Index

Aachen: 20, 58, 71, 330
Aachen-Cologne autobahn: 168, 188
Aachen-Cologne highway: 168, 188
Abraham, General der Infanterie Erich: 304, 307, 315, 338, 358
Abrams, Lt. Col. Creighton W.: 281
Adams, Col. Charles M.: 450, 452-53, 455
Ahr River and valley: 58, 185, 191-97, 203-01, 207, 210, 212, 214-15, 219, 222-23
Ahrweiler: 192, 196
Air evacuation: 327, 417
Air Force, Eighth: 14, 253, 300, 309, 314, 323
Air Force, Ninth: 14, 310
Air Force, Fifteenth: 309, 324
Air force troops: 334
Air forces, Allied: 15, 211, 323-24
Air operations
against German oil production: 9, 323
against German transportation: 9, 300, 323-24, 365
extended range for fighter-bombers: 397, 399, 401
Russian-Allied bomb line agreement: 446-47
strategic bombing lessons learned: 324, 366, 479
Air supply. See Supply.
Air support: 13-15, 478. See also Tactical air commands; Weather.
Ardennes operations: 51, 54
Harz Mountains operations: 404
for Operations GRENADE and LUMBERJACK: 137, 142, 153, 188
Remagen bridgehead operations: 221, 228, 348, 351
Rhine bridges bombing: 211
Ruhr Pocket operations: 348, 365
Saar-Palatinate operations: 248-49, 253, 256, 260-62, 265
of Seventh Army drive to Austria: 413, 418-20, 423, 425, 441
of Third Army Rhine crossings: 270, 272, 277
of 21 Army Group Rhine crossing: 273, 300-05, 307, 309-10, 315
Air support, German: 7, 163, 187, 227-28, 230, 263, 270, 302, 416-17
Airborne Division, table of organization and equipment of 1 March 1945: 299
Airborne Division, 13th: 284, 422, 427, 477
Airborne Division, 17th
Ardennes offensive operations: 35, 38-41, 299
casualties: 312-13
command and organization: 38, 357, 366
in Operation VARSITY: 298-99, 310-14, 319
prisoners captured: 311, 312n, 313
Ruhr Pocket operations: 364, 366, 370
Airborne Division, 82d
command and organization: 32, 44
Elbe River crossing: 461-63, 464-65
Roer River dams operations: 80
West Wall operations: 63-64, 68
Airborne Division, 101st: 33, 35-36, 40-42, 442, 474
Airborne operations: 17, 135, 273, 285, 294, 298, 300-02, 313-14, 334, 351, 422, 427, 429, 480. See also MARKET operation; VARSITY operation.
Aircraft. See also Artillery liaison planes.
Allied strength: 7, 13-14, 478
C-47 (transport): 145, 309-10, 417
fighter-bombers: 14, 137, 309-10, 478
heavy bombers: 14, 309, 478
Liberator bombers: 309, 314
medium bombers: 13-14, 309-10, 399, 420
P-47 (Thunderbolt): 14, 153, 188
P-51 (Mustang): 14, 277
Aircraft, German
jet-propelled: 7, 9, 163, 228, 263, 300, 323-24, 412, 423
Messerschmitt 262's: 263
Storck: 13
strength in January 1945: 7-8
Alexander, Field Marshal Sir Harold R. L. G.: 409
Allen, Maj. Gen. Leven C.: 290
Allen, Maj. Gen. Roderick R.: 258. See also Armored Division, 12th.
Allen, Maj. Gen. Terry de la Mesa: 157, 165, 355, 361, 402. See also Infantry Division, 104th.
Allied Airborne Army, First: 2, 4, 15, 298, 310, 323, 351, 422
Allied military mission (Moscow): 341
Alligators. See LVT's
Alpine Redoubt. See National Redoubt.
Alsace: 1, 4, 19-21, 34, 238, 243-44, 478
Alsatian Plain: 20
ALSOS mission: 332, 427, 429-30
Altenau: 404
Altenkirchen: 346-48
Alzey: 259
Am Kopf Hill (554): 92-93
Ambleve River: 25, 33, 43-44
Amphibious tanks (DD): 288, 306, 314
Amphibious Truck Company, 453d: 277
Amphibious Truck Company, 819th: 227
Andernach: 197, 201, 204, 206, 208-09, 221, 225, 233
Anderson, Maj. Gen. John B.: 136, 143, 162, 164, 166, 172, 179, 303, 310n, 317. See also Corps, XVI.
Andrus, Brig. Gen. Clift: 46. See also Infantry Division, 1st.
Ansbach: 421

Antiaircraft: 163, 227-28, 230, 263
Antiaircraft Artillery Group, 16th: 227
Antiaircraft, German defense use: 133-34, 191, 206, 242, 251, 280, 286-88, 303, 308-09, 323, 358, 375, 378, 382, 386, 392-93, 396-97, 401-02, 423-34, 436
Antitank weapons: 10, 478. See also Bazookas; Guns; Recoilless rifles.
Antitank weapons, German: 10. See also Guns, German; Panzerfausts.
Antwerp: 14, 23, 34, 324-25
Ardennes counteroffensive: 1-4, 8, 18-19, 21, 23-26, 28, 32-34, 36, 41, 44, 54, 479-80
Ardennes-Eifel region: 19, 22-23, 57-58
Arlberg: 439
Arlberg Pass: 439, 471
Armor. See also Tanks; Weather.
Allied strength: 7
exploitation role of: 246-47, 249, 258-59, 261, 263, 272, 279, 347, 354, 367, 412-14, 416, 435
Operation GRENADE strength: 137
organization of armored divisions: 16-17, 354
Armored Division, 1st: 16
Armored Division, 2d
Ardennes offensive operations: 27, 30-31, 43
casualties: 398
command and organization: 16, 29, 136, 172
Elbe drive and bridgehead operations: 380, 384, 386-87, 396-400, 480
Rhine River drive and crossing: 168, 172, 174-77, 357-59
Armored Division, 3d
Ardennes offensive operations: 27, 29-30, 33
command and organization: 16, 29, 136, 169, 188n, 233, 353
drive to the Mulde: 389, 391-92, 401-02
prisoners captured: 351
Remagen bridgehead breakout: 346-48, 350-52, 354-56, 359-61
Rhine drive: 187-91
Roer River crossing: 157
Armored Division, 4th
advance into Czechoslovakia: 467
Ardennes operations: 35-36, 38, 40-41
casualties: 205
command and organization: 41, 112-13, 241, 281
Kyll to Rhine advance: 197-98, 201-02, 204-07, 242, 244
Main River crossing and Mulde drive: 373-74, 376, 378, 380-82, 384, 410
Moselle River crossing: 206, 246-49, 279
Rhine River crossing and bridgehead operations: 236, 268, 272, 279, 282, 286, 347
Saar-Palatinate operations: 256-60, 265
Sauer and Nims River crossings: 101, 114-15
Armored Division, 5th
Bitburg attack in September 1944: 99
command and organization: 72, 136, 167
drive to the Elbe: 379, 387, 400
Rhine drive: 174-76, 178
Roer dams attack: 72
Roer River crossing: 167, 172
Armored Division, 6th
Ardennes offensive operations: 35-38, 40, 42n, 48, 52-53
casualties: 111
command and organization: 36, 108, 197, 200, 240
Main River crossing: 279, 373
Mulde River advance: 374, 376, 380-82, 392, 447
Rhine River crossing: 265, 268, 280
Vianden bulge operations: 108, 110, 113, 197
Armored Division, 7th
Ardennes offensive operations: 48, 51
command and organization: 48, 74, 222
Elbe River crossing: 461, 463
prisoners captured: 348
Remagen bridgehead operations: 222, 347-48, 355, 355n
Ruhr Pocket reduction: 365, 365n, 366, 370
Armored Division, 8th
capture of Dorsten: 357-58
casualties: 183
command and organization: 136, 172, 357
Harz Mountains operations: 402
Rhine River bridgehead operations: 304, 317-18, 357
Roer River crossing: 172, 179, 181, 183
Ruhr Pocket reduction: 364, 366
in Saar-Moselle triangle: 123, 127
Armored Division, 9th
advance to the Mulde: 380, 391-93
capture of Remagen bridge: 207, 211-12, 219, 223
Remagen bridgehead breakout: 345, 348, 355
Roer River crossing and Rhine advance: 36n, 193, 195-96
Armored Division, 10th
advance into Austria: 438-39
Ardennes offensive operations: 35
attack on Stuttgart: 427
capture of Trier: 132-34, 242
Danube drive and crossing: 429-31, 434-35
Jagst-Neckar operations: 414-16, 418, 480
Rhine bridgehead operations: 322
Saar-Moselle triangle operations: 127-29, 131-34
Saar-Palatinate operations: 249, 257-61, 263
Armored Division, 11th
advance through Bavaria into Austria: 374, 376, 378, 380-81, 426, 437, 466-67
Ardennes offensive operations: 35, 38, 41-43, 52
casualties: 35
command and organization: 41, 248, 259
Kyll River crossing and Rhine advance: 197, 199-200, 205, 223
Moselle River crossing: 248, 250, 257-59
Vianden bulge operations: 108-09, 111
West Wall penetration: 84, 90-91, 93, 259

Armored Division, 12th
advance into Austria: 440
capture of Munich: 436
Danube advance and crossing: 425, 434
Main River advance and crossing: 409, 412-13, 420
Rhine River crossing: 289
Saar-Palatinate operations: 249, 257-59, 263-64
Armored Division, 13th: 366-67, 426, 437
Armored Division, 14th
advance to Austria: 410, 418-20, 422, 424-26, 437
command and organization: 422, 425-26
West Wall penetration: 263-64
Armored Division, 16th: 467
Armored Division, 20th: 435-36
Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 92d: 177
Armored Infantry Battalions
7th: 124
9th: 40n, 111
10th: 281
20th: 134
27th: 212, 216, 220, 225, 230
38th: 355n
41st: 397
48th: 365n
49th: 183
52d: 193
53d: 112
55th: 109
Army, command and logistical functions: 15
Army, First: 2, 36, 70, 135. See also Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H.
Ahr River drive: 185, 194, 197-98, 207, 212
Ardennes counteroffensive operations: 1, 4, 21, 23-24, 43, 135
Ardennes offensive operations: 24, 26-28, 33, 40, 43-46, 52
artillery support for Roer River crossing: 185-86
boundary changes: 19, 136, 138, 191, 196, 345
casualties in Ruhr envelopment: 372, 372n
clearing the Erft-Rhine triangle: 84, 156, 185, 191, 194
command and organization: 4, 15, 17, 19, 26, 43, 68-69, 97, 136, 185-86, 196, 212, 356, 362, 366, 380, 425
Eifel attack: 60, 62, 68-69, 71
Elbe River drive: 373-74, 376, 379-80, 384, 386, 389, 391, 395, 399, 401, 405
flank support of Ninth Army in GRENADE: 137, 142, 156, 165, 186, 191
German forces opposing: 6, 186
linkup with Russian troops: 445, 447, 452
logistics: 186, 325
projected deployment to Pacific theater: 466
Remagen bridge capture: 207, 236, 266
Remagen bridgehead breakout: 234, 274, 279, 290, 339, 344, 346-47, 350
Remagen bridgehead consolidation: 220, 222-23, 232, 266, 289
Rhine crossing plans: 208-11, 227, 239
Roer River crossings: 67, 156, 163
Roer River dams attack: 67, 80
Roer to Rhine attack: 191, 202, 479
Ruhr encirclement and reduction: 340, 351, 355, 357, 362-63, 366-67, 373, 460, 479
tactical air support of: 14, 38
Army, Third. See also Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr.
advance to the Pruem River: 96, 115, 196
Ahr River linkup with First Army: 192, 196-98, 223
Ardennes counteroffensive operations: 1, 4, 21, 23-25, 238
Ardennes offensive operations: 25-28, 33, 35, 43, 48, 52-54
attack on Bitburg: 59, 68, 84, 98-100, 171, 198
boundary changes: 19, 53
casualties: 264
command and organization: 17, 35-36, 68, 97, 99, 108, 123, 185, 224, 238, 240, 248, 373, 378, 422, 425, 466
drive into Austria: 434, 437, 440, 442, 460, 464, 466
Eifel area probing attacks: 67-68, 84, 93, 98, 196
Eifel drive: 62-63, 68, 185-86, 194, 196-97, 201, 236-37, 241
final drive across Germany: 379-81, 384, 386, 389, 392, 395, 405, 407-08, 419-23, 425-26
German forces opposing: 6, 186
Main River crossings: 291, 373
Moselle crossing plans: 206, 239, 241
Ohrdruf communications center capture: 376
Our River operations: 59, 92
prisoners captured by: 264
Rhine bridgeheads breakout: 339, 344, 348, 362, 373-76, 378, 409-10
Rhine crossing operations: 273, 285, 287, 289, 291, 293, 306, 322, 345, 373, 381, 412, 479
Rhine crossing plans: 209, 234, 236, 241, 265-66
Rhine drive orders: 68, 197
Saar-Moselle triangle operations: 21, 116, 134, 186, 239
Saar-Palatinate operations: 208, 235-36, 238-39, 239n, 240, 252, 256-57, 263-65, 285, 479
shortage of infantry replacements: 54
tactical air support of: 14, 38
Trier envelopment: 134, 145, 171, 196
Army, Seventh. See also Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander M.
Alsace operations: 243
boundary changes: 19, 429, 436
casualties: 264
command and organization: 4, 240, 249, 252, 409, 422
German forces opposing: 6, 206, 375
intelligence report of National Redoubt: 407, 409
linkup with Allied forces in Italy: 469

prisoners captured by: 264, 434
Rhine crossing plans and operations: 241, 265, 284-86, 289, 321, 339, 347, 407-08, 412
Saar-Moselle triangle operations: 116
Saar-Palatinate operations: 20-21, 206, 238-39, 239n, 240-41, 246, 252-53, 256-58, 260-62, 264, 284
sweep through southern Germany into Austria: 408-10, 412, 416, 418, 421-23, 426, 428, 431-32, 436-39, 466-67
tactical air support of: 14
Army, Ninth. See also GRENADE operation; Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H.
Ardennes operations: 25, 135-36
boundary changes: 19, 136, 174, 175
casualties: 162, 183, 372
command and organization: 4, 56-57, 67-69, 135-37, 137n, 173, 185, 296-97, 303-04, 323, 340-41, 363, 366, 379, 461, 480
Elbe River drive: 380-81, 384-87, 389, 395, 399-402, 405-06, 421, 479
German forces opposing: 6
intelligence for Operation GRENADE: 139-40
linkup with Russian forces: 445, 447
logistics: 135-37, 185, 325
military government operations: 184, 331
plan for Berlin drive: 379, 386-87, 399
prisoners captured by: 183
Rhine assault crossings: 303
Rhine bridgehead operations: 317-19, 339, 357
Rhine crossing plans and buildup: 67, 138-39, 143, 173-74, 178, 178n, 179n, 211, 220, 239, 294-98, 319
Rhine west bank mop-up operations: 179, 183
Roer River crossing plans: 73, 80, 83, 138-39, 142-44
Roer River crossings: 154, 157, 162, 166
Roer to Rhine advance: 156, 163, 168, 170-76, 178, 183-85, 187-89, 191
Ruhr encirclement and reduction: 340-41, 351, 359, 362-67, 380, 460
support of Eifel advance: 65, 71
and surrender operations: 465
tactical air support of: 14, 300, 304
use of battlefield illumination: 156n
Army, Fifteenth: 46, 323, 340-41, 351, 379n
Army Group, command and logistical functions: 15
Army Group, 6th. See also Devers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L.
Ardennes counteroffensive support: 24
clearing Rhine west bank: 208, 236, 238, 240
command and organization: 4, 15, 21, 240, 323, 422
employment of Negro troops: 335
lines of communication: 325
and National Redoubt: 407-08
Rhine crossing plans: 232, 239
southern Germany and Austria sweep: 340-41, 407-09, 422, 427-28, 430, 432-33, 437-39, 442, 460, 464, 474
Army Group, 12th. See also Bradley, Lt. Gen. Omar N.
Ardennes operations: 4, 41
command and organization: 4, 15, 26, 43, 67, 108, 185, 239, 323, 340-41, 363, 379
Eifel drive plans: 57, 59
Eifel offensive halted by Eisenhower: 67, 84
employment of Negro troops: 334-35
Leipzig-Dresden drive: 340, 343, 379, 381, 384-86, 389, 399, 407-08, 418, 421-22, 434
plan to clear the Saar-Palatinate: 239, 239n, 240
plans and Rhine crossing operations: 55, 170, 208, 289-90
Remagen breakout and Ruhr encirclement: 344, 351, 379
Army Group, 21. See also Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L.; VARSITY operation.
command and organization: 4, 15, 19, 43, 135, 175, 297, 297n, 323
drive beyond the Elbe: 340-42, 421
German defenses against: 184-85, 301, 304
northern Germany and Netherlands clearing operations: 460-61
Rhine assault crossing: 273, 297, 300, 303-04, 314, 319, 344, 479
Rhine-Ruhr "main effort" plans: 2, 55, 57, 135, 206, 208, 220, 232, 234, 238-39, 239n, 267, 294, 340
Arnhem: 295, 379, 460
Artillery
Allied strength: 7
control and organization doctrine: 12
fire called on own positions: 155
fire on friendly positions: 308
harassing fire: 167, 177
massed fire: 48
TOT fires: 95, 95n, 111
withheld to effect surprise: 31, 49, 109, 267
Artillery, German: 12, 157, 161, 225, 227, 346
Artillery liaison planes: 12-13, 105, 202, 205, 268, 270, 302, 448
Artillery observation: 29, 31, 65, 73, 157, 267
Artillery support
Ardennes offensive: 31
concentration for Operation GRENADE: 137, 142, 145, 154-56, 168, 185
of Moselle River crossing: 244-46
for Operation LUMBERJACK: 185-86
of Remagen bridge and bridgehead operations: 211, 215, 220, 232
of Roer dams attack: 72, 74, 79-80
of Ruhr Pocket operations: 365
Saar-Palatinate operations: 255
of Sauer-Our crossings: 103, 103n, 110-11
of Seventh Army Rhine crossing: 287, 289

of Third Army Rhine crossings: 267, 272-73, 280
of 21 Army Group Rhine crossing: 273, 297, 303-08
Aschaffenburg: 279-80, 282, 347, 374, 409-10
Assault guns. See Guns, German, self-propelled.
Augsburg: 435-36
Austria: 409, 421-22, 427, 430-31, 434-35, 437-39, 446, 456-57, 460, 464, 466, 477
Austrian Alps and Alpine passes: 340, 407, 409, 437-40, 442, 445, 467-71

