149, 150–2, 154
Amiens, 6, 10, 84, 107, 178, 180–1, 186
American Army 12th Army Group, 27, 175
Armies:
US 3rd Army, 27,148,160-1,189,198, 203
US 15th Army, 205
Corps:
US V (5th) Corps, 182
US VII (7th) Corps, 203
US XV (15th) Corps, 72, 103, 147, 150–1, 153–4, 161, 183
XIX (19th) Corps, 79
US XX (20th) Corps, 153
Armoured Divisions:
US 2nd Armored Div, 55, 80, 101, 136, 138, 144, 177, 189, 205
US 3rd Armored Div, 55, 133–4, 160, 203, 205
US 4th Armored Div, 137
US 5th Armored Div, 81, 103, 147, 151–2, 154, 190
US 6th Armored Div, 201
Infantry Divisions:
US 1st Div, 13
US 4th Div, 55, 78, 103, 183, 190
US 5th Div, 190
US 30th Div, 51, 102, 133, 138, 144
US 35th Div, 138
US 39th Div, 51
US 44th Div, 202
US 47th Div, 51
US 65th Div, 215
US 83rd Div, 133
US 90th Div, 147
US 100th Div, 202
US Army Air Force:
Argentan, 11, 27–8, 46, 103, 147, 154, 160, 162, 171
Arnhem, viii, 59, 113, 192–6, 198
Arras, 180
Avranches, 6, 16, 25, 27–8, 72, 101–2, 137–8, 146
Bachmann, Lieutenant Colonel, 202
Bagration, Operation, viii, 20
Barkmann, Sergeant Ernst, 133–5, 137
Bayeux, ix, 9, 12, 13, 49, 50, 62, 77, 97
Bayerlein, General Fritz, 45, 47–8, 50–1, 54–5, 132, 134, 144, 158, 201, 228
Becker, Major Alfred, 32, 42–3
Behr, Major Winrich, 193
Belchem, Colonel David, 174
Bittrich, General Wilhelm, xi, 113–14, 155, 162, 165, 192–3, 197, 228
Blaskowitz, General Johannes, 4, 29, 56, 132, 205
Blauensteiner, Colonel Ernst, 168
Blumentritt, General Günther, xi, 7, 9, 23, 205
Bourguébus ridge, 25, 43–1, 108–11, 214
Bradley, General Omar N, 25, 76, 148, 154, 156
Braun, Hans Erich, 97–9, 166, 167
Brest, 137
British Army 21st Army Group, 203
Armies:
2nd Army, 15, 19, 21, 26, 110, 203
Corps:
XXX (30th) Corps, 50–1, 65, 196, 204
Armoured Divisions:
7th Armoured Div, 19, 41, 50–1, 82, 84–5, 87–8, 109, 121, 127, 156
11th Armoured Div, 41, 44, 67–8, 91, 109–10, 121–2, 172, 178, 180–1
Guards Armoured Div, 41, 43, 91, 110, 121
Infantry Divisions:
15th (Scottish) Div, 67, 114, 122
43rd (Wessex) Div, 67, 6, 178, 198
49th (West Riding) Div, 65, 156
50th (Northumbrian) Div, 50–1, 61, 88
51st (Highland) Div, 19, 71, 156
53rd (Welsh) Div, 44
59th (Staffordshire) Div, 68, 70, 93
Airborne Divisions:
1st Airborne, 41, 192, 194, 195
Brussels, 181
Buenau, General von, 231
Caen, 2, 9, 12, 15, 19–21, 23, 25, 30–1, 34–6, 41, 60–1, 65, 68, 82, 84, 105, 107, 109, 143, 214–15
Canadian Army
Armies:
Corps:
Armoured Divisions:
3rd Armoured Div, 180
4th Armoured Div, 70–1, 91, 160, 174, 180
Infantry Divisions:
3rd Div, 36, 39, 61–2, 64–5, 68, 108
Carpiquet airfield, 38, 61, 68, 70
Caumont, 19–21, 26, 51, 85, 87, 97
Chambois, 139, 160–1, 163–4, 166, 168–9, 170, 172, 176
Charnwood, Operation, 21, 68, 88, 108, 231
Chevallerie, General Kurt von der, 4, 74–5
Choltitz, General Dietrich von, xi, 24, 51–2, 54, 56, 132, 143–4, 182
