Index

Aachen: 693-95
Abbeville: 686-87
Air force, British. See Royal Air Force.
Air Force, Canadian. See Royal Canadian Air Force.
Air Force, German. See German Air Force.
Air Forces, U.S. See Army Air Forces.
Air operations. See also Airborne Divisions; Airborne operations; Army Air Forces; Royal Air Force; Royal Canadian Air Force; V-weapons.

air-ground co-ordination: 42-43, 55, 76, 202, 207-08,2 21-22, 228-41, 333-34, 461
aircraft: 55, 185-86
armored column cover, defined: 208
Brittany: 345-46, 355, 358, 373, 377-78, 383-85, 398-99, 403, 407-09, 411-13, 642, 645-46, 649-50, 652-53, 655
COBRA: 187-88, 198n 202, 207-08, 210, 214-15, 217-18, 220-23, 224, 228-46, 247, 250. 252-56, 258, 261-62, 266, 273-74, 278-79, 294-95, 297, 299, 301-02, 309, 313-17, 322, 324, 325-27, 329, 333-34
command and organization of 4, 8, 1 1 9 , 42 0 , 684
Cotentin: 26-27, 33, 55, 67-68, 76, 81, 85, 87-89, 95-96, 112-13, 115-16, 126, 128, 129-31, 135, 137-39, 141-42, 146, 151-52, 154, 158, 163-64, 166-67,178-79, 181
drive to Caen: 120-22,1 87, 189-93,288-89.
drive to Seine: 420-21, 450-51, 462-65, 474-75, 479-81, 490-91, 500, 503-07, 509-10, 517-18, 520, 522, 531-32, 538, 544-45, 556-57, 562-64, 567, 582-83, 590-91, 599,613
east of Seine: 658, 666, 681-84, 690, 698
Eisenhower policy on: 120
losses: 400
method of requesting air support: 55n
plans: 3-4,2 20-23, 228-41
supply of: 167, 206, 355, 489, 572, 599, 605, 626, 666, 691

Air operations, German. See also German Air Force; V-weapons.

Brittany: 351-52, 356, 371, 373
COBRA: 287
Cotentin: 179
drive to Seine: 461, 464, 467, 480
east of Seine: 668
jet, Allied concern over: 34
lack of 55-56
losses: 356, 371, 575, 593
plans: 26,28
strength: 33-34
supply: 531, 538

Airborne Divisions

82d: 54-55, 58-59,60-63, 73, 76-77, 123-24, 126
101st: 81

Airborne operations. See also Allied Airborne Army, First.

Brittany: 355, 392n
COBRA: 185-87, 331, 198n, 345
drive to Seine: 572
east of Seine: 660-61, 679-81, 691, 697

Airel: 92-949, 7, 99-101, 105-07, 137
Aisne River: 664, 667-68, 672-73
Albert Canal: 419, 663, 674-75, 686, 695- 677-79, 96, 698-99
Alençon: 421-23, 430, 433-34, 439-41. 444-46, 456-61, 466, 468, 471, 481-86, 494-504, 514-17, 524-27, 530, 562-63, 608
Alexander, Maj. Joseph M.: 412-13
Allard, 1st Lt. David W.: 588-89
Allgood, Capt. James D.: 137n
Allied Airborne Army, First: 658-60, 681, 687, 697-98
Allied Expeditionary Force: 3-10, 44, 516, 691. See also Air operations; Eisenhower, General Dwight D.; Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.
Ambriéres-le-Grand: 446, 452-53, 456
Ambushes, German: 113, 127, 316-17, 372-73, 471, 579
Amiens: 657-586, 604, 674-75,678-796, 83,6 86
Ammunition

allotments: 57, 219-20, 284, 332
armor-piercing: 45
shortage of 15, 37, 68-69, 87-88, 99-100, 179, 358, 372, 406-07, 409, 546-47, 572, 635-37, 642-46

Ammunition, German, shortage of 33, 55-57, 64, 181, 224-25, 503, 517-18, 521, 551, 556-57, 683
Amphibious operations: 185-872,2 5, 406, 413, 644n
Amsterdam: 655, 692
Angers: 357, 359-61, 366-67, 421-22, 432-33, 559-63, 566-70, 585, 634
Angoville-sur-Ay: 126
Anne of Brittany, château of: 396-97
Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalions

377th: 86
453d: 82
468th: 673-74
777th: 370-71, 641n

Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade, 54th: 354
Antiaircraft defense

Brittany: 354, 356, 388, 638, 642n
Cotentin: 131
drive to Seine: 501, 575, 608
in ground role: 45, 501

Antiaircraft defense, German

Brittany: 358, 361, 364
Cotentin: 26, 30
drive to Seine: 538, 593-94
east of Seine: 663
strength: 30

Antitank operations

Brittany: 638
COBRA: 251, 301-02, 316-17
Cotentin: 65-66, 68, 70-71, 74, 112-13, 130-31, 137-38
drive to Seine: 446, 452-53, 463, 550
east of Seine: 662

Antitank operations, German

Brittany: 357-58, 383, 396-97, 399, 406, 641-42, 646-47, 650
Caen: 193
COBRA: 253-55, 273, 300, 308-09
Cotentin: 107, 116-17, 174
drive to Seine: 451, 454, 479, 482-83, 534, 538-39, 592-93, 609-10, 613

Antitank weapons: 45
Antitank weapons, German: 41-42, 107
Antrain: 352, 371-73
Antwerp: 656-58, 660-61, 678, 686-87, 697, 669
ANVIL: 346n. See also Southern France.
Ardennes: 657, 659-607, 2, 685-86, 692
Argentan: 189-90, 195-96, 455-56, 495-97, 501, 502, 503-04, 511-13, 514, 524, 529, 533-34, 539, 541-43, 549, 568, 571-73, 575, 577, 585, 599-601, 606, 613, 664-66
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 479-628

Argentan, seizure of: 549
Bradley's concept of operations: 492-502, 505, 506-09, 515, 523-24, 527, 529-30, 564
breakout and escape, German: 542-58
British-Canadian role in: 492-95, 501, 503-05, 506-08, 511-13, 517-18, 525-27, 528-29, 531-33, 540-42, 54595, 4-58
casualties: 555
casualties, German: 546, 557-58
closing the pocket: 528-58
Collins and: 511-13
Eberbach and: 481-86, 500-505, 507, 517-19, 521-23, 530-33, 537n, 544-45
Eisenhower and: 492-94, 506, 508-10
escape route closed: 554
Falaise, capture of. See Falaise, drive on.
Gaffey and: 527, 529-30
Gerow and: 529-30, 533, 541
Haislip and: 497-505, 524, 564
Hausser and: 485, 518-22, 532-39, 542, 545-46, 553-54, 557 549-50
Hitler and: 503, 516-23, 531-32, 534-37, 556
Hodges and: 495, 410-11, 529-30
Jodl and: 519-23, 531-32
juncture of Allied forces: 541-42
Kluge and: 503-05, 515-23, 525, 530, 535-37
Meindl and: 538-48, 549n, 552-54
Montgomery's concept of operations: 492-97, 507-09, 511, 523-24, 527-29
Mortain, battle for. See Mertain, actions at.
Patton and: 494, 497-98, 501, 503-05, 506, 508-09, 513, 524-25, 527, 529, 564
results of closing the gap: 556-58
Southern France Campaign and: 486, 517, 521-22, 534-35
tactical plans: 492-502, 506-09, 513-14, 523-27, 528-30
tactical plans, German: 498-501, 503-05, 515-23, 528-40, 542, 545, 547-52
terrain of 500, 502, 525, 528, 534, 540-42
weather, effect of, on operations: 503, 544-45, 548-49, 551, 553

Arlon: 663, 671-72
Armies

First: 10, 14-16, 30, 36-47, 53, 55, 56-57, 78, 119-23, 133, 135, 175-82, 197-223, 228, 282-304, 343-56, 430-31, 440-56, 460, 470, 473, 491-505, 506-15, 529, 557-58, 577, 579, 589, 601-02, 605-06, 625, 631-32, 659-60, 665-66, 671-72, 674-75, 676, 678-80, 682-84, 688, 692-93, 696-97. See also Bradley, General Omar N.; Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H.

combat effectiveness of 204-10
command of 9, 288, 344, 441
staff 36n

Third: 37-38, 186, 197, 209n, 343-56, 357-68, 419-39, 440, 444, 449, 460, 471-73, 484, 492-505, 507-15, 523-27, 528-58, 559-89, 601-02, 624, 631-38, 654-60, 664-66, 668-75, 682, 684, 686, 692-93, 695-96, 698-99, 701. See also

Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr. becomes operational: 209-10, 213, 288, 318, 343-44
command of 9
staff: 344n

Ninth: 637-56. See also Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H.

Armor-infantry team. See Tank-infantry co-ordination.
Armored column cover, defined: 208
Armored Divisions. See also Combat Commands.

2d: 149

casualties: 256, 279-81, 451-52
COBRA2: 1 5, 217-18, 254-57, 272-81, 282, 297-304, 305-09, 329-30
combat effectiveness: 219
drive to Seine: 452, 471-72, 474-75, 481-82, 4905, 1 1-15, 5775, 7 9-80
east of Seine: 672-73, 680, 695

3d

casualties: 113, 449
COBRA: 215, 217-18, 253-54, 256-63, 264-67, 305-06, 330
combat effectiveness: 110, 117, 307-08

Armored Divisions-Continued

3d-Continued

Cotentin: 102-18, 133-40
drive to Seine: 46, 511-15
east of Seine: 672, 682-84, 6 93-95

4th: 133

Brittany: 349-56, 357-68, 369-70, 381, 385-86, 413-14, 424-25, 564, 634
casualties: 315-17, 363-64, 367
COBRA2: 67-68, 276-78, 310-22, 330
combat effectiveness: 315-16, 367-68
drive to Seine: 563-65, 567-68, 584, 600

5th

drive to Seine: 424-29, 433, 438-39, 448, 523-27, 571-79, 621-22
east of Seine: 673, 68619, 2-93

6th

Brittany: 349-56, 359-68, 369-88, 389-93, 413-144, 28-29, 439, 6 34, 635, 637-40
COBRA3: 10-11, 316-22

7th

drive to Seine: 514-15, 562-65, 568-70, 573, 585, 587-88
east of Seine: 667-68

Armored Engineer Battalion, 23d: 105n
Armored Field Artillery Battalions

14th: 254n, 256
50th: 641
54th: 105n. 674
62d: 279
78th: 273, 277-78, 280
212th: 384
391st: 105n

Armored Infantry Regiment, 36th: 105n
Armored Medical Battalion, 45th: 105n
Armored personnel carriers: 479
Armored Regiments

33d: 105n
66th: 254n, 300, 302

Army Air Forces

Eighth: 8, 191, 221,228-41, 267-68, 270-71, 653
Ninth: 8, 191, 221, 333, 362-63, 644, 653, 684
IX Tactical Air Command: 8, 87, 112, 164, 178-79, 207-08, 221, 223, 228-41, 278-79, 333-34, 345-46, 377, 413, 653, 684
XIX Tactical Air Command: 345-46, 567, 6 53

Army Groups

"Army Group Patton": 32
Southern Group of Armies: 684, 702
1st: 36, 186-88, 236, 347
6th: 684, 702
12th: 632

and Bradley: 209-10, 288, 343-44
Brittany: 343-56, 357-68, 409, 439, 639-40
drive to Seine: 440, 455-56, 459, 467-68, 492-94, 574, 585, 606-07
east of Seine: 658-60, 669, 683, 691, 702
and FFI: 355

Army Information Service, Third Army: 349-56, 362-63
Aron: 435-36
Arpajon: 588, 609-13, 615
Arras: 686
Artificial moonlight: 192
Artillery support

and air observation: 42-43
Brittany: 358, 370-71, 373, 381, 383, 385, 388, 391, 393, 399-401, 403-04, 406-09, 411-13, 635-36, 641-48, 6 50-53
COBRA: 199-200, 202, 208, 219-20, 222-23, 233-34, 243, 245, 252-53, 256, 268-70, 273, 277-80, 284-86, 299-302, 305, 306-07, 311-12, 314-17, 321, 332
co-ordination of: 99-100
Cotentin: 41-43, 55, 58, 62, 64-68, 70, 73-76, 80-89, 95-97, 99-100, 109-11, 113, 124-27, 129, 131, 135, 137-38, 141-42, 149-54, 156-63, 166-67, 170, 179, 181
drive to Seine: 436-37, 444-47, 462, 463-64, 469-71, 474-75, 480-82, 487-90, 500, 506-07, 516, 521, 524, 531-34, 544-53, 556-57, 570-71, 573, 581, 588, 608
east of Seine: 672-73, 688

Artillery support, British, at Caen: 15, 120
Artillery support, German

Brittany: 358, 363-65, 372, 379-83, 385-86, 390, 397-400, 402-03, 406, 408, 411-12, 638, 641, 647-48
Caen: 121-22, 191
COBRA: 199-200, 202-03, 231, 242-45, 250-52, 254-55, 268-69, 277, 284-85, 291-92, 297-302, 304, 307, 312-13, 315-17, 319
Cotentin: 4, 40, 42-43, 60, 65-71, 74-76, 78, 83, 85, 94-95, 97-100, 105-06, 115, 117, 127, 137, 141-44, 155-58, 160-63, 165-67, 171-75, 177-78, 181
drive to Seine: 428, 447-48, 451-52, 471, 482-83, 500, 503-04, 529, 533-34, 538-39, 544-46, 574, 588-89, 5936, 09-10, 6 12-13, 615
east of Seine: 689, 694

Assault boats: 94-97
Ath: 681
Athis-Mons: 615
Atlantic Wall: 342, 419-20, 677. See also Port facilities.
Attack plans. See Tactical plans; Tactical plans, German.
Aubervilliers: 621
Aulock, Col. Andreas von: 397-98, 406-12
Aulock, Generalmajor Hubertus von: 593, 608-09, 615
Auray: 346, 363-64
Autheuil: 579
Avesnes: 682-83
Avranches: 10n, 24-25, 198n, 224, 281, 287-90, 303, 306, 308-35, 339, 341-42, 347-49, 352, 354-59, 363, 369-71, 373-74, 388-90, 421-27, 433, 438-39,

Avranches-Continued

444, 456, 483, 491, 497, 560, 634. See also Mortain.

Avre River: 579
Ay River: 53, 55, 59, 72, 74-75, 124-28, 178, 267-68, 270-71

Baade, Maj. Gen. Paul W.: 153-63, 168, 172, 174, 268, 450, 487-88, 566-67
Bacon, Col. Robert L.: 436-37
Badinski, Generalleutnant Curt: 551-52
Bain-de-Bretagne: 360-61
Bacherer, Col. Rudolf: 325, 357-58, 401-02
Balkans: 419-20
Barenton: 444, 459-60, 465-68, 471-72, 481-82, 487-88, 490, 494, 511-13
Bar-le-Duc: 667
Barndollar, Col. Martin D., Jr.: 82
Barnett, Staff Sgt. Wardie: 562n
Barth, Col. George H.: 64, 69-71, 436-37
Barton, Maj. Gen. Raymond 0.: 86-87, 129-30, 133, 243, 251, 307-08, 446-48, 470-71, 612, 614-15, 617-20
Barts, 1st Lt. Charles A.: 448
Basle: 676-77
Baum, Lt. Col. Otto: 275-77
Bayerlein, Generalleutnant Fritz: 435-37, 139, 228, 238-39, 248, 273
Bayeux: 42, 4-25, 90, 149, 440
Bazookas. See Rocket launchers, 2.36-inch.
Beaches, supply from: 66666, 8-70
Beachhead, Normandy: 4, 5-6, 10, 25, 26-28, 119, 122, 178-80
Bealke, Lt. Col. Jacob W., Jr.: 127n
Beaucoudray: 69-72, 126-27, 201, 296
Beaugency: 654-55
Beaumont: 486, 671
Beauvais: 540, 576, 582, 660, 664, 673
Bécherel: 372-74
Belfort: 663
Belgian 1st Infantry Brigade: 580-81
Belgium: 31, 34, 419-20, 657-62, 676, 686-87, 688
Bell, Col. Robert P.: 562
Belle-Isle: 364, 634
Bellefontaine: 463
BENEFICIARY: 186n
Berchtesgaden conference: 26, 28
Bérigny: 149, 151-53, 156-59, 163-68, 282-83, 285-86
Berlin: 657, 687-88, 701
Bernay: 436-37, 52558, 0-81
Biarritz: 654-55
Bicycle units, German: 102
Biddle, Col. William S.: 93-94, 100
Biéville: 298
Bingham, Maj. Sidney V., Jr.: 164-67, 172
Birks, Col. Hammond D.: 93-94, 1004, 6 9-70
Biscay Bay: 2492, 2-23, 598-99
Blavet River: 363
Blois: 566-68
BLUECOAT: 289-90, 294-95
Blumentritt, Gen. Guenther: 323, 519-22
Boatright, Pvt. Bennie F.: 579n
Bohn, Brig. Gen. John J.: 104-18
Boineburg-Lengsfeld, Generalleutnant Wilhelm Freiherr von: 592
Bois de Boulogne: 618-20
Bois de Vincennes: 621-22
Bois du Hommet: 141
Boisjos, Château de: 542
Bon-Ménil: 549, 552
Bond, Lt. Col. Van H.: 468-69, 474
Bonn: 687-88, 693-94
Booby traps, German: 271
Bordeaux: 497, 633, 656
Boudinot, Col. Truman E.: 253, 262, 306, 473
Boulogne: 364707,-78, 686-87, 692, 699
Bourgtheroulde: 580-81
Bradley, General Omar N.: 14-15, 89-90, 102-04, 106, 122-23, 134, 140-41, 143-44, 153, 165-66, 201, 206-07, 217, 250, 261, 339, 343-44. See also Armies, First; Army Groups, 1st; Army Groups, 12th; COBRA.