Baade, Maj. Gen. Paul W.: 38, 167, 180-81, 316. See also Infantry Division, 35th.
Baal: 153, 162, 164, 167
Bad Godesberg: 196, 212
Bad Hersfeld: 374
Bad Kreuznach: 241, 249, 258, 325
Bad Muenster: 249
Bad Neuenahr: 196, 212
Bad Neustadt: 419
Bad Orb: 378
Baltic coast: 421, 446, 456-58, 460-61, 464, 477
Bamberg: 421-24
Bannholz Woods: 126-27
Barby: 387, 397, 405, 447
Barcus, Brig. Gen. Glenn O.: 253
Barnett, Maj. Gen. Allison J.: 380
Bastogne: 1, 21, 23-28, 32-41, 43, 48, 479
Bastogne-Liège highway: 25, 29
Battlefield illumination: 156, 156n, 229, 257, 268, 271, 275-76
Baum, Capt. Abraham J.: 281-84. See also Task Force Baum.
Bayerlein, Generalleutnant Fritz: 154, 189, 221-22, 226, 233-34, 344-46, 350, 353, 356, 359-62, 370
Bayreuth: 384, 409, 425
Bazookas: 10, 120, 155, 254
Bealke, Lt. Col. Jacob W., Jr.: 92
Beardsley, Pvt. Albert J.: 123
Beaudoin, 1st Lt. Raymond O.: 385n
Beckum: 358-59
Belgian units: 5n, 297n
Bellinger, Maj. Robert: 352
Belsen concentration camp: 481
Bennett, Cpl. Edward A.: 66n
Berchtesgaden: 442, 444
Bergstrasse: 286
Berlin: 337, 423, 443, 475-76
air attacks on: 323-24
Eisenhower decision against drive to: 379, 384, 387, 395, 399, 405-06, 480
as final objective: 18-19, 334, 340-42, 384, 386-87, 399, 406, 480
occupation plans for: 335, 480
Russian drive to: 335, 340, 375, 405, 443-45, 447, 459
Bernadotte, Count Folke: 444
Bernkastel: 196
Beurig: 131-32
Beurig-Zerf highway: 132
Beyer, Cpl. Arthur O.: 42n
Beyer, General der Infanterie Franz: 49, 100, 105, 198, 243, 260, 263, 414-15, 427-29, 433
Biedenkopf: 354
Bingen: 240, 274
Birken: 365
Birkesdorf: 157, 159
Bischoff, Lt. Col. Eric E.: 155
Bitburg: 58-59, 68, 84, 98-99, 101, 106-07, 112-15, 133, 145, 171, 198-99, 200, 204
Bitche: 252, 254, 256
Bitterfeld: 392, 401-02
Bittrich, General der Waffen-SS Willi: 27
Black, Col. Paul J.: 267
Black Forest: 19-20, 284, 408-09, 415, 421-22, 427-31, 433, 438
Black market operations: 332-33
Blakeley, Brig. Gen. Harold W.: 48, 66, 86, 96-97. See also Infantry Division, 4th.
Blankenburg: 405
Blaskowitz, Generaloberst Johannes: 6, 118, 176-78, 301-03, 314-15, 338-39, 358, 385, 460
Bleckede: 462-63
Bliss River: 253-54
Blumentritt, General der Infanterie Guenther: 301-02, 338, 358, 385-86, 386n
Boats
assault: 49, 129-30, 143-45, 147, 149, 151, 153, 157, 159-60, 246-47, 250, 267-68, 270, 275-76, 287, 303, 305-06, 387, 389, 393, 462
double assault: 305
double-boat ferries: 144
inflatable rubber: 101, 152, 322
motorboats and motor ferries: 129-30, 159-60, 227, 297
storm boats: 287, 305-06, 322
Bochum: 363
Boenninghardt Forest: 179-81, 183
Bollendorf: 100-101
Bolling, Maj. Gen. Alexander R.: 145, 175. See also Infantry Division, 84th.
Bombardment Division, 9th: 300, 399, 420
Bomber Command, IX: 13
Bonn: 5, 55, 58, 195-96, 202-03, 208-12, 214, 221, 223, 225, 233
Booty: 329, 331-32, 378
Boppard: 273, 275-77, 347
Bork, Generalleutnant Max: 413, 415, 427
Boslar: 154-55
Bothmer, Generalmajor Richard von: 210, 214-15
Botsch, Generalmajor Walther: 202-05, 209-10, 214, 242
Bouck, Lyle J., Jr.: 283n
Bourcy: 41
Bra: 25, 27
Bradley, Lt. Gen. Omar N. See also Army Group, 12th.

and Ahr River linkup of First and Third Armies: 194, 196
and Allied strategy: 2
and Ardennes offensive operations: 24, 35, 39, 41, 43-44, 52
and Berlin as objective: 399
and capture of Remagen bridge: 219-20
command and control concepts: 15
command relationship with Eisenhower: 17
command relationship with Patton: 15, 18, 35, 39, 384
and drive through southern Germany: 422
and Eifel drive plan: 52-53, 56-59, 67-68, 97, 479
and employment of 10th Armored Division: 127, 132-33
and First Army linkup with Russians: 452
Mulde River halt rescinded: 391
and Ninth Army Berlin drive plan: 379, 399
and Ohrdruf communications center attack: 376
and Operation GRENADE: 185
and Operation LUMBERJACK: 185-86, 192, 196-97
and relief of General Millikin: 229
and Remagen bridgehead operations and breakout: 225, 229, 232-34, 347
and Rhine west bank operations: 194
and Roer River dams: 57
and Ruhr encirclement operations: 351
and Saar-Palatinate operations: 208, 238, 240
and Third Army Moselle plans: 206, 239
and Third Army Rhine drive and crossings: 196, 239, 266-67, 273
Brandenberger, General der Panzertruppen Erich: 26, 48-51, 93, 107-08, 408, 433, 471-73
Brandscheid: 84-92
Bratge, Capt. Willi: 209, 213-14, 216-17, 230
Braun, Eva: 444, 458-59
Braunau: 437, 466
Braunlage: 404
Braunschweig: 381, 386-87, 396
Bregenz: 437-38
Bremen: 300, 386, 460
Brenner: 469
Brenner, Generalmajor Karl: 349-50, 378
Brenner Pass: 468, 477
Brereton, Lt. Gen. Lewis H.: 15, 298, 310. See also Allied Airborne Army, First.
Bridges. See also Engineers; Remagen bridge.
Bailey: 161, 192, 200, 231
class 40 treadway: 187, 270
destroyed: 134, 145, 151, 161, 174, 177, 183, 191, 204, 206, 250, 263-64, 290, 348, 387, 389, 399, 401-02, 417
floating: 100, 231, 318
footbridges: 49, 104, 143, 147, 151-53, 157, 159, 160-61, 192, 200
German failure to demolish: 134, 167, 210, 214, 216, 249, 279-80, 365, 393, 425, 436
improvised log: 95
infantry support: 147-48, 157, 161
ponton: 132, 227, 289, 305, 318, 327, 397, 462
prefabricated duckboard: 151
rail bridge construction: 325
treadway: 49, 147-48, 151, 153, 227, 247, 280, 289, 309, 314, 318, 327, 348, 397-98
Brilon: 352-53, 355
British-American command relations
and Berlin drive: 340-42, 446, 458, 480
and Prague: 456, 477, 480
and Rhine crossing planning: 295-96
British Broadcasting Corporation: 273, 444
British units: 5n, 21, 24, 32, 297n, 322n, 323, 477. See also Army Group, 21.
Army, Second: 2, 6, 14, 19, 135-36, 294-98, 303, 310, 314, 318, 339, 357, 379, 400, 460-61
Corps, 1: 179
Corps, 8: 400, 460-61
Corps, 12: 303, 461
Corps, 30: 25, 303
Airborne Division, 6th: 298-99, 310-11, 313, 463-64
Armoured Brigade, 6th Guards: 319
Commando Brigade, 1: 303, 311, 462
Brocken (mountain): 404
Brodenbach: 247
Brohl: 197, 223
Broich: 155
Brooke, Field Marshal Sir Alan: 310, 310n
Brooks, Maj. Gen. Edward H.: 252, 322, 416-17, 471. See also Corps, VI.
Brown, Brig. Gen. Charles C.: 304
Browning automatic rifle (BAR): 10
Browning machine gun. See Machine guns.
Brunswick, See Braunschweig.
Brussels: 310
Buchenwald concentration camp: 384, 481
Buederich: 305
Bull, Maj. Gen. Harold R.: 128, 219-20, 409
Burke, 1st Lt. Frank: 425n
"Burp gun": 10
Burr, Pfc. Herbert H.: 259n
Burress, Maj. Gen. Withers A.: 254. See also Infantry Division, 100th.
Burrows, 2d Lt. Emmet J.: 213-15
Busch, Field Marshal Ernst: 385, 460
Butzdorf: 117-20, 124

Call, Lt. Col. Floyd C.: 75-76
Camouflage: 297
Canadian Army, First: 2, 6, 14, 19, 67, 135-36, 139-41, 145, 166, 170-71, 175, 177, 179-80, 183-84, 294, 296-98, 300, 314, 319, 379, 460, 479
Canadian units: 5n, 297n, 322n, 323, 477
Cannon company: 479
Cargo carrier, M29: 106
Carinthia Province (Austria): 464
Carter, Col. Leslie D.: 27-28

Casablanca Conference: 329
Casualties. See also Losses, summary of.
air evacuation: 327
Bradley's estimate for Berlin drive: 399, 406
in Dresden firestorm: 324, 324n
Cavalry Groups
2d: 378
3d: 117, 244, 426
4th: 157, 187, 189
6th: 52, 108, 112, 197, 279
11th: 386, 400
14th: 193-94
15th: 366
106th: 424, 441
Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 24th: 169
Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 94th: 424
České Budějovice: 458, 466-67, 477
Channel Islands: 477
Chapman, Maj. Gen. Elbridge G.: 427. See also Airborne Division, 13th.
Chemical Battalion, 81st: 130
Chemical Battalion, 87th: 159, 161
Chemnitz: 379-80, 384, 447
Cherbourg: 325
Chief of Staff, U.S. Army. See Marshall, General George C.
Chiefs of Staff, British: 4-5, 56, 208, 341-42, 456
Chiefs of Staff, U.S.: 4-5, 56, 341-42
Churchill, Winston S.: 273, 310, 310n, 319-20, 329, 341, 453
Citadel (Juelich): 155
Civilians: 330-31, 334-35, 361, 465
in active fighting: 410
Dresden firestorm casualties: 324
foreign laborers: 184, 205, 262, 351, 366, 370, 386, 392, 432, 448, 451-52
problems within military advance operations: 184, 262, 366, 386, 432
relief operations in Netherlands: 461
revolt against military authority: 436-37
Clerf River: 53
Clothing and equipment: 10, 375, 478
Coates, 1st Lt. Charles E.: 189
Coburg: 384
Cochem: 242, 244, 250
Colalillo, Pfc. Mike: 418n
Colditz: 393
Coleman, 1st Lt. E. W.: 160-61
Collins, Maj. Gen. Harry J.: 254, 420. See also Infantry Division, 42d.
Collins, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton: 25-26, 31, 136, 144, 157, 165, 165n, 169-70, 187-89, 191, 224, 231, 354, 359, 391. See also Corps, VII.
Colmar pocket: 19-20, 55, 166, 237, 243, 408
Cologne: 5, 18, 59, 139-40, 165, 185, 187-92, 194-96, 203, 208, 212-13, 219, 221, 228, 292, 363, 367
Cologne-Muenchen-Gladbach highway: 187-88
Cologne plain: 19, 57-58, 92, 138, 143, 193
Colson, Brig. Gen. Charles F.: 123-24
Combat Commands of Armored Divisions
CCA, 2d: 174, 176
CCB, 2d: 174, 176, 386
CCR, 2d: 398-99
CCA, 3d: 169, 188
CCB, 3d: 169, 188
CCR, 3d: 188
CCA, 4th: 202, 204-07, 248-50, 279-80, 376
CCB, 4th: 113, 201-02, 204-06, 248-50, 279-81, 384
CCR, 4th: 256, 279
CCA, 5th: 72
CCR, 5th: 178
CCA, 6th: 110-11, 280
CCB, 6th: 110-11
CCR, 7th: 74, 76
CCA, 8th: 123-25
CCB, 8th: 179-83
CCR, 8th: 179
CCA, 9th: 193-95, 212
CCB, 9th: 193-94, 212, 215, 348
CCR, 9th: 348,393
CCA, 10th: 128, 132-34, 416-17
CCB, 10th: 132-34, 416-17
CCR, 10th: 128, 416, 431
CCA, 11th: 200
CCB, 11th: 199-200
CCR, 11th: 109
CCA, 12th: 420
CCA, 14th: 419
CCB, 14th: 418-19
Combined Chiefs of Staff: 4-5, 15, 56, 67, 324, 341-42, 433, 446, 457-58, 464
Command and control: 7, 15-18, 57
Command and General Staff College: 17
Communications: 13, 202, 224-25, 306, 375-77, 400, 402, 423, 459, 472
Communications Zone: 5, 15, 325, 327
Concentration camps: 378, 384, 391-92, 435-36, 467, 481
Coningham, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur: 299
Corcoran, Pfc. Lyle: 103
Corps, command and control structure: 16-17, 137
Corps, III
Ardennes offensive operations: 25, 33-36, 38-41, 43, 52-53
casualties: 234, 372n
command and organization: 25, 35-36, 97, 99, 108, 194, 196, 222, 229, 233, 356, 366-67, 425
Danube and Austria drive: 426-27, 435, 437, 466
prisoners captured: 348
Remagen bridge capture: 207, 211-12, 219
Remagen bridgehead operations: 222-29, 231-35, 344-48, 350-51, 355
Rhine River advance: 194-96, 203
Roer River crossings: 191-93
Ruhr reduction operations: 360, 362, 365-66
West Wall offensive: 84, 91