Churchill tank, xiv, 18, 19, 89, 90, 110, 164
Cobra, Operation, 16, 23, 25, 41, 53–4, 56, 79, 101, 134, 137, 143, 232
Collins, General J Lawton, 25, 203
Cook, General Gilbert R, 153
Cromwell tank, xiv, 18, 84, 85, 86,91, 99,110, 122
Dawans, General Ritter von, 14
Dietrich, General Josef ‘Sepp,’ xi, 2, 26, 42, 58, 75, 105, 108, 113, 162, 176–7, 180, 207, 209–13
Dollmann, General Friedrich, xi, 2, 4, 9, 10, 14, 23, 46, 115 Domfort, 103, 149, 150, 155
Eberbach, General Heinrich, xi, 14, 22–3, 26–8, 31, 42, 68, 103–4, 111, 157, 161–2, 165, 174, 176
Elfeldt, General Otto, xi, 56, 143, 145, 155, 169
Epsom, Operation, 21, 65–6, 68, 88, 108, 114, 124, 132, 231
Fahrmbacher, General Wilhelm, x, 137 Falaise, 15,19, 27, 44, 70–2, 93-4,108,154–5, 176, 215
Falaise pocket, 56, 72, 81, 104, 112–13, 122, 140, 154–75, 185, 188
Feuchtinger, General Edgar, 30–1, 33–9, 42, 202, 214, 227
Fey, Will, 89, 90, 94, 164, 170–1, 178–9, 181
Fischer, General Wolfgang, 6
Flak 36 8.8cm anti-aircraft gun, 31, 42–3, 67, 109, 182
French 2nd Armoured Division, 103, 147, 151–4, 182–3, 189
Funck, General Hans von, xi, 50, 55, 101, 138, 142, 144–6, 155, 163
German Army(Heer)
Army Groups:
Army Group B, 4, 11, 142–3, 156, 176–7, 181, 188, 197, 203, 222, 225
Army Group G, 4, 21, 28–9, 56, 108, 132, 176–7, 183
Armies:
1st Army, 4, 65, 74, 76, 141, 183-4 1st Parachute Army, 190, 205
5th Panzer Army, 26,28, 111, 138, 156,
161–2, 177, 180–3, 197, 203, 205, 209, 225
7th Army, x, 4, 11, 12, 14, 16, 21–2, 25, 27–8, 51, 61, 76–7, 121, 136, 157, 161, 177, 180, 182–3, 185, 223, 225
15th Army, 4, 21, 41, 61, 142–3, 176, 181,
190, 196–7, 203, 205, 223 19th Army, 4, 65, 75, 108, 184, 188, 224
Panzer Groups:
Panzergruppe Eberbach, 26, 28, 56, 103, 138, 140, 157, 226
Panzergruppe West, x, 1, 2, 4–6, 11–16, 21–2, 24–5, 28, 38, 43, 52, 54, 56, 82, 109, 113, 138, 141–2, 154, 157, 169, 185, 222, 225
Corps:
II (2nd) Parachute Corps, 23–5, 52–3, 56–7, 75, 77, 80, 101, 144, 155, 168, 204, 223, 225
III (3rd) Flak Corps, xi, 43, 109, 225
XXV (25th) Corps, 137, 223, 225
XXIX (29th) Panzer Corps, 197
XXXIX (39th) Panzer Corps, 199, 201, 208
XLVII (47th) Panzer Corps, xii, 13, 24–5, 50, 55, 65, 67, 101, 104, 127, 138, 142, 146, 155, 158, 162, 168, 171, 186, 197, 203–4, 222, 225–6
LIII (53rd) Corps, 204 LVIII (58th) Panzer Corps, xii, 25, 56, 101, 103, 131, 150, 155, 182, 186, 197, 222, 225–6
LXXIV (74th) Corps, xii, 24, 44, 155, 199, 223, 226
LXXXI (81st) Corps, xii, 5, 112, 138, 150–1, 153, 177, 223, 226
LXXXIV (84th) Corps, xii, 24–5, 33, 35, 51, 53, 55–6, 75, 77–8, 80, 88, 132, 145, 155, 223, 226
LXXXVI (86th) Corps, xii, 6, 24, 41, 108, 110, 155, 224, 226
Panzer Divisions:
2nd Panzer Div, 4, 7, 10, 21, 24–6, 84, 87, 96–104, 144–5, 154, 158, 164, 166–9, 171, 187, 191–2, 197–8, 201, 216, 219, 222, 225, 227
9th Panzer Div, 4–5, 28, 57, 96, 1, 103, 141, 147, 148–55, 161, 185, 189, 196–8, 203–5, 216, 219, 222, 226–7
11th Panzer Div, 4, 29, 75, 132, 141, 222
21st Panzer Div, 3, 9, 11–13, 21–2, 25, 30–44, 49, 61, 65, 88, 109–10, 114, 155, 157, 177, 185, 198, 201, 214, 216, 219, 222, 226, 227
116th Panzer Div, 4, 9, 24–6, 96, 101–3, 110, 140–7, 154–5, 158, 161, 166, 168–9, 171, 177, 179, 186–7, 189, 191–3, 196, 198, 203–4, 216, 219, 222, 226–7
155th Reserve Panzer Div, 5, 141, 148–9, 222
178th Reserve Panzer Div, 5, 141, 222
179th Reserve Panzer Div, 5, 140–1, 222
273rd Reserve Panzer Div, 5, 141, 222
Panzer Lehr, 3, 4, 7, 9–10, 12, 21–4, 26, 41, 45–57, 79, 88, 91, 96–7, 102, 134, 144, 151, 156, 171, 185, 190, 198, 216, 219, 222, 226, 228
Panzergrenadier Divisions:
3rd Panzergrenadier Div, 203
10th Panzergrenadier Div, 5, 141
15th Panzergrenadier Div, 203–4
16th Panzergrenadier Div, 5, 140
Infantry Divisions:
48th Div, 224
89th Div, 24, 44, 71–2, 111, 155, 188, 224
180th Div, 204
190th Div, 204
243rd Div, 20, 52–3, 155, 221, 223, 226
271st Div, 24, 26, 29, 72, 93, 155, 163, 188, 224,
272nd Div, 24, 26, 29, 44, 71, 108, 110, 120, 156, 176, 224 275th Div, 53, 79, 155, 223, 226
276th Div, 29, 142, 155, 224–5
277th Div, 26, 119, 155, 166, 169, 224–5
325th (Security) Div, 182
326th Div, 101, 142, 155, 221, 224–5
331st Div, 25, 112, 155, 171, 176, 180, 221,
224, 226 343rd Div, 223, 226 344th Div, 57, 223
346th Div, 26, 65, 176, 188, 221, 224
352nd Div, 52, 61, 65, 77, 79, 101, 151–2, 154, 221, 223, 225
353rd Div, 52–3, 132, 155, 163, 168, 188, 221, 223, 226
708th Div, 29, 57, 75, 81, 150–1, 153, 155, 224, 226
711th Div, 5, 11, 65, 176, 223
716th Div, 21, 33, 61, 65, 223, 225
Parachute Divisions:
2nd Parachute Div, 204, 224, 226
3rd Parachute Div, 20, 24, 52, 57, 77, 79, 97,
5th Parachute Div, 53, 78, 223
7th Parachute Div, 204 8th Parachute Div, 204
Luftwaffe Field Divisions:
16th Luftwaffe Field Div, 22, 41–2, 44, 68, 108–9, 223
17th Luftwaffe Field Div, 5, 177, 180, 223
91st Airlanding Div, 3, 52–3, 75, 77, 80, 223, 226
German losses, 20, 22–3, 25, 41, 44, 50–2, 54, 68, 72–3, 79–81, 104, 122, 136, 139, 153, 174, 181–2, 184–7, 195, 201, 203, 205, 212, 213
Gersdorff, Colonel Rudolf-Christoph von, 56, 162, 167, 168, 181
Goodwood, Operation, 21–3, 30, 42, 44, 58, 70, 82, 88–9, 101, 109–10, 113, 120, 214, 231
Gottberg, Captain Wilhelm, 36–7
Greenline, Operation, 101, 108, 231
Haislip, General Wade H, 72, 150, 153–4
Hartdegen, Captain Alexander, 47
Harpe, General Josef, 205
Harmel, General Heinz, 123–4, 193, 195, 207, 228
Harzer, Walter, Lieutenant Colonel, 116, 193–4, 228
Hasse, General Conrad, 6
Hausser, General Paul, xi, 23, 25, 26, 52, 54, 115, 129, 136, 144, 157, 162, 169, 170, 180
Henning, Sergeant Otto, 53, 162
Herr, Captain, 36
Hill 112, battle for, 64–5, 67, 89-90,117, 215
Hill, Lieutenant Stuart, 172
Hitler, Adolf, xi, 1–3, 6,15, 19–21, 26, 53, 58, 60, 74, 113, 147, 157, 183, 196, 201, 203, 207, 213
Hodges, General CourtneyH, 27, 203, 205
Höller, Lieutenant Hans, 34
Hummel self-propelled gun, xiii, 46, 60, 96, 98, 107, 130, 136, 167, 171
Hurtgen forest, viii, 196, 198
Jodl, General Alfred, xi, 7, 10
Jolasse, General Erwin, 148–9, 227
Jubilee, Operation, 1
Jupiter, Operation, 108, 6, 231
Kauffman, Lieutenant Colonel Kurt, 50, 88
Keitel, General Wilhelm, xi, 7, 22, 43, 188
Kluge, Field Marshal G önther von, xi, 22, 26–7, 52, 54, 101, 143, 157–8, 161, 164
Kortenhaus, Corporal Werner, 30, 33–5, 37–8, 2, 49
Kraas, Brigadier Hugo, 197, 210, 212, 228
Kröger, General Walter, xi, 56, 101, 127, 131, 138, 197
Kumm, Brigadier Otto, 210, 228
Kuntzen, General Adolf, xi, 5, 112, 150–1, 177
Lammerding, General Heinz, 129–32, 138, 197, 228
Langanke, 2nd Lieutenant Fritz, 130, 135, 136, 180, 200 Le Havre, 2, 138
Lehmann, Colonel Rudolf, 211, 228
Luck, Colonel Hans von, 31, 42–3
Lumberjack, Operation, 203
Luftwaffe, 13, 14, 16, 45, 62, 67, 74, 77, 80
Löttwitz, General Heinrich von, 96–7, 103, 166, 169, 197, 227
Lyon, 184
Mailly-le-Camp training ground, 44, 89, 114, 124, 149
Manteuffel, General Hasso von, 197
Marcks, General Erich, xi, 2, 33, 35, 52
Marder self-propelled gun, xiii, 4, 18, 53, 75, 151, 188
Market Garden, Operation, viii, 186
Meindl, General Eugen, xi, 52, 56, 75, 77, 144, 155, 168, 169
Metz, viii, 74, 81, 150, 180, 187, 189, 196, 198
Meyer, Colonel Kurt, 11, 38, 58–9, 60–3, 65, 68, 70–1, 91, 106, 186, 228
Meyer, Otto, Lieutenant Colonel, 114, 122, 180
Misch, Officer Cadet Kurt, 156
Model, Field Marshal Walther, xi, 22, 158, 161–2, 176–7, 180, 186, 188, 193, 205
Mont Ormel, battle for, 139, 160
Mortain counterattack, 16, 26–7, 74, 81, 102, 127, 138, 146, 150, 158, 185, 196
Obstfelder, General Hans von, xi, 108, 110, 156
Oppeln-Bronikowski, Colonel Hermann, 31, 33, 37, 38, 88
Oradour-sur-Glane massacre, 116, 131
Ostendorff, General Werner, 74, 76–8, 229
Overlord, Operation, 3, 8, 28, 30, 230
Pak 40 7.5cm anti-tank gun, 68, 79, 97, 109–10
Pak 43 8.8cm anti-tank gun, 31–2, 42, 63, 79, 110
Panzers:
Mk IV, xiii, 16-18,21,28, 32,42,46,48, 59, 61, 72, 95, 102, 107, 111, 114,
121, 124, 126, 128, 130, 136, 142, 171, 211
Mk V Panther, 17–19, 21, 28, 32, 46, 49, 59, 61, 72, 95, 102, 107, 111, 114, 121, 124, 130, 134, 142, 171, 185
Mk VI Tiger, xiii, 17, 19, 34, 42, 46, 49, 51, 82–94, 171, 179, 180–1, 207, 208–9, 211
Jagdpanzer, xiii, 18, 46, 59, 75, 81, 97, 124, 142, 167
Jagdtiger, 204
Sturmgeschütz, xiii, 4, 17, 32, 46, 51, 53, 75, 96, 107, 124, 126, 128, 151, 171
Paris, 14, 20, 24, 35, 107, 114, 182, 183, 185, 188
Patton, General George S, 15, 148, 154, 177
Pickert, General Wolfgang, xi, 43, 109
Polish 1st Armoured Division, 70–1, 91, 139, 156, 160, 170, 174, 180
Priess, General Hermann, xi, 155, 197
Ribbentrop, Rudolf von, 63, 69, 201
Ritgen, Captain Helmut, 11, 47–8, 53, 182
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin, xi, 2, 4, 6–7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 32, 42, 107, 115, 142
Royal Air Force:
British 2nd Tactical Air Force, 8, 72, 102, 174
Bomber Command, 115
Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd von, xi, 1–4, 7, 9–10, 15, 19, 21, 23, 52, 58, 115, 186, 188, 201
Salmuth, General Hans von, 2, 4, 143, 176, 183
Schwerin, General Gerhard Graf von, 140–5, 171, 189, 227
Schweppenburg, General Geyr von, xi, 2, 5–7, 11–13, 20–1, 23, 62, 75, 107
Sherman tank, xiv, 17–18, 43, 61, 63, 66, 80, 84, 89, 93, 110, 133, 135, 161, 170, 190, 200–2
Sherman Fireflytank, xiv, 19, 25, 66
Spring Awakening, Operation, 210
Stadler, Brigadier Sylvester, 116–20, 197, 228
St Lamber-sur-Dives, 112, 139, 159, 161–2, 167–9, 171 St LÔ, 7, 22, 24, 53–4, 77, 79, 101, 133
St Malo, 137
Straube, General Erich, xi, 155
Toulon, 184
Toulouse, 25, 29, 56, 101, 131, 132
Totalise, Operation, 28, 58, 70–2, 91, 111, 113, 232
Tractable, Operation, 28, 58, 72, 156, 232
Trun, 128, 150, 159–60, 162, 164, 166, 169, 176
Typhoon fighter-bomber, 72, 92, 98, 111, 174, 185
Villers-Bocage, 19, 84, 85–8, 91, 125
Waffen-SS:
Armies:
6th SS Panzer Army, viii, 197–8, 203, 207, 210–14
11th SS Panzer Army, 208
Corps:
I (1st) SS Panzer Corps, 4, 12–13, 24–5, 39–41, 66–7, 71, 83–4, 106, 108, 111, 113, 124, 143, 155, 186, 197, 210
II (2nd) SS Panzer Corps, viii, 4, 10, 21, 24–5, 67, 113–14, 116, 155, 157, 161, 166, 170–1, 186, 197, 211
III (3rd) SS Panzer Corps, 208, 209 X (10th) SS Corps, 208
Panzer Divisions:
1st SS Panzer Div, viii, 4, 6–7, 22, 24–5, 41, 44, 68, 83, 102, 105–12, 128, 154, 156, 168, 186–7, 197, 207, 214, 216, 219, 222, 225, 228
2nd SS Panzer Div, 4, 8, 21–2, 24–5, 52–3, 81, 102, 105, 114, 128–39, 144, 151, 155, 157, 164, 170, 177, 186–7, 190, 197, 207, 211, 214, 216, 219, 222, 225–6, 228
9th SS Panzer Div, viii, 10, 21, 24–5, 67, 91, 106, 108, 113–22, 132, 151, 155, 157, 166, 170–1, 186–7, 191–2, 194, 207, 214, 216, 219, 224–5, 228
10th SS Panzer Div, viii, 10, 24, 32, 67, 82, 91, 103, 105–6, 108, 114–15, 123–8, 151, 154, 166, 168, 180, 186–7, 191–2, 194, 197, 201–2, 207, 209, 215–17, 219, 224–5, 228
12th SS Panzer Div, viii, 4, 6, 7, 9–11, 21–2, 24–5, 39–41, 49–50, 58–73, 82, 87, 94, 108, 110, 114, 126, 151, 155–7, 159, 166, 170, 186–7, 197, 207, 215–17, 219, 222, 225, 228
Panzergrenadier Divisions:
17th SS Panzergrenadier Div, 4, 8–9, 11, 22, 24–5, 28, 52, 74–81, 97, 102, 128, 136, 151, 155, 180, 186–7, 189, 196, 201–2, 206, 216–17, 219, 222, 225–6, 229
Walker, General Walton H, 153 Weise, General Friedrich, 4, 75, 184
Wespe self-propelled gun, xiii, 18, 44, 60, 96, 98, 107, 124, 130, 171
Wisch, Brigadier Theodor, 106, 108, 163, 228
Witt, General Fritz, 58–9, 61, 65, 228