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 492-502, 505-09, 51552, 3-24, 5275, 29-30, 564
armor reserve, use of 78-80, 564
and Avranches: 425-39
biography: 36
and Brittany: 346-56, 357-68, 431-32, 634, 636-40, 644, 656
commands of: 9, 3260, 9-10, 2838, 43-44
concept of operations: 492-502, 505-13, 515, 523-24, 552279,-30, 564
directive to, on command structure: 210
Eisenhower's evaluation of 36
and Montgomery: 53-55, 57, 188-89
and Mortain: 440-41, 4504, 71-72
and operations east of Seine: 658-61, 664, 677, 679-81, 685-88, 691, 701-02
and Paris: 600-606, 6 13-14, 622, 625-26
and Paris-Orléans gap: 565, 572
and St. Malo: 390-91, 394
and Seine drive: 559, 572-74, 577-78
and Vire River operations: 282-304

Braine: 673-74
Brandenberger, General Erich: 699
Breakout, definition of 197
Breakthrough, definition of: 197
Brécey: 308-09, 316-17, 330-31, 334-35, 425, 443, 444, 446-484, 60-63, 481
Brée: 372-73
Bréhal: 217-18, 264, 272-73, 275-76, 313, 315-16, 324, 352
Brereton, Lt. Gen. Lewis H.: 8, 198n, 658, 681
Brest: 3-4, 186-87, 340-43, 346-49, 351, 354-55, 359, 361-62, 365-66, 369-88, 405-06, 409-10, 413-15, 439, 631-56

Brest-Continued

air-naval-ground co-ordination: 382, 384-85
Bradley and: 634, 636-38, 644, 656
Eisenhower and: 633, 644, 655-56
FFI and: 377-80, 386-88, 634-35
Hitler and: 387-88, 634-36
Middleton and: 370-71, 634-56
Patton and: 63633, 5-36, 639-40, 656
Ramcke and 387, 638-39, 648-49, 651-52, 655
Simpson and: 637-38
surrender: 281-83, 387, 648-49, 651-52
tactical plans: 10-11, 367-78, 380, 383-86, 56623, 2-33, 642-43
weather, effect on operations at: 379, 388, 636-37, 643-44, 650, 653

Breteuil: 579
Brezolles: 577, 579
Bridgeheads. See River crossings; River crossings, German.
Bridges

Brittany: 363, 371, 377, 379, 389, 641, 655
COBRA: 199-203 215, 243-44, 264, 267, 270-71, 274, 306-09, 311, 313-16
Cotentin: 33, 44, 92-93, 94-101, 105-06, 122, 138, 161
drive to Seine: 432, 433, 434-35, 438-39, 498, 552, 561-62, 565-68, 574-75, 582-83, 5845, 8 6-875, 8 8-89, 593-94, 608-09
east of Seine6: 67-68, 670, 6 80-82, 689-90, 694-96

Briouze: 520
British Army units

Army Group, 21: 10, 46, 343, 632. See also Caen.
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 492-94, 507, 509-10
breakout from Avranches: 430-32
command of: 9
drive to Seine: 440
east of Seine: 658-60, 674, 684
Army, Second
battle for Vire: 454-55
Caen drive: 10, 14-15, 30, 122, 188-96, 207, 209-10
command of: 8-9
drive on Falaise: 480, 495, 508, 510-11
east of the Seine: 600, 674, 678, 686, 699
east of the Vire: 284, 289-90
Seine crossing: 579, 581
Corps
1: 686-87
8: 188-90, 192-95, 294-95, 454
12: 189-90, 192, 454
30: 454, 579
Armoured Division, 11th: 294-95, 331, 454
Armoured Regiment, 141st: 649-50

British Broadcasting Company: 355
Brittany: 3-6, 122-23, 197, 288-90, 321-22, 324-25, 331, 334-35, 339-415, 424, 430-33, 440-41, 444, 452-54, 634. See also Brest; Lorient; Nantes; Rennes; St. Malo; St. Nazaire.
"Broad-front'' concept: 686-88
Brooke, Field Marshal Sir Alan: 13
Brooks, Maj. Gen. Edward H.: 254-56, 272-73, 276, 278-79, 452, 471 579, 680
Broons: 374
Brown, Pfc. Buster E.: 163n
Brown, Maj. Gen. Lloyd D.: 396-97
Bruges: 686-87
Brussels: 658-60, 668-69, 679, 681
Buhle, General Walter: 460
Bulgaria: 701
Bulldozers: 124-25, 187, 355, 510, 682. See also
Tankdozers.
Burma: 6, 701-02
Butler, Sgt. Hollis: 673-74
Buzzard, Pfc. Clifford W.: 470n
Byrn, Capt. Delmont K.: 488
Byrne, Col. Bernard A.: 159-40, 566

Cabourg: 580-81
Caen: 4, 10-11, 13-15, 24-27, 28-30, 33, 48-49, 104, 120-23, 127, 149, 169, 181-82, 188-96, 226, 248-49, 288-90, 327, 341, 423, 443, 454-56, 479, 481, 494-95, 509-10, 517-18

BLUECOAT: 289-90, 294-95
COBRAs, u pport of: 197, 288-89, 325-26
Eisenhower and: 14-15, 190, 194-96
GOODWOOD: 188-96, 212-13
Hitler and: 191-92
Kluge and: 248-49, 260-61, 271, 288-90, 327-28, 330-31
Montgomery and: 14-16, 122-24, 127-29
seizure of 122, 193-94
tactical air support for: 120-22, 187, 189-90, 192-932, 88-89
tactical plans, Allied: 120, 122, 188-96, 288-90
tactical plans, German: 191-92, 212-13

Calais: 340, 677-78, 686-87, 692, 699
Caldwell, Pfc. George J.: 541n
Calvaire: 151, 153, 156, 174
Cambernon: 257, 259-63
Cambrai: 681, 683
Cambry: 274
Camouflage, Allied: 143
Camouflage, German: 96, 401
Camprond: 257-59
Canadian Army units

Army, First: 343, 421. See also Caen.

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 528-29
casualties: 480
command of: 9, 209-10
east of Seine: 660-61, 674, 686-87
Falaise drive: 288-89, 454-55, 479, 495
Seine drive: 580-81

Corps, 2d

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 528-29, 533, 540
breakout from Avranches: 454

Canadian Army Units-Continued

Corps, 2d-Continued
Caen: 189-90, 193-94, 239-40
east of the Seine: 686-87
operations east of the Vire: 288-89, 295-96
Seine drive: 580-81

Divisions

3d Infantry: 540
4th Armoured: 528-29, 533, 537n, 540-42, 546-47

Cancale: 396, 405-06, 411-12, 414-15, 631
Candé: 561-62
Canham, Brig. Gen. Charles D. W.: 155-57, 164n, 652
Canisy: 217-18, 224, 247-48, 250-51, 255-56, 264-66, 272-75
Cannes: 685-86
Cap Fréhel: 393
Carantilly: 217, 228, 251, 260, 264-66
Carentan Bay: 38-39
Carentan-Périers isthmus: 40, 78-90, 127-34, 180, 214-152, 67, 269, 270-71, 310, 315-16
Carentan plain: 4, 11, 38-40, 46, 60-61, 90, 92, 111, 128-29, 139-40, 149
Carhaix: 379, 387-88
Carillon: 154, 160-63
Carothers, Capt. Thomas F.: 490n
Carroll, Capt. Phillip H.: 67
Carrouges: 485-86, 492-95, 497, 498, 501-02, 504-05, 507, 513-14, 516-17, 520, 562-635, 68
Casablanca Conference: 7-8
Casey, Staff Sgt. Alvin P.: 641
Castle, Master Sgt. Alex: 382-83
Casualties, Allied

Brittany: 350n, 363-64, 367, 372, 388, 392-93, 402, 636-37, 641, 645-46, 651-53
Caen: 193-94, 200-204
COBRA: 229, 231, 235-37, 241, 249, 256, 269, 277, 279-81, 285, 291-92, 314-17
combat fatigue: 175-76
Cotentin: 41, 61, 63, 64-69, 71-72, 76, 83-84, 86-88, 94-95, 97-99, 101, 113, 115, 124-27, 129-30, 138, 149, 152-53, 155-58, 160-62, 174, 175-76, 700
drive to Seine: 439n, 449, 451-52, 467, 473-74, 487-92, 555
east of Seine: 691, 694

Casualties, German:

Brittany: 361, 387, 397, 641
Caen: 124-25, 181-82
COBRA2: 38, 240, 247-48, 277-79, 281, 319, 329
Cotentin: 63, 66-67, 135, 138-39, 157, 161, 181-82, 700
drive to Seine: 461-62, 490, 546, 557-58

Caumont: 10, 29-30, 37-38, 49, 122, 123, 133-34, 149, 175, 197, 215-17, 261, 282-85, 289-91, 294-96, 298, 422-23, 440-41, 443, 454, 480
Cavalry units

Groups

2d: 634, 667
4th: 682, 693-94
6th: 349-50
15th: 349n, 389, 641n
102d: 615, 692
106th: 267, 270, 428-29, 433-34, 436-384, 97
113th: 93-94, 100, 106, 110-11, 134-35, 141, 197, 299-300, 695

Squadrons

4th Reconnaissance: 467-68
24th Reconnaissance: 141
38th Reconnaissance: 607
86th Reconnaissance: 642n

Cérences: 217-18, 272-74, 276-77, 305, 310-11, 314-16, 324
Cerisy-la-Salle: 260-61, 264-66, 274-75
Cermak, Staff Sgt. James J.: 277n
Cézembre, Ile de: 397-400, 402-06, 411-14
Châlons-sur-Mame: 664-67, 674-75
Chambois: 525, 527, 528-34, 537-42, 544-46, 547-50, 553, 554-55, 572-73
Chammes: 436-37
Champ-du-Boult: 448-49, 458
Champosoult: 544-46, 552-53, 555
Channel Islands: 341-42, 393-77
Charleroi: 660, 682, 693
Charleville: 682
Chartres: 357, 359, 365-66, 503, 520-21, 563-65, 568-73, 576, 583-84, 585, 608, 666, 690
Château-en-Thymerais: 608
Chlteau-Gontier: 432-33, 438-39, 560-62
Château-Thierry: 664-65, 667-68, 672
Châteaubriant: 357, 359-62
Châteaudun: 563-67, 570, 583
Châteaufort: 609-10, 612-13
Châteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine: 390-91, 396
Chateauroux: 654-55
Châtelaudren: 392
Chemical Mortar Battalions:

82d: 163
87th: 82, 86
92d: 95, 219-20

Chemical mortars: 65, 68, 70, 82, 95-97, 99-100
Chemical weapons: 41. See also Chemical Mortar
Battalions; Chemical mortars; White Phosphorus, tactical use of.
Cherbourg: 3-4, 5-6, 10n, 23-24, 38, 53, 55-56, 57, 58, 78, 208-09, 340, 346-47, 631, 632, 656
Chérencé-le-Roussel: 446-48, 458, 460-63, 467-71, 474-75, 481-82, 487
Chevallerie, General Kurt von der: 570
Chevreuse: 610
Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC): 13, 13n
China: 6

Choltitz, Generalleutnant Dietrich von: 127-28, 181-82

as commander of LXXXIV Corps: 49, 58-59, 75, 226-27, 247-48, 259-60, 274-77, 295-96, 324, 327-48, 460
in Paris: 591-98, 602-09, 614-21, 628

Churchill, Winston S.: 7-8
Churchill tank: 45
Civil affairs administration: 175n, 588-89, 590-91, 605, 618-206, 25
Civilians. See also French Forces of the Interior.

demonstrations by, in Paris: 595-98
evacuation of, from St. Malo: 398, 403-04, 409
German armistice with: 596-97, 602, 606-07
impressment of 419-20, 566
relief measures for, in Paris: 590-91, 605, 626-27, 691
resistance to enemy: 9-10, 16, 662

Clamart: 618-20
Clarke, Col. Bruce C.: 318-20, 363, 366-67, 566, 584n
Clarke, Lt. Col. Christian E., Jr.: 202-03, 428, 436-37, 534n
Clermont-Ferrand: 534-35
Coblenz. See Koblenz.
COBRA1: 98-304, 323-35

air plan: 220-23, 228-41
air-ground co-ordination: 207-08, 221-22, 228-41, 333
airborne operations: 198n
ammunition for: 219-20, 332
Bradley and: 197-98, 213-14, 219-20, 231-32, 261-62, 266-67, 282, 286-87
breakthrough achieved: 247-63
breakthrough developed: 264-81
breakthrough exploited: 282-304, 305-09, 329-31, 440-42
Caen drive in support: 197, 288-89, 325-26
Choltitz and: 226-27, 247-48, 259-60, 324, 327-28
Collins and: 213-23, 229-309, 329-32
Eisenhower and: 187, 331
Hausser and: 239, 247-49, 259-61, 266-67, 275-77, 295-96, 298-99, 317, 328, 330
Hitler and: 240-41, 261, 325
Kluge and: 225-26, 239-41, 248-49, 260-61, 275-76
Montgomery and: 197, 288-89
objectives: 197-98, 201, 209-10, 215-19, 241-44, 271-73, 290, 440-42
post-COBRA planning: 286-90
preliminary operations: 198-204
smoke, use of 222, 234-35, 268-69
tactical plans, Allied: 187-223, 262-63, 264-67, 270, 279, 282-86
tactical plans, German: 199, 201, 224-28, 246, 247-49, 266, 275, 325-31
tank-infantry co-ordination: 243-44
terrain: 214-15, 228, 241-42, 253-56, 257, 263, 265-68, 327
Vire River, diversion east of 282-304
weather: 210, 223, 228-30, 233-35, 262, 270, 326, 333

Cocteau, M.: 602-03
Coleman, Lt. Col. Wilson D.: 279n
Collier, Col. John H.: 680
Collins, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton: 78-80, 82-87, 132-33, 197-98, 280-81, 606. See also Corps, U.S, VII.

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 506
biography: 80
and COBRA2: 13-23, 229-309, 329-32
and Mortain actions: 444-49, 452-53, 466, 470-74, 486
and operations east of Seine: 672, 682, 693-94
and operations west of Vire River: 282-86, 305-09
and Périers drive: 128-29, 134, 138-39, 144

Collonan, Maj. William K. C.: 489n
Cologne: 671-72, 686-88
Column time lengths: 105-06, 241
Combat Commands

CCA, 2d: 254-57, 272-81, 297-309, 329, 449-52, 491-925, 80, 680
CCA, 3d: 104-05, 107, 110-11, 134-35, 264-67, 306-09, 444, 466-67, 471, 490
CCA, 4th: 318-22, 357-68, 369, 565, 584, 666-68
CCA, 6th: 31 1-22, 369-88
CCA, 7th: 569-70, 588-89
CCB, 2d: 272-813, 30, 449, 451-52, 680
CCB, 3d: 104-18, 133-40, 142, 218, 253-54, 256-63, 305-09, 446-48, 471, 473-75, 487
CCB, 4th: 311-22, 360-68, 567-68, 584, 666-68
CCB, 5th: 681
CCB, 6th: 316-22, 369-886, 35
CCB, 7th: 569-70, 588-89
CCR, 2d: 274-76, 278, 680
CCR, 4th: 585, 667-68
CCR, 6th: 369-88
CCR, 7th: 569-70, 588-89
tactical doctrine: 369-70

Combat fatigue: 175-76
Combat teams: 43. See also Task Forces.
Combined Air Transport Operations Room (CATOR): 691
Combined Chiefs of Staff directives: 590, 603, 657
Combourg: 372-73
Command

control: 85, 88, 125-27, 164, 210, 213, 345, 349-50, 353-54, 620, 622-23, 625, 628
decisions: 506-09
structure: 8-10, 210, 288, 343-44, 684

Command, German

control: 224-25, 275, 325, 327-28, 342-43, 670-71, 700
structure: 17-22, 25, 28, 32-33, 47

Commercy: 664, 667, 669
Committee of National Liberation: 591

Communications

air-ground: 208, 222, 229, 333-34, 382, 384-85
armor-infantry: 43-44
facilities: 4, 14, 43-44, 213, 241, 352-53, 384-85, 472-73, 565
interception of 326
problems of: 65, 71, 73, 82, 85, 87-88, 113, 115-16, 137-38, 142, 155-56, 160, 164-65, 236-37, 299, 332, 351-54, 357, 374-78, 381-82, 392, 429, 473-74, 513, 563, 571-72, 636-37, 653, 666, 673, 685

Communications, German

facilities: 397
problems of: 238, 242, 275-76, 323-29, 331-32, 380, 384, 503-05, 516, 518, 521, 537-38, 540, 544-45, 549-51, 556-57, 670-71, 682-83, 689
sea: 343

Communications Zone, ETO: 209, 347, 572, 625-27, 631-32, 635-36, 666, 690-92
Compiégne: 661, 671, 673
Concarneau: 634
Conches: 579
Condé-sur-Noireau: 454, 455, 518
Condé-sur-Vire: 291, 298
Conley, Sgt. Irvin F.: 163n
Cook, Maj. Gen. Gilbert R.: 565, 567-68. See also
Corps, XII.
Corbeil: 588, 610-11, 614-15, 621-22
Cordes, Sgt. Harold B.: 449n
Corlett, Maj. Gen. Charles H.: 90, 100-101, 288. See also Corps, XIX.

and Mortain: 449, 451-52
and operations east of the Seine: 672-73, 679-82, 695-96
and operations east of the Vire: 296-304
and St. Lô: 102-18, 134, 149, 153-54, 158-59, 161, 165-66, 168, 173-74
and Seine crossing: 579

Cornog, Col. William, Jr.: 487
Corps

II: 36
V: 53, 90-118, 122-23, 133-40, 146-74, 178, 215-17, 282-86, 290-95, 298, 424, 449-56, 471-72, 481-82, 491-92, 510-15, 529, 533-34, 541, 577, 600-601, 606, 608, 610-11, 621-22, 672-73, 681-83, 692, 695-96. See also Gerow, Maj. Gen. Leonard T.
VII: 40, 53, 76-77, 78-90, 122-23, 124, 127, 128-34, 140-41, 143-45, 165-66, 175, 197, 214, 215-46, 249-81, 282-86, 287-88, 305-10, 314, 318, 329-32, 333-35, 347-48, 425, 428, 430, 444-49, 466-75, 486-92, 494-505, 510-15, 524-27, 672, 682, 692-96. See also Collins, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton.
VIII: 37, 40, 53-77, 78-81, 122-28, 143-44, 175, 197-204, 215-46, 261-64, 266-81, 283-84, 287-88, 306-07, 309-22, 330, 345-57, 369-415, 419-39, 440, 484, 495-97, 559-89, 631, 633-56, 666. See also Middleton, Maj. Gen. Troy H.
XII: 345-56, 563-68, 572-73, 583-89, 634, 665-67. See also Cook, Maj. Gen. Gilbert R.; Eddy, Maj. Gen. Manton S.
XV: 345-56, 419-39, 446, 448-49, 484-86, 494-515, 523-27, 559, 563-65, 568-69, 571-81, 665-66, 672-73. See also Haislip, Maj. Gen. Wade H.
XIX: 40, 53, 90-118, 122-23, 133-41, 143, 149-75, 206, 215-17, 282-86, 288-90, 295-304, 305, 330, 430, 446, 449-56, 471, 481-82, 491-92, 494, 510-15, 577-89, 672-73, 678-83, 692, 695-96. See also Corlett, Maj. Gen. Charles H.
XX: 104, 345-56, 432, 471-72, 559-65, 567-80, 583-89, 665-68. See also Walker, Maj. Gen. Walton H.
Provisional, Third Army: 527, 529-30. See also Gaffey, Maj. Gen. Hugh J.

Corps Artillery

V: 151, 530, 608, 612
VII: 55, 80, 219-20, 250, 274-75
VIII: 202, 268, 315, 406-07, 409, 411-12, 643-44, 647-48
xv: 575
XIX: 95, 250, 302

Cossé-le-Vivien: 438
Cota, Maj. Gen. Norman D.: 166, 170-71, 511, 622
Cotentin: 1-184, 259-61, 263, 267, 272-76, 279, 283-84, 307, 326, 328, 330, 347, 440

results of July offensive: 175-82
terrain of: 10-13, 38-40, 53-55, 119, 122-23, 214, 226-27, 288
weather in: 119

Coudehard: 538, 542-43, 545-46, 549, 552-55
Couesnon River: 371-72
Counterbattery fire: 42-43, 67, 143, 161, 164, 202, 242, 250, 268, 298-99, 307, 446, 490, 644
Counterbattery fire, German: 66
Coutances-Caumont drive: 37, 38, 40, 53-61, 78-80, 90, 175-82, 197-223, 226-27, 249-50, 257-58, 261-63, 264, 266, 267-68, 271, 280, 306-07, 314, 325, 328
Couvains: 153, 156, 174
Crabill, Col. Edwin B.: 82, 408
Craft, Pfc. Roy V.: 684n
Craig, Maj. Gen. Louis A.: 672
Craon: 438
Crerar, Lt. Gen. Sir Henry D. G.: 9, 454-56, 479, 509-10
Criegern, Col. Friedrich von: 275-77
Crocodiles: 649-51
CROSSBOW: 34
Crozon peninsula: 638-39, 6 41, 647-48, 651-52
Culin, Sgt. Curtis G., Jr.: 206
Curry, Pfc. Clifford L.: 285n
Cuves: 447

Dager, Brig. Gen. Holmes E.: 311-12, 316-19, 567-68

Dangy: 260, 273
Danhauser, Generalleutnant Paul: 556
Daoulas promontory: 387, 638-42, 651-52
Deauville: 580-81
Deception: 32, 209, 235-36, 238-39, 329, 345
Deception, German: 318
DeFelice, Capt. Mario T.: 256n
Demolitions: 26-27, 94-97, 402, 404, 408, 641, 643-44, 649-52
Demolitions, German: 5-6, 168, 339-40, 360-61, 366-67, 398-99, 420, 535, 580-81, 598, 608-09, 614, 618, 655, 698
Dempsey, Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C.: 9, 14, 188-96, 289, 294-95, 454-56, 574
Derval: 360-61
Dettling, Generalleutnant Augustus: 552
Devers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L.: 702
DeWitt, Lt. Gen. John L.: 236
Dickson, Col. Benjamin A.: 36n, 46, 211-12
Dieppe: 686-87, 692
Dietrich, Generaloberst Josef: 29

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 483, 505, 517-19, 521, 532
and operations east of Seine: 663-64, 699
and Seine drive: 576-77, 579-82

Dijon: 535, 566-67, 575, 654-55, 662, 669-70, 685, 702
Dinan: 350, 354-55, 369-79, 384, 386, 389-94, 396, 400
Dinant: 693-94
Dinard: 394-97, 399-403, 406, 410-11
Distinguished Service Cross, awards of 704-06
Dives River: 518-19, 521-22, 523, 525, 527-29, 530, 532-34, 537-43, 547-55, 580-81
Division Artillery

2d: 641n
4th: 64, 86, 88, 470-71
9th: 64, 82, 236-37
30th: 110, 113, 490
83d: 242
90th: 553

Divisions, German, organization and strength: 32-33. See also German Army units, Divisions.
Divisions, U.S. See Airborne Divisions; Armored Divisions; Infantry Divisions.
Doan, Lt. Col. Leander L.: 307-09
Doenitz, Grossadmiral Karl: 18, 26, 28, 119
Dol-de-Bretagne: 341, 350, 369-79, 372-73, 389-90, 396
Dollman, Generaloberst Friedrich: 29, 47
Domfront: 422-23, 430, 443, 444-46, 450, 456, 466-67, 48243, 492-95, 511, 517-18, 520
Dormans: 667-68
Douai: 686
Douarnenez: 652
Douve River: 38-39
DRAGOON. See Southern France.
Draper, Pvt. William J.: 490n
Dreux: 440, 455-56, 502, 520-21, 523-24, 563-65, 568-73, 577-78, 583, 587-89, 600, 666
Drôme River: 49, 148
Dronne, Captain: 615
Dual-purpose gun, 88-mm., enemy: 107
Ducey: 318-20, 470-71
Dunkerque: 340, 677-78, 686-87, 692, 699
Dunn, Lt. Col. Carroll H.: 94
Durden, Lt. James I.: 379n
Dwyer, Col. Philip R.: 164, 166

Earnest, Brig. Gen. Herbert L.: 349-51, 374, 389-93, 651-52
Eberbach, Gen. Heinrich: 169, 182

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 481-86, 500-05, 507, 517-19, 521-23, 530-33, 537n, 544-45
and breakout to Avranches: 325-27
and Caen drive: 48, 50, 121-22
and COBRA1: 91-94, 225-26, 239
commands Panzer Group West: 47
and counterattack on Avranches: 459-60, 465
Normandy defensive plan: 48, 50
and operations east of Seine: 663-64, 674, 678
and Seine drive: 421, 423

Echternach: 693
Eckesparre, Maj. Arthur yon: 483
Ecorches: 540-41
Ecouché 502, 504-05, 518, 520, 524-27, 533-34
Eddy, Maj. Gen. Manton S.: 221n, 243, 249, 448. See also Corps, XII; Infantry Divisions, 9th.

biography: 134-35
and Paris-Orléans gap: 584-85
and Périers drive: 137-38, 141-42, 144
and pursuit to Rhine: 669

Edlin, 1st Lt. Robert: 642
Ednie, Col. Alfred V.: 93, 169-70
Eisenhower, General of the Army Dwight D.: 14-15, 55, 119, 134-35, 204, 287, 334-35, 343-44, 394. See also Allied Expeditionary Force; Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.

and airborne and amphibious operations: 186
appointed Supreme Commander: 13n, 8-9
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 492-94, 506, 508-10
on artillery shortages: 45
and beachhead build-up: 186-87
on breakout into Brittany: 431
and Brest: 633, 644, 655-56
and Caen: 190, 194-96
and COBRA: 187, 331
and command of ground forces: 8-9, 684-85
command structure, directive on: 197-98
and drive west of Orne: 454
evaluation of Bradley: 36
on exploitation at Avranches: 339
and Montgomery: 119
on nature of Normandy combat: 177

Eisenhower, General of the Army Dwight D.-Continued

and operations east of Seine: 632, 658-61, 679-81, 684-85, 697-98, 701-02
orders bombing of V-weapons sites: 34
and Paris drive: 591, 599-608, 622-26
and Seine drive: 632, 658
on tactical air support: 120, 326

Ekman, Lt. Col. William: 61
Elfeldt, Generalleutnant Otto: 328, 539-40, 550
Elorn River: 640-41
Elster, Generalmajor Botho H.: 654-55
Elwell, Pfc. Joseph A.: 450n
Emélie: 162-63
Emery, Col. Harold R.: 160-61, 172
Encirclement of enemy: 471-628
Engineer Combat Battalions

15th: 236n
60th: 163
105th: 94
121st: 650
159th: 389
315th: 65, 397n, 405n

Engineer Group, 1117th: 567-68
Engineer support: 41-42, 44, 65-66, 82, 94-100, 107-08, 124-27, 142, 163, 241, 244, 268-72, 306-07, 310-12, 314-16, 332, 355-56, 382, 385, 391-92, 400, 403-04, 407-08, 434-35, 438, 467-68, 480, 498, 510, 547-75, 583, 586-89, 608, 622n, 641, 642n, 643-44, 649-52, 667-68, 686-81, 688
Engineer support, German: 161, 582-83, 662
English Channel: 10n, 32
Eon, Col. Abert M.: 354-55, 391-93, 6 34
Epernay: 664-65, 667-68
Erichson, Capt. Reynold C.: 488
Escaut River. See Schelde River.
Essonne River: 586
Etampes: 563, 586-87
Eupen: 695
Eure River: 3-4, 440, 530, 564-65, 571-72, 576-81
Evreux: 455-56, 563-64, 576, 580
Evron: 273, 435-37, 497-98, 513-15, 524
Exmes, 526-27, 529, 534, 541

Fahrmbacher, General der Artillene Wilhelm: 49, 324-25, 342-43, 357-58, 364, 387
Falaise: 11, 122, 188-90, 194-96, 288-90, 327, 330-31, 421, 442, 454-56, 465, 479-86, 492-97, 498-500, 501, 503, 504, 506-11, 515, 517-18, 523-24. See also Argentan-Falaise pocket.
Fales, Col. Clarke K.: 64, 66, 68
Felix, Prince of Luxembourg: 693
Ferenbaugh, Brig. Gen. Claude B.: 82, 131, 402-03
Fickett, Col. Edward M.: 349-50
Field Artillery Battalions

18th: 301-02
26th: 469
44th: 301-02
60th: 236n
65th: 301-02
84th: 236n
113th: 489
174th: 370-71
183d: 274-75
224th: 642n
230th: 488
310th: 434n
312th: 434n
343d: 434n
344th: 428n
957th: 236n, 237

"Field of ruins" order: 598, 608-09
Finland: 6, 701
Fismes: 668
Flame throwers: 121-22, 192, 408, 641, 643-44, 646-47, 649-52
Flanders: 657-58, 660
Flares, tactical use of. See Illumination, battlefield.
Flers: 440, 443, 454-55, 480, 484, 492-94, 495-97, 510-13, 515, 517-18, 520, 528, 577
Flint, Col. Harry A.: 141, 231
Flynn, Pfc. Milo J.: 285n
Foch, Marshal Ferdinand: 701-02
Fontainebleau: 566, 583-84, 586-87, 666
Fontenay-Tréigny: 672
Forét de Argonne: 668
Forét de Compiégne: 673, 684n
Forét d'Ecouves: 502-05, 514, 524
Forét de Feuillet: 540, 550-52, 556
Forét de Gouffern: 525, 539-40, 548-49, 551-52
Forét de Perseigne: 500
Forét de Rambouillet: 588
Forét de St. Sever: 288, 422-23, 448, 452
Forét l'Evéque: 289-90, 294-95
Fort Benning: 93
Fort Bougen: 647-48
Fort de Dellec: 651
Fort de Mengant: 644-45, 651
Fort du Portzic: 651
Fort Grand Bey: 404-05
Fort Keranroux: 648-49
Fort la Varde: 397, 399, 402-04
Fort Montbarey: 648-51
Fort National: 404-05
FORTITUDE: 32, 46, 209, 236, 345
Fortuna, 1st Lt. Mario J.: 470n
Foster, Col. Robert T.: 399
Fougéres: 37-38, 197, 347, 425, 428-31, 433-35, 438-41, 443, 471-72
Fougerolles-du-Plessis: 444
Frankfurt-am-Main: 657, 678
Frankland, Lt. Col. Robert E.: 474n
Frantz, Staff Sgt. Carl J.: 163n
French Army units: 9, 615