Corps, V
advance into Czechoslovakia: 466-67
Ardennes offensive operations: 25-27, 43-46
command and organization: 25, 46, 71, 73-74, 227, 466
drive to the Mulde: 362, 380, 389, 391-93, 395, 401
Eifel offensive: 62-66, 68, 71
Eifel pocket operations: 192-93, 196, 202-03, 205
linkup with Russian troops: 452, 455-56
prisoners captured: 206, 223
Rhine advance: 222-23
Rhine bridgehead breakout: 234, 344-45, 347-48, 350-51, 355
Roer River dams operations: 59, 68-69, 71, 73-74, 77, 81
Corps, VI
casualties: 264n, 418
command and organization: 252
drive to Austria: 421-22, 427, 434-35, 438-39, 468
linkup with Italian Campaign forces: 469
Rhine bridgehead breakout and Jagst-Neckar operations: 409, 414-18, 421, 427
Rhine River crossings: 285, 322
surrender negotiations: 471-72
West Wall operations and Rhine drive: 252, 254, 256, 258, 262-64
Corps, VII
Ardennes offensive operations: 25-29, 31-34, 43-44, 52, 62
casualties: 33, 161-62, 234, 406
command and organization: 25, 27, 68-69, 136-37, 157, 231, 356
drive to the Mulde: 362, 380, 389, 391, 401-402
Erft River crossing: 186-87
flank support for Ninth Army Rhine drive: 137, 142, 144, 156-57, 161-65, 168-71, 185-89, 191
Harz Mountains operations: 402
prisoners captured: 189, 223
Remagen bridgehead operations: 231, 233-34, 344, 346, 348, 350-51, 354-55
Rhine drive and capture of Cologne: 185, 189, 194, 196, 212, 221, 223, 224, 226
Roer River operations: 68-69, 186
Ruhr reduction operations: 359, 361
Corps, VIII
Ardennes offensive operations: 25-26, 32-36, 38-41, 43, 52-53
capture of Koblenz: 250, 273
command and organization: 25, 35, 41, 97, 248, 250, 273-74, 279, 380, 425-26
drive to the Mulde: 373, 378, 380, 384, 425
Eifel and West Wall operations to Pruem: 52-53, 62-63, 65, 68, 84, 86, 90-92, 96-98, 99, 105-06, 115, 204
Kyll River crossing and Rhine advance: 196-200, 203, 205, 241
prisoners captured: 109, 111, 206
Rhine gorge bridgehead and breakout operations: 289-90, 292, 347-49
Rhine River crossings: 273-74, 279, 379
Vianden bulge operations: 106, 108, 112, 114-15
Corps, XII
Ardennes offensive operations: 25, 43-44, 51-52
artillery: 103n
casualties: 113
command and organization: 25, 36, 101, 113, 197, 241, 248-49, 274, 373, 380, 425
drive to Austria and Czechoslovakia: 381, 384, 425, 435, 437, 466
Hammelburg prison camp raid: 281, 291
Main River crossing and Fulda Gap drive: 289, 373-76, 378
and Merkers "treasure" cave: 379
Moselle and Saar-Palatinate operations: 117, 244, 246, 248-49, 256-59, 265
prisoners captured: 113, 434
Rhine crossing at Oppenheim: 266-68, 272-74, 279, 281, 289, 291
Rhine River advance: 196-97, 199, 201, 204
Sauer crossings and Bitburg attack: 84, 99-100, 103-08, 110-13, 115, 133, 200
Corps, XIII
artillery support for GRENADE: 137
command and organization: 135-36, 173
drive to the Elbe: 362, 380, 384-87, 399-400
Rhine drive: 174-76, 179, 357
Rhine line defense: 304, 317-18
Roer River crossing: 143, 145, 147, 149, 155, 162-64, 167, 172
Corps, XV
attack to Nuremberg: 421-22, 425
casualties: 289, 289n
clearing the Hohe Rhoen: 409-10, 414, 418, 420
command and organization: 252-53, 289, 425, 435-36
Munich, Salzburg, and Berchtesgaden: 434, 436, 440-42
Rhine crossing at Worms: 285-86, 289
surrender negotiations: 471-72
West Wall and Saar-Palatinate operations: 252-54, 256, 261-63
Corps, XVI
command and organization: 136, 173, 304, 357, 366
drive for Rhine bridges: 180, 183
mop-up operations against First Parachute Army: 179
occupation duties: 331
Rhine assault crossing: 303-307, 310n, 317-18
Roer River crossing: 143, 153, 162, 164, 166-67, 172
Ruhr reduction operations: 357, 362, 365
Corps, XVIII (Airborne)
Ardennes offensive operations: 25-27, 32-33, 43-45

casualties: 372n
command and organization: 17, 25, 68-69, 299, 357, 362, 366, 461, 463
Elbe crossing and Baltic drive: 461-63
Rhine airborne assault: 298-99, 300, 310, 313-14, 317-19
Rhine bridgehead breakout: 357
Ruhr Pocket operations: 362, 365-66
West Wall offensive: 60-63, 65, 68
Corps, XIX
artillery support for GRENADE: 137
command and organization: 135-36, 173, 357, 366
drive to the Elbe: 362, 366, 380, 384, 386, 400
Rhine crossing and bridgehead operations: 304, 317-18
Rhine drive: 172, 174-78
Roer River crossing: 73, 142, 145, 149, 155-56, 163-64, 167
Ruhr reduction operations: 357, 362
Corps, XX
artillery support of: 244-45
capture of Trier: 199
command and organization: 36, 39, 99, 127, 241, 244, 249, 257-58, 380
drive to the Danube and Austria: 426, 435, 437, 466-67
drive to the Mulde: 384, 425
Lorraine operations: 36
Moselle crossings: 241
Rhine crossing and Kassel drive: 289-92, 373, 375-76, 378
Saar-Moselle triangle operations: 99-100, 115-17, 124, 127, 131, 196, 236, 252
West Wall and Saar-Palatinate operations: 241, 243-46, 249, 257-61, 263
Corps, XXI
command and organization: 252, 425
Danube and Austria advance: 416, 421, 423-25, 434, 436, 439-42
drive to the Main: 409, 412-14, 418, 420
Rhine crossings: 285
West Wall and Saar-Palatinate operations: 252, 260, 262
Cota Maj. Gen. Norman D.: 204. See also Infantry Division, 28th.
Cothran, Maj. Ben: 215
Crabill, Col. Edwin B.: 387
Craig, Maj. Frederick W.: 450, 452-54, 456
Craig, Maj. Gen. Louis A.: 65, 81, 224. See also Infantry Division, 9th.
Crailsheim: 416-17, 480
Crain, T. Sgt. Morris E.: 240-41n
Crandall, T. Sgt. Henry E.: 127
Crasemann, Generalleutnant Eduard: 141, 153
Crerar, Lt. Gen. Henry D. G.: 19, 135
Crews, S. Sgt. John R.: 418n
Crown Prince Wilhelm Railroad Bridge: 206-07
Culin, Brig. Gen. Frank L., Jr.: 84, 250. See also Infantry Division, 87th.
Cullen, S. Sgt. Cris: 356
Cummins, Lt. Col. Joseph M., Jr.: 188n
Czechoslovakia: 426, 434-35, 447, 456-58, 466-67, 476-77, 480
Czechoslovakian units: 5n, 297n, 477

Dachau concentration camp: 436, 481
Dager, Brig. Gen. Holmes E.: 259. See also Armored Division, 11th.
Dahl: 50n
Dahlen: 451
Dahlquist, Maj. Gen. John E.: 255. See also Infantry Division, 36th.
Dahnen: 108, 110-11
Daladier, Edouard: 474
Daleiden: 111
Daly, Capt. Michael J.: 425n
Dannenberg: 401
Danube River and valley: 409, 421, 430-31, 446, 466
Danube River crossings: 422, 425-27, 431, 434-35, 437, 467
Darmstadt: 272, 279, 282
Darmstadt-Mannheim autobahn: 286-87
Dasburg: 110-11
Dasburg-Irrhausen highway: 111
Davall, Lt. Col. Harold C.: 112
DD tanks: 288, 306, 314
Dean, Maj. Gen. William F.: 417, 470-71. See also Infantry Division, 44th.
Deception: 153, 167, 174, 266-67, 297, 307
Dempsey, Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C.: 19, 296, 300, 318, 461
Denkert, Generalmajor Walter: 370
Denmark: 457, 464-65, 476-77
Dessau: 392, 395-96, 401, 405
Deutsch, Generalmajor Freddrich: 303
Devers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L. See also Army Group, 6th.
and ALSOS mission: 427
command and control concepts: 15
command relationship with Eisenhower: 17
command relationships with de Lattre and French commanders: 262, 321, 427-29, 431-33, 438-39
and French Rhine crossings: 321-22
planning for sweep through southern Germany: 408-09, 421-22
and Saar-Palatinate operations: 238, 240, 257, 262
and Salzburg: 440, 466
and surrender negotiations: 466, 472-73
Devine, Brig. Gen. John M.: 172, 318. See also Armored Division, 8th.
Dickson, Col. Benjamin A.: 60
Diekirch: 48-49
Diersfordt: 311-13
Diersfordter Forst: 300, 310
Dietrich, Generaloberst der Waffen-SS Josef: 26, 32, 45-46, 51

Dietz, S, Sgt. Robert H.: 355n
Dill River: 346-48, 350
Dillingen: 425, 434
Dinant: 22
Dinslaken: 301, 304, 307, 309
Dinslaken-Wesel highway: 308
Doemitz: 458, 463-64
Doenitz, Grossadmiral Karl: 444-45, 459, 464-66, 474-76
Doermoschel: 259n
Donauwoerth: 434
Donovan, Capt. Charles W.: 130
Dorsten: 315-16, 319, 357-58
Dortmund: 18, 324, 363-64
Dortmund-Ems Canal: 358
Doveren: 164, 166
Drabik, Sgt. Alex: 217
Dragon's teeth: 20, 88, 116
Dresden: 324, 340, 446-47, 453, 458
Duderstadt: 391
Duelken: 139
Dueren: 70, 139, 141-43, 156-57, 159-62, 164-65, 168, 186, 191-92
Dueren-Cologne railroad and highway: 168-69, 188
Dueren-Juelich railroad: 159
Duesseldorf: 18, 67, 138, 178, 178n, 183, 185, 221, 363, 367, 372
Duisburg: 18, 178-79, 304, 363-64
Dukws: 145, 227, 268, 276-77, 289, 313
Dummy installations and equipment: 297
Dunquerque: 477
Dutch units: 5n, 297n

Earnest, Brig. Gen. Herbert L.: 200, 246. See also Infantry Division, 90th.
Echternach: 23, 26, 68, 84, 99-103, 105
Echternach-Bitburg highway: 114
ECLIPSE operation: 334
Eddy, Maj. Gen. Manton S.: 25, 36, 43, 99-100, 103, 105, 113, 197, 201, 246-49, 258-59, 265-67, 272, 279, 281, 425. See also Corps, XII.
Edelsheim, General der Panzertruppen Max Freiherr von: 402n
Eder River: 355, 376
Eder-See: 353, 355-56, 360, 362
Ehingen: 431, 434
Eicherscheid: 72
Eifel operations: 186, 195-96, 236-37, 241-42, 408, 479
Eifel region: 4, 19, 22-24, 44, 57-60, 70, 99, 107, 196-97, 201
Eilenberg: 448
Einruhr: 72
Eisenach: 375-76, 379-80
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D. See also Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF).
and advance into Czechoslovakia: 458, 466-67, 477, 480
and Ardennes countermoves: 23-24, 43
and broad-front strategy: 2, 4-5, 18, 55-56
and capture of Remagen bridge: 219-20
command authority: 7
command relationship with Montgomery: 4, 43, 67, 342
command relationship with Patton: 17-18, 384
command relationship with subordinates: 17, 68
and decision against Berlin as main objective: 339-42, 379, 384, 387, 395, 399, 405-06, 480
directive on legitimate booty: 329, 331
and drive into Austrian Alps: 408, 431
and drive to the Baltic: 457-58, 461
and Elbe-Mulde line boundaries: 384, 406, 421, 446, 456, 463
and employment of the SHAEF reserve: 34, 127-28
and Himmler surrender offer: 444
and main effort in the north against the Ruhr: 67, 206, 208, 219-20, 232, 239n, 266, 294, 340, 407
and Netherlands relief operations: 461
and nonfraternization policy: 330
and offensive in the Eifel: 57, 59, 67, 84, 100
and Operation GRENADE: 139
and Operation LUMBERJACK: 185
pressure to close Alpine passes: 440-41, 457
problems with French commanders: 432-33
reaction to concentration camps: 378
and Remagen bridgehead breakout: 347
and Remagen bridgehead consolidation: 220, 223, 225, 231-32, 234
and replacement shortages: 54
and Rhine bridge seizure plans: 173, 211
and Rhine crossings in the north: 295, 305, 310, 319
and Russian-Allied linkup: 421, 446-47, 449, 450n
and Russian reaction to Berlin drive decision: 341-42, 405
and Saar-Palatinate plans and operations: 238-39, 249, 257-58
and Seventh Army Rhine crossing: 284
and 6th Army Group final objectives: 421, 437, 440
and surrender negotiations: 464-65, 474-75
Eisern: 361n
Elbe River: 319, 341-42, 379-80, 384, 386-87, 392, 396, 400-02, 406-07, 421, 435, 444-56, 458, 460, 477, 480-81
Elbe River crossings: 387, 395-99, 461-63, 480
Elbenau: 397-98
Elsdorf: 139, 142, 156, 169
Elsenborn: 25, 63, 65
Elverfeldt, Generalmajor Harald Freiherr von: 191
Emmerich: 301
Engeman, Lt. Col. Leonard: 212, 214-15, 217, 219
Engineer Combat Battalions
12th: 161

160th: 104
204th: 267
276th: 230n
301st: 114n
303d: 81
Engineer Combat Group, 1111th: 227
Engineer Combat Group, 1159th: 227
Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion, 86th: 227
Engineers
bridging operations: 31, 49, 104-05, 144, 147-48, 151-53, 155, 157, 159-62, 232-33, 246, 268, 326-27, 358, 397, 417, 420, 462-63
casualties in Roer crossings: 157, 161
Remagen bridge capture and repair: 220, 227, 229-31
Roer River dams operations: 81
support of Seventh Army Rhine crossings: 287
support of Third Army Rhine crossings: 267-68, 270, 275-77, 280, 291, 293
support of 21 Army Group Rhine crossing: 294-97, 299, 305, 309, 314, 318
Enns River: 466
Enz River: 112-13, 427
Enzen: 112
Erft River and Canal: 138-39, 142, 156-57, 169-71, 173, 185-88, 191-95, 203
Erfurt: 381-82
Erkelenz: 139, 143, 162, 165-68
Ernzen: 106
Erpel: 227
Erpeler Ley: 213-14, 217
Essen: 18, 363-64, 367
Esslingen: 429
Ettelbruck: 49-50
Euskirchen: 57-58, 60, 62, 67, 100, 185, 191-93, 195, 223
Euskirchen-Cologne highway: 194

Fehn, Generalmajor Franz: 436
Felber, General der Infanterie Hans: 45, 91, 93, 107-08, 114, 186, 198-99, 204, 242, 244, 248-49, 251, 257, 259-60, 268-69, 272, 279, 292-93
Fern Pass: 438-39, 469-71
Fernstein: 470
Ferries: 144, 152, 159-61, 231, 268, 270, 289, 397-98, 417-18. See also Boats; Rafts.
Feuchtwangen: 425
Fickett, Col. Edward M.: 108
Field Artillery Battalions
44th: 95
118th: 309
284th: 120
692d: 167
861st: 418n
919th: 120
Field Artillery Brigade, 32d: 185-86
Field Artillery Brigade, 34th: 304
Fighter Group, 48th: 348
Fighter Group, 365th: 404
Fighter Group, 404th: 404
Filburn, Capt. Daniel: 181
Finley, Maj. Gen. Thomas D.: 248, 250, 276-77. See also Infantry Division, 89th.
Firestorms: 324
Flamierge: 39
FLASHPOINT operation: 303. See also Army, Ninth.
Floerke, Generalleutnant Hermann: 354, 360
Floods, tactical use of: 70, 82, 100, 143, 461
Foertsch, General der Infanterie Hermann: 243, 252, 256, 260-61, 286, 412, 415-16, 418, 421, 434, 471-72, 474
Fords: 49, 114. See also River crossings.
Fox, Capt. William J.: 452-53
Foy: 41
Fraenkische Highland: 426
Fraenkische Saale River: 418-19
Frankfurt: 5, 20, 232, 268, 272, 279-80, 289, 292, 373
Frankfurt-Kassel corridor: 208, 225, 266, 344, 353
Fraternization. See Nonfraternization policy.
Frederick, Maj. Gen. Robert T.: 253, 262, 410. See also Infantry Division, 45th.
Frederick the Great: 337, 443
"Freedom Party of Augsburg": 436
Freiburg: 431
French-American command relations: 18, 262, 321-22, 335, 414, 427-33, 438-39, 471-74, 480
French units: 5n, 322n, 323
Air Corps, First: 14
Algerian Division, 3d: 253-56, 262, 322
Armored Division, 2d: 442
Armored Division, 5th: 262
Army, First: 4, 14, 20-21, 238, 240, 262, 319, 321, 408, 421-22, 427-29, 431, 433, 438, 472-73
casualties: 478
Corps, II: 321
Moroccan Division, 2d: 322
Freudenstadt: 429
Friesenhahn, Capt. Karl: 209, 213-14, 216-17, 227, 230
Frisian Islands: 465
Fuehrerbunker (Berlin): 336, 443-44, 458-59
Fuerth: 424
Fuessen: 437-38
Fulda: 375-76, 378
Fulda Gap: 374, 407
Fulda River: 376, 380, 389
Funk, Sgt. Leonard A., Jr., 64, 64n

Gaffey, Maj. Gen. Hugh J.: 41, 113, 201-02, 247, 256, 281. See also Armored Division, 4th; Corps, XII.
Gahlen: 316
Gambling: 333
Gambsheim: 19-20
Gamelin, Marshal Maurice: 474
Gammon, S. Sgt. Archer T.: 40n
Gardiev, Lt. Col. Alexander T.: 451

Garmisch-Partenkirchen: 437, 439
Garzweiler: 168, 172
Gas warfare: 337
Gatchell, Col. Wade C.: 128
"Gateway to Berlin" bridge: 398
Gaulle, General Charles de
determination to cross Rhine: 262, 262n, 321
and Eisenhower protest re de Lattre: 433
instructions to de Lattre re Stuttgart: 432
and President Truman: 433
and surrender negotiations: 473
Gavin, Maj. Gen. James M.: 32, 464. See also Airborne Division, 82d.
Gay, Maj. Gen. Hobart R.: 36, 291
Gay Creek: 112
Geldern: 171, 177, 179
Geldern-Wesel highway: 180-81
Gelsenkirchen: 363
Gemuend: 62, 65, 67, 69-71, 196
Gemuenden: 282, 418
Geneva Convention: 337
Gensingen: 249-50
Gerhardt, Maj. Gen. Charles H.: 149. See also Infantry Division, 29th.
German Air Force. See Luftwaffe.
German Army: 7-9, 385, 445. See also German units.
German Army divisions: 6, 16-17, 85. See also German units.
German Navy: 7-8, 178, 385, 443, 460, 476
German units
Army Groups
B: 6, 28, 46, 50, 59, 93, 105, 107, 114, 133, 140-42, 154, 171, 176, 186, 198, 202, 209-10, 269, 338-39, 345-46, 349-50, 353, 359, 368-70, 374-75, 381, 385, 390, 407-08, 410, 412, 460. See also Model, Generalfeldmarschall Walter.
G: 6, 118, 133, 176, 198, 237, 241-42, 244, 248, 256-57, 264, 272, 292, 339, 345-46, 348, 350, 374-75, 381-82, 407-08, 410-14, 416, 420-21, 423, 434, 442, 445, 466, 471-73. See also Blaskowitz, Generaloberst Johannes; Hausser, Generaloberst der Waffen-SS Paul; Schulz, General der Infanterie Friedrich.
H: 6, 140, 165, 170-71, 176-78, 301-02, 314, 338-39, 358, 385, 460. See also Blaskowitz, Generaloberst Johannes; Student, Generaloberst Kurt.
Oberrhein: 6-7, 176, 237
Armies
Blumentritt: 385-86, 460
Ersatzheer (Replacement Army): 209
Feldheer (Field Army): 209
Student: 386n
First: 6, 198, 237-38, 241-44, 248, 252, 256, 259-61, 264-65, 269, 286, 292-93, 339, 408, 411-16, 418, 421, 423, 425, 434, 471
First Parachute: 6, 170-71, 176-79, 183-84, 301-02, 304, 338-39, 358-59, 380-81, 385, 459-60
Third Panzer: 465
Fifth Panzer: 6, 26, 28, 32-33, 48, 50-53, 59-60, 65, 72, 85, 93, 95, 114, 139-41, 173, 186, 209, 339, 345, 350, 359, 370
Sixth Panzer: 6, 26-27, 31-32, 34-35, 38, 44-46, 51, 59, 140-41
Seventh: 6, 26, 33, 48, 50-51, 59-60, 85-86, 90, 93, 95, 100, 107-08, 114, 132, 141, 186, 198, 202, 204, 237, 242-44, 248-50, 252, 256-57, 259-60, 263, 265, 268-69, 272, 279, 282, 285-86, 292-93, 339, 373-75, 382, 408, 411-14, 418, 421, 423, 425, 434, 467, 472
Ninth: 444, 459, 465
Eleventh: 360-62, 375, 381-82, 385, 389-91, 402-05
Twelfth: 339, 362, 381, 390-91, 396, 399, 401-02, 404-06, 435, 444, 459-60, 465
Fifteenth: 6, 26, 45, 59-60, 65, 72, 140-42, 154, 163, 165, 171, 173, 184, 186, 195, 198, 202, 209-10, 226, 339, 345, 349-50, 353-54, 356, 359-60, 370
Nineteenth: 6, 237, 243, 408, 411, 415-16, 422-23, 427-28, 430-31, 433-34, 445, 466, 471-73
Twenty-first: 464-65
Twenty-fourth: 434, 472-73
Twenty-fifth: 6, 301-02, 338, 460
Corps
Bayerlein: 173, 186-89, 221
Volks Artillery: 35, 44
I SS Panzer: 34-35, 38, 46
II Parachute: 301, 303, 314, 317
II SS Panzer: 27
XII (Provisional): 268-69, 272, 292, 375
XII SS: 141, 153, 167, 171, 173
XIII: 45, 59, 85-86, 90, 93, 100, 107-08, 198, 201, 243-44, 249-50, 257, 259-60, 268-69, 285-86, 412, 415, 427
XIII SS: 252, 261, 263, 413, 418, 420, 423, 474
XVIII SS Panzer: 431, 433, 438
XLVII Panzer: 35, 37-38, 50-52, 301, 314-15, 317, 319, 338, 357-58, 370, 375n, 385
LIII: 49-51, 105-07, 198-99, 201-02, 204-05, 210, 214, 222, 233, 242, 345-46, 350, 353, 356, 359-61, 370
LVIII Panzer: 140-42, 159, 186-87, 191-92, 194
LXIII: 304, 307, 315, 338, 358
LXIV: 428-29, 433
LXVI: 60, 85-86, 195, 198, 202-05, 221, 354, 360, 389
LXVII: 45-46, 60, 65, 69, 169, 195, 198, 202-03, 205, 210, 212, 214, 221, 230, 345-46, 348, 360, 389-91
LXXIV: 60, 65, 69, 72, 193-95, 209, 233, 346-47, 350, 353

LXXX: 49-50, 100, 105, 243, 249, 257, 259-60, 263, 414-15, 427-29, 433
LXXXI: 141, 153-54, 169, 173, 186, 189-90, 370
LXXXII: 118, 130, 133, 243-44, 247, 249, 259-60, 374-75, 410-11, 418, 420-23, 474
LXXXV: 244, 252, 260-61, 292-93, 373-75, 434
LXXXVI: 304, 307, 311, 314
LXXXIX: 242-44, 247-51, 256, 269, 274, 292, 349-50, 373-74, 375
XC: 244, 253, 262-63, 415
Divisions
Clausewitz Panzer: 400-01
Hamburg: 304, 307
Nibelungen: 435
Panzer Lehr: 36, 50-51, 140-41, 171, 173, 180, 188, 221-22, 346, 348, 353, 356, 360-61, 370
Potsdam: 396, 403
Scharnhorst: 396-97, 401-02
Ulrich von Hutten: 396, 401-02
Wesel: 303
1st SS Panzer: 36
2d Mountain: 132-33, 243, 415, 423, 427
2d Parachute: 177, 304, 315-16
2d SS Panzer: 27-28, 30-31, 50-51, 86, 92-96, 100, 113, 198, 200, 204, 243, 257, 259, 269, 375
3d Panzer Grenadier: 36, 39-40, 69, 169, 190-91, 232, 353, 360, 370
3d Parachute: 45-46, 60, 193, 214, 223, 232
5th Parachute: 36, 40, 86, 93, 198-200, 223, 232
6th SS Mountain: 242, 245, 247, 250, 274-75, 292, 349, 378
7th Parachute: 314
8th Parachute: 173
9th SS Panzer: 33-34, 37-38, 60, 66, 86, 142, 154, 163, 166-69, 173, 186-87, 189-91, 221, 292, 347, 370
9th VG: 423
11th Panzer: 118-21, 123-26, 130, 142, 154, 167, 173, 186-87, 189, 195, 203, 221-22, 226, 292, 345-46, 348-50, 374-75, 434, 467
12th SS Panzer: 34, 37, 39-40
12th VG: 27, 31, 33, 159, 161, 168
15th Panzer Grenadier: 36-37, 140, 303, 314, 317
17th SS Panzer Grenadier: 253-54, 261, 263, 286, 412, 414-15, 418, 423, 427
26th VG: 5-6, 34, 232
59th Infantry: 153-54, 189
62d VG: 69, 194, 232
79th VG: 100
84th Infantry: 311, 313-14
89th Infantry: 203
116th Panzer: 140-41, 180, 314-17, 319, 357, 364, 370
159th Infantry: 242, 247-49, 269, 272-73, 292
166th Infantry: 355, 360, 376
167th VG: 109
176th Infantry: 353, 356, 360
180th Infantry: 304, 307-08, 315, 370
183d Infantry: 153, 370
190th Infantry: 317, 370
212th VG: 100, 105, 133
246th VG: 114, 198, 204, 286-87
256th VG: 126, 130
272d VG: 72, 79, 193-95, 203, 232
276th VG: 89, 93, 109, 242, 250, 275-76, 349
277th VG: 69, 203, 232
326th VG: 87, 89-90, 204, 232
338th Infantry: 166-67, 370
340th VG: 34-35, 37, 40, 93, 109, 201, 204, 226
352d VG: 93-94, 100, 286
353d Infantry: 161, 192-94
363d VG: 154-55, 190
416th Infantry: 118, 121, 127, 130, 132
559th VG: 243-44, 248, 252, 269, 285-88
560th VG: 27-28, 31, 105
Brigades
Fuehrer Begleit: 39, 51
Fuehrer Grenadier: 34-35, 40, 51
Thueringen Panzer: 374-75
Westfalen SS Ersatzbrigade: 352, 355, 360, 389
106th Panzer: 221
Gruppen and Kampfgruppen
Grafenwoehr: 423-24
Koblenz: 242, 251
Luettwitz: 358-59
Regiments
Alpine: 416-17
10th Panzer Grenadier: 168
27th VG: 159
60th Panzer Grenadier: 315-16
130th Infantry: 226
1053d Infantry: 313
Miscellaneous
Assault Gun Training School Burg: 397
Hilfswillige troops: 9
Hitler Youth troops: 394, 410, 415, 417
Landesschuetzen replacement battalion: 272
Luftwaffe units: 209, 353, 423, 443
Training school divisions: 398, 416
Volksdeutsche troops: 9
Volkssturm: 190, 209, 214, 216, 272, 275, 301, 315, 353, 360, 375-76, 386, 394-95, 415, 423, 434
Waffen-SS: 7, 209, 272, 350, 352, 359, 364, 413, 416, 436-37, 474, 478n
Wehrkreis VI: 209, 385-86
Wehrkreis VII: 436-37
Wehrkreis XI: 386
Wehrkreis XII: 209, 268, 375. See also Corps, XII (Provisional).
Wehrkreis XIII: 413, 423
Wehrkreis troops: 209, 232, 282, 360, 416

Germersheim: 264, 322
Gerolstein: 199-201, 205
Gerow, Maj. Gen. Leonard T.: 25-26, 46, 323. See also Army, Fifteenth; Corps, V.
Gersdorff, General von: 108, 249
Gevenich: 154-55
"GI Diners": 326
Giessen: 289, 351, 354, 373
Gillem, Maj. Gen. Alvan C.: 135, 143, 162, 167, 172, 175-76, 357. See also Airborne Division, 17th; Corps, XIII.
Glider Infantry Regiment, 194th: 38n, 313, 319n, 366, 370
Gliders: 309, 313-14
Goebbels, Josef: 337, 340, 443-44, 459-60
Goering, Reichsmarschall Hermann: 444-45, 459
Goettingen: 389, 391
Gondenbrett: 93, 95
Gotha: 376-77, 380
Greene, Maj. Joseph M. L.: 43
GRENADE operation: 178-79, 185. See also Roer River crossings.
build-up and support for: 137, 145
German strength opposing: 139-42, 153, 209
importance of: 162, 170-71, 184
planning: 135-38, 142-45, 163, 169
postponed by Roer floods: 143, 184, 239n
Grimmeiss, General der Artillerie Max: 428-29
Grolman, Generalmajor der Polizei Wilhelm von: 394-95
Grossgerau: 270-72
Grosskampenberg: 66
Grow, Maj. Gen. Robert W.: 36, 112, 376, 382. See also Armored Division, 6th.
Growdon, Lt. Col. John S.: 196, 212
Gruenewalde: 397-98
Guderian, Generaloberst Heinz: 336
Gueux: 15
Guns. See also Weapons.
8-inch: 400
57-mm. (towed), antitank: 10, 120, 148, 159, 479
155-mm.: 400
Guns, German. See also Antiaircraft; Weapons.
20-mm. flakwagons: 254, 275-76, 279, 287, 365
88-mm.: 13, 133-34, 191, 377
128-mm. antiaircraft: 287, 316
150-mm. railway: 280
Machine gun M1942: 10
Self-propelled (assault): 7, 9-10, 119, 254, 280, 287
Gusen: 467

Haar: 472
Haardt Mountains: 20, 237, 260
Habscheid: 84, 88-90, 108-09
Habscheid-Pronsfeld road: 91, 109
Hachenburg: 348
Hagen: 366
Hagenau: 238, 253-54
Hagerty, Col. Roy N.: 121-23, 126
Hahm, General der Infanterie Walther: 118, 130, 243, 247, 249, 259-60, 374-75, 410-11, 418, 420-22
Haislip, Maj. Gen. Wade H.: 252, 472. See also Corps, XV.
Halls: 381, 391-92, 395, 401-02, 405
Hallenberg: 356, 360
Hallenberg-Medebach highway: 356
Halsey, Brig. Gen. Milton B.: 367-68. See also Infantry Division, 97th.
Haltern: 357-58
Hambach: 156, 162
Hambach Forest: 138, 142, 156-57, 163, 165-66, 168-69
Hamburg: 324, 379, 400, 460-61, 464
Hameln: 380, 385, 385n
Hamm: 357-59, 362, 364
Hammelburg prison camp: 281-84, 373, 419, 480
Hamminkeln: 311-13
Hanau: 268, 279-80, 292, 347, 373-74
Hanf Creek: 233
Hann-Muenden: 389
Hannover: 340, 380-81, 386-87
Harbor craft company: 295
Hardin, Lt. Col. Donald C.: 122
Harmon, Maj. Gen. Ernest N.: 29. See also Armored Division, 2d.
Harps, Generaloberst Josef: 339, 359, 370
Harrison, Brig. Gen. Eugene L.: 407-08
Hart, Brig. Gen. Charles E.: 80
Hartment, 2d Lt. John H.: 181
Harz Mountains: 339, 380-81, 386, 390-91, 395-96, 399-400, 402-05
Hasbrouck, Maj. Gen. Robert W.: 48, 51. See also Armored Division, 7th.
Hasenfeld: 70, 80-81
Hastings, Pfc. Joe R.: 367n
Hattingen: 367
Hausser, Generaloberst der Waffen-SS Paul: 176, 237, 211-44, 248, 256-57, 272, 339, 407, 411, 413
Hautes Fanges: 23
Hawkins, 1st Lt. Richard: 147
Hayes, Col. Thomas H.: 79
Hechingen: 427, 429-30
Hechler, Ken: 209n
Heckhuscheid: 66, 66n, 90
Hedrick, T. Sgt. Clinton M.: 319n
Heidelberg: 414
Heilbronn: 413-15, 417-18, 421, 427, 429
Heiligenstadt: 391
Heilmann, Generalmajor Ludwig: 223
Heinsberg: 18, 138-39, 142-43
Heinsberg pocket: 21, 136
Helgoland: 465
Hemer: 366
Henschel tank works (Kassel): 378
Hermann Goering Steel Works: 386
Hermeskeil: 245-46

Herrera, Pfc. Silvestre S.: 255, 255n
Hessdorf: 283
Hibbs, Maj. Gen. Louis E.: 253. See also Infantry Division, 63d.
Hickey, Brig. Gen. Doyle: 188, 191, 401
Hilfarth: 166-67, 172
Hills
408: 112-13
493: 73, 79-80
510: 91
511: 91, 94, 96
519: 92, 94, 96
521: 91-92, 94
554 (Am Kopf): 92-93
568 (Losenseifen): 90-91, 96, 109
Himmler, Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich: 6-7, 176, 377, 444, 459, 474
Hinds, Brig. Gen. Sidney R.: 386, 398
Hirschberg: 370
Hitler, Adolf: 142, 174, 329, 338, 409, 425, 435, 466
and Allied Ruhr drive: 140, 355, 360, 376
appoints Doenitz as head of German state: 444-45, 459
appoints Kesselring to southern command: 444-45, 471
and Ardennes operations: 34-35, 39, 44, 46
and Ardennes withdrawal: 31, 39, 41-42, 44, 51, 59
and capture of Bastogne: 28, 34
decision to stay in Berlin: 443-44, 458
delusions in his last days: 336-39, 443
and destruction of Roer River dams: 82n
and Eva Braun: 444, 458-59
and failure of Ardennes offensive: 1, 28, 32, 34, 42, 54
and formation of Twelfth Army: 339, 362, 381, 390, 396, 405, 444, 459
and the German general staff: 7, 28, 34, 41-42, 44, 171, 177, 198, 203, 222, 244, 256, 294, 336-39, 353, 358, 368, 385, 443-15, 458-59, 471, 480-81
and Goering and Himmler peace negotiations: 444, 459
and jet aircraft development: 9, 412, 423
and military manpower: 8
mood in January 1945: 8
and the National Redoubt: 407, 443, 445
and "no withdrawal" policy: 9, 28, 107, 171, 177-79, 189, 195, 198, 203, 243-44, 256, 294, 353, 358, 368, 478, 480
Ohrdruf communications center as possible retreat: 377
reaction to death of Roosevelt: 443
and relief of German commanders: 176-77, 222, 385, 411-12, 444, 459
replaces Rundstedt with Kesselring at OB WEST: 222
and reprisals for Rhine crossings: 230, 293
and Russian front "victory": 339
and secret weapons: 7, 332, 480
shifts troops to Russian front: 44, 51, 59, 140
suicide, and German reaction to his death: 458-59, 459n, 463
as supreme commander: 7
and Volkssturm troops: 190
and Wehrmacht organization changes: 385, 445
"werewolves" proclamation: 330-31
Hitler bridge (Krefeld-Uerdingen): 174-78
Hitler Youth troops. See German units.
Hitzfeld, General der Infanterie Otto: 45-46, 65, 69, 203-04, 210, 212, 214, 230, 233, 345-46, 348, 360-62, 381, 385, 389-91
Hobbs, Maj. Gen. Leland S.: 33, 46, 151, 156, 167-68, 308-09, 315-17. See also Infantry Division, 30th.
Hochheim: 291, 293
Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H.: 234, 258. See also Army, First.
and Ahr River linkup with Third Army: 196
and Ardennes offensive operations: 24, 45
and capture of Remagen bridge: 211, 219, 224
command relationships: 17, 26, 232
and linkup with Russian troops: 447-48, 452, 456
and relief of subordinate commanders: 45-46, 229
and Remagen bridgehead operations and breakout: 223-26, 229, 231-35, 266, 344-45, 347-48
and Roer River crossings: 192
and Roer River dams attack: 57, 78, 80-81, 83
Hoecker Hill: 129-30
Hoefen (south of Fuessen): 438-39
Hoefen (northwest of Fuessen): 439
Hoehne, General der Infanterie Gustav: 242, 244, 247-49, 251, 274-75, 349, 373, 379
Hofgeismar: 389
Hoge, Brig. Gen. William M.: 215, 217-19, 281, 384. See also Armored Division, 4th.
Hohe Busch: 180-82
Hohe Eifel: 58, 196
Hohe Rhoen: 374, 407, 409, 418, 420
Hohe Venn: 23, 25, 58, 63, 71
Hohenzollern bridge (Cologne): 191
Hollingsworth, Maj. James F.: 387
Holzheim: 64
Homberg: 178
Homburg: 236, 262
Hompesch: 154
Honnef: 225-26, 232
Horrocks, Lt. Gen. Brian G.: 303
Hotton: 25, 27
Hottorf: 164
Houffalize: 24-25, 27-29, 31, 33-34, 37, 40-44
House-to-house fighting: 47, 120, 123, 401-02, 410, 425, 437
Howitzers
75-mm. pack: 311
105-mm.: 12, 17
155-mm.: 12, 17
German: 12, 228

Howze, Col. Robert L., Jr.: 188
Huebingen: 422
Huebner, Maj. Gen. C. Ralph: 46, 71, 73, 77-78, 81, 83, 204, 391, 452, 455-56. See also Corps, V.
Huenxe: 316
Huertgen Forest: 58, 70
Hungarian troops: 442
Hunsrueck Mountains: 237, 245, 274

I. G. Farben plant (Mannheim): 237
Idstein: 349
IJsselmeer: 379, 460
Iller River: 431, 435
Immenstadt: 438-39
Imst: 470-71
Infantry division, table of organization: 6, 16-17, 137, 355, 478
Infantry Division, 1st
Ardennes offensive operations: 46
command and organization: 46
drive into Czechoslovakia: 467
drive to the Mulde: 380, 389
Eifel attack: 63, 65, 68
Harz Mountains operations: 391, 402, 404
prisoners captured: 404-05
Remagen bridgehead operations: 231, 233, 346
Roer River operations and Rhine advance: 192-96, 211-12, 223
Ruhr Pocket operations: 361, 361n
Infantry Division, 2d
Ardennes offensive operations: 26, 29, 46
attack toward Pilsen: 467
capture of Gemuend: 195-96
capture of Leipzig: 395
command and organization: 65, 81
drive to the Mulde: 380, 389, 391, 393, 447-48
Remagen bridgehead breakout: 345, 347
Rhine River advance: 203-04, 223
West Wall operations: 65-66, 69, 71
Infantry Division, 3d
Ardennes offensive operations: 26
capture of Berchtesgaden: 442
casualties: 289n
command and organization: 254, 436, 172
drive to Augsburg and Munich: 435-37
drive to Nuremberg: 409-10, 419, 422-25
Italian campaign: 252
Rhine River crossing: 285-89, 289n
Saar-Palatinate operations: 254, 256, 261
and surrender of Army Group G: 471-72
Infantry Division, 4th
advance across Bavaria: 425
Ardennes offensive operations: 48-50
capture of Pruem and Rhine advance: 97, 186, 197, 199, 221
casualties: 66, 87-89, 92, 94-95
command and organization: 48, 240
Kyll River crossing: 199-200
Main River crossing and bridgehead operations: 413, 420
West Wall attack: 62-63, 66, 84, 86, 88-92, 94, 96-97
Infantry Division, 5th
capture of Frankfurt: 280, 373
command and organization: 48, 101, 425
Kyll River crossing and Rhine advance: 197, 200-02, 204
Moselle River crossing: 246-48, 250, 265
Pruem River crossing and capture of Bitburg: 113-15
Rhine River crossing: 267-68, 272, 285
Ruhr Pocket operations: 366
Sauer River crossing: 101-04, 106
Skyline Drive advance: 49-50
Infantry Division, 8th
advance to Rhine River: 187-88, 190-92, 196
casualties: 372n
command and organization: 136, 157, 169
Elbe River crossing: 461-65
Roer River crossing: 157, 159-62, 164-65, 168-69
Ruhr Pocket clearing: 365, 367
Infantry Division, 9th
command and organization: 65, 81
Harz Mountains operations: 391, 404
prisoners captured: 404-05
Remagen bridgehead operations: 224-26, 233, 347-48, 350
Rhine River crossing: 220
Roer River crossing and Rhine advance: 193-96, 212
Roer River dams operations: 77, 81
Ruhr Pocket operations: 360-61, 366
West Wall operations: 65-66, 69, 71
Infantry Division, 26th
advance into Austria: 426
Ardennes offensive operations: 35, 40, 53
command and organization: 40
drive through Fulda: 374, 378, 380
Saar-Palatinate operations: 117, 245-46, 258, 265
Infantry Division, 28th
Ardennes offensive operations: 33
attack toward Ahr River: 204
command and organization: 6, 36n, 204
Infantry Division, 29th
advance to the Elbe: 400
capture of Muenchen-Gladbach: 172
command and organization: 136, 149
Roer River crossing: 149, 151, 153, 155, 163-64, 168
Infantry Division, 30th
Ardennes offensive operations: 44-48
casualties: 156, 306, 313n
command and organization: 33, 136, 357
drive to the Elbe: 380, 384-85, 385n, 386-87, 397
prisoners captured: 309
Rhine River crossing: 304-09, 314-19, 357

Roer River crossing: 149, 151, 153, 155-56, 162-65, 167-68, 172
Infantry Division, 35th
Ardennes offensive operations: 35, 38, 40
casualties: 167
command and organization: 38, 136, 399
Rhine River crossing: 304, 316
Roer River crossing: 167, 172
Wesel pocket operations: 179-81
Infantry Division, 36th: 240-41n, 252, 255, 474
Infantry Division, 42d
capture of Munich: 436-37
Dachau prison liberation: 436
Danube advance and crossing: 424, 434
Main River advance and crossing: 413-14, 420
Saar-Palatinate operations: 254, 263
Infantry Division, 44th
advance into Austria: 438-39, 469-71
capture of Mannheim: 409-10
Danube River advance and crossing: 429-31, 434
Neckar River operations: 417
Infantry Division, 45th
capture of Munich: 436-37
Dachau prison liberation: 436
Danube crossing: 425, 434
drive to Nuremberg: 409-10, 419, 422, 424
Italian campaign, 252
Rhine crossing: 285-89
Saar-Palatinate operations: 253-54, 256, 261
Infantry Division, 63d
advance to the Danube: 425, 429
Jagst-Neckar operations: 414, 416-18
Saar-Palatinate operations: 253, 260-61
Infantry Division, 65th: 245, 258, 380, 426, 435
Infantry Division, 66th: 323, 477, 477n
Infantry Division, 69th
capture of Leipzig: 395
command and organization: 204
drive to the Mulde: 380, 389, 391, 393, 395, 447-49
first to link up with Russians: 450-56
Rhine River drive: 204
Infantry Division, 70th: 380
Infantry Division, 71st: 380, 426, 435
Infantry Division, 75th
Ardennes offensive operations: 27, 45
clears approaches to Dortmund: 364
command and organization: 45-46, 137n, 173
Rhine River crossing: 304
Infantry Division, 76th
command and organization: 101, 106, 241
drive to the Mulde: 380-81, 447
Eifel operations: 197
envelopment of Trier: 115, 133-34, 199
Kyll River crossing: 204
Moselle River crossing: 241, 257n
Sauer River and Pruem River crossings: 101, 106, 114
Infantry Division, 78th
casualties: 73
command and organization: 71-74, 81, 231, 233
prisoners captured: 370
Remagen bridgehead operations: 221-22, 225-26, 231-33, 346
Rhine River crossing: 220
Roer River crossing and Rhine advance: 193-96
Roer River dams offensive: 71-83
Ruhr Pocket reduction: 365-67, 370
Infantry Division, 79th
casualties: 308, 308n, 313n
command and organization: 136, 166-67, 173
prisoners captured: 309
Rhine River crossing: 304, 306-09, 315-16
Roer River crossing: 166-67
Ruhr Pocket operations: 364, 367
Infantry Division, 80th
capture of Kassel and southern drive: 378, 380-82
command and organization: 50, 101, 112-13
Rhine River crossing: 197, 289, 291, 293
Saar-Palatinate operations: 245-46, 249
Sauer River operations: 50, 101, 103-06
Vianden bulge operations: 106-08, 112-13
Infantry Division, 83d
Ardennes offensive operations: 27, 31-33
casualties: 387
command and organization: 32, 136, 164
Elbe drive and crossing: 380, 386-87, 397-99, 402-05, 447-48, 480
Rhine River drive and crossing: 172, 174, 358
Roer River crossing: 164, 168
Infantry Division, 84th
advance to Elbe River: 387, 400
Ardennes offensive operations: 27, 30-31
capture of Hannover: 386-87
casualties: 173
command and organization: 136, 145
linkup with Russian forces: 448
Rhine River drive and crossing: 175-76, 178
Roer River crossing: 144-47, 153, 162, 164-67, 172, 174
Weser River crossing: 380, 385-86
Infantry Division, 86th: 367, 426, 435
Infantry Division, 87th
advance to the Mulde: 380, 447
Ardennes offensive operations: 35-36, 39-41
casualties: 35, 89, 275-76
clears Koblenz: 250
command and organization: 36, 84
Eifel attack: 62-63, 65, 84, 88, 90-91, 199
Kyll River crossing: 200
Moselle River crossing: 250
Rhine River advance and crossing: 197, 273-76, 279
Infantry Division, 88th: 469
Infantry Division, 89th
advance to the Mulde: 380, 447
casualties: 276

command and organization: 248
Moselle River crossing: 248, 250, 257-58
Rhine River crossing: 268, 274, 276-77
Infantry Division, 90th
advance into Czechoslovakia: 379-80, 467
Ardennes offensive operations: 40, 52-53
command and organization: 40, 200, 229
Main River crossing: 373
Moselle River crossing and advance: 246-49, 259
Rhine River crossing operations: 267-68, 270, 273
Vianden bulge operations: 107-11, 113
West Wall operations: 62-63, 66, 84, 88, 90-91, 93, 96, 197
Infantry Division, 94th
Brittany operations: 477
casualties: 122-23, 129
command and organization: 117, 120, 123
Saar-Moselle triangle operations: 117-33, 242, 245-46
Infantry Division, 95th
command and organization: 173, 366
Ruhr Pocket operations: 364, 366
Saar River operations: 117
Uerdingen pocket operations: 176, 178
Infantry Division, 97th: 366, 367n, 426, 467
Infantry Division, 99th
command and organization: 136, 187, 189
Danube advance: 426
Erft Canal crossing and Rhine drive: 187-89
Monschau Forest operations: 65
Remagen bridgehead operations: 226, 233-34, 347-48
Ruhr Pocket operations: 365, 370
Infantry Division, 100th
advance to Stuttgart: 429, 432
casualties: 418
Neckar River operations: 414-15, 417
prisoners captured: 418
Saar-Palatinate operations: 254, 256
Infantry Division, 102d
advance to the Elbe: 387, 400
casualties: 155
command and organization: 136, 147
Rhine drive and crossing: 175, 380
Roer River crossing: 147-48, 153-55, 164, 167, 172
Infantry Division, 103d: 254, 434-35, 439, 468-69
Infantry Division, 104th
capture of Cologne: 187-88, 190-91
command and organization: 136, 157, 169
drive to the Mulde: 380, 389, 391-92, 402
linkup with Russians: 448, 456
Remagen bridgehead breakout: 346, 348, 354-55, 360-61
Roer River crossing: 157, 161, 165, 169
Infantry Division, 106th: 6, 45, 204
Infantry Regiments
2d: 49, 106, 114, 247, 270
7th: 254
8th: 86-95, 413
10th: 49, 104, 114, 270-73
11th: 104, 106, 115, 267-71, 280
12th: 50, 94, 96
13th: 159-61, 164-65, 168-69, 365, 367
15th: 287, 425n
18th: 361n
22d: 86-97, 413
23d: 46-48, 347, 389
26th: 194, 404
28th: 159-61, 165, 187, 191
30th: 425
38th: 345
39th: 66, 193, 360-61
47th: 220
60th: 81, 225, 361
71st: 469-70
112th: 33
115th: 149, 151, 155
117th: 167, 305-06, 308, 315-16
119th: 151, 153, 156, 167, 305, 308, 316, 384, 385n, 397
120th: 151-53, 156, 305, 308-09, 315-17
121st: 165, 168, 187
134th: 167, 179, 183
137th: 167, 180-81, 183
141st: 240n-241n
142d: 255, 474
157th: 261n, 410
175th: 149, 151, 155, 163
180th: 261n, 285, 287
253d: 418n
259th: 258n
271st: 393, 448
273d: 449-55
301st: 121-23, 125-27, 129-30, 132
302d: 123n, 124-27, 129-30, 246
304th: 257n
309th: 74-81, 193
310th: 72, 75-80, 193, 220, 370
311th: 72-73, 77-81, 193, 225
313th: 307, 367
314th: 308
315th: 307, 307n
317th: 112, 293
318th: 112, 245n, 246, 382
319th: 50n, 112-13, 293
320th: 179-81, 399
324th: 431
329th: 387, 397
330th: 168, 174, 402, 404
334th: 147, 153, 173, 175-76
335th: 153, 164
345th: 93, 275-76, 279
346th: 39n
347th: 250, 275-76

353d: 276
354th: 276-77
357th: 88, 91, 94, 96, 109-11, 247-48
358th: 66n, 88-89, 91-92, 94, 96, 109-11, 248, 379
359th: 88-89, 93, 96, 109-11, 200, 248
376th: 117-18, 120, 123-31
379th: 176-77
386th: 367n
395th: 187, 189
397th: 417
398th: 415, 418n
405th: 147, 154-55, 164
406th: 155
407th: 147-48, 154-55
411th: 468-69
413th: 157, 159, 165, 168
414th: 188n, 354, 356, 359, 361, 402
415th: 157, 159, 165, 168, 356, 360-61
417th: 101-04, 106
Ingolstadt: 426, 435
Inn River: 437, 439, 466
Inn River valley: 437, 439
Innsbruck: 437, 439, 466-68, 471, 474
Intelligence. See also ALSOS mission.
failure in Ardennes counteroffensive: 41
German: 92-93, 202, 301-02
sources of: 215, 315, 355, 376, 386
Intelligence estimates
of German defenses of the Roer: 138-41
of German strength in the Ardennes: 27-28
of German strength in Ruhr encirclement: 359
of German strength in Seventh Army Rhine crossings: 285
of German strength in the West Wall: 60, 85
of German strength opposing LUMBERJACK operation: 186
of German strength opposing 21 Army Group: 301
of National Redoubt plan: 340, 407, 409
Irrhausen: 108, 111
Irsch: 132
Irwin, Maj. Gen. S. LeRoy: 48, 50, 100, 103, 246-47, 267-68, 425. See also Corps, XII; Infantry Division, 5th.
Isaacman, T. Sgt. Nathaniel: 123
Isar River: 437, 439
Issel Canal: 313
Issel River: 312-13
Italian frontier: 438-39, 469

Jabo: 44
Jachman, S. Sgt. Isadore S.: 38n
Jacobs, 1st Lt. Irven: 270
Jagst River: 413, 416-18, 421
Jagst-Neckar crescent: 414-15, 418, 427
Jagst-Tauber land bridge: 418
Jena: 381-82
Jenkins, Brig. Gen. Reuben E.: 408
Jodl, Generaloberst Alfred: 337, 444-45, 458-59, 475
Johnson, Col. Earle A.: 124, 126
Jucken: 113
Juelich: 70, 136-37, 139, 142, 149, 151, 155, 183
Juelich-Cologne highway: 163, 187
Jutland peninsula: 342, 446, 464

Kaiserbruecke (Trier): 134
Kaisersesch: 205
Kaiserslautern: 237, 253, 258-61, 263
Kaiserslautern Gap: 20, 237-38, 253-54, 260-61
Kall River: 73-74, 80
Kampholz Woods: 125-27
Kane, Lt. Col. Matthew W.: 359
Kanzem: 128-29
KAPUT operation: 399
Karlsbad: 458, 466-67, 477
Karlsruhe: 321-22, 325, 427
Kassel: 5, 20, 335, 344, 351, 353, 355-56, 360-61, 373-74, 376, 378, 380, 389, 407, 410, 420
Kean, Maj. Gen. William G.: 26
Keating, Maj. Gen. Frank A.: 147-48, 154-55. See also Infantry Division, 102d.
Kehrig: 205
Keitel, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm: 423, 444-45, 458-59, 475
Kelberg: 205
Kelley, S. Sgt. Jonah E.: 73, 73n
Kelly, Capt. David B.: 182
Kelly, Cpl. Thomas J.: 365n
Kempten: 438
Kesfeld: 109
Kesselring, Generalfeldmarschall Albert. See also OB WEST.
command of Italy-Balkans-Austria forces: 444-45, 471-72
and Danube defenses: 434
and Harz Mountain operations: 402n
and "no-withdrawal" policy: 244, 256-57, 292, 338, 349, 353, 358, 389
and relationship with Hitler: 337-38
and Remagen bridgehead operations: 226, 228
and Rhine-Ruhr defense: 302, 337, 339, 345, 358-62, 381, 404, 408, 411, 423
and Saar-Palatinate withdrawal: 244, 257, 260, 264, 268
succeeds Rundstedt at OB WEST: 222
and surrender negotiations: 466, 471
and Third Army Rhine crossing: 272, 274
Kesternich: 72-73
Kilburn, Brig. Gen. Charles S.: 41, 84, 199-200. See also Armored Division, 11th.
Kimball, Col. Edward A.: 181-82
Kirchhain: 355n
Kirchheim: 429, 431
Kirchhellen: 315-16
Kirn: 257, 259
Kitzbuehel: 438

Kitzingen: 420
Klatovy: 466
Kloetze: 400
Kniess, General der Infanterie Baptist: 244, 252, 260, 292-93, 373, 375
Koblenz: 99, 134, 206, 208-09, 214, 239, 241-42, 250-52, 269, 273-74, 325, 335, 347
Koch, Ilse: 384
Koch, Col. Oscar W.: 100
Koechling, General der Infanterie Friedrich: 141, 153-54, 186, 189-90, 370
Koenigshofen: 413
Koerrenzig: 153
Koethen: 401
Kommerscheidt: 79-80
Konzen: 72
Kotzebue, 1st Lt. Albert L.: 450-53, 456
Kowalski, Tech. 5 Stephen A.: 451
Kraft, August: 230
Kraichgau Gate plateau: 409, 414
Kramer, Maj. Gen. Herman F.: 477
Krauthausen: 156
Krefeld: 139, 174-77
Krefeld-Uerdingen bridge (Hitler bridge): 174-78
Kreinitz: 451, 456
Kreuzau: 192
Krinkelt: 65-66, 69
Kruger, General der Panzertruppen Walter: 140, 142, 159, 186, 192
Krupp steel works: 364
Kuehren: 450-51, 453
Kufstein: 437
Kyll River: 113, 115, 186, 196-99
Kyll River crossings: 199-205

La Roche: 32
La Roche-Salmchâteau highway: 29, 31-32
Lahn River and valley: 208, 225, 234, 266, 268, 274, 290, 344-51, 354
Lake Constance (Bodensee): 422, 430-31, 433-34, 437
Landau: 263, 437
Landeck: 437-39, 366-67, 471
Landsberg: 435
Landshut: 437
Lange, Generalleutnant Wolfgang: 370
Lanham, Col. Charles T.: 92
Lanzerac, General Charles Louis Marie: 22
Lattre de Tassigny, General Jean de: 18, 20. See also French units.
denied linkup with Allied troops in Italy: 438-39, 471
and Devers operations orders: 427-33, 438-39, 473, 480
and drive on Ulm: 430-32, 439, 480
and Rhine crossing: 262, 262n, 321-22, 414, 427
and surrender negotiations: 472-73
Lauenburg: 460, 462
Lauer, Maj. Gen. Walter E.: 187. See also Infantry Division, 99th.
Lauter River: 237-38, 262, 321
Lauterbourg: 238
Laval, Pierre: 430-31
LCM's: 295, 295n, 308
LCVP's: 227, 227n, 268, 270, 295
Leaflets: 402
Lech River: 435, 470
Leckwitz: 451, 453
Lee, Lt. Gen. John C. H.: 15
Legitimate booty. See Booty.
Leidenborn: 109
Leimersheim: 32211
Leine River: 386, 389-91
Leipzig: 379-82, 392-95, 401-02, 408, 447-48
Leipzig-Dresden industrial complex: 340, 342, 405
Leinbeck: 31911
Lentz, Brig. Gen. John M.: 36. See also Infantry Division, 87th.
Leonard, Maj. Gen. John M.: 193, 212, 219, 223, 348. See also Armored Division, 9th.
Léopoldville (troopship): 477n
Liège: 325
Liège-Houffalize-Bastogne highway: 29
Lienne River: 25, 27, 32
Liese, 1st Lt. Joe: 202
Limburg: 234, 279, 290, 345, 347-50, 373
Linnich: 135-38, 142-43, 145, 147, 153
Lintfort: 182
Linz: 225, 227, 409, 458, 466
Linz-České Budějovice highway: 467
Lippe River: 18, 297-98, 304-05, 308, 315, 317-19, 357-59
Lippe-Seiten Canal: 297, 308, 315-17
Lippstadt: 359, 362
"Little Maginot Line": 467
Little Switzerland: 23, 48
Loewenstein Hills: 421, 429
Logistics: 4, 14, 186, 324-28, 406, 476, 478, 480. See also Motor transport; Shortages; Supply; Transportation; War production.
Lohr: 281-82, 410
Longchamps: 36-37, 39
Longvilly: 36
Loot, definition of: 329, 331-32
Looting: 262, 331-32, 366, 432
Lorelei: 274, 277
Lorient: 117, 477
Lorraine: 4, 36, 478
Losenseifen Hill (Hill 568): 90-91, 96, 109
Losheim: 62-63, 69, 245
Losheim Gap: 60, 63, 67-68, 84, 99
Losses, summary of. See also Casualties; Prisoners.
Allied and German D-day to V-E Day: 478, 478n
Ardennes operations: 53
as of 3 January 1945: 511
clearing the Saar-Moselle triangle: 128-29
German, February-March 1945: 338

Ninth Army Roer to Rhine drive: 183
Operation VERITABLE: 184
Remagen bridgehead fighting: 234-35
Roer River crossings: 162
Ruhr encirclement: 359, 372, 372n
Saar-Palatinate fighting: 264
VARSITY operation: 313-14, 314n
Lower Vosges Mountains: 237, 252, 254
Lucht, General der Artillerie Walter: 60, 89, 91, 203-04, 389-91, 402, 404-05
Luckner, Felix, Count von: 402
Ludendorff bridge. See Remagen bridge.
Ludwigshafen: 236, 263
Ludwigslust: 463-64
Luebeck: 342, 421, 460, 464, 477
Luettwitz, General der Panzertruppen Heinrich Freiherr von: 35, 315, 319, 338, 357-58, 370, 375n
Luettwitz, General der Panzertruppen Smilo Freiherr von: 375
Luetzkampen: 60, 84, 99
Luftwaffe: 7-8, 38, 324, 385, 444, 476, 478n. See also Air support, German; German units.
LUMBERJACK operation: 185-86, 192, 194
Lunéville: 257-58
Luxembourg: 19, 22-23, 116
Luxembourg City: 24, 41, 234, 266
LVT's: 144-45, 147, 149, 151, 153

Maas River: 4, 18, 20-21, 135-36, 140, 172, 295
MacArthur, General Douglas: 281
McAuliffe, Maj. Gen. Anthony C.: 254, 468-69. See also Infantry Division, 103d.
McBride, Maj. Gen. Horace L.: 50, 101, 112, 291. See also Infantry Division, 80th.
McClune, Col. Harold H.: 124, 126, 131
McCullough, Maj. Chris: 308-09
McGee, Pvt. William D.: 257n
Machine gun, .30-cal. Browning: 10
McKee, Brig. Gen. John L.: 275-76
McLain, Maj. Gen. Raymond S.: 135, 164, 167-68, 172, 174-75, 178, 398. See also Corps, XIX.
Macon, Maj. Gen. Robert C.: 32, 164, 387. See also Infantry Division, 83d.
Maeseyck: 18
Magdeburg: 380-81, 387, 396-97, 399, 405
Mageret: 36-37
Maginot Line: 20, 252
Main River: 344, 373, 409, 411-13, 418, 422
Main River crossings: 266, 266n, 268, 273-74, 279-80, 289, 291-93, 347, 373-74, 410, 413-14, 420
Mainz: 20, 236, 241, 259, 266, 266n, 267, 289-93, 325, 373
Malmédy: 23, 25, 44-45
Malony, Maj. Gen. Harry J.: 117-18, 120-22, 124-27, 131. See also Infantry Division, 94th.
Malta Conference: 5, 56, 67, 323-24
Mannheim: 236, 268-69, 286-88, 321-22, 325, 409-10
Manpower, German: 8. See also Reinforcements.
Manteuffel, General der Panzertruppen Hasso von: 26, 28, 31, 35, 38-39, 48, 51, 82n, 173, 186, 339, 458, 465
Maps: 297
Marburg: 351, 354
Marche: 19
MARKET operation: 309n, 460
Marseille: 324
Marshall, General George C.: 5, 17, 456-57
Marvie: 36
Masthorn: 109
Mauel: 107-08, 110-11, 114
Mauthausen: 467
Maximiliansau: 263
Mayen: 204
Mead, Col. Armistead D.: 174-75
"Meat Ball Express": 325
Medal of Honor: 38n, 39n, 40n, 42n, 50n, 64n, 66n, 73n, 114n, 123n, 241n, 245n, 255n, 257n, 258n, 259n, 261n, 311n, 312n, 319n, 355n, 361n, 365n, 367n, 385n, 418n, 425n
Medebach: 356, 360-61
Medical Battalion, 329th: 391-92, 392n
Medical problems: 104
Mehlen Creek: 91, 93, 95-96
Meindl, General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugen: 303, 314, 317
Meiningen: 379-80
Meisburg: 201
Melasky, Maj. Gen. Harris M.: 367. See also Infantry Division, 86th.
Memmingen: 453
Merkers "treasure" cave: 379, 384
Merrell, Pvt. Joseph E.: 425n
Merseburg: 392-93
Mettendorf: 101, 112
Metterich: 200
Metz: 116
Metz Gap: 237
Meuse River: 22-23, 34
Mewshaw, Col. Harry C.: 196, 211-12
Michael, 2d Lt. Harry J.: 245n
Middleton, Maj. Gen. Troy H.: 25, 36, 38, 40, 52, 84, 90-91, 96-98, 112, 197, 199-200, 241, 279. See also Corps, VIII.
Milburn, Maj. Gen. Frank W.: 252. See also Corps, XXI.
Miley, Maj. Gen. William M.: 38, 310, 313. See also Airborne Division, 17th.
Military control and government operations: 262, 323, 331, 395, 421, 476-77
Miller, Lt. Col. George F.: 122
Milliken, Maj. Gen. John: 25, 36, 194, 196, 211-12, 219, 223-26, 229, 367. See also Armored Division, 13th; Corps, III.
Minden: 380
Miner, Lt. Col. Russell M.: 117
Missile, intercontinental: 8

Mittenwald Pass: 439, 468
Model, Major Hansgeorg: 372n
Model, Generalfeldmarschall Walter: 6, 28, 50, 59, 93
and Ardennes operations: 34-35, 38, 46
and capture of Remagen bridge: 221-22, 226
commits suicide: 372, 372n
dissolves Army Group B: 369, 372
and relief of General Brandenberger: 107
and Roer River defense: 154, 171
and Ruhr drive defense: 195, 202-03, 210, 214, 233-34, 339, 345-46, 350, 353, 355, 358, 362, 368, 370
and withdrawal to the Rhine: 42, 107, 195
Moder River: 252-55
Moedrath: 187
Moehne Reservoir: 359
Moellen: 308
Moers: 178
Moltke, General Helmuth von: 22
Mon Creek: 90-94
Monsabert, Maj. Gen. A. J. de: 321
Monschau: 18-19, 23, 25, 57, 59-60, 63, 65, 69-72, 135
Monschau corridor: 71, 73-74, 76
Monschau Forest: 62, 65-66
Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. See also Army Group, 21.
command relationships with Allied commanders: 4, 26, 178
and decision against Berlin as objective: 341-42, 480
and main effort against the Ruhr: 2, 24-26, 32, 55-56, 67, 294
personality as a commander: 18, 480
and Rhine assault operations: 302, 310n
and Rhine bridgehead operations: 239-40, 266, 318-19, 341, 357, 480
Rhine crossing eclipsed by U.S. armies: 246, 266-67, 273, 294
and Rhine crossing plans and buildup: 175, 294-98
and Rhine crossing plans of Ninth Army: 175, 178, 178n, 179n, 295, 319, 479
and Rhine to Elbe drive: 319, 461, 463
and surrender of northern German forces: 465, 474
Moore, Brig. Gen. Bryant E.: 169. See also Infantry Division, 8th.
Moore, Brig. Gen. James E.: 135, 295
Morale, German: 60, 256, 301, 331, 426, 463, 479
Morris, Maj. Gen. William H. H., Jr.: 127, 129-31, 133, 249, 416, 431. See also Armored Division, 10th.
Mortain: 478
Mortars: 12, 144, 153
Mosel Berge: 196
Moselle River: 19-20, 22, 26, 58, 99-100, 116, 171, 196, 198, 237, 242, 246
Moselle River crossings: 134, 206, 239, 241, 246-52, 257
Motor transport: 325-26
Mountain Division, 10th: 471
Muehlhausen: 380-81
Muenchen-Gladbach: 139, 142-43, 172-73, 188
Muenster: 357
Mulde River: 384, 393, 401-02, 406, 421, 425, 445-49, 458
Mulhouse: 19
Munich: 422, 435-36, 440, 459, 472
Munich Pact: 467
Munich-Salsburg autobahn: 440
Munzingen: 124-28
Murphy, Pfc. Frederick C.: 258n
Mussolini: 459

Nahe River: 240-41, 246-50, 256-59
Namur: 325
Napoleon Platz (Leipzig): 395
National Dedoubt: 340, 407-09, 431, 440, 442-43, 445, 457
Naval Unit No. 1: 227
Naval Unit No. 2: 268
Naval Unit No. 3: 295
Nazi party: 7, 176, 209, 331, 370, 375, 378, 407, 422, 425, 437, 444, 459, 474
Nebelwerfers: 12
Neckar River and valley: 286, 410, 412-18, 422, 427-30
Neder Rijn: 460
Neffel Creek: 193
Negro troops: 54, 334-35
Neisse River: 339
Nennig: 116, 118-20, 123-24
Netherlands: 4, 19
military operations: 338, 379, 385, 421, 459-61, 465, 477-78
relief operations: 461
Neufchâteau: 23
Neuss: 138, 172, 174, 189
Neustadt: 263
Neuwied: 205
News correspondents: 344, 387, 445, 447, 452, 455
Nideggen: 80, 193
Nied River: 117
Niedermehlen: 92, 95
Niedersgegen: 112
Niederzier: 156, 162-63
Nierstein: 267-68, 270
Night operations: 53, 142, 168, 201, 267, 344. See also Battlefield illumination.
Nijmegen: 18, 135, 139, 141, 145, 170, 183
Nims River: 113-14
Nonfraternization policy: 329-31, 467
Noord Beveland: 18
Nord Canal: 174
Nordhausen: 391-92, 402

NORDWIND operation: 1, 6-7, 19-20, 28, 34, 118, 123, 126, 238
Normandy: 478
North Sea: 460
Northeim: 391
Norway: 457, 464-65, 476-77
Neville: 36, 41-42
Nuclear fission resarch, German: 352, 427, 429
Nuerburg Ring race course: 205
Nugent, Brig. Gen. Richard E.: 137, 300, 304
Nuremberg: 409, 421-26

OB NEDERLANDER: 460
OB NORDWEST: 385, 460
OB SUED: 222
OB WEST. See also Kesselring, Generalfeldmarschall Albert; Rundstedt, Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von.
abandons Ohrdruf headquarters: 378
command and control: 5, 5n, 7, 237, 385, 421, 433
and Remagen bridgehead breakout: 269
troop strength on 3 January 1945: 5-6
Oberammergau: 439
Obergeckler: 113
Oberjoch Pass: 438-39, 470
Oberkail: 202
Oberkassel: 174
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW): 7, 213, 216, 377, 385, 396, 399, 410-11, 421, 423, 444-45, 459, 476
Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH): 7, 444-45
Oberlahnstein: 276
Oberleuken-Orscholz highway: 122
Obermehlen: 92-93
Oberstadtfeld: 201
Oberwesel: 276-77
Oberzier: 157, 159, 165
Obstacles: 20, 30, 88, 111, 128, 257, 348-49, 401, 404, 410, 438-39, 469. See also West Wall.
Obstfelder, General der Infanterie Hans von: 293, 374-75, 434, 472
Occupation plans: 46, 321, 323, 334-35, 340, 342, 432-33, 480
Ockfen: 129-32
O'Daniel, Maj. Gen. John W.: 254, 436, 472. See also Infantry Division, 3d.
Odenwald: 284, 286, 409, 412-14
Oder River: 335, 339-40, 405
Ohrdruf: 376-78, 380, 384
Ohrdruf communications center: 376-77
Ohrdruf concentration camp: 378, 384, 481
Oil refineries: 236, 392-93
Oliver, Maj. Gen. Lunsford E.: 167, 172. See also Armored Division, 5th.
Ondenval defile: 46-48
Oppenheim: 241, 266-75, 285, 306, 322
Oppenheim bridgehead operations: 279, 286, 289, 292-93, 337, 340, 345, 347, 349, 373, 375, 408-09, 412, 479
Oresko, T. Sgt. Nicholas: 123n
Oriola, Generalleutnant Ralph Graf von: 108, 198, 201, 243, 249-50, 260, 268, 285-86, 412-13
Orscholz: 116, 121-23
Orscholz Switch: 116-18, 120, 123-24, 126-27, 130, 134
Orsfeld: 201
Orsoy: 178-79, 183
Osterkamp, Generaloberst Herbert: 375
Oubourcy: 36-37
Our River: 44, 48-53, 58-59, 63, 100, 107
Our River crossings: 66, 91, 108, 110-11
Ourthe River: 25, 27, 31-33, 39, 41

Paderborn: 351-55, 357, 359-60, 373, 389
Palatinate Highland: 237
Panzerfausts: 10, 307, 352, 401, 435
Papen, Franz von: 370
Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 464th: 311
Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 466th: 312-13
Parachute Infantry Regiments
505th: 32, 462
507th: 310
508th: 64
513th: 38n, 311-13, 319
517th: 32, 45
Paratroops: 211. See also Airborne operations.
Paris: 325
Parker, Maj. Gen. Edwin P., Jr.: 71-74, 76-80. See also Infantry Division, 78th.
Parker, Maj. Harry F.: 181
Parker's Crossroads: 31
Pash, Col. Boris T.: 430
Passau: 434, 437, 466
Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander M.: 252. See also Army, Seventh.
and capture of Berchtesgaden: 442
command relationships with U.S. and French commanders: 17, 438, 473-74
and Rhine crossing: 246
and Saar-Palatinate operations: 240-41, 246, 257, 258, 260-61
and southern Germany operations: 417, 427
and surrender operations: 472
Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr.: 38, 252. See also Army, Third.
and advance to Prague: 467
and attack against the base of the bulge: 39, 41, 43, 52, 479
beats Montgomery across the Rhine: 246, 266-67, 273
and broad-front strategy: 2, 35
command relationship with Bradley: 15
command relationship with Eisenhower: 17-18
and Eifel attacks: 52, 98-100, 134-35, 197
and Eisenhower order for Mulde River halt: 384

and employment of armor: 123
and employment of 10th Armored Division: 127-28, 132-33
and envelopment of Trier: 115
and liaison plane reinforcement of Rhine crossing: 268, 270
and liberation of Hammelburg prisoner-of-war camp: 280-81, 283, 291, 479
ordered to take Rhine on the run: 266, 266n
personality as a commander: 17-18, 36, 269, 480
post-Ardennes plans: 24, 35, 43
and probing attacks: 68, 84, 98, 135
and Pruem River advance: 96-97, 105
reaction to concentration camps: 378
reaction to First Army Rhine crossing: 236, 266
and Rhine River drive: 98, 115, 134, 196-97, 206, 246
and Saar-Moselle triangle operations: 130, 133, 135, 241
and Saar-Palatinate operations: 236, 240-41, 244, 246, 249, 257-58, 266
and son-in-law, Col. Waters: 281, 281n, 283, 419
on SS troops: 350
and Third Army Rhine crossings: 241, 246, 266-67, 269, 273-75, 289-90
Paul, Maj. Gen. Willard S.: 40. See also Infantry Division, 26th.
Paulus, Field Marshal Friedrich: 372
Paulushof Dam: 77, 79
Pellingen: 133
Perrin, Brig. Gen. Herbert T.: 45. See also Infantry Division, 106th.
Pershing, Gen. John J.: 15-16
Pétain, Marshal Henri Philippe: 430-31
Peters, Pvt. George J.: 311n
Peters, Lt. Karl Heinz: 230
Petersen, General der Infanterie Erich: 253, 262-63, 415
Peterson, S. Sgt. George: 361n
la Petite Suisse: 23, 48
Pfaelzer Bergland: 237, 260-63
Pfaffenheck: 247
Pforzheim: 427
Phillips, Col. James H.: 219
Piburn, Brig. Gen. Edwin W.: 128
Pierce, Col. James R.: 38n
Pierce, Brig. Gen. John L.: 467
Pietrzah, Pvt. John F.: 123
Pilsen: 426, 458, 466-67, 477
Pirmasens: 263
Pisek: 467
Pistols, German: 10, 332, 378
Plateau des Tailles: 23, 27, 29, 32-33
PLUNDER operation: 297, 300, 319. See also Army Group, 21
Poinier, Lt. Col. Arthur D.: 124
POL (petroleum, oil, and lubricants): 9, 137, 186, 323, 325, 327. See also Shortages.
Polish units: 5n, 297n, 322n
Poncet, Col. Hans von: 394-95
Port Construction and Repair Group, 1056th: 325
Porter, Maj. Gen. Ray E.: 173. See also Infantry Division, 75th.
Potsdam: 399, 459
POZIT fuze. See Proximity fuze.
Prague: 447, 456-58, 467, 477, 480
Prickett, Maj. Gen. Fay B.: 45-46. See also Infantry Division, 75th.
Priess, Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Hermann: 34-35
Prims River: 257
Prisoners of war: 334, 379
captured German: 33, 40, 52, 129, 132, 134, 167-68, 189, 201, 204-06, 223, 234, 264, 282, 309, 313, 351, 370, 372, 404-05, 418, 429, 433-34, 442, 465, 477-78, 478n
captured Hungarian: 435
captured Russian: 9, 282, 366
captured Yugoslav: 283
liberation of prisoner-of-war camps: 283, 366, 378, 391, 393, 419, 437, 448-53, 476
Pronsfeld: 85, 88, 91, 108
Proximity fuze: 13, 156, 177, 211
Pruem: 24, 43, 58-59, 67-68, 84-86, 88, 91-98, 100, 105-06, 134, 186, 198-99, 204
Pruem River: 58, 85, 93-94, 96, 98-99, 101, 107-15, 186, 196-97, 199
Puechler, General der Infanterie Karl: 60, 65, 72, 193, 195, 209, 233, 346-47, 350, 353
Purdue, Col. Branner P.: 308, 317
Pursuit warfare: 184, 426. See also Armor.
Pyrotechnics: 13, 305

Quesada, Maj. Gen. Elwood R.: 28
Quinn, Col. William W.: 407, 409

Ralf, Col. Edson D.: 311
Rafts: 49, 227, 308-09
Ranger Battalion, 5th: 131-33
Rangers: 211
Rape: 333, 350, 432
Rathke, Generalleutnant Anton: 402
Rations: 328, 334
Recoilless rifles: 10, 299, 299n, 311
Reconnaissance Battalion, 83d: 169, 189
Reconnaissance Battalion, 88th: 181
Recovered Allied Military Personnel (RAMPS): 327
Red Ball Express: 325
Red Cross: 334
Redeployment plans: 334, 466, 476
Rees: 295-96, 298, 301, 303, 314, 317
Refugees. See Civilians.
Refvem, 1st Lt. Whitney O.: 305-06
Regensburg: 426, 435
Regimental combat teams: 17, 478
Regnitz River: 422

Reims: 15, 474-76
Reinforcements: 6, 54, 60, 334-35, 413
Reinhardt, Maj. Gen. Emil F.: 204, 395, 452, 455-56. See also Infantry Division, 69th.
Reinhart, Maj. Gen. Stanley E.: 245. See also Infantry Division, 65th.
Remagen: 195-96, 202-03, 208-15, 223, 227
Remagen bridge: 195, 207, 211-12
capture of: 216-20, 222, 234, 266, 479
collapse of: 229-30
German defense of: 209, 213-17, 221, 223
German demolition operations: 210, 213-17, 221, 227-28, 230
Hitler reprisals for capture: 230
underwater swimmer attack on: 228-29
Remagen bridgehead operations: 220-35, 269, 274, 279, 289, 338-39, 340, 344, 350
Replacements. See Reinforcements.
Reserves: 24, 34, 55, 127-29, 132-33, 197, 240, 422
Resia Pass: 438-39, 471
Rest and rehabilitation: 334
Retraining: 334
Reynaud, Paul: 474
Rhein-Herne Canal: 316, 357-58, 362, 364
Rheinbach: 195, 203, 212, 221
Rheinberg: 175, 179-83, 295-96, 303, 305-06
Rheinhausen: 178
Rhens: 275-76
Rheydt: 139
Rhine-Main Airport: 280
Rhine River: 4-5, 18-22, 67, 184, 209, 237, 267-68, 274, 294, 297, 479. See also Withdrawal operations, German.
Rhine River bridges: 99, 178, 180-81, 183, 206, 209, 211, 214, 223, 263-64, 279-80, 325-26, 357. See also Hitler bridge; Remagen bridge.
Rhine River crossings
crossing sites: 208-09, 241, 266, 269, 274, 284-85, 295, 299-300, 317-19
First French Army: 321-22, 322n, 408, 414-15, 427
Montgomery's 21 Army Group: 273, 294-320, 344, 460
Ninth Army plans for crossing: 173-74, 178, 211, 479
Seventh Army: 284, 286-89, 339, 347, 407-09, 412
Third Army: 266-73, 275-77, 285, 289-93, 306, 339, 344, 373, 381, 412, 479
Rhine River gorge: 274-75, 289, 347, 349
Ribbentrop, Joachim von: 335-36, 444
Richardson, Lt. Col. Jack J.: 134
Richardson, Lt. Col. Walter B.: 351
Ridgway, Maj. Gen. Matthew B.: 25, 44-45, 299, 310, 313-14, 318-19, 367, 370, 461-62. See also Corps, XVIII Airborne.
Riesa: 451-52
Rifle, 7.92-mm. (Mauser): 10
Rifle, .30-cal. M1 (Garand): 10
Rifle, recoilless. See Recoilless rifles.
Ritchie, Lt. Gen. Sir Neil M.: 303
River crossing operations: 49, 66, 101-06, 129-31, 275-77, 287-88, 303, 305-07, 322, 385, 389, 397-98, 417, 462. See also Bridges; Engineers; rivers by name; Smoke, tactical use of.
Roads and roadnets
in the Ardennes: 24, 29, 32, 34, 46, 48
in the Eifel: 62, 65, 96, 196, 201-02
for Remagen bridgehead breakout: 344
in the Saar-Palatinate: 260-61
for Seventh Army southern Germany operations: 428, 432
for Third Army Rhine crossings: 270, 272, 289
for 21 Army Group Rhine crossing: 298, 300, 315, 318, 357
Roberts, Col. William L.: 132, 134
Robertson, Maj. Gen. Walter M.: 65. See also Infantry Division, 2d.
Robertson, 2d Lt. William D.: 450, 453-56
Robinson, 1st Lt. James E., Jr.: 418n
Rocherath: 65-66, 69
Rochlitz: 447
Rocket launchers. See also Bazookas.
2.36-inch: 10
4.5-inch: 12
4.5-inch, multiple (T34): 106
Rocket research, German: 332
Roer River: 18, 20-21, 58, 70-71, 136, 138, 143, 145, 151, 157, 162
Roer River crossings: 57, 137-62, 164-67, 169, 172, 192, 196, 480. See also GRENADE operation; LUMBERJACK operation.
Roer River dams: 57-59, 66-68, 70, 138, 143, 192-93, 196, 203
Roer River fortifications: 139, 187
Roermond: 6, 136, 141, 143, 171-72
Roerstausee: 70, 73-74, 77, 81
Rollesbroich: 74
Rooks, Maj. Gen. Lowell W.: 66, 109, 111. See also Infantry Division, 90th.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 329, 341, 384, 405, 443, 453
Rose, Maj. Gen. Maurice: 29, 33, 169, 187-88, 352-54. See also Armored Division, 3d.
Roseborough, Lt. Col. Morgan G.: 182
Rosenheim: 440
Rosslau: 396, 402
Rothkirch and Trach, General der Kavallerie Edwin Graf: 49-51, 105, 107, 198, 201-62, 210, 223
Rottweil: 430
Royal Air Force
Bomber Command: 14, 300-01, 303, 324
Group, 38: 299
Group, 46: 299
Tactical Air Force, 2d: 14-15, 299-300, 310
Royal Navy: 295
Ruhr-Berlin autobahn: 358
Ruhr encirclement operations: 341-42, 344, 351, 353, 359-62, 368, 373, 381, 389, 406-08, 425, 460, 479
Ruhr-Frankfurt autobahn: 208, 232, 279, 344

Ruhr Pocket operations: 359, 362-69
Ruhr region: 2, 4-5, 8, 18-19, 24, 67, 140, 163, 209, 233-34, 294, 298, 300, 340, 362-63, 365
Ruhr River: 304, 359, 362-63, 365, 367
Ruhr-Wesel-Arnhem railroad: 297-98
Ruhrberg: 77, 79
Rundstedt, Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von: 5, 28, 100, 202. See also OB WEST.
and the Ardennes offensive: 34
and capture of Remagen bridge: 221
command authority: 7
and pessimism before Roer attack: 140-41, 186
relieved at OB WEST: 222
withdrawal appeals to Hitler: 4-42, 171, 238, 242
Rusakov, Maj. Gen. Vladimir: 453, 456
Russian-Allied linkup: 341, 343, 375, 379, 384, 395, 408, 421, 437, 445-56, 458, 466
Russian-Allied relations
and advance into Czechoslovakia: 458, 466
and Berlin as objective: 341-42, 446, 480
bomb line agreement: 446-47
and Elbe-Mulde demarcation lines: 449-50, 450n, 456, 458, 463-64
and surrender negotiations: 464-65, 474, 477
zones of occupation: 446, 480
Russian Army
drive to Berlin: 335, 340, 375, 405, 443-45, 447, 459
German fear of: 330, 396, 448, 450, 452, 463-64, 472, 476
Russian front operations: 9, 44, 51, 59-60, 140, 324, 339-40, 464, 474, 476
Russian units
Army, First Ukranian: 456
Corps, 34th: 456
Division, 58th Guards Infantry: 453
Rifle Regiment, 173d: 455
Rifle Regiment, 175th: 451, 453
Rust, Lt. Col. Clayton A.: 230n
Ruwer River: 242-45

Saale River: 382, 392-93, 399, 401-02
Saar-Moselle triangle: 20-21, 116, 126, 128, 133-34, 185-86, 236, 239, 241, 243
Saar-Palatinate operations: 238-67, 284-85, 407, 479
Saar-Palatinate region: 19-20, 236-37, 260, 335
Saar region: 2, 8, 134, 196, 294
Saar River: 4, 20, 99, 116, 119, 237-38, 241, 325
Saar River crossings: 128-33, 243
Saarbruecken: 99, 237-38, 252, 254, 260
Saarburg: 116-17, 121, 129, 131-32, 134
Saarlautern: 20, 36, 99, 116, 129, 238, 240, 243-45, 258
Sachsenhausen: 280
St. Anton: 439, 480
St. Goar: 274, 276-77
St. Goarshausen: 276
St. Hubert: 25, 34, 39
St. Ingbert: 260
St. Nazaire: 117, 477
St. Vith: 23-24, 26, 32-33, 43-48, 51-53, 57, 63, 71
St. Wendel: 257, 260
Salm River: 32-33, 41, 44-45
Salt mine "treasure" capture: 379, 384
Salzburg: 421-22, 437, 440-42, 466
Salzburg Province (Austria): 464
Sand table planning: 307
Sangerhausen: 392
Sarreguemines: 19, 238
Sauer River: 58-59
Sauer River crossings: 99-106, 114
Sauerland: 363, 365, 367
Sayn River: 347
Schankweiler: 106
Scheller, Maj. Hans: 210-11, 214, 216-17, 230
Schimpf, Generalleutnant Richard: 223
Schleiden: 62, 65, 69, 71-72
Schlemm, General der Fallschirmtruppen Alfred: 177, 177n, 178-80, 183, 301-02, 338
Schlieffen Plan: 22
Schmidt: 70-71, 73-75, 77-81, 193
Schmidt, General der Infanterie Hans: 472-74
Schmidt, Maj. Gen. William R.: 106. See also Infantry Division, 76th.
Schnee Eifel: 58-60, 66-67, 84, 86, 88-91, 199
Schoenebeck: 387, 397
Schophoven: 151
Schulz, General der Infanterie Friedrich: 411-12, 420-21, 423, 471
Schwaebisch Hall: 429
Schwammenauel Dam: 70-74, 77-78, 80, 82. See also Roer River dams.
Schwarzwald. See Black Forest.
Schweinfurt: 420
Schwerin: 458, 464
Scientific research, German: 332, 392, 427, 429-30
Scorched earth policy: 337, 404
Seamules: 295, 295n
Searchlights: 105, 155, 200, 229, 257, 268
Secret weapons: 7-8, 332, 480
Sedan: 22
Sennelager: 352
Serrig: 129-31
Sevelen: 179-80
Sevelen-Rheinberg highway: 180
Seyss-Inquart, Arthur: 461
Shank, 1st Lt. Harlan W.: 448, 456
Shaunce, Tech. 5 Glen H.: 352
Shea, Brig. Gen. George D.: 304
Shortages
reserves: 24
Signal Corps units: 224
spare parts: 328
transportation: 325
Shortages, German
ammunition: 49, 69, 225, 323
coal and steel: 335
food and housing: 335

gasoline: 9, 35, 44, 50, 53, 199, 201, 221, 242, 245, 261, 315, 349, 375, 423, 434
spare parts: 53
trained pilots: 9
transport: 413
weapons: 435
Shoup, S. Sgt. Curtis F.: 39n
Sieg River: 233, 344, 346, 348, 350-51, 359, 362, 366
Siegen: 353, 359, 365
Siegfried Line. See West Wall.
Siegfried Switch: 116
Sigmaringen: 430-31
Silesia: 8, 294, 340
Simmern: 248-49
Simon, SS Gruppenfuehrer and Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Max: 252, 261, 413-14, 418, 423
Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H.: 19, 135. See also Army, Ninth.
and Berlin as objective: 379, 386-87, 399
command relationships with Allied commanders: 17, 178, 296
and employment of armor: 172
and Rhine assault crossing: 72, 305, 310n
and Rhine bridgehead operations: 317-19
and Rhine crossing plans: 173-74, 178, 296
and Roer crossing plans: 139, 142-43
and Ruhr encirclement: 359
Sinspelt: 113
Sinz: 120, 124-28
Sinzig: 195-96, 215, 219
Sitzenroda: 453
Ski troops: 439
Skoda industrial complex: 467
"Skyline Drive": 48-51
Slave laborers. See Civilians.
Smith, Maj. Gen. Albert C.: 263. See also Armored Division, 14th.
Smith, 1st Lt. Edgar C.: 205
Smith, Col. George A., Jr.: 188n
Smith, S. Sgt. John F.: 129
Smith, Maj. Paul F.: 311
Smoke, tactical use of: 49, 103, 130, 144, 151, 153, 157, 159, 161, 233, 247, 267, 275-76, 287, 297, 302, 305, 307, 309-10, 365, 387, 397
Soest: 364
Soonwald: 248-50
Spa: 23
Spaatz, General Carl: 324
Speer, Albert: 335, 337
Spessart Mountains: 409
Speyer: 237, 263-64, 284-85, 287, 321-22
Stadt Meckenheim: 212
Stafford, 1st Lt. David F.: 120
Stalin, Marshal Josef: 341-42, 405-06, 453
Stalingrad: 372
Stars & Stripes: 334
Stavelot: 25
Steinborn: 201
Steinstrass: 163, 166-67
Stiller, Maj. Alexander: 281, 284
Stockheim: 157, 159, 161, 165
Stommeln: 187-88
Strasbourg: 19-20, 322n, 332, 427
Strategic air forces. See Air forces, Allied.
Strategic bombing. See Air operations.
Strategy, Allied: 2, 4-5, 18, 55-56
Straub, Capt. Herman C.: 122-23
Straube, General der Infanterie Erich: 304, 307, 311
Strehla: 451
Strobel, Herbert: 230
Strong, Maj. Gen. Kenneth W. D.: 407
Stryker, Pfc. Stuart S.: 312n
Student, Generaloberst Kurt: 6, 177, 339, 358, 385, 386n, 459-60, 465
Stuttgart: 321, 422, 427-33, 480
Submachine gun, Thompson: 10
Submarines, German: 7
Sudetenland: 467
Sullivan, Lt. Col. Richard P.: 131
Supply. See also Logistics.
by air transport: 327, 417
by airdrop: 96, 105, 145, 186, 309, 313-14, 461
build-up for 21 Army Group Rhine crossing: 295-97
depots: 325-26
by pack mules: 254
prepackaged: 186
stockpiling: 186
tonnage for Operation GRENADE: 137
total tonnage in European theater: 478
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). See also Eisenhower, General Dwight D.
intelligence estimate of German strength, Mar 45: 338
intelligence estimate of National Redoubt: 340, 407, 409
intelligence failure in Ardennes: 41
and Operation ECLIPSE: 334
organization of: 15
plans for southern Germany-Austria drive: 408-09, 422, 434
post-surrender operations: 476-77
Rhine drive planning: 55-56, 67, 238, 294-95
the SHAEF reserve: 34, 55, 127-29, 132-33, 197, 240, 422
strength at end of March 1945: 322-23, 322n
strength on 3 January 1945: 5
strength on V-E Day: 477-78
and surrender negotiations: 474
Sûre River: 25, 36, 40, 43, 48-50
Surprise (tactical): 31, 49, 103, 143, 145, 267, 272
Surrender negotiations and final signing: 334-36, 444, 458-59, 461, 464-65, 468, 471-77
Surrender operations, American: 123, 397-98
Surrender operations, German: 114, 205, 248, 259, 364-65, 368-72, 379, 382, 395, 399, 402, 404-05,

409-10, 413, 417, 426, 435-37, 441-42, 448-50, 464-67, 476
Susloparoff, Maj. Gen. Ivan: 474
Swabian Highland: 429, 434

"T-forces": 332
Taben: 129, 131-32
Tactical Air Commands
IX: 14, 28, 365, 401, 404
XI: 14
XII: 253, 256, 261, 419, 423
XIX: 14, 38, 51, 74, 105, 111, 114, 197, 245, 248-49, 263, 347
XXIX: 14, 137, 153, 300, 304, 365, 398, 401
Tafel: 93, 95-96
TALISMAN operation: 334
Tangermuende: 387
Tank Battalions
14th: 212, 220
18th: 125
36th: 183
37th: 202, 281
41st: 259n
701st: 164
736th: 72-73, 73n, 174
744th: 79
771st: 164, 175
778th: 127
784th: 180
Tank Destroyer Battalion, 603d: 42n
Tank Destroyer Battalion, 643d: 174
Tank destroyers: 10, 16, 254, 479
Tank-infantry-artillery team: 183, 354-55, 478-79
Tanks, Allied. See also Amphibious tanks; Armor.
Churchill, 319
Crocodile: 72
heavy: 11
light: 137n
losses: 26, 35, 132, 164, 182-83, 254, 391-92
M4 (DD): 288, 306, 314
M4 (Sherman): 10-11, 26, 106, 137, 391, 479
M4A3 (Jumbo): 11
M26: 11
searchlight: 229, 268
T26 medium (Pershing): 169, 212, 215, 217, 230, 347, 351
Tanks, German: 7, 9
King Tiger: 11n
losses: 35, 51n, 155, 401
Mark IV: 11, 119, 169
Mark V (Panther): 11, 119, 155, 302, 391
Mark VI (Tiger): 11, 93, 132, 169, 347, 352
Tiger Royal: 11n, 391
Task force, organization of: 17
Task Forces
Baum: 281-84, 291, 373, 410, 419
Boudinot: 188-89
Byrne: 179, 181, 183
Davall: 112-13
Engeman: 212-15, 217, 220
Hickey: 188, 191, 401
Howze: 188
Kane: 359
Murray: 183
Poinier: 124
Richardson (Lt. Col. Jack J.): 134
Richardson (Lt. Col. Walter B.): 351-52, 354, 356
Roseborough: 182
Twaddle: 366
Van Houten: 182
Welborn: 352
Tauber River: 413, 416, 418
Taunus Mountains: 274
Tawern: 128
Taylor, Maj. Gen. Maxwell D.: 36. See also Airborne Division, 101st.
Tettingen: 117-21, 123-25
Tetz: 154-55
Teutoburger Wald: 338-39, 358, 380
Thionville: 325
Thoholte, General der Artillerie Karl: 353
Tholen: 18
Thorson, Brig. Gen. Truman C.: 211
Thueringen Plain: 380
Thueringer Wald: 380-81, 384, 419-21, 423
Tillet: 39, 39n
Timmerman, 1st Lt. Karl H.: 214-17, 228
Tippelskirch, General der Infanterie Kurt von: 464-65
Tirol Province (Austria): 464
"Toot Sweet Express": 325
Torgau: 448, 451, 453-54, 456
Touart, Col. Anthony J.: 188n
Transportation, German: 9, 300, 323-24, 358, 365
Treadwell, Capt. Jack L.: 261n
Trois: 247
Trier: 6, 19, 58, 63, 99-100, 105, 115-16, 128, 132-34, 145, 171, 196, 198-99, 236, 239, 241-43
Trois Ponts: 25
Troop Carrier Command, IX: 299, 313, 417
Troop strength, Allied
on 3 January 1945: 5, 7
on V-E Day: 477-78
for Operation GRENADE: 137
for Operations VARSITY and MARKET: 309, 309n
peak strength in April 1945: 322-23
12th Army Group on 4 April 1945: 379
for 21 Army Group Rhine crossing: 296-97, 297n
Troop strength, German
end of March 1945: 338
on 3 January 1945: 5-6
opposing Operation LUMBERJACK: 186
opposing 21 Army Group: 301-02
Roer River before Operation GRENADE: 139-42
in West Wall: 60, 85

Trucks. See Motor transport.
Truman, Harry S.: 398, 433, 453
Tuebingen: 428
Turner, Sgt. Day G.: 50n
Twaddle, Maj. Gen. Harry L.: 173, 366. See also Infantry Division, 95th.

Uelzen: 400-01, 460
Uerdingen: 174-78
Ulm: 429-32, 435, 438, 480
Uncles, Brig. Gen. John F.: 304
Unconditional surrender policy: 10, 329
Underground resistance: 435-36, 459, 468, 470
UNDERTONE operation: 238, 240
Urft Dam: 70-71, 75, 77, 82. See also Roer River dams.
Urft River: 70
Urftstausee: 70, 77
Urmitz: 206
U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe. See Air forces, Allied.
Uttenhofen: 254
Uttweiler: 254

V-weapons: 7, 228, 230, 332, 392
Vallendar: 347
Van Fleet, Maj. Gen. James A.: 40, 229, 233, 347. See also Corps, III; Infantry Division, 90th.
Van Houten, Maj. John H.: 182
Vandenberg, Maj. Gen. Hoyt: 14. See also Air Force, Ninth
VARSITY operation: 298-99, 304, 309-15, 362, 480
Venlo: 138, 143, 172, 179
Verdun: 325
VERITABLE operation: 135-36, 139, 145, 170-71, 179-80, 183-84
Versailles: 15
Vianden: 48-50, 52, 99-100
Vianden bulge operations: 106-15, 197, 199
Vichy government: 430
Viebig, Generalmajor Wilhelm: 69
Vienna: 341, 443, 476
Viersen: 139
Vipiteno: 469
Vltava (Moldau) River: 447, 458, 467
Vogels Berg: 374
Vorarlberg: 437, 466
Vorarlberg Province (Austria): 464
Vorgebirge ridge: 187-88, 194-95
Vosges Mountains: 19-20, 254
VT fuze. See Proximity fuze.

Waal River: 18, 20
Wagener, Generalmajor Karl: 368
Wahlerscheid: 65-66, 68-69, 71
Waimes: 25
Waldbroel: 366
Waldenburg, Generalmajor Siegfried von: 370
Waldesch: 250
Walker, Maj. Gen. Walton H.: 36, 117, 122, 124-29, 131, 196, 246, 249, 263. See also Corps, XX.
Wallace, Pfc. Herman C.: 114n
Wallach: 305
Wallendorf: 99, 101, 103, 105-08, 112
Walsum: 307
Walther small arms factory: 378
War economy, Allied: 7
War economy, German: 7, 9, 479
War production, German: 7, 9, 236-37, 294, 335, 366, 392-93, 479
Ward, Maj. Gen. Orlando: 435
Wardin: 36-37
Waters, Lt. Col. John K.: 281, 281n, 283, 419, 480
Weapons, comparison of U.S. and German: 10-13, 478-79. See also entries by weapon type.
Weasel (cargo carrier M29): 106
Weather
effect on air support operations: 24, 28-29, 31, 38, 40, 44, 51, 65, 201-03, 253
effect on armor operations: 30, 120, 201-02
effect on ground operations: 29-32, 46, 50, 54, 63, 125, 441, 468
Weaver, