Adley, William, 296
AEF, see Allied Expeditionary Force; American Expeditionary Force
Aeibischer, Ray, 204
Air Landing Brigade, British, 574–75
Ajax, 528–29
Alexander, Harold, 51
Allen, Lieutenant, 377–78
Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF):
allied contingents in, 20, 140
Anglo-American cooperation in, 40, 51, 52, 65–66, 77, 132–34, 138, 140, 148, 156, 162, 253, 511–12
black soldiers in, 133, 147–49, 372, 392, 396
channel crossing of, 254–68
communications of, 80–82, 139, 143–44, 153, 181, 184, 197, 200, 222, 223, 272, 295, 384, 456, 459, 460, 466, 473, 479, 574
conscripts in, 25–26, 48, 140, 160, 303–4
Eisenhower’s “order of the day” to, 171, 188, 490–91, 492
equipment carried by, 24, 41, 50, 153, 158, 169, 260–61, 509–18, 548
food rations for, 153, 154, 163, 172, 260, 307, 477, 480
leadership of, 161–62
maps and scale models used by, 156–57, 159, 172, 173
morale of, 117, 132, 140, 160–63, 166–68, 181–82, 184–85, 192, 193, 276, 368
offensive strategy of, 39–57
quality of troops in, 48–51
training of, 130–50, 160, 167, 344, 350, 352, 358, 378, 419–20, 562
veterans in, 48–50, 134, 140, 346, 457, 471
Wehrmacht compared with, 52–53, 160, 303–4
American Expeditionary Force (AEF), 51, 491n, 496
American Federation of Labor, 499, 500
American Legion Magazine, 395, 397n
Amfreville, 309
Ancon, 386, 435, 448, 467, 504
Anderson, Alan, 159–60, 161–62
Anderson, Lieutenant, 355
Anderson, Robert, 478
Anderson (medic), 307
Arkansas, 120, 170, 257, 268, 269, 528
Army Air Force, U.S.:
aircraft of, 240
air supremacy of, 32, 36, 41, 42, 63, 64, 114, 183, 240, 251–52, 454, 455, 480, 481
bombardments by, 64, 93–99, 103, 156, 158–59, 183, 187, 239–53, 259, 262–63, 270, 577
casualties in, 240
communications systems of, 384
flak as problem for, 240, 242, 245–246, 251
general staff of, 253
military targets of, 240, 244–45
pilots of, 40, 132, 198–99, 223, 228, 240
strategy for, 32, 72, 85–86, 90, 91–99, 178–79, 239n, 244–45, 319
tactical support by, 244–45, 251–52
weather conditions and, 240, 243, 245
Army Group B, German, 64, 69, 177
Army Signal Corps, U.S., 391, 394
Army War College, U.S., 147
Arnold, Henry “Hap,” 93, 94, 95
Arnold, James, 278
Arromanches, 119
Asnelles, 518
Assault Training Center, 136–37, 143, 144, 169, 379
Atlantic Wall:
Allied intelligence on, 100–102
beach obstacles for, 74, 109–10, 111, 112, 113, 150, 176, 577
coastal batteries of, 68, 93, 99, 111, 112, 257, 262, 268–70
communications of, 207–10, 217, 231, 233, 234, 238, 247, 480
concrete used in, 38, 100, 115, 116, 120, 131, 150, 270, 410, 411
fortification of, 36–38, 64, 109–13, 269–70, 454, 463, 470, 577
German units assigned to, 113–19, 176
mine defenses of, 32, 64, 109, 254–256, 266–67, 268, 577
Rommel’s preparation of, 63–64, 85–86, 100, 109–19, 149, 150, 212, 274, 302, 452, 454, 470, 480
steel reinforcement in, 38, 100
trench system of, 115
atomic bomb, 30–31, 53, 57, 97, 405
Attlee, Clement, 502–3
Audouville-la-Hubert, 296, 297
Aydlett, Cyrus, 263–64
B-17 Flying Fortress, 32, 103, 125, 240, 241, 242, 243–45, 248, 249, 250, 323, 358, 468, 534
B-26 Marauder, 98–99, 241, 242–43, 245, 247, 248, 250, 253, 276
Bacon, Garwood, 390–91
Bailey, Jack “Bill,” 19, 568, 581
Balkoski, Joseph, 271
bangalore torpedoes, 134, 335, 339, 356, 379, 430, 431, 543
Bannerman, Alistair, 162–63
BAR (Browning automatic rifle), 235, 324, 336, 339, 351, 352, 410, 413, 415, 416, 424, 431, 458, 463
Bare, Harry, 331–34
Barfleur, 242
Barnes, John, 124–25, 161, 327–28
Barrett, Joseph, 524