2d Armored Division

casualties: 614
in Argentan-Falaise pocket: 497-505, 507,

French Army units-Continued

2d Armored Division-Continued

514-15, 524-27, 533-34, 541, 558-59
combat effectiveness: 523
in drive to Seine 559, 564, 599-601, 605-08, 610, 612-13, 614, 618, 620-24

CC Biliotte: 610-17
CC Dio: 610, 615-16
CC Langlade: 610, 612-13, 615-16

French Forces of the Interior (FFI): 181

Brittany: 354-55, 363-64, 367, 377-80, 386-89, 391-93, 396, 399-400, 408, 410-11, 634-35
control of: 355
command of: 9-10
drive to Seine: 433-35, 438, 586-87, 594-607, 610, 617-24, 628
east of Seine: 668, 674, 678-79, 682-83, 688

Fresnay-sur-Sarthe: 500
Fresnes: 613
Friendly troops, firing on

by aircraft: 115-16, 142, 208, 220, 228-41, 243, 245, 299, 510
by artillery: 84, 109-10
by small arms: 164
by tanks: 109, 114-15

Fromental: 510-11
Fuller, Lt. Col. Arthur H.: 101n
Fuller, Tech. Sgt. Joseph P.: 163
Funck, General Hans Freiherr von: 29, 423-24, 459, 462-64, 484, 548, 557

Gacé: 520-21, 523, 525, 528, 530, 577-78, 581
Gaffey, Maj. Gen. Hugh J.: 345n, 362-63, 527, 529-30, 560-61
Gardner, Pvt. Francis A.: 402
Garman, Pvt. Harold A.: 587n
Gathemo: 446-48, 450, 452-53, 463, 465-66, 468-70, 491-92
Gaulle, General Charles de: 591, 594, 598-601, 603-04, 610, 614, 618-26
Gaullois, Major: 602-03
Gavin, Brig. Gen. James M.: 60
Gavray: 224, 264, 266, 274-76, 278-79, 280, 281, 296, 299, 303, 306-07, 313, 328, 333
Geach, Pfc. James L.: 62n
Geffosses: 248-49, 260, 267-68, 271
Gennevilliers: 621
Gentry, Capt. Harry L.: 126n
Georgeatos, Pfc. Lawrence: 450n
Ger: 490, 494, 511
Gerhardt, Maj. Gen. Charles H.: 154-59, 163-74, 303, 451, 648, 652
German Air Force

ground units: 32-33
Third Air Fleet: 19, 33-34
16th Field Division: 121-22, 442, 561, 577-78
17th Field Division: 575-76, 579
18th Field Division: 575-76, 581-84, 671, 683

German Army

casualties in west, estimate: 516, 661
combat effectiveness: 44, 50
command structure: 3-9
interservice friction: 4-6
kampfgruppe defined: 49
Osttruppen: 58-61, 76, 177
outlook in July 1944: 47-50
tactical concept: 22
units, organization and strength of: 32-33

German Army units

OH WEST

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 517, 519, 521, 531, 535, 566-67
Brittany: 340-42, 397
COBRA3: 23
Cotentin: 19-20, 27-28, 31, 47, 140, 168-69, 182
drive to Seine: 420-21, 458-60, 609
east of the Seine: 662-63, 677-78, 698-700
initial boundaries: 19-20
operational control: 19-20
Rommel's criticism of: 47

Army Groups

B: 20, 24, 29, 31, 47, 168-69, 225-26, 281, 323, 327, 340-42, 435, 443, 459-60, 483, 486, 505, 516, 518-23, 528, 531, 534-35, 555-57, 582, 591-92, 609, 658, 661-62, 669-71, 678, 697-700
G: 20, 31, 421, 534-35, 592-93, 658, 661-62, 687, 697-98, 700

Armies

First: 20, 390, 532-33, 561, 566-67, 570, 575-76, 582-84, 593-94, 663-65, 669-72, 677-78
First Parachute: 31, 582, 699
Fifth Panzer: 422, 442-43, 459, 461-62, 464-65, 481, 483, 503, 505, 517-20, 522-23, 530, 532-33, 540, 557, 566, 575-76, 579-82, 593-94. See also German Army units, Panzer Group West.
Seventh: 20, 24, 29-31, 47-49, 59, 64, 66-67, 70-72, 89, 102, 122, 135, 152, 168-69, 173-74, 180, 211-12, 224, 226-27, 239-41, 247-49, 260-61, 281, 294-96, 303, 317, 323, 327-28, 331, 421-23, 430, 433, 435-38, 442-43, 457-58, 461, 465, 481-83, 485-86, 498-500, 503, 505, 510-11, 515-18, 520, 522-23, 528-33, 537-38, 544-45, 548, 551, 553-57, 566, 575-77, 582-83, 658-59, 663-64, 670-72, 677-78, 698-99
Fifteenth: 20, 31-32, 46, 193, 226, 261, 295, 345, 442, 482, 577-78, 582, 658, 660-61, 671-72, 677-78, 699
Nineteenth: 19-20, 261, 296, 486, 534-35, 661-62, 680

Corps

I SS Panzer: 29-30, 422-23, 517-19, 528-29, 531-33, 537n, 540, 576-77, 581-82, 694

German Army units-Continued

Corps-Continued

II Parachute: 29-30, 49, 89, 95, 102, 133, 135-37, 148, 151-52, 155-57, 161, 169, 173-74, 224, 227, 240, 247-48, 250-51, 255-56, 260-61, 273, 287, 290-92, 295-96, 298, 324, 326-27, 331, 422-23, 443, 451, 458, 481-82, 528, 537-40, 542, 547, 549-51, 553-54, 582
II SS Panzer: 25-26, 29-30, 46, 192, 422-23, 454, 458, 464, 481, 517, 522-23, 529-30, 532, 537n, 538-39, 544, 551, 555, 576-77, 580-82, 671, 683-84
III Flak: 30, 48, 191
XXV: 326, 342-43, 387, 422
XLVII Panzer: 29-30, 192, 295-96, 298-99, 324, 328, 422-24, 443, 457-59, 461-62, 481-86, 502-03, 532, 537-39, 548-49, 557
LVIII Panzer: 295, 422, 465, 482-83, 502, 520, 522, 534, 537n, 576, 637-38, 671-73, 683-84
LXIV: 566-67, 661-62, 697-98
LXVII: 671
LXXIV: 227, 422-23, 481, 531-32, 537, 539-40, 550-52, 683
LXXX: 561, 566, 664, 667-68
LXXXI: 422-23, 433, 435, 457-58, 461, 481-86, 498-503, 520-21, 523, 528, 576-79, 581-82, 671, 673
LXXXIV: 22-23, 29-30, 49, 58-60, 63, 66-67, 71-72, 81, 89, 94-95, 127-28, 143, 146, 182, 224, 226-27, 247-48, 250-51, 255-56, 259-61, 273, 275-77, 281, 287, 295-96, 323-24, 326-28, 330-31, 342, 421-24, 443, 448, 451, 458, 461, 482-83, 518-19, 520, 528, 537, 539-40, 550-51
LXXXVI: 29-30, 528-29, 533, 540, 576, 581-82
LXXXVIII: 20

Divisions

Panzer Lehr: 102, 112-13, 117-18, 122, 127-28, 133-44, 155-57, 161, 169, 173-74, 180-82, 226-28, 238-40, 247-51, 255-56, 260-61, 273-75, 296, 326-27, 422, 442, 444, 461, 482, 498-500, 577-78, 597
Volks Grenadier: 662-63, 669-70
1st SS Panzer: 122, 193, 226n, 423, 443, 460-65, 467, 482-83, 485-86, 490, 503-05, 516, 520, 528, 537, 539, 548-50, 552, 576-79
2d Panzer: 423, 443-46, 458, 460-64, 467, 481-83, 485-86, 490, 503-05, 516, 520, 528, 532, 539, 548-49, 552, 576-79
2d Parachute: 341-42, 372, 387, 442-43, 638-39
2d SS Panzer: 60, 70, 75, 89, 95, 102, 112-13, 128, 133, 135, 180, 226n, 227, 240-41, 248, 253, 259-61, 274-77, 281, 295-301, 324, 326-28, 422-23, 443-46, 458, 461, 464, 467-70, 481-82, 488-90, 494, 525, 529-30, 532, 537, 544-46, 552-53, 576-79, 694
3d Panzer Grenadier: 662-63
3d Parachute: 148, 151, 157, 227, 260-61, 324, 342, 422, 442-43, 451, 454, 533, 537-38, 542, 546, 548, 550, 582, 683
5th Parachute: 60, 89, 140, 157, 169, 180-81, 227, 242, 247-48, 250-51, 261, 274-75, 342, 393, 442
6th Parachute: 498-500, 503, 520-21, 575-78, 592-93, 671, 683
9th Panzer: 464, 467, 481-83, 485, 498-505, 516, 664-65
9th S S Panzer: 46, 226n, 239-40, 248-49, 261, 295-96, 421-23, 433, 435, 437, 442, 454, 457, 464, 481-82, 516-18, 520-21, 529, 532, 544-45, 576-78
10th SS Panzer: 46, 226n, 423, 442-43, 454, 464-65, 481-82, 490, 503-04, 516-18, 539, 548, 552, 576-77
11th Panzer: 459, 484-86, 535
12th S S Panzer: 121-22, 181-82, 191-93, 226n, 423, 442-43, 464-65, 479, 481-82, 518, 534, 537, 539-40, 550-51, 576-77, 694
15th Panzer Grenadier: 662-63
16th: 561, 566-67
17th SS Panzer Grenadier: 81, 87-89, 94-95, 102, 128, 133, 135, 180, 227, 259-61, 266, 274-77, 281, 422, 442, 461, 488-89, 570, 577-78, 664-65, 667, 669-70
21st Panzer: 121-22, 181-82, 193, 324, 423, 442-43, 464, 516-18, 534, 577
48th: 570, 575-76, 583-84, 586-88, 592-93, 667, 669-70
49th: 576, 581-82
77th: 58-60, 66-67, 70-72, 227, 261, 125, 342, 401-42, 442
84th: 261, 324, 421-24, 43-44, 463, 483, 533, 537-40, 550-52, 582
85th: 421, 460, 531-33, 582
89th: 324, 421, 462, 479, 533, 582
91st: 58, 60, 71-72, 227, 261, 275-76, 281, 324, 342, 358, 422, 442
116th Panzer: 193, 296, 301, 324, 422-23, 443, 446-47, 458, 460-63, 465, 467, 482-83, 485-86, 501-05, 520, 525, 529-30, 532, 534, 537, 539, 548-49, 552, 576-77, 579-80
158th Reserve: 561
243d: 58, 60, 72-74, 181-82, 227, 261, 442, 582
265th: 58, 60, 66-67, 71-72, 227, 261, 342, 372, 442-43
266th: 94-95, 148, 161, 342, 372, 384-87, 392, 442-43
271st: 226n, 533
272d: 226n, 479, 582
275th: 94-95, 140, 169, 173-74, 180-81, 226-27, 238, 240-41, 247-48, 251, 260-61, 273-75, 342, 372, 422-24, 442-44, 459-60, 482
276th: 533, 537, 539, 550-51, 582

German Army units-Continued

Divisions-Continued

277th: 226n, 533, 537, 539-40, 550-51, 582
319th: 341-42, 442-43
325th Security: 592-93
326th: 226n, 294-95, 324, 442, 533, 537, 539, 550-52, 582
331st: 261, 421, 461, 465, 481-82, 503, 520-21, 575-79
338th: 570, 575-76, 583-84, 592-93, 667, 669-70
343d: 342, 372, 386-87, 442-43
343d Static: 638-39, 652
344th: 575-79
348th: 583-84, 597-98, 608, 621, 671
352d: 94-95, 148, 161, 169, 173-74, 181-82, 227, 247-48, 250-51, 255-56, 260-61, 295-96, 298, 327, 422, 442, 448, 498-500, 503, 520-21, 536, 593
353d: 58-60, 66-67, 71-73, 95, 148, 157, 226-27, 239-41, 247-50, 253, 259-60, 274, 342, 422-23, 442-43, 448, 451, 461-62, 482, 490, 492-94, 501-05, 641
363d: 226, 296, 421-24, 443, 451, 461-62, 481-82, 533, 537-40, 550-52, 582
708th: 261, 421-23, 433, 435, 437, 457, 598-501, 503, 566, 570, 582-84, 667
716th: 181-82

Brigades

8th Werfer: 534
12th Assault Gun: 148
30th Mobile: 135, 161
394th Assault Gun: 448

Regiments

6th Parachute: 81, 128, 227, 250-51, 261, 277, 281, 448
7th Parachute: 651
15th Parachute: 66-67, 70-72, 95, 180, 227, 324
Battalion, 17th SS Engineer: 277, 281

Kampfgruppen

Fick: 577-79
Heinz: 94-95, 99, 102, 107-09, 133-35, 227-28, 240, 247-48
Kentner: 94-95
Koenig: 60, 66-67
Mohnke: 577-79
Wahl: 520-21, 577-79

Panzer Group Eberbach: 483, 498-503, 515-23, 528, 530-32, 537
Panzer Group West: 22-24, 28-31, 47-49, 102, 121-22, 133-34, 140, 169, 182, 191-94, 224-26, 239-41, 260-61, 294-96, 324, 327-28, 330-31, 422-23. See also, German Army units, Armies, Fifth Panzer.

German Navy, Group West: 19
Gerow, Maj. Gen. Leonard T.: 291, 303. See also Corps, V.

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 529-30, 533, 541
biography: 607
and Mortain: 449-50
and operations east of Seine: 681-82, 692-93
and operations east of Vire River: 282-86, 288, 290-95
and Paris drive: 600-601, 605-08, 610-26
and St. Lô: 149-74

Gerrie, Capt. Jack S.: 586
Gersdorff, Generalmajor Rudolf-Christoph Freiherr von: 317, 328, 458, 532
Geyr von Schweppenburg, Gen. Leo Freiherr: 22-23, 28, 47
Ghent: 660, 679, 686
Gibb, Col. Frederick W.: 257
Gibney, Col. Jesse L.: 141, 695n
Giebelstein, Pfc. Walter C.: 541n
Gien: 583, 585
Gill, Pvt. Jack: 285n
Giordano, Pvt. Joseph J.: 447n
Giraud, General Henri: 628
Givet: 694
Glider Infantry Regiment, 325th: 61-63
Glider operations: 355
Goering, Reichsmarschall Hermann: 17-18, 26, 28, 32-33, 119, 180-81
Goins, Pfc. Earl G.: 549n
GOODWOOD: 188-96, 212-13
Gorniak, 2d Lt. Joseph, Jr.: 468n
Gorron: 446
Gouesnou: 380-81, 383
Grandcamp: 4
Granville: 281, 296, 303, 309, 310-21, 323-24, 380, 405, 411-12, 631
Grenade launchers: 42
Grenades: 151-52, 268, 304, 404-05, 6 41, 649
Grenades, German: 579
Griffith, Col. Welborn B., Jr.: 518n
Grow, Maj. Gen. Robert W.: 310-11, 316-18, 349-51, 369-88, 635, 644
Guderian, Generaloberst Heinz: 210-1 1
Guerrilla forces. See French Forces of the Interior;
Resistance forces.
Guesnay: 259-60
Gugala, Staff Sgt. Konstanty: 291-92
Guided missiles. See V-weapons.
Guillebon, Maj.: 601-02, 605, 611
Guingamp: 389, 392
Guingand, Maj. Gen. Sir Francis de: 354-55, 509n
Guipavas: 380-81, 383, 385, 644
Guns, Allied, 90-mm: 45
Guns, German, 88-mm: 107
Guyancourt: 609-10

Haislip, Maj. Gen. Wade H. See also Corps, XV.

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 497-505, 524, 564
biography: 424

Haislip, Maj. Gen. Wade H.-Continued

and breakout from Avranches: 424-39, 456
and drive to Seine: 574, 578-79

Hall, 2d Lt. Earl 0.: 643n
Hallman, Staff Sgt. Sherwood H.: 649
Hamberg, Lt. Col. William A,: 500n
Hambye: 217, 273-74, 275, 277, 306
HANDS UP: 186n
Hansen, 1st Lt. Harry F.: 303
Hanson, Col. Harry R.: 369-72
Harbors. See Port facilities.
Harris, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur: 8
Harrison, Brig. Gen. William K., Jr.: 112, 243n
Hasselt: 686-87, 695
Hausser, General Paul: 29, 59, 64, 89, 135

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 485, 518-22, 532-39, 542, 545-46, 549-50, 553-54, 557
and Brittany: 341-42, 344
and COBRA2: 66-67, 239, 247-49, 259-61, 275-77, 295-96, 298-99, 317, 328, 330
command of: 47
defensive plans: 48-50, 66-67
and drive to Seine: 423-24, 442, 457-58, 460, 462-65, 576
and St. Lô: 152, 157, 168-67, 173-74

Hauts-Vents: 111-12, 114-17, 137-39, 142-43
Hawk, Sgt. John D.: 553
Hébécrevon: 228, 240, 243-44, 246-48, 250
Hedgerows: 39, 284

Allied concept of attack: 13, 41-44
armor vulnerability in: 24
battle of the: 53-182
in COBRA2: 0 5-06, 267-68
devices for overcoming: 205-07
description: 11-13
effect of, on operations: 11-13, 30, 39-41, 176, 178
tank-infantry co-ordination in: 41-42

Heinzelman, Staff Sgt. Richard F.: 285n
Hellmich, Generalleutnant Heinz: 58
Hennebont: 363-64
Herkness, Lt. Col. Lindsay C., Jr.: 256n
Hermanspan, 2d Lt. John F.: 292n
Herve: 695
Heydte, Col. Friedrich A. Freiherr von der: 83-84, 281
Hickey, Brig. Gen. Doyle 0.: 111, 265-66, 306-09
Hill 82: 645-46
Hill 84: 53-54, 72, 74-75
Hill 91: 111-12, 116-17, 138-39, 142
Hill 92: 644-46
Hill 95: 62-63
Hill 97: 648
Hill 101: 283, 286
Hill 103: 644-45
Hill 105: 644
Hill 121: 55, 73-74
Hill 122: 68-69, 148-49, 153-73, 576-77, 579-81, 583-86
Hill 131: 55, 61
Hill 137: 533
Hill 154: 640-41
Hill 183: 255-56
Hill 192: 148-54, 172-73, 178, 282-83
Hill 211: 446-47
Hill 216: 307
Hill 219: 451-52
Hill 232: 424
Hill 239: 544
Hill 242: 309
Hill 258: 533, 540-41
Hill 262, north: 540-41, 543-47, 554-55
Hill 262, south: 541, 548-49
Hill 317: 462, 466-67, 469-72, 474-75, 488-90
Hill 330: 651-52
Himmler, Reichsfuhrer Heinrich: 18-19, 210-12
Hinds, Col. Sidney R.: 275-75
Hirschfelder, Col. Chester J.: 151, 291n
Hirson: 682
Hitler, Adolf

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 482-83, 503, 516-23, 531-32, 534-35, 556
armed forces, reorganizes: 211-12, 339, 420
and Avranches: 339-43, 421, 457-60, 464-65, 481-86, 515-16, 536-37
and Brest: 387-88, 634, 639
and Caen: 191-92
and Cherbourg: 58
and COBRA2: 40-41, 261, 325
commanders, opinion of 28
and Cotentin: 59, 325
defense, directive on: 182, 421
fortress defense, policy on: 339-43, 397-98, 413, 535, 677-78, 684
France, plan for withdrawal from: 339-43
heads OKH: 17-18
and Mortain: 591-92
and Normandy, directives on defense of: 20-23, 25-28, 30, 182
and operations east of Seine: 661-63, 698-99
and Paris: 591-94, 597-98, 608-09, 620-21
and Paris-Orléans gap: 570, 583-84
plot against: 210-13
policy on Allied logistics: 420
policy on withdrawals: 27
ports, plan for denial of: 339-43
reliance on air and naval effort: 26, 28, 119
and St. Lô: 89
and Vire-Taute bridgehead: 139-40
warns Kluge on Rommel: 47-48

Hobbs, Maj. Gen. Leland S.: 92, 95-96, 99-101, 104-18, 138, 142, 159-60, 243-45, 250-52, 297-99, 303-04, 466-67, 471-73, 486-89
Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H.: 23n, 125, 134, 288, 343-44. See also Armies, First.

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 494, 510-11, 529-30
biography: 420
and Brittany: 343-56
command of: 344

Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H.-Continued

and drive to Seine: 441-42, 446, 450, 452-53, 456, 470, 572-73, 577, 579, 600, 606-07, 612, 614-15, 620
and operations east of Seine: 659-60, 671-72, 679-82, 686-88, 691-93, 697, 701

Holerotte River: 129-30
Hordouseaux: 533-34, 540
Hôtel de Ville, Paris: 595, 615
Howie, Maj. Thomas D.: 166, 170, 174
Howitzers, 240-mm.: 55. See also Artillery support.
Hubbard, 1st Lt. Jack G.: 141-42
Huebner, Maj. Gen. Clarence R.: 253-54, 256-63, 307-08, 444, 446
Huelgoat: 379-80, 387
Hughes, T / 5Vincent: 562n
Huy: 694-95
Hyenville: 314

Ile de la Cité 613
Illumination, battlefield: 192, 279, 480, 543
Incendiary bombs: 500
India: 6, 701-02
Industrial production, German: 119
Infantry Divisions

1st: 149

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 507, 51 1-15
COBRA2: 15, 217-18, 253-54, 256-63, 264, 266, 271-73, 307-09
east of Seine: 672, 682-84, 693-94
Mortain: 444-46, 448-49, 466-67, 471-72

2d

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 511-15
Brest: 634-35, 640-48, 6 51, 653-54
COBRA2: 84-86, 290-95
St. Lô: 149-56

4th: 236n, 449, 673, 681, 692-93

Argeutan-Falaise pocket: 51 1-15
Carentan-Périers isthmus: 80, 86-90, 128-33, 135
COBRA2: 17-18, 230-31, 243, 246, 249, 251-52, 265, 297-3063, 09, 329
drive to Seine: 606-08, 611-15, 621-22
Mortain: 444-48, 466, 470-71, 473-75, 487, 490-92, 615

5th: 424

COBRA2: 84-86, 290-95
drive to Seine: 449-50, 559-65, 569-70, 586-87
east of Seine: 667-68

8th: 54-55, 63, 77, 123-26, 176n, 402

Brest: 350-56, 358-68, 381, 384-86, 393, 399, 634-35, 639-40, 64248, 652-54
COBRA2: 6 7-68, 270-71, 314-22
Cotentin: 123-28

9th: 80, 87-89, 113, 128-29, 209n, 236n, 449, 694

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 51 1-15
COBRA2: 15, 217, 218, 219, 221n, 229-31, 241-43, 246, 248-49, 251-52, 254, 258-59, 305-06
Cotentin: 128-29, 134-45, 198-99, 242-43, 246, 248-49, 251-52
east of Seine: 672, 682, 693-95
Mortain: 444, 448, 466, 468-69, 471, 472, 490-92

28th: 187, 268, 302, 673, 681, 692-93

Argentan--Falake pocket: 51 1-15
COBRA: 296-304
drive to Seine: 577, 579-80, 621-22
Mortain: 449, 452, 591-92

29th: 90-92, 452

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 51 1-15
Brest: 634-35, 642-54
COBRA2: 96-304
Mortain: 449, 491-92
St. Lô: 153-74

30th: 217, 235n

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 51 1-15
COBRA2: 15, 218, 229-31, 236-37, 241, 243-44
246, 250-52, 255-56, 297-304, 305-06
Cotentin: 90-118, 133-41, 142-45, 153, 159-62, 169, 244, 246, 250-52
drive to Seine: 577, 579-80
east of Seine: 672-73, 680, 695
Mortain: 446, 449, 461-75, 486-92

35th: 90-92, 111, 424

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 494, 497-505, 511-15
COBRA2: 86, 290-97, 304
drive to Seine: 559, 562-65, 267, 584-85
east of Seine: 666-67
Mortain: 449-50, 471-75, 487-94, 559, 563-64
St. Lô: 153-54, 158-66, 168, 172, 174, 251

79th: 54-55, 60-63, 65, 72, 77

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 428-39, 497-505, 524-27
COBRA: 267-68, 270-71, 310-22, 350-56, 373, 497
Cotentin: 72-76, 123-28
drive to Seine: 564, 569, 571-75, 578, 583
east of Seine: 672-73, 680, 695

80th: 208-09

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 497-98, 513-16, 524-27, 533, 541, 549, 564
drive to Seine: 562-64, 585
east of Seine: 665-67

83d

Brittany: 373-74, 376, 379, 385, 390, 391, 393-415, 424-39
COBRA2: 42, 246-48, 251-52, 267-69, 271
Cotentin: 78-90, 128-33, 141-42, 198-202, 205, 219
Loire flank: 654-55

90th: 54-55, 63, 77, 439n

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 419-39, 446, 497-505, 514-15, 524-27, 529-30, 534, 541, 558
COBRA2: 0 1-04, 267-71, 310-22

Infantry Divisions-Continued

90th-Continued

Cotentin: 63-72, 126-30, 201
drive to Seine: 564
east of Seine: 665-68

94th: 637-38

Infantry Regiments

2d: 285, 563, 586-87
8th: 86-88, 129, 231, 236-37, 243, 249, 251, 308, 407
9th: 151, 284-85
10th: 562, 586-87
11th: 561-62, 570-71, 586-85
12th: 86-88, 129, 251, 265, 308, 447, 615
13th: 358-59, 361, 363
16th: 257-58, 261-62
18th: 253-54, 257-58, 261-62
22d: 129-302, 18, 254-55, 297, 300-02, 304, 447
23d: 151-52, 284-85
26th: 257-58, 261-64, 266, 305-06, 308
38th: 151-52, 284-85, 640-41
39th: 141-42, 231, 448, 468-71, 474-75, 487, 490
47th: 141-42, 231, 236-37, 468-69
60th: 141-42, 231, 448, 468-69
109th: 301
110th: 301-02
112th: 301
115th: 154-58, 161-64, 166, 168-72, 301-02
116th: 155-58, 163-67, 172, 301-02, 451-52, 642, 649-50
117th: 92-93, 95-97, 99, 106, 109, 250, 470, 473-74, 487
119th: 92-93, 99, 106, 109, 143, 236-37, 244, 250, 303, 473, 487
120th: 92, 99-100, 106, 111, 236-37, 251, 304, 462, 469-71, 473, 488
121st: 268, 399-402
134th: 159-63, 172
137th: 159-63, 172, 565-66, 584
175th: 155-58, 163-67, 172, 301-02, 649
313th: 74-75, 434, 437-38, 575
314th: 73-75, 575
315th: 72-75, 437-38
317th: 515, 534n, 541
318th: 514-15, 533-34, 541
319th: 534n, 563, 585
320th: 159-63, 172, 566
329th: 82-84, 86, 199-200, 269, 396, 399, 403-45, 408-09, 654-55
330th: 82, 84, 87-88, 130-31, 133, 142, 144, 198-200, 242, 246-48, 251-52, 267, 390-91, 394, 396, 399, 401, 403-44, 410-11, 413, 641n
331st: 82-84, 86, 131-32, 199-200, 269, 396, 399, 40 1
357th: 64, 67-70, 126-27, 269-71, 434n, 436n, 437
358th: 64-65, 67-68, 127, 202, 268-71, 428, 436-37
359th: 64, 66-68, 268-70, 436-37, 541

Intelligence estimates

Brittany: 372, 378, 387-88, 394-96, 638-40
COBRA: 197, 224-26, 269, 278-79
Cotentin: 46, 55-56, 94-95, 135, 151, 287
drive to Seine: 433, 442, 446, 466-67, 470, 473, 491, 494-95, 498, 500, 507-09, 525, 561, 562-63, 565, 573-74, 581-82, 603-04, 610, 614
east of Seine: 661, 664-65, 670, 672, 676-79, 685, 687, 700
and plot on Hitler's life: 210-12

Intelligence estimates, German

COBRA2: 26-47, 275, 326
Cotentin: 32, 59, 191
drive to Seine: 538, 575-76
east of Seine: 662, 683, 700-701

Irwin, Maj. Gen. S. LeRoy: 284, 292-94, 449-50, 560-64, 570, 586-87
Isigny: 4, 78n, 92, 139-40, 149, 154-56, 161-66, 171-72, 631
Italy: 7-8, 420-21, 701-02

Jackson, Staff Sgt. George E.: 263n
Jeter, Col. John R.: 399-400
Jodl, Generaloberst Alfred: 19, 25

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 519-23, 531-32
and Avranches: 458-59, 484-86
and Brittany: 339
and COBRA2: 13, 323
and Coutances-Caumont drive: 182
defensive belt plan: 419-20, 423
and drive to Seine: 593-94, 598
and operations east of Seine: 661-62
in St. Lô battles: 169

Johnson, Lt. Col. Walter M.: 470
Joigny: 585
Joinville: 667
Joseph, Pvt. Frank D., Jr.: 470n
Juin, Gen. Alphonse: 599-600, 603
Jura Mountains: 661-62
Juvigny: 428-29, 443-44, 463, 472-73

Kaiser, Capt. Arthur W.: 402
Kampfgruppe, defined: 49
Kangaroos: 479
Karlsruhe: 658-59, 687-88
Kean, Maj. Gen. William B.: 36n, 530, 625
Keitel, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm: 17-18, 25, 28
Kelly, Col. Henry E.: 93
Kergonant: 645-46
Kerley, 1st Lt. Ralph A.: 488
Kesselring, Generalfeldmarschall Albert: 519-20
Kibler, Brig. Gen. A. Franklin: 507n, 602-03
Kirsting, 2d Lt. Richard A.: 138n
Kitzinger, General Karl: 591-92, 661-62
Kitzinger Line: 419, 575-76, 591-92, 661-64, 674-75, 678
Kleve: 676-77

Kluge, Generalfeldmarschall Guenther von

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 481, 503-05, 515, 517-23, 525, 530, 535
and Avranches: 323-29, 457-60, 464-65, 481-82, 484-86, 494-95, 536-37
and Brittany: 340-43, 398
and Caen: 122, 191-92, 194, 248-49, 260-61, 327-28, 330-31
and COBRA: 225-26, 239-41, 248-49, 260-61, 275-76
commands of: 47, 531, 699
and Coutances-Caumont drive: 182, 212
despondency and suicide: 535-37
and drive to Seine: 420-23, 593
reproaches Hitler: 535-37
and Rommel: 47-48, 699
and St. Lô: 89, 102, 169
and Vire River operations: 292, 295-96, 298-99, 303
and Vire-Taute bridgehead: 127-28, 133-34, 140

Kluge, Lt. Col. Guenther: 327-28, 483
Knobelsdorff, General Otto von: 583, 664-65
Koblenz: 660, 671-72, 686-88, 693
Koch, Col. Oscar W.: 345n
Koenig, Col. Eugen: 58-59, 358
Koenig, Gen. Pierre Joseph: 9-10, 354-55, 594-95, 599-601, 603, 618, 621-25
Kolosky, Staff Sgt. William B.: 279n
Koritzke, 2d Lt. Edward F.: 251n
"Kraut Corner": 152
Kucharski, T/3 Henry J.: 138n
Kuntzen, General Adolf: 457

La Chapelle: 586
La Chapelle-en-Juger: 228, 240, 243, 246-50
La Denisiére: 300
La Ferté-Macé: 504-05
La Haye-du-Puits: 37, 40, 53-56, 58-64, 70, 72-75, 89, 123-28, 178-81, 310-11
La Haye-Pesnel: 317-18, 321
La Hutte: 485-86
La Londe: 538, 542
La Meauffe: 153, 159
La Roche-Bernard: 362
La Roche-Guyon: 575
La Varde1: 98-202, 209, 219, 271
Laigle: 455-56, 503-04, 521-22, 524, 530, 532-33, 576, 581
Lalacelle: 485-86
Lambézellec: 638, 644-46
Landerneau: 388, 635, 6 40-41
Landivisiau: 379-80, 388, 392-93
Landrecies: 672. 681. 683
Landrum, Maj. Gen. Eugene M.: 63-70, 126-27, 201-04
Langres: 698-99
Lanham, Col. Charles T.: 129, 254
Lannilis: 635
Laon: 671-72, 679
Laval: 322, 430, 432-39, 441, 446, 458, 515, 559
Layng, Col. Grant: 159-60
Lazar, Pfc. Amijan O.: 285n
Le Bény-Bocage: 454
Le Bourget: 5936, 1 8-21
Le Bourg-St.-Léonard: 524, 525, 529-30, 533-34
Le Conquet: 638, 642-44
Le Désert: 110-11, 113, 137-38, 141-42
Le Ferté-Bernard: 568-69
Le Havre: 3-4, 10-11, 340, 430, 577-78, 582, 631, 677-78, 686-87, 692
Le Mans: 29, 323, 358, 430, 432-33, 435-39, 441, 443, 444-46, 450, 456, 458-59, 481-82, 484, 485-86, 494-500, 513-14, 524, 559, 562-65, 568-69, 5725, 92-93
Le Méle-sur-Sarthe: 503-04
Le Mesnil-Adelée: 444, 462-63, 473
Le Mesnil-Herman: 214, 218, 255-56, 288, 297, 299-301
Le Mesnil-Opac: 300
Le Mesnil-Tôve: 462-63, 469-70, 473, 481-82, 487, 490
Le Neubourg: 579
Le Tréport: 686-87
Leclerc, Maj. Gen. Jacques Philippe: 497, 501-02, 599-625
Leigh-Mallory, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford: 8, 221, 223, 228, 232-33
Lemmon, Lt. Col. Kelley B., Jr.: 586
Lendelin: 267-68, 271
Lengronne: 21277, 2-74, 278-80, 306-07, 314-16
L'Epine: 308-09
Les Andelys: 455-56, 578, 581
Les Ponts-de-Cé: 561
Les Sablons: 65-66
Lesneven: 379-803, 83-85, 388, 6 39-40
Lessay: 55, 123-29, 149, 175, 198-99, 214-15, 224, 227, 248, 263, 266-71, 311, 329-30
Leuze: 681
Lewis, Col. Harry L.: 61-62
Lewis, Brig. Gen. James M.: 490
Lézardrieux: 393
Liaison, air-ground. See Air operations, air-ground co-ordination.
Liége: 657-58, 6606, 71-72, 684, 6 93-95
Lienhart, Capt. Edward R.: 541n
Lille: 660, 679, 681, 686
Limours: 608, 610-11
Lindquist, Col. Roy E.: 61
Lines of communication: 4-5, 78, 179, 214, 282-83, 300-01, 373, 388, 390-91, 467-69, 567-68, 657, 669, 687, 691-92, 698-99
Lines of communication, German: 33, 67-68, 290, 343, 490, 593-94, 641, 658, 663
Lisieux: 191-93, 455-56, 525, 532, 576, 580-81
Livarot: 574-75
Lochrist: 363, 642
Loing River: 584, 586-87
Loir River and valley: 562-63, 567-68
Loire River: 3-4, 29, 346-47, 366, 410-11

Loire River-Continued

FFI support: 654-55
security of: 421-23, 432-33, 440, 484, 495-97, 559-89, 631, 634-35, 654-55, 666

Long, Lt. Col. William E.: 84
Longjumeau: 609-10
Loomis, Lt. Col. Frederick H.: 127n
Lorient: 34, 10-11, 340, 342-43, 346, 355, 357-68, 381, 385-86, 405-06, 409-10, 413-14, 562, 567-68, 631, 633-35, 637-39, 64615, 5-56
Loudéac: 352, 374-75, 379
Loveless, Lt. Col. Jay B.: 151
Louviers: 576-78, 580-82, 674
Louvigné-du Desert: 428-29
Lozon River: 258-59
Luckett, Col. James C.: 86
LUCKY STRIKE: 186n
Luettwitz, Generalleutnant Freiherr Heinrich von: 548-49, 552
Luftwaffe. See German Air Force.
Luxembourg: 666639,- 72, 688, 693, 696
Lyon: 685-86

Maastricht: 660, 698-99
McAleer, Lt. Col. John A.: 437-38
McBride, Maj. Gen. Horace L.: 497-98, 515, 527, 534, 541
McGuire, Pfc. Charles P.: 500n
McLain, Maj. Gen. Raymond S.: 427-28, 434-36, 437, 525, 530
McLendon, Col. Ernest L.: 82
McMahon, Col. Bernard B.: 73-74
McMahon, Maj. Gen. William C.: 125
McNair, Lt. Gen. Lesley J.: 236
McPeters, 1st Lt. Alfred P.: 673n
Macon, Maj. Gen. Robert C.: 81-88, 199-200, 391, 393-415, 654-55
Maczuga, Battle of: 538-55
Maddox, Col. Halley G.: 345n
Magill, 1st Lt. Samuel W.: 654-55
Magny: 538-39, 543
Mahlmann, Generalleutnant Paul: 58-59, 547-48, 549n
Mahlmann Line: 58-59
Maine, province of: 34, 415
Maine River: 561
Maintenance Battalion, 3d Armored Division: 105n
Maintenon: 608
Mainz: 687-88
Malesherbes: 586
Malmkdy: 695
Maloney, Staff Sgt. Edward V.: 285n
Malony, Maj. Gen. Harry J.: 638
Mamers: 4985, 0 0-501
Mannheim: 658-60, 686-88
Mantes-Gassicourt: 455-56, 568-69, 573-75, 577-81, 589, 660, 662, 665-66, 671-73, 677-78
Maps

deficiencies in: 472, 565-66
orientation: 42, 68, 85, 125
shortages of: 179

Marchksieux: 199, 224492-, 51, 271
Marcks, General Erich: 22-23, 29, 49
Marcoussis: 609-10
Marechal, Capt. Hans H.: 351-53
Mariana Islands: 6
Marigny: 214-15, 217, 218, 222, 228, 230-31, 240-49, 251-54, 256-59, 461-68, 271, 273, 282, 305, 329-30
Marne River: 419, 566, 575-76, 590-92, 661-74, 672, 674-75, 678, 698-99
Marseille: 535, 685-86
Marsh, Capt. John W.: 127n
Marshall, General George C.: 45, 334-35, 510, 603, 659-60, 702
Martilly: 451
Martinville ridge: 148-49, 152-59, 161-74
Massy: 6 09-10, 613
Matthews, Col. Frederick S.: 345n
Maubeug6e5: 7-58, 660, 672, 682
Mauron: 374-75
Mayenne: 430, 432-36, 444-46, 450, 456, 457, 466-68, 471, 486, 494, 497, 507, 510-14, 559, 562-63
Mayenne River: 432-36, 438-39, 559-62
Meaux: 671-72
Medaris, Col. John B.: 206
Medical supplies: 666
Meindl, General Eugen: 29

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 538-48, 549n, 552-54
and St. Lô: 148, 152, 157, 161, 173-74

Melun: 583-89, 634, 664-67, 670, 671-72
Menny, Generalleutnant Irwin: 552
Mer: 654-55
Merderet River: 38-39
Merdrignac: 3753, 78-79
Merli, Pfc. Gino J.: 683-84
Metz: 6 57-58, 6646, 9-70, 693, 6 96
Meudon: 618-20
Meulan: 568
Meuse River: 419, 663, 664-70, 672, 674-75, 677-79, 6826, 92-96, 698-99
Meyer, Lt. Col. Hubert: 549n, 550
Mézidon: 518-19, 580-81
Méziéres: 682, 693-94
Middleton, Maj. Gen. Troy H.: 63, 201, 306-07. See also Corps, VIII.

biography: 53-54
and Avranches: 310-22
and Brittany: 350-70
and Brest battles: 370-88, 634-56
and Carenton-Périers isthmus: 145-44, 175
and COBRA: 215-46, 261-63, 264, 265, 266-81, 283-84, 287-88
and Coutances-Caumont drive: 53-77, 197-204
and Lessay drive: 123-28, 175

Middleton, Maj. Gen. Troy H.-Continued

and St. Malo: 390-415
and Patton: 288, 309-22

Military government units, enemy: 670
Military police: 138, 258-59, 332-33, 588-89
Milizac: 380, 383
Miller, 1st Lt. Arthur J.: 292n
Miller, 1st Lt. Hubert G.: 127n
Miller, Capt. William C.: 450n
Milliéres: 248-49
Milligan, Capt. John S., Jr.: 143n
Miltonberger, Col. Butler B.: 159
Mines: 57, 61, 68-69, 74-75, 97-98, 124-25, 151, 156, 161, 244, 255, 267-71, 292, 310-15, 367, 379, 388, 392-93, 396, 399-400, 403, 434, 448, 480, 580-81, 589, 610, 612-13, 638, 643-44, 649-50, 662, 668, 672, 674
Miniac: 390
Mitchell, Maj. Ernest W.: 382-83
Mobility, enemy plans to hamper: 26-27, 420-21
Model, Generalfeldmarschall Walter: 519-20

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 532-33, 535
and drive to Seine: 575-76, 579-80, 582
and operations east of Seine: 662-64, 678, 698-99
and Paris: 597-98, 608-09, 620-21
succeeds Kluge: 531

Mohnke, Col. Wilhelm: 577-79
Moissy: 540, 547
Mons: 653, 671-72, 676-84, 693-94, 697-98
Mont Castre: 53-72, 123-25, 180, 201
Mont Ormel (Battle of Maczuga): 538-55
Mont Pinçon: 289-90, 294-95, 454
Mont St. Michel: 313, 394, 466
Montargis: 583-85, 635
Montcornet: 672, 682
Montcuit: 259-60
Montdidier: 679-80
Montereau: 583-88, 664-67
Montgardon ridge: 53-55, 58-60, 63, 72-76, 123-25
Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L.: 120, 122, 187, 330-31, 343-44

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 479, 492-97, 507-09, 511-13, 523-24, 527-29
and Avranches: 198n, 330-31
and Bradley: 188-89
and breakout into Brittany: 430-32
and COBRA: 197, 288-89
commands of 9, 343-44, 507, 509, 684
concept of operations: 14-16, 430, 440-41, 454-56, 492-97, 507-09, 511-13, 523-29
directs tactical operations: 9, 14
and Eisenhower: 119
and GOODWOOD1: 8 8-96
offensive progress, insistence on: 456
and operations east of Seine: 632-33, 658-61, 670, 679-81, 684-88, 6 97, 701
and operations east of Vire River: 284, 288-89, 294-95
and Seine drive: 574, 577-78, 580-81

Monthuchon: 257, 261-63, 310-12
Montlhéry: 609-10
Montmorency: 618-21
Montpellier: 535
Montpinchon: 260, 264-66, 274-76, 305
Montreuil: 247-48, 618-20
Montsûrs: 436
Morale: 170-71, 174, 291n
Morale, German: 34-35, 181, 212, 380, 409, 412, 442, 542, 557, 652-53, 698
Morgan, Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick E.: 13
Morlaix: 342, 349, 355, 379-80, 384, 386, 388-89, 392-93, 636-37
Mortagne: 503-04, 524, 577, 579, 608
Mortain: 37-38, 317, 319, 441-49, 452-53, 456-75, 479-505, 510-11, 525-27, 615. See also Avranches.
Mortar fire

Brittany: 393, 400, 409, 642n, 644, 650, 652-53
COBRA2: 50
Cotentin: 126-27, 129, 151, 156-57, 162-63
drive to Seine: 447, 485-86, 534

Mortar fire, German

Brittany: 358, 372, 400, 406, 408, 641
COBRA: 250-52, 255, 268-69, 284-85, 291, 300, 304, 31 1-14
Cotentin: 42-43, 70-71, 73-74, 82-83, 85, 97-99, 106, 117, 124-25, 135, 141-42, 156, 158-61, 163, 165-67, 174-75, 177-78, 202-03
drive to Seine: 448, 483, 544-46

Morteaux: 530
Morton, Sgt. John L.: 372
Mortrée: 502
Mosby, 1st Lt. James L.: 673n
Mosel, Col. Hans von der: 387, 638-39, 651
Moselle River: 664, 669-70, 693, 696
Moyon: 296-302
Mueller, Col. Gerhard: 549
Muller, Col. Walter J.: 345n

Namur: 600, 672, 682, 691-92, 694-95
Nancy: 582, 659, 663-44, 669-70, 696, 698-99
Nantes: 3-4, 342, 346-17, 357-68, 413-15, 422-23, 559-63, 565-67, 578, 631, 633-34, 655-56
Napalm: 222, 234, 409, 412-13, 643, 655
"Narrow front" concept: 686-88
Naval forces, Allied: 8
Neauphe-sur-Dives: 543
Nebelwerfer. See Rocket launchers, German.
Nécy: 518
Nemours: 583, 586-87
Netherlands: 580-81, 657-59, 676, 687-88
Newberry, Lt. Col. James W.: 569-70
Night operations: 62, 65-67, 71, 87, 142, 164-65, 199-200, 208, 244-45, 250, 254-55, 318-19, 329, 479-80
Night operations, German: 69-71, 135-38, 261, 516-17, 522-235, 28, 531-335, 39, 546.
Nogent-le-Roi: 569, 571-73

Nogent-le-Rotrou: 568-69, 608
Nogent-sur-Seine: 666-67
Nonancourt: 579
Nordling, Raoul: 596, 602, 616-17
Nordling, Rolf: 602-03
North Africa campaign: 7-8
North shore, Brittany: 389-94, 396, 413-14
Notre Dame-de-Cenilly: 214, 218, 272-77, 296, 305, 308

Oberkommando der Luftwaffe: 4
Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine: 4
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht: 28

Brittany: 340
COBRA: 248-49, 261, 323
command of: 4
Cotentin: 59-60, 66-67, 71-72, 89, 140, 168-69, 182, 213
drive to Seine: 420-21, 457, 459-60, 483, 521-22, 566-67
east of Seine: 597-98, 609, 661, 669-70
operational control: 6

Oberkommando des Heeres: 4, 210-11, 591-92, 689
Oberster Befehlshaber der Deutschen Wehrmacht. See Hitler, Adolf.
Observation, air. See Air operations, air-ground co-ordination; Reconnaissance, air.
Obstfelder, General Hans von: 29
Occagnes: 551
Occupation of Axis countries, plans for: 701-02
Oehmichen, Col. Hermann: 592-93
Offensive plans. See Tactical plans; Tactical plans, German.
O'Hare, Col. Joseph J.: 36n
Oise River: 590, 671-72
Oliver, Maj. Gen. Lunsford E.: 438-39, 504, 578, 651
OMAHA Beach: 10
Orbec: 555, 576
Order of battle, Allied: 8-10
Ordway, Col. Godwin, Jr.: 154-56, 168
Organization Todt: 33n, 397, 406, 662
Orléans: 357, 422-23, 430, 439, 534-35, 563-73, 583-85, 610-11, 635, 654-55, 665-67
Orléans, province of: 3-4
Orléans-Paris gap. See Paris-Orléans gap.
Orne River: 10-11, 15, 29-30, 121-22, 188-90, 192-94, 288-89, 431, 454-55, 495, 520-23, 525, 528-32, 534, 540
Orville: 549
Ostend: 686-87, 692
Ouville: 261
OVERLORD: 179-80, 185-88, 424, 429-42, 559, 572-73, 583, 590-91, 598-99, 631-33, 642

Pacy-sur-Eure: 579
Paimpol: 393, 634
Palaiseau: 608-10
Palmer, Brig. Gen. Williston B.: 219-20
Panels, tactical use of: 222, 319-20
Panzerfaust. See Rocket launchers, German.
Parachute Infantry Regiments

505th: 61-62
507th: 61-62
508th: 61-62

Paramé: 396-97, 399-401, 403
Pardee, Pvt. Melvin V.: 684n
Paris: 660-61, 664-66, 671-75, 690

drive on: 16, 25, 28, 30, 37-38, 48, 194, 334-35, 348-49, 357, 430, 432, 439-40, 455-56, 497, 502, 530, 532, 575-78, 582, 589, 622n, 691
liberation of: 590-628

Paris-Orléans gap: 14, 393, 400, 402, 413, 419, 434, 559-75, 579, 583-89, 592-93
Parks, Staff Sgt. J. W.: 299n
Partridge, Col. Richard C.: 64-67
Pas-de-Calais: 31-32, 34, 46, 209, 213, 225-26, 340-41, 345, 421, 658, 660, 671-72, 678, 686-87
Passais: 444
Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr.: 9, 389, 602. See also Armies, Third.

and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 494, 497-98, 501, 503, 506, 508-09, 513, 524-25, 527, 529, 564
and Avranches: 309-22, 419-39
biography: 344-45
and Brest: 370, 633, 635-36, 639-40, 656
and Brittany: 343-68, 389-91, 424
and Coutances-Caumont drive: 209-10, 213
and drive to Seine: 559-61, 572-73, 578, 600
and drive east of Seine: 658-60, 664-66, 668-69, 679, 682, 685-88, 691-92, 701
influence on subordinates: 350-51, 356
and Montgomery: 370, 379, 388
and Mortain: 456
and operations east of Vire River: 288
and Paris-Orléans gap: 559-65, 573, 585

Patton's Household Cavalry: 349-56, 362-63
Patyniski, Staff Sgt. Edward A.: 684n
Pemsel, Generalmajor Max: 327-28
Penfeld: 645-46
Penfeld River: 638, 642, 647-48, 651, 655
Percy: 275-77, 281, 296, 298-303, 306, 313, 324, 328, 441, 449
Périers: 424-25

drive on: 40, 46, 59, 64, 82-86, 127-33, 149, 175, 180, 198-99, 201, 227, 242, 247-51, 257, 262, 263, 266-71, 310-12, 329-30
and St. Lô highway, drive on: 78-80, 90, 128-29, 134, 140-45, 215, 219-24, 228-31, 233-35, 238, 242, 244-47, 249, 251, 253-55, 265, 270-72, 309, 329

Péronne: 671-72, 679
Perriers-en-Beauficel: 448-49, 468-69, 483
Pétain, Marshal Henri Philippe: 591
Peterson, Tech. Sgt. Lloyd N.: 285n
Philippeville: 693-94
Philippine Sea, Battle of 6
Photography, aerial: 96, 151

Pickett, 1st Lt. Vernon W.: 163n
Pieri, Capt. William F.: 315n
Pietzonka, Col. Erich: 651
Pirou: 248-49
Plabennec: 380, 635
Pleurtuit: 400, 402
Plouvien: 384
Plouzané: 644
Pointe de Corsen: 642
Pointe des Espagnols: 652
Pointe du Petit Minou: 651
Poitiers: 654-55
POL (petroleum, oil, lubricants): . 179, 332-33, 358, 363, 372, 379, 388, 393, 438-39, 502, 541, 572, 573, 590-91, 626, 659-60, 666-69, 670, 680-82, 686-88, 691-96
POL, German: 33, 224-25, 503-05, 517-22, 531, 538, 556, 666-69, 681, 683
Poland: 6
Polish Armoured Division, 1st: 480, 528-29, 533, 537n, 540-42, 544-48, 553-55
Pond, Maj. Leroy R.: 66n, 530n
Pont-â-Mousson: 696
Pont-Brocard: 260-61, 273-76
Pont d'Austerlitz: 615
Pont de 1'Arche: 578
Pont-de-la-Roque: 314, 316
Pont de Sévres: 612-13
Pont-Hébert: 90, 106-07, 111, 114-17, 137, 143, 149, 160-63, 166, 169
Pont-Scorff 363-65
Pontaubault: 318-21, 323-25, 331, 334-35, 341-42, 344, 347, 350, 355-59, 369-72, 389-90, 471
Pontfarcy: 298
Ponthierry: 588
Pontivy: 343, 353, 379, 388
Pontorson: 341, 350, 367-73, 376, 390, 428-29
Pool, Staff Sgt. Lafayette G.: 672n
Port facilities: 3-4, 5-6, 10-11, 14, 78n, 122-23, 179-80, 185-87, 208-09, 340-43, 346-48, 349, 381, 388, 390-91, 394, 396, 405, 409-10, 414-15, 430, 452-53, 631-33, 655-56, 657, 659-61, 674, 676, 677-78, 692, 697
Portbail: 58
Porte de Gentilly: 615
Porte d'orléans: 613
Poterie ridge: 53-55, 60-63, 66-67, 76-77, 123-24
Powell, Pfc. Henry N.: 292n
Prairies Marecageuses de Gorges: 38-39, 49, 53, 58, 64, 69, 78-80, 82-83, 87, 129
Prentice, T/5 John G.: 126n
Preslipsky, Pvt. Peter: 474n
Propaganda, German: 146, 224-25
Prosser, Pvt. Barney H.: 66n
Provins: 667-68
Pruem: 693
Prussman, Pfc. Ernest W.: 645-46
Pryor, 1st Lt. William L.: 126n
Psychological warfare: 407, 409
Puntenny, Capt. William H.: 166-67
"Purple Heart Draw": 152

Quebec Conference (OCTAGON): 701-02
Quédilliac: 372-73
Qutlern peninsula: 638, 652
Quesada, Maj. Gen. Elwood A.: 8, 208, 221, 231-33
Quiberon: 347-50, 357, 360, 362-63, 367, 425
Quiberon Bay: 186-87, 346-17, 355, 359-60, 362, 631, 633, 655-56
Quiberon peninsula: 346, 364
Quibou: 260-61, 273

Radio Calais: 459-60
Radio sets, armor-infantry: 43-44
Raff, Col. Edson D.: 61
Railroads: 33, 349, 690, 697
Rambouillet: 528, 576, 585, 608, 610-12
Ramcke, Generalleutnant Herman B.: 387, 638-39, 651-52, 655
Rampan: 161, 169
Ramsay, Adm. Sir Bertram H.: 8, 186-87
Rance River: 373, 394-97, 399-402, 411-12
Randolph, Lt. Col. George B.: 428, 530n
Rânes: 511-13, 520
Ranger Battalions

at Brest: 634, 642n, 651
2d: 642n, 652
5th: 642n, 651

Rations: 210, 332-33
Rauch, Generalmajor Josef: 638-39, 652
Read, Col. George W., Jr.: 316, 372-73
Reaser, 1st Lt. Joseph C.: 488
Reconnaissance Battalions

82d: 273
83d: 105n

Reconnaissance Troops

29th: 642n
90th: 428n, 434n, 436n

Recouvrance: 638, 643, 651, 655
Red Ball Express: 690-92
Redon: 354-55, 362
Reed, Col. Ollie W.: 155, 158-59
Reeves, Col. Andrew R.: 55-56
Reffuveille: 444, 461, 470, 473-75
Regimental combat teams. See Infantry Regiments.
Reims: 566, 664-68, 671, 698-99
Reinhard, Col. Walter: 463-64
Rennes: 322, 342, 347-50, 354-55, 357-68, 381, 413-14, 422, 425, 428-31, 442, 497, 634-35, 637-38
Repiton-Préneuf, Maj. Philippe H.: 601
Resistance forces: 9-10, 16. See also Civilians; French Forces of the Interior.
Rethel: 672, 682
Rhine River: 590, 657-702
Rhinoceros attachments. See Hedgerows, devices for overcoming.
Rhône River and valley: 535, 566-67, 661-62, 685-86

Ridgway, Maj. Gen. Matthew B.: 60-62
Risle River: 580-82
River crossings

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 500n, 527, 540
Brittany: 372, 396
COBRA2: 92-97, 306-47
Cotentin: 124-33, 178
drive to Seine: 432-35, 437-39, 446-47, 451, 454, 561-62, 564-65, 586-89, 607, 6 12-13, 615, 621-22
east of Seine: 664-70, 672-75, 677, 680, 682, 686, 692-99, 702
Marne: 663-70
Meuse: 664-70, 674-75, 677, 68629, 2-95, 6 98-99
Sée: 314, 317-19, 321
Seine: 455-56, 571-755, 78-81, 583
Sélune: 314, 317-21
Sienne: 306-07, 314-17
Taute: 128-33
Vire: 89-101, 292-97

River crossings, German

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 522-23, 528-34, 537-40, 543, 547-55
drive to Seine: 567-68, 573-76, 578, 580-83
St. Lô: 161
Vire: 296-302

Roadblocks: 243-44, 274, 278, 280, 304, 469-70, 525, 573, 683-84
Roadblocks, German: 106, 128, 151, 228, 244, 253-55, 270, 273, 300-301, 308, 311, 313, 316, 320, 360, 379-80, 383, 396, 399-400, 434-37, 448, 451, 500, 571-72, 583, 589, 592, 594, 609-10, 61636, 7-68, 673, 6 89, 694
Robertson, Maj. Gen. Walter M.: 149-53, 284, 291, 4506, 46-47
Robinson, Col. Warren A.: 73
Rocket launchers, 2.36-inch: 45, 65, 87-88, 96, 131, 152, 2052, 43-44, 226628,-69, 303, 642-43, 646-47
Rocket launchers, German: 30, 279. 372. 448. 481-82, 534, 579, 593
Rockets, 5-inch: 642-43
Rocroi: 693-94
Rodwell, Col. James S.: 86
Roffe, Col. A. Worrell: 285, 563
Rogen, Brig. Gen. Pleas B.: 625
Romagny: 471, 473, 488
Rome: 6
Romilly: 667
Rommel, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin

accepts defensive posture: 24-25
and Avranches: 327
at Berchtesgaden: 26, 28
arid Caen: 121-22, 133-35, 191-92
and Cherbourg: 23-24
and COBRA: 89, 102
command of 20, 24, 29, 47
and Coutances-Caumont drive: 181, 212
incapacitation of 420
and Normandy defense: 47-48, 502, 1 2-13
OB WEST, criticism of 47
suicide: 535
tactical concepts: 20-23

Roncey: 275-79, 281, 305-07, 330
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 7-8
Rose, Maj. Gen. Maurice: 254-56, 298-301, 329, 672, 695n
Rosebaum, Col. Dwight A.: 569-70
Rotterdam: 655, 657-58, 692
Rouen: 10-11, 400, 455-56, 497, 525, 553-54, 578, 580, 582-83, 631, 674, 6 86-87, 692
Royal Air Force

Second Tactical Air Force: 8, 221, 345-46, 474, 684
Air Defence Command: 8
Bomber Command headed by Harris: 8
and Brest: 643, 653
and Caen: 120-21, 191
and COBRA: 221, 223
and St. Malo: 413
tactical air support, concept of 120
V-weapons sites, attacks on: 676n

Royal Canadian Air Force: 510
Roysdon, Col. Dorrance S.: 116-18
Ruhr: 31, 657-58, 659-61, 671-72, 676, 678, 686-88
Rumania: 6, 701
Rundstedt, Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von: 327

at Berchtesgaden conference: 26
and Cherbourg: 23-24
Cotentin defensive plan: 59
heads OB WEST: 20
and Normandy defense: 24-25, 50
and operations east of Seine: 699-700
pessimism: 25, 28
reinstated by Hitler: 699
succeeded by Kluge: 28, 47
tactical concepts: 20-22

Saar: 657-60, 669-70, 678, 697
Sabotage: 181, 590-91, 595-97
Saclay: 609-10
St. André-de-l'Epine: 90
St. Barthélemy: 444, 461, 463, 466-67, 469-70, 473, 487, 490
St. Benoit-des-Ondes: 396
St. Briac-sur-Mer: 402
St. Brieuc: 389-93
St. Calais: 565-67
St. Cyr: 610, 612-13
St. Denis: 621
St. Denis-le-Gast: 217, 274, 276-80
St. Dizier: 664, 667
St. Florentin: 585
St. Germain-sur-Shes: 201-204, 2192, 67-71
St. Gilles: 90, 139-40, 214-15, 217, 222, 228, 230-31, 241-46, 248, 250, 252-56, 259, 264-65, 273, 295, 329, 457
St. Hilaire-du-Harcouet: 427-28, 430-34, 439, 457-58, 460-63, 464, 470-73, 483, 487-88

St. Ideuc: 397, 399, 402-04
St. Jean-de-Daye: 93-94, 97, 99, 104, 106-07, 110-12, 113-15, 134, 135-37
St. Jean-des-Baisants: 283-86, 290
St. Joseph's Hill: 397, 399-400
St. Lambert: 533, 538-43, 547-54
St. Lô: 29, 38, 40, 49, 60, 78-80, 86, 90-93, 101-04, 106, 111, 117-18, 133, 135-37, 139-41, 143, 146-74. 214-15, 215n, 224, 226-27, 240-41, 243-44, 248, 249-51, 257, 261-63, 267-68, 271, 282-85, 286, 296-97, 326-27, 329
St. Lunaire: 402
St. Malo: 34, 324, 340, 342-43, 346-47, 349-51, 366, 372, 374, 376-77, 379, 381, 384-85, 389-415, 562, 631, 634
St. Malo Citadel: 396-97, 399, 402-03, 631
St. Marc: 638
St. Michel-en-Grève: 392-93, 413-15, 636-37
St. Mihiel: 664, 667
St. Nazaire: 3-4, 10-11, 340, 342-43, 346-47, 357, 361, 366, 414-15, 561, 631, 633-84, 655-56
St. Pierre-Quilbignan: 638, 648
St. Pierre-sur-Dives: 518-19, 528
St. Pois: 308, 330, 334-35, 444-48, 450, 466, 471
St. Quentin: 582, 678-79, 683, 692
St. Samson-de-Bonfossé: 255-56
St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte: 60-62
St. Sauveur-Lendelin: 248-51, 260, 266-68, 270, 271, 311-12
St. Servan-sur-Mer: 396-400, 403, 406-08
St. Sever-Calvados: 287, 448-49, 471
St. Vaast: 4
St. Valery-en-Caux: 686-87
St. Vith: 693
Ste. Suzanne: 436-37
Ste. Suzanne-sur-Vire: 283-84, 290
Sainteny: 80-89, 128-31
Sambre River: 672, 694
Saône River: 419, 575-76, 591-92, 661-64, 674-75, 678
Sarthe River: 435, 437-39, 524-25, 561-62, 567
Sartilly: 317-18, 321
Saumur: 561, 566-67, 635
Savigny: 260-63, 266
Scanlon, Staff Sgt. George T.: 646n
Schelde (Escaut) River: 660-61, 663, 674-75, 677-79, 686-87, 692, 699
Schimpf, Generalleutnant Richard: 524-43
Schulz, Maj. Robert H.: 530n
Schutzstaffel: 18-19
Schwerin, Generalleutnant Gerhard Graf von: 462-64, 580
Searchlights, tactical use. See Illumination, battlefield.
Sears, Col. Robert: 565-66
Sebree, Brig. Gen. Edmund B.: 163, 565-66
"Secret weapons, " German: 536, 604
Sedan: 671-72, 682, 692
Sée River: 287, 308, 313-14, 317-19, 321, 331, 356, 422, 425-27, 429, 443, 444, 446-48, 456-63, 466, 468-71, 473-74, 487, 490
Sées: 492-95, 497, 498, 500-503, 513-14, 519-20, 522, 562-63, 568, 608
Segre: 560-61
Seine River: 3-6, 10-11, 14, 16, 29-30, 33, 38-39, 193-94, 334-35, 340-41, 343, 348-49, 421-22, 430-33, 440, 454-56, 495-97, 507, 523-24, 532-33, 534-35, 553-54, 556, 558-92, 597-98, 607, 609-15, 621-22, 632, 657-66, 670-71, 672, 674, 676-78, 686, 690, 698-99
Seine River, bay of 191-92, 394
Seitz, Col. John F. R.: 257
Selleck, 2d Lt. Harold B.: 444n
Selune River: 313-14, 317-21, 331, 343, 369, 425, 427, 430, 444, 446, 454, 456, 466-67, 470-71
Senlis: 576
Sens: 535, 584, 587, 666
Sèves River: 59, 124, 127, 129-30, 178, 201-02, 267-70
Sèvres: 610-13, 615
Shea, Brig. Gen. George: 95
Shortages

ammunition: 15, 37, 68-69, 87-88, 99, 100, 179, 358, 372, 546-47, 635-37, 642-46
artillery: 45
grenade launchers: 42
manpower: 179
maps: 179
medical supplies: 666
POL: 358, 363, 372, 438-39, 541, 666-69, 680-82, 686, 692-96
rations: 68-69, 87-88, 358, 691-92
transport: 68-69, 636-37
water: 68-69, 372
white phosphorus: 42

Shortages, German

ammunition: 33, 181, 224-25, 503, 517-18, 521, 551, 556-57, 683
manpower: 32, 325-26
mines: 57
POL: 33, 224, 503-05, 517-22, 531, 538-39, 556, 683
rations: 33
tanks: 213, 224-25
transport: 326-27
weapons: 33
wire: 57

Sicily Campaign: 7-8
Siegfried Line: 27, 419-21, 676-78, 677n, 692-702
Sienne River: 218, 260-61, 264, 272-74, 276-78, 296, 306-07, 314-17
Sille-le-Guillaume: 486, 514
Silrester, Maj. Gen. Lindsay McD.: 568-70, 588, 667-68
Simard, Capt. Naubert O., Jr.: 280n
Simonds, Lt. Gen. Sir G. G.: 479
Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H.: 637-38
Slidex: 114n
Smith, Col. George, Jr.: 253

Smoke, tactical use of: 70, 97-98, 199-200, 222, 234-35, 268-69, 301-02, 339, 500, 510, 643-44, 649-51
Smythe, Col. George W.: 141
Snyder, Tech. Sgt. Harold D.: 163n
Soissons conference: 24
Somme River: 419, 422-23, 575-76, 582-83, 591-92, 661-64, 670-71, 674-75, 678, 680, 686-87
Soulle River: 260-61, 273, 275
Souloeuvre River: 290, 292, 294-95, 449-50
Souppes-sur-Loing: 584
Sourdeval: 423, 443-44, 446-47, 452-54, 466-67, 481-82, 486, 490-92, 494, 511
Southern France Campaign: 6, 486, 517, 521-22, 534-35, 566-68, 654-55, 661-62, 669-70, 685-86, 697-99, 702
Spaatz, Lt. Gen. Carl: 8
Spang, Generalleutnant Karl: 384
Speer, Albert: 122
Speidel, Generalleutnant Hans: 212, 521-22, 535n, 608-09, 620-21
Squire, 1st Lt. William F.: 138n
Stallings, Capt. George T.: 117n
Steelman, Tech. Sgt. Fred D.: 299n
Sterling, Tech. Sgt. Harold V.: 470
Storck, Col. Louis J.: 315n
Strategic plans, Allied: 6
Strategic plans, German: 20-28
Strategic plans, U.S.: 220-23, 228-41
Straube, General Erich: 551-52, 683
Street fighting: 646-48, 651
Strickland, Lt. Col. Erasmus H.: 447
Stroh, Maj. Gen. Donald A.: 125-26, 361-62, 647-48, 652
Student, Generaloberst Kurt: 699
Supply by artillery fire: 489
Supply deficiencies, German: 608-09
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). See also Allied Expeditionary Force;

Eisenhower, General Dwight D.
and Argentan-Falaise pocket: 500
decisions on ports: 655-56
displacement to France: 343-46, 684
and drive to Seine: 599, 605-06, 623-25
estimate of Brest garrison: 388
and operations east of Seine: 657, 684-88, 700
recognition of FFI: 594-95
supply capabilities: 491
tactical plans, initial: 185-96

Sutherland, Col. Edwin M.: 473
Switzerland: 535, 661, 676-77, 697
SWORDHILT: 186n
Sylvan, Maj. William C.: 24n

Tactical plans

air: 3-4, 220-23, 228-41
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 479-80, 482-83, 492-502, 506-09, 513-14, 523-30
Brittany: 10-11, 339-51, 354-55, 359-60, 362, 369-80, 381, 383-86, 389, 562, 632-33, 642-43
Caen: 120, 122, 188-96, 288-90
COBRA: 185-96, 197-223, 262-68, 270, 279, 282-92, 296-98, 305-08, 309-11, 313-14
Cotentin: 10, 13-16, 36-47, 53-58, 80-82, 90, 93-96, 102-07, 123, 128-29, 140-42, 151, 153-59, 161-64, 166, 168-70, 185-96, 197
drive to Seine: 424-56, 465-67, 471-72, 559-69, 572-74, 577-79, 590-91, 599, 606-08, 610-11, 614-15
east of Seine: 573, 590-91, 632-33, 657-61, 664-66, 669, 671-72, 674, 676-80, 684-88
Eisenhower role in: 119
SHAEF: 185-96

Tactical plans, German

air: 26, 28
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 481-86, 498-501, 503-05, 515-23, 528-40, 542, 545, 548-52
Brittany: 339-43, 357-58, 361, 381-82, 386-87, 396, 632, 639
Caen: 191-92, 212-13
COBRA: 199, 201, 224-28, 246-49, 266, 275, 283-84, 290-92, 295-96, 298-99, 313, 323-32, 339-43
concept of commanders: 20-23
Cotentin: 20-27, 47-50, 58-59, 75, 94-95, 102, 148, 157, 159, 168-69, 177-78, 212-13, 224-28, 287, 296, 304, 322, 327, 330
defensive concept: 24-26, 28, 30
defensive measures: 47-50
drive to Seine: 419-39, 442-43, 457-62, 474-75, 481-86, 566, 570, 575-76, 579-80, 582, 591-94, 609
east of Seine: 661-65, 669-71, 677-78, 698-700
to hamper Allied mobility: 26-27
and Hitler's decisions: 20-23, 25-28, 30
naval: 26, 28

Tank Battalions: 43

68th: 641n
70th: 86
712th: 428n, 434n
737th: 163
743d: 96, 113, 489
746th: 82
749th: 420n

Tank Destroyer Battalions

603d: 373, 641n
607th: 428n, 434n
654th: 163
702d: 254n, 277-78
703d: 105n
705th: 641n
801st: 86
802d: 82
823d: 95, 114, 473-74

Tank Destroyer Brigade, 1st: 349n, 389, 641n
Tank Destroyer Group, 6th: 349n, 389, 641n
Tank-infantry co-ordination

COBRA: 243-44, 284

Tank-infantry co-ordination-Continued

Cotentin: 41-44, 74-76, 85, 95-96, 106, 109-10, 116, 207
drive to Seine: 585
weaknesses in: 43-44, 106, 109-10, 116

Tank-infantry co-ordination, German: 141-42
Tank-infantry-engineer co-ordination: 149-50, 154
Tankdozers: 96, 107-08, 151-52, 154, 205-06, 311-12. See also Bulldozers.
Tanks

armament: 45
as cargo carriers: 68-69
comparison with German: 204-05
Sherman: 45
telephones in: 43-44
vulnerability: 24

Tanks, German

armament: 44-45
capabilities: 44-46
Mark III: 204-05
Mark IV: 44-46, 204-05, 253-55
Mark V (Panther): 30, 44-46, 63, 244, 260, 262, 274-75
Mark VI (King or Royal Tiger): 30, 44-46, 204-05

Task Forces

A, VIII Corps: 349-56, 374-78, 381, 384-85, 389-94, 396, 413-14, 634-35, 640-41, 651-54
B, VIII Corps: 640-42, 651-52
Barth: 436-37
C, 29th Division: 166, 169-74
Clarke: 428
Randolph: 428
S, 29th Division: 642
Weaver: 434-37, 497-98
Wood: 434, 437-38

Tauchert, Staff Sgt. Walter R.: 302n
Taute River: 38-39, 78, 80-81, 86-102, 106-07, 110-11, 128-33, 141-42, 198-200, 219, 227-28, 242, 247, 250-51, 267-71
Taute-Vire Canal. See Vire et Taute Canal.
Taylor, Brig. Gen. James: 311, 374, 384
Taylor, Maj. Gen. Maxwell D.: 81
Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W.: 8, 190, 22 1
Terrain

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 479, 500, 502, 525, 534, 540-42
bocage: 38
Brittany: 346-47, 371, 379, 382, 387-88, 396-97, 399, 406, 633, 638, 644
COBRA2: 14-15, 257, 265-68, 283, 290, 313-14, 318
Cotentin: 4, 10-13, 38-39, 60-61, 64, 68-69, 72-75, 92-93, 111, 129, 143, 148-49, 162, 199, 201-02, 288
drive to Seine: 419, 448, 450-51, 563-64, 587-88
east of Seine: 419, 664, 672
effect of, on operations
on armor actions: 30
Caen: 120-21, 193, 226
COBRA: 241-42, 253-56, 265-68, 284-86, 290, 292, 294-95, 298-99, 306, 313, 327
Cotentin: 30, 53-55, 81-83, 85, 88-89, 107-11, 119, 122-23, 128, 129-30, 143-44, 176-78, 187-88, 198-202, 214, 226
hedgerows. See Hedgerows.
marsh: 38-39, 53, 55, 58-59, 92, 128, 178, 199-200, 268
mud: 69, 76
water barriers: 39-40, 87, 92-93, 290, 294-95, 313-14, 419, 663-65, 672, 674-75, 677, 699. See also River crossings; River crossings, German.

Terrette River: 143-44
Tessy-sur-Vire: 217-18, 256, 290, 292, 294, 296-304, 306, 313, 328, 330, 430, 441, 446-47, 449, 451, 452-53, 472
Thompson, Brig. Gen. John B.: 569-70
Thorson, Brig. Gen. Truman C.: 36n, 679
Thurston, Pfc. William: 73
Thury-Harcourt: 423, 454, 480
Tilly: 239-40, 588-89
Time bombs: 506
Tinchebray: 443, 450, 454, 461-62, 481, 490, 492-94, 510-11, 529-30, 577, 634
Tirepied: 314, 317, 321
Topography. See Terrain.
Torigni-sur-Vire: 291-92, 294-95, 298
TOTALIZE: 479n
Toul: 663, 696
Toulon: 552
Touques River: 532-33, 575-76, 580-81
Tournai: 660-61, 679-83, 686, 695
Tournai-sur-Dives: 547
Tours: 484, 562-63, 566-68
Toussus-le-Noble: 612-13
Traffic control: 4, 94, 97-98, 106, 241, 446
Traffic control, German: 522, 531-32, 534, 546, 671
Training: 43-44, 149-50, 154
Trappes: 609-10
Tribehou island and causeway: 131-32, 135, 141-42, 198-99
Trier: 693
Troisgots: 297-303, 323
Trouville: 442
Troyes: 584, 589, 662, 666-67, 698-99
Trun: 527-34, 537-42, 544, 549, 551, 558
Turkey: 419, 701

Unconditional surrender: 7-8
Unger, Staff Sgt. Frederick W.: 299n
UTAH Beach: 10

V-weapons

defense against: 208n, 211-12
enemy launchings: 34, 686-87
launching sites, attacks on: 31, 34, 657-62, 676, 686-87

Vaiges: 436
Valenciennes: 683, 696
Valognes: 4, 209
Van Fleet, Brig. Gen. James A.: 640-41
Vandenberg, Maj. Gen. Hoyt S.: 644
Vannes: 3-4, 346-47, 355, 357, 362-65, 385-86
Vaucouleurs: 667
Vaux de Vire River: 450-51
Vendôme: 567-68
Verdun: 664, 668-70
Verneuil: 520-21, 579
Vernon: 568, 576, 578, 581, 671, 674
Versailles: 608-12, 621-22
Verviers: 695
Vervins: 682
Vesle River: 664
Vidouville: 290
Vie River: 533, 548
Viebig, Colonel Wilhelm: 551
Vieman, Lt. Col. Lewis D.: 489
Viette River: 529
Vilaine River: 362
Villacoublay: 610
Villebaudon: 217-18, 256, 297-302, 448
Villedieu-les-Bailleul: 551-52
Villedieu-les-Poëles: 287, 303, 306-09, 313, 317-19, 323-24, 330-31, 341, 441, 444, 446-48, 466, 471, 560
Villeneuve-le-Roi: 609-10, 614-15
Villers-Bocage: 454
Villers-Charlemagne: 438
Villiers-Fossard: 153-54, 159, 162
Vimoutiers: 522-23, 529-32, 537n, 538, 540-42, 544-46, 554-55
Vincennes: 618-20
Vincenterie peninsula: 141-42
Vire: 37-38, 287-290, 292, 294-95, 297-98, 301-03, 322, 324, 327, 334-35, 422-23, 430, 441, 443-44, 446, 449-54, 455, 458, 471-72, 480-82, 491-92, 494, 495-97
Vire et Taute Canal: 90-101, 106, 109-10, 134-35, 140-41
Vire River: 10n, 11, 25, 38-40, 49, 102-07, 109, 111, 117-18, 143, 148-49, 153-57, 159-63, 165-66, 169, 171-75, 214-19, 226-28, 239-41, 243-44, 247-48, 250-52, 255, 260-61, 272, 275-76, 288-99, 327, 422, 449-50
Vitré: 438, 471-72, 560-62
Vitry-le-François: 664-67, 669-70
Vorché: 547, 551
Vosges Mountains: 419

Wagner, Pfc. Theodore G.: 127n
Wahl, Captain: 520-21, 577-78
Walker, Brig. Gen. Nelson M.: 125
Walker, Maj. Gen. Walton H. See also Corps, XX.

biography: 559
and drive to Seine: 559-63, 568-71, 585, 588-89
and operations east of Seine: 667-68
and St. Lô: 104, 112

Wanielista, Pfc. Walter S.: 126n
Warlimont, General Walter: 192, 296, 323, 325, 421
Warren, 2d Lt. Glenn H.: 490n
Warspite, HMS: 413, 642-43
Waterloo: 695
Watson, Maj. Gen. Leroy H.: 103-04, 106-12, 116-17, 264-66, 513n, 642
Weather, effect of, on operations

Argentan-Falaise pocket: 503, 544-45, 548-49, 551, 553
Brittany: 355, 379, 388, 636-37, 643-44, 650, 653
Caen: 189, 193
COBRA: 210, 223, 228-30, 233-35, 262, 270, 304, 326, 333
Cotentin: 5-6, 37, 44, 57-59, 64, 67-71, 73, 76, 81-82, 87-88, 96-97, 99-100, 112-13, 119, 128, 129, 141-42, 151, 158, 160-61, 166, 178-79, 202
drive to Seine: 461-62, 474-75, 480, 483-84, 575, 578-79, 599, 612-13
east of Seine: 667, 674, 681, 697

Weaver, Brig. Gen. William G.: 434-37, 530n
Wehrmachtfuhrungsstab: 6
Weiss, Sgt. Harry: 126n
Weiss, 2d Lt. Robert L.: 488
Wesson, Lt. Col. H. K.: 643-44
West, Maj. Arthur L., Jr.: 584n
West Wall. See Siegfried Line.
Weyland, Brig. Gen. Otto P.: 345-46, 567
Wharton, Brig. Gen. James E.: 511
White, Staff Sgt. Clarence E.: 571n
White, Brig. Gen. Isaac D.: 272-74, 276, 278
White phosphorus, tactical use of 41, 42, 65, 96, 131, 222, 319, 393, 409, 534, 655
Whitson, Pvt. William H.: 319
Whittington, Sgt. Hulon B.: 280
Wiesbaden: 658-59
Willingham, Tech. Sgt. Dupe A.: 586
Wilson, Tech. Sgt. Milford W.: 402
Wilson, Col. Robert W.: 36n
Winslow, Col. William R.: 311, 649-50
Wire obstacles, use of 57, 75, 124-25, 151, 299, 638, 641
Wissous: 609-10
Wood, Maj. Gen. John S.: 310, 312n, 314, 316-18, 351, 353-54, 357-68, 567-68, 584, 600
Wood, Col. Sterling A.: 74, 434
Woody, 1st Lt. Ronal E., Jr.: 488
World War I: 558, 701-02
Wyche, Maj. Gen. Ira T.: 73-76, 123-24, 126, 434, 437-38, 574-75

Yonne River: 534-35, 584, 587, 597-98, 607
York, Col. Robert H.: 132, 200-201
Yuill, Col. Charles W.: 561-62

Zeitzler, Generaloberst Kurt: 210-11
Zingale, Pfc. Leo T.: 126n
Zwicker, Col. Ralph W.: 151

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