Barton, Raymond O., 258, 276, 284
Baumgarten, Harold, 337–38
Bayerlein, Fritz, 115, 117, 302
Bayeux, 468, 469, 516, 525, 530
Beaudin, Briand, 215–16
Beck, John, 285
Beckett, William, 363
Beer, Robert, 386
Beetle, Frank, 172–73
Belcher, Julius, 402–3
Belfast, 179, 520, 522, 526, 527
Berggren, Bobby, 249
Bernstein, Eugene, 138–39, 152, 186, 270
Berry, John, 553
Beyer, A. R., 267
bicycles, 146, 230, 510–11, 544, 560, 561, 562, 570–71
“Bigot” classification, 156, 174
Bingham, Sidney, 341–42, 421, 461, 462
Birch, Don, 267
Black Prince, 259
Blanchard, John, 210
Blankenship, Charles, 210
Block, Walter, 409, 410, 412, 414
Blumenson, Martin, 62
Blumenstedt, Guenther, 36
Blumentritt, Günther von, 302
books, paperback, 155, 172–73, 184
Borkowski, Stanley, 392
Bortzfield, Charles, 200
Bosworth, Donald, 309
Bouchereau, Paul, 215
Bowen, George, 350, 351–52, 446
Bradley, Holdbrook, 263
Bradley, Omar N., 69, 75, 76, 83, 91, 92, 107, 108, 168, 187, 360, 390, 434–35, 442, 450
Branham, Felix, 133, 134, 158, 171, 185, 339, 420, 581–82
Breeze, David, 230
Brewer, Robert, 34
Brierre, Eugene, 197, 206–7, 284, 300
Britain, Battle of, 163, 239–40, 512
Brogan (French paratrooper), 175
Brooke, Alan, 50
Brooks, Anthony, 104–5, 106, 505
Brotheridge, Den, 19–21, 25, 26, 185, 197
Brotheridge, Margaret, 21
Brown, John, 565
Browning automatic rifle, see BAR
Brumbaugh, Frank, 191–92
Bryant, C. F., 386
Bryant, H. T., 210
Bulge, Battle of the, 52–53, 252, 293, 372n
Burke, Ferris, 392–93
C-47 Dakota, 22, 47, 159, 173, 191, 194, 195, 197, 198–99, 202, 213, 241, 250, 312, 573–74
Cable, Dale, 213
Cadish, Harold, 210
Caen, 91n, 119, 241, 248, 504, 515–517, 525, 565, 566, 575
Caen Canal, 19–21
Caen-Cherbourg highway (N-13), 237, 313, 315, 525, 527, 530, 548
Caesar, Julius, 39
Calais, 177
Calvert, Paul, 461
Canham, Charles, 133–34, 339, 344, 345, 421, 422, 433, 457, 458, 459, 479
Canquigny, 309–10
Carbone, Nick, 269
Carentan, 217, 236, 238, 247, 304, 306
Carey, Homer, 181
Carlucci, A. J., 309
Carpiquet, 91, 119, 515, 545, 546, 575
Carson, Gordon, 55
Carter, William, 394
Cartledge, Carl, 192, 201, 222, 224, 234–35, 307
Cavanaugh, Harold, 23
censorship, 23, 148, 181, 490, 516
“Charge of the Light Brigade, The” (Tennyson), 341, 583
Chatterton, George, 142
Chef-du-Pont, 290, 308, 309, 310–13, 318
Cherbourg, 72, 120, 164, 292, 293
Christie, Agatha, 152
Churchill, Winston S.:
Eisenhower and, 67, 95–96, 97, 129, 179–80, 504
Fortitude plan and, 82
House of Commons speech by, 503–4
Overlord supported by, 25, 40, 44–45, 54n, 128, 129, 162
security measures by, 83
at Teheran Conference, 65
cigarettes, 163, 169, 214, 279, 344, 348, 355, 364, 376, 427, 456, 477, 484, 485, 506
Civilian Defense Volunteer Office, 494
Clancy, Jerry, 262–63
Coast Guard, U.S., 173, 258, 260, 325, 372, 392, 394, 396
Colleville, 119, 165, 324, 443, 445–446, 450, 453, 459, 463–66, 468, 469, 525, 562
Collingwood, Charles, 504
Collins, Joseph Lawton, 268
Colson, Clarence, 352
Columbi, Jerry, 194
Colwell, Curtis, 350
Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS), 68, 69, 93, 94, 96
Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPPs), 75
Commander Task Force, 466
Commandos, British:
Conway, Harold, 206
Corry, 266–67
COSSAC, 71–72, 74, 75–76, 77, 80, 91
Cota, Norman “Dutch,” 124, 330, 339–40, 341, 345, 359, 421–23, 430, 433, 579
Courseulles-sur-Mer, 532, 543–44
Coyle, James, 313, 315, 316, 317–318
Crane, Stephen, 397
Creasy, George, 75–76
Cronkite, Walter, 107–8, 367, 583
Crosby, Bing, 154
Crosby, Harry, 253
Crow, Polly, 487–88
Cunningham, Andrew, 66
Daley, Arthur, 493
Dallas, Tom, 260
Daniell, Raymond, 503
d’Anselm, Madame, 518
Davis, Don, 204
Davis, Ralph, 410
Dawson, Francis, 428, 431, 433, 461
Dawson, Joe, 352, 355–56, 357, 358, 440, 442–43, 445–6, 449, 466, 579
Dawson, Robert, 553
D-Day:
air bombardment before, 64, 93–99, 103, 156, 158–59, 183, 187, 239–53, 259, 262–63, 270, 577
air supremacy on, 32, 36, 41, 42, 63, 64, 114, 183, 240, 251–52, 454, 455, 480, 481
Allied reinforcements on, 41–42, 454, 455
beachhead established on, 41, 130, 576–77
casualties on, 140, 144, 158, 160, 487, 490, 504, 511, 576, 583
date for, 86–88, 103–4, 158, 166, 184, 188–90
as frontal attack, 42–43
German counteroffensive on, 37, 64, 90, 98, 113–19, 218–19, 227, 238, 259–60, 265–66, 576, 578–80
German prisoners taken on, 144, 145, 150, 176, 294, 311–12, 432–33
German reinforcements on, 41–42, 63, 92, 94, 454–55
H-Hour of, 88, 93, 121, 256, 262, 269, 270, 274, 362, 491n
individual initiative on, 236, 294–295, 304
invasion front on, 576–77
loading operations for, 166–77
marshaling and briefing before, 151–65
naval bombardment before, 156, 158, 183, 189, 262–70, 274, 577
naval support for, 43, 163–64, 183, 186–87, 247, 252, 253, 254–68, 274, 454, 483
naval supremacy on, 32, 36, 37, 41, 113, 117, 118, 120–21
offensive actions before, 90–106
prayers for, 491, 493, 495–96, 497, 502, 582
press coverage of, 82, 190, 483, 487, 489, 490, 491–94, 496–503, 506–8
public reaction to, 486–508
radio coverage of, 302–3, 486–87, 489–91, 492, 493, 495, 497, 501, 502, 504
as term 491
tides and, 88, 175, 180, 186, 210, 256, 274
weather conditions for, 86, 175, 177, 180, 182–84, 186–89, 259, 483, 501–2, 504, 513, 519
DeFilippo, Arthur, 202
DeFlita, Frank, 204
de Gaulle, Charles, 97, 99, 145, 153, 180, 553
de Guingand, Freddie, 108
del Giudice, Vincent, 290–91
Della-Volpe, Ralph, 285
De Weese, Ralph, 213–14
Deyo, Morton, 128
Dickson, George, 198
Dieppe raid, 40, 72, 531, 548, 555, 556–57
Dingledine, Carl “Mo,” 363
Ditmar, Robert, 337
Dives River, 173, 227, 230–33, 567, 568
Dolan, Joseph, 267
Dollmann, Friedrich, 70, 177, 186, 190, 218
Donlan, Joseph, 258
Double Cross System, 55–56, 80, 81, 82, 88
Douve River, 299, 304, 306, 308, 319, 320
Downs, Bill, 504
Dragotto, Joseph, 161
Drnovich, Louis, 375
Dudka, Bill, 546
Dudka, Stanley, 545–46
Duffy, Edward, 386–87
DUKW (“Duck”), 44, 74, 124, 143, 173, 268, 360, 366, 369, 385, 392, 393, 396, 406, 407
Dunkirk evacuation, 129, 172, 501
Dupuy, Ernest, 490
Durant, Will, 173
Durnford-Slater, John, 571–72
Eads, James, 211–12
Eaker, Ira, 148
East, Charles, 49
Eastern Front:
German counterattacks on, 176
German military strength for, 29, 30, 33, 247
size of forces engaged on, 152n, 246
units transferred from, 116
Eastridge, Ralph, 153, 157, 158, 168, 169, 172
E-boats, 32, 86, 126, 139, 163, 170, 177, 259, 260, 265–66
Edward, James, 185–86
Edwards, Mrs. Randolph, 500
Eighth Air Force, U.S., 32, 69, 93, 94, 95, 120, 241, 405
Eighth Army, British, 49–50, 60
8th Infantry Regiment, U.S., 127, 131–32, 275, 276–78, 283, 287, 292
18th Infantry Regiment, U.S., 436, 438–40, 448, 466–67
82nd Airborne Division, U.S., 22–24, 40, 47, 48, 91, 92, 119, 140, 178–79, 192, 198, 223, 225, 234, 235, 286, 287, 290, 294–95, 309–318, 577
88mm cannons, 112, 273, 278, 281, 303, 306, 317, 321, 326, 338, 340, 362, 366–67, 371, 373, 421, 429, 517, 522, 531, 539, 543, 549, 550, 567
Eikner, James W., 142, 143, 405n, 406, 410, 412, 416, 417
Eisenhower, Dwight D.:
air strategy of, 32, 91–97, 178–79, 239n, 244–45, 319
author’s interview with, 45
background of, 58–59
British and, 65–66
call for resistance by, 505, 506
Churchill and, 67, 95–96, 97, 129, 179–80, 504
Cronkite’s interview with, 107–8, 367, 583
D-Day postponed by, 183–88
D-Day set by, 86, 166, 184, 188–90
De Gaulle and, 180
DSCs awarded by, 446
headquarters of, 67–68
Italian landings commanded by, 39, 60–61
leadership of, 59, 61–62, 67–70, 189–90
Marshall and, 65, 66, 84, 91–92, 94, 319
as military strategist, 60, 91–97, 321, 418, 435
North Africa forces commanded by, 59, 60, 61, 71, 130, 361
“order of the day” issued by, 171, 188, 490–91, 492
Overlord as viewed by, 57, 76, 135–36, 152n, 583
paratroopers visited by, 193–94, 195
planning by, 107–8, 125, 128, 129, 189, 324
as president, 63
racial discrimination opposed by, 147–49, 372n
Rommel compared with, 58–63, 67–70, 96, 106
staff of, 69–70
as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force, 65–70, 89, 94–97, 178–80, 482–83, 497, 508
training as viewed by, 130, 134–36
Eisenhower, John, 62, 239n, 495
Eisenhower, Mamie Doud, 58, 89, 495
El Alamein, Battle of, 49–50, 59–60
Elder, Captain, 272
Elder, Chaplain, 161
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 170
Ellery, John, 358–59, 447–48, 582
engineers, combat, 143–44, 367, 373, 423, 476–77
England, Sergeant, 426
Enigma cipher machine, 53, 54–55, 56
Epstein, Herb, 432
Erben, Fred, 356
Eureka/Rebecca Radar Beacon System, 191, 196, 197, 198, 223
Evanger, Sergeant, 363
Farrell, Lieutenant, 306
Fast, Victor, 427–28, 430, 432–33
Feduik, Frank, 393
Feiler, Samuel, 193
Fellers, Taylor, 326
Ferguson, Kenneth, 510, 514, 551
Ferguson, Lieutenant, 181
Feuchtinger, Edgar, 114, 186, 190, 219, 567
1st Airborne Division, British, 47
First Army, Canadian, 82
1st Engineer Special Brigade, U.S., 137, 143–44
1st Infantry Division, U.S., 48, 76–77, 119, 125–26, 134, 140, 166, 323, 431n, 453, 467, 525, 577
First U.S. Army Group (FUSAG), 82–83
Fourth Army, British, 81
4th Infantry Division, U.S., 76, 91, 117, 119, 166, 179, 184, 234, 258, 284, 285, 290, 292, 293, 297, 300, 304, 313, 318, 319, 575, 577
Fourteenth Army, U.S., 82–83
47th Royal Marine Commandos, British, 527–29
V Corps, U.S., 467–68, 470, 480
5th Engineer Special Brigade, U.S., 143–44, 159
5th Ranger Battalion, U.S., 142–43, 398, 410, 416, 419–20, 426, 428–433, 453, 455–56, 460–61
Fifteenth Army, German, 64, 73, 85, 86, 302
50th Infantry Division, British, 77, 119, 166, 469, 480, 519–30, 548, 577
57mm antitank guns, 312, 314, 315, 447
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S., 235–36, 304
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S., 234–35
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S., 194, 196, 202, 206, 210, 222, 226, 313, 314
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S., 55–56, 102, 152, 161, 202, 205, 210, 211, 304, 306–7
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S., 202, 214, 309, 310
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S., 22–24, 202
Fitzgerald, Barry, 154
Fitzgerald, John, 201, 202, 203, 221, 235, 313–14, 317
flamethrowers, 181–82, 324, 329, 335–36, 341, 429
Ford, John, 395–97
France:
D-Day announcement in, 504–6
German invasion of, 42
railway system of, 94, 96–99, 100, 103, 251
Resistance in, see Resistance, French
Vichy, 505
see also Normandy
Francks, Colonel, 174
Frank, Anne, 507
Frans, Benjamin, 184
Freed, Richard, 163
Freiwilligen (volunteers), 33
French Committee of National Liberation, 97
Frerking, Lieutenant, 321–22, 326, 453
Friedman, J. C., 362
Fruling, Robert, 413n
Fussell, Paul, 48–49
FW-190, 371–72
Galdonik, Clair, 166–67, 172, 185
Gale, Edwin, 181
Gallagher, Richard, 350–51, 446
Gardner, William, 343
Gargas, Michael, 400
Garrett, Richard, 402
gas attacks, 24, 134, 143–44, 154, 191, 431–32
Gauthier, Sims, 276
Gavigan, Owen, 282
Gearing, Lieutenant, 328
“General Wade” charges, 230, 231, 232–33
Genget, Mademoiselle, 518, 529–30
Gentry, William, 265, 385, 386, 393, 394
George VI, King of England, 128, 180, 491, 502
Gerhardt, Charles, 133–34, 137, 450, 463
Geritzlehner, Wolfgang, 218, 300
Germany, Nazi:
atomic bomb research in, 30–31
D-Day announcement in, 508
defeat of, 28
economy of, 481
1944 potato crop of, 32n
propaganda in, 35
Rhine-Ruhr manufacturing region of, 29, 52–53, 72, 77, 303
technological innovation in, 30–31, 37, 53
women in, 489n
see also Nazis
Gerow, Leonard, 390, 434, 435–36, 442, 450, 467, 479, 480
Gibbons, Joseph, 368
Gibbons, Sam, 191, 205, 235–36, 304–5
Gillars, Midge, 55–56, 172, 192
Giller, Edward, 250
Gillingham, Private, 334–35
gliders, Allied:
assault plan for, 159
deployment of, 173, 218–22, 248, 250–51
German defenses against, 112
losses of, 178, 221–22, 250–51
reinforcements from, 317–18
training for, 141–42
Glover, L. C., 268–69
Gockel, Franz, 165, 274, 379–80, 468–69
Godwin, Lieutenant, 353
Goebbels, Joseph, 150, 176, 238, 481–82
Goering, Hermann, 31, 36, 481, 578
Golas, “Duke,” 402
Gold Beach, 519–30
Allied military forces assigned to, 77, 119, 171–72, 469
artificial harbor near, 258
casualties at, 530
defenses of, 112, 517, 524, 525, 577
exits of, 523
French civilians, 518
German counterattack at, 117, 517–518, 524–25
gun emplacements at, 518
houses at, 519
King sector of, 522
landing craft for, 170, 258, 519–21, 522, 527
Love sector of, 522
military objectives for, 119, 525, 530
naval bombardment of, 518
naval reconnaissance for, 75
obstacles at, 517, 519, 520, 523, 525, 527
plan for, 520–21
Utah Beach compared with, 515
Gondrée, George, 572
Gondrée, Thérèse, 102
Good, Paul “Pop,” 125
Goranson, Ralph, 400, 401–2, 403
Gottberg, Major, 565
Gray, Billy, 20
Gray, Jimmy, 281
Graydon, Gordon, 499
D-Day announcement in, 501–4
diplomatic communications in, 83–84
German invasion planned for, 29, 39, 43
intelligence activities of, 53, 54–56
manpower limits of, 50–51
technological innovation in, 53–54
war production in, 25
Green, William, 499
grenades:
fragmentation, 134, 314n, 359, 400
Gammon, 191, 194, 210, 223, 310, 311, 317
German “potato masher,” 314, 400
phosphorus, 403
thermite, 416
Grimes, O. T., 334
Guderian, Heinz, 113–14, 115, 117
Guesdon, Ernest, 101
Gullickson, Grant, 266–67
Gutekunst, Martin, 281
Gutowsky, Chester, 439
Haas, Hyman, 439
Haig, Douglas, 50
Hamlett, Warner, 334–35, 425–26
Hangsterfer, Hank, 440
Hanks, Clayton, 347
Hansen, Charles, 436
Hardelay, Michel, 459
Harding, 264–65, 385, 386, 393–94, 438, 459, 466, 474
Harris, Arthur, 93, 94, 95, 239
Harris, Charles, 243–44
Harris, Claude, 59
Havener, J. K., 242, 243, 245–46
Hawkes, Bill, 335
Head, Charlie, 572
Healey, Robert, 484–85
“hedgehogs,” 109, 125, 136, 520
Heintz, André, 101–2, 528, 529
Hemingway, Ernest, 478–79
Henderson, Joe, 232
Hendrix, Bill, 439
Hendry, James, 511
Henry, Private, 546
Henry V (Shakespeare), 171, 550
Hersh, Martin V., 314
Heydte, Frederick von der, 116, 190, 217, 218, 238, 247, 300–302, 304, 305–6, 579
Hickey, Jim, 331
Hicks, George, 504
Higgins, Andrew Jackson, 45–46, 47n, 57, 286, 406, 487, 498
Higgins boats, 46–47, 111, 136–37, 149, 170, 183, 252, 260, 263, 268, 271, 274, 275, 277, 285, 325, 326, 342, 346, 371, 376
Higgins Industries, 45–46, 487
Hilfswilligen (auxiliaries), 33–34
Hill, Jacob, 415
Hill, O. B., 311
Hillberg, Ernest, 385–86
Hilscher, Lieutenant, 334
Hilton-Jones, Major, 560
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 46
Hitler, Adolf, 46, 191, 195, 238, 262, 338, 426, 508, 583
Allied forces as viewed by, 26, 28–29
conspiracy against, 70
D-Day activities of, 191, 302, 480–82, 483
details remembered by, 37–38, 86
Fortitude plan and, 80, 82, 85
military strategy of, 27–33, 35, 36–38, 116, 118, 250, 454, 578–79, 587
Overlord as viewed by, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88–89, 164
panzer units commanded by, 69, 114, 218, 302, 481, 518
Rommel and, 60, 63, 64, 68, 69, 70, 82, 96, 117, 118, 179
Wehrmacht as viewed by, 26, 35
“Hobart’s Funnies,” 54, 510, 520, 541–43, 551
Hoffman, Lieutenant Commander, 266
Hooper, John, 462
Hoover, J. Edgar, 146
Horsa gliders, 19, 173, 197, 308, 573, 574
House of Commons, British, 502–4
House of Representatives, U.S., 496
Hoving, Walter, 493
Howard, John, 20, 50, 102, 141, 153, 185, 218, 219, 228, 230, 264, 504, 516, 554, 564, 568–70, 579, 581
Howell, Raymond, 345
Huebner, Clarence, 144, 405, 416, 436, 438, 467
Hummle, Ray, 311
Hutch, Lieutenant, 444–45
Ireland, Alfred, 314
Irwin, Don, 369–71
Isaacs, Jack, 308
Italy, Allied offensive in, 39, 40, 51, 60–61, 112, 113, 117, 172, 179, 194, 346, 503, 506–7, 560
Jackson, Charles “Chuck,” 286, 287, 293
Jahnke, Arthur, 118–19, 207–10, 246–247, 277, 291
James, Herbert, 307
Japan:
Allied invasion planned for, 152n
armed forces of, 34
military strategy of, 117, 587
Pearl Harbor attacked by, 257, 496, 587
women in, 489n
Jarreau, Charles, 162, 167, 168, 326–327, 395
Jefferson, Thomas, 67
Jeziorski, Edward, 154–55, 185
Jodl, Alfred, 63, 99, 114, 150, 292, 302, 469, 481
Johnakin, Seaman, 390
Johnson, Clarence “Kelly,” 251
Johnson, Howard “Jumpy,” 192, 236, 304, 306, 319
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), U.S., 86
Jones, Ralph, 500
Juno Beach, 531–48
Allied military forces assigned to, 77, 119
casualties at, 537, 538, 539, 541
defenses of, 112, 517, 532, 534, 535, 536, 539–40, 544, 546, 548, 577
French civilians at, 537, 544, 547
gap between Sword Beach and, 551, 552, 564, 576
German counterattack at, 517–18, 539, 545, 546, 548
houses at, 519
invasion front at, 577
landing craft for, 170, 263, 533–36, 538–39, 540–41, 542
machine guns at, 545, 546, 547
Mike sector of, 533
military objectives for, 119, 547, 548
mortar attacks at, 550
naval bombardment of, 534, 548
naval reconnaissance for, 75
obstacles at, 517, 532, 533, 536, 537, 539
Omaha Beach compared with, 539, 541, 544, 548
pillboxes at, 536, 539, 541, 543, 546
tanks for, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541–544, 546, 547
Utah Beach compared with, 515
Kampfgruppe Meyer, 342, 469, 524–25
Kasserine Pass, Battle of, 60, 71, 130, 361
Keating, Jack, 427
Keegan, John, 164, 202, 532, 548
Kelly, Edward, 363
Kelly, James, 316
Kelly, Lieutenant, 425
Kemp, John, 233
Kenser, Thomas, 337
Kerchner, George, 186, 407, 408–9, 410, 411–12
Kieffer, Philip, 553
Kimmel, Husband, 496
Kindersley, Hugh, 568–69
King, Ernest J., 497
King, Mackenzie, 499
King, W. M., 440–41
Kirk, Alan G., 434
Knight, James, 389
Kobe, George, 343
Koenig, Pierre Joseph, 97
Koischwitz, Max Otto, 55
Kortenhaus, Werner, 570
Kraiss, Dietrich, 176–77, 342–43, 469–70, 524–25
Krancke, Theodor, 85, 177, 259–60, 265
Kratzer, Weldon, 134–35
Krause, Edward, 223, 236–37, 313, 314, 317
Kriegsmarine (German navy), 86, 100, 136–40, 163, 259–60, 265–266, 292, 578
Krone, Sergeant, 322
Kuhn, Jack, 415–16
La Barquette, 234, 304, 306, 319
Lacy, Joe, 429
La Guardia, Fiorello, 494
Laird, Sergeant, 328
Lalonde, Maurice, 499
La Madeleine, 112, 118–19, 207–10, 246–47, 276
landing craft:
air support for, 244, 246–47, 248, 252
barrage balloons of, 184, 258, 372, 475, 580
channel crossing of, 256–58, 260
departure of, 181–82
deployment of, 43–45, 71, 76, 80
German naval attacks against, 86, 136–40, 292
landings of, 271–74
preparation of, 86
training on, 134, 138–40, 168–69
troops on, 168–73, 182, 184–86
Lane, George, 126–27
Lane, Mrs. H. M., 497
Lang, Daniel, 506–7
Langdon, Allen, 226
Larson, Devon, 368
Laval, Pierre, 505
Law, Robert, 309
LCA (landing craft assault), 325, 327, 400, 405–6, 407, 429, 519, 535, 536, 540–41, 550, 552, 553, 555
LCC (landing craft control), 257, 262, 267–68, 276
LCI (landing craft, infantry), 44, 124, 134, 169, 257, 258, 268, 286, 327, 371, 377, 390, 392, 395, 429, 436, 439, 448, 475, 479, 484, 553, 554, 557, 566
LCM (landing craft, medium), 44, 134, 138, 173, 257, 258, 261–62, 360, 396, 448, 514, 522
LCT (landing craft, tank), 43, 47, 121, 124, 127–28, 138, 139, 169, 173, 181, 182, 256, 258, 268, 271–74, 276, 360–65, 371, 373, 382–84, 391–92, 436–39, 448–49, 472–78, 510, 514, 519–21, 534, 538, 539, 542, 550, 551
LCT 600, 271–72
LCT 614, 369–71
LCT (R) (landing craft, tank with rocket launcher), 121, 138–39, 152, 186, 270–71, 273, 275, 323, 392, 400, 514, 520, 534, 557
LCT (R) 450, 270–71
LCVP (landing craft, vehicle and personnel), 44, 45, 46–47, 86, 124, 134, 138, 173, 258, 260, 262, 267, 268, 325, 339, 371, 406, 436, 439, 448, 476, 478, 479
Lee, J. C. H., 148
Lees, Howard, 278
Leigh-Mallory, Trafford, 69, 94, 95, 138, 178–79, 183, 187, 189, 221–222, 228, 239, 241, 319
Les-Dunes-de-Varreville, 275, 278
Les Forges, 287–90
Les Moulins, 321, 331, 419, 453, 461
LeSueur, Larry, 504
Leveque, Charles, 363
Lewis, John Robert, 258
Life, 395
Lindo, R. J., 366
Lindquist, Roy E., 24
Lindsay, William, 404
Lion-sur-Mer, 551–52
Lipton, Carwood, 48, 49, 162, 204, 304
Littke, Al, 376–77
London, German bombing of, 31, 248, 482
Longest Day, The (film), 210, 343, 569
Longest Day, The (Ryan), 371–72
Longues-sur-Mer, 111, 119, 527–29
Lovat, Lord, 142, 550, 556–57, 559, 561, 562, 569–70, 571–72
Lovelace, Roger, 240, 241, 242, 245
Low, Rex, 581
LST (landing ship, tank), 43, 45, 47, 54n, 72, 86, 111, 124, 134, 139, 144, 149, 151, 163, 169–70, 244, 252, 257–58, 260, 261, 360, 487, 490, 497, 553
LST 459, 169–70
Luck, Hans von, 60, 61, 114, 190, 218–19, 567, 570
Luftwaffe:
airbases of, 72, 132, 240, 249
aircraft of, 31–32
bombardments by, 31, 184, 186, 239
command of, 68
defensive strategy of, 92
ineffectiveness of, 30, 56, 163, 164, 242, 245, 248, 249, 251, 252, 384, 482, 578, 579–80
minelaying by, 170
observation planes of, 371–72
Lynn, Bill, 383
M-1 rifles, 153, 191, 206, 324, 350, 375, 420, 424
M-7 cannons, 363–65
Mabry, George L., 132, 283–85, 293, 300
McAllister, John, 375
McKenzie, Dr., 393–94
McKinney, Benjamin, 338
McMath, Allen, 375–76
MacPhee, John, 347
McQuaid, Sergeant, 539
Maginot Line, 109, 230, 322, 577n
Maimone, Salva, 417
Marcks, Erich, 177, 190, 217, 238, 246, 470, 565
Markum, Arkie, 159–60
Marquis, M. C., 476
Marshall, George C., 40, 96, 419, 495n, 497
Eisenhower and, 65, 66, 84, 91–92, 94, 319
Marshall, John, 495
Marshall, S. L. A., 311–12
Marshall, W. J., 384
Martin, Pete, 395
Masny, Otto, 412
Mason, S. B., 389–90
Masters, Peter, 145–46, 150, 154, 156, 560–64, 569, 570–71
Mathias, Robert Mason, 22–24, 25, 26
Mazzara, Buddy, 356
ME-109, 580
medics, 144, 155, 215–16, 307, 351–352, 390–92, 394, 424, 426, 436–437, 476
Meehan, Thomas, 204
Meeks, Lawrence, 425
Meise, Wilhelm, 63
Mendez, Louis, 207
Merderet River, 212–13, 308, 310, 319, 452n
Merlano, Louis, 207
Merrill, Dick, 427
Merville, 119, 227–30, 517, 549, 568
Meslin, M., 102
Messerschmitt, Willy, 31
Metcalfe, John, 421
Meyer, Werner, 235
Michie, Ian, 269
Middleton, Charles, 248
Miller, Capt. Robert, 125
Miller, Charles, 315
Miller, Cpl. Robert, 182, 373–74, 388
Miller, George, 428
Miller, Henry, 84
Millin, Bill, 550, 557, 561, 569–70
mines:
antennae, 254
box, 377
contact, 254
Mark IV antitank, 191
pressure, 254
S-, 111, 281–82, 283, 290, 292, 377, 462
Teller, 109, 126, 339, 340, 376, 377, 444, 535, 538
Mohrle, Charles, 250
Mominee, Albert, 354–55
Montauban, 105–6
Montgomery, Bernard Law, 76
as military strategist, 91, 92, 515–516, 525
offensive strategy of, 50–51
optimism of, 515–16
planning by, 119–20, 128–29, 183, 187
security measures by, 83
SHAEF communiqué and, 483, 489–90
Moody, Peter, 251
Moody, William, 402
Moon, Ray, 442
Morgan, Frederick, 71, 76, 83, 86
Moriarity, William, 244
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 42, 170, 259, 269, 270, 388, 389
morphine, 191, 308, 374, 391, 392, 462, 479, 553
Morrow, George, 402
Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 40, 145
Mouser, George, 161–62
Murdoch, Gil, 330
Murphy, Mike, 220
Murray, Elmer, 162
Myers, Bob, 285
Nalecz-Tyminski, Romauld, 256, 265–66, 552
Nance, E. Ray, 329
Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, 39, 508
Nash, Leo, 329
Navy, U.S.:
bombardments by, 156, 158, 183, 189, 262–70, 274, 577
destroyers of, 256, 257, 265, 385–390, 404, 407, 419, 421, 438, 444, 459–60, 479, 497
medical care by, 390–94
mines weeping operations of, 125, 170, 254–56
naval supremacy of, 32, 36, 37, 41, 113, 117, 118, 120–21
strategy for, 120–21, 163–64, 186–87
tactical support by, 43, 163–64, 183, 186–87, 247, 252, 253, 254–268, 274, 454, 483
Nazis:
indoctrination by, 35, 146, 238, 523
Rommel’s views on, 70
Neighbor, Charles, 335n
Nelson, Donald, 455–56
Neuville-au-Plain, 206, 314, 315–16, 317
Nevada, 170, 257, 259, 263, 268, 290
New York City, 492–94
New York Daily Mirror, 493
New York Daily News, 492–93
New Yorker, 490, 491, 492, 501, 506
New York Post, 495
New York Stock Exchange, 493–94
New York Times, 489, 492, 493, 494, 496, 508
Nieblas, R. J., 226
Night Drop (Marshall), 311–12
Niland, Fritz, 316–17
Niland, Robert, 316
Ninth Air Force, U.S., 94, 159, 241
91st Luftlande Division, German, 127, 178, 299
915th Infantry Regiment, German, 342, 469, 525
919th Infantry Regiment, German, 276–77
Nixon, Louis, 285
Norfleet, Willard, 343
Calvados coast of, 73–74, 77, 80, 83, 88, 127, 172, 176, 177, 303, 481
Cotentin Peninsula of, 34, 72–73, 76, 86, 88, 127, 136, 156, 164, 173, 178–79, 190, 197, 199, 236, 242, 292, 293, 303, 481, 517, 577
hedgerows in, 130–31, 219–20, 223, 295, 296, 304, 315, 433, 445, 447, 451–52, 454, 455, 457, 463, 470, 517, 524, 577, 578, 581
population of, 505
stone houses in, 402–3, 404, 463, 544
North Africa, Allied offensive in, 26, 39, 40, 59, 60, 61, 71, 130, 346, 361
Norway, 80–82, 83, 84, 164, 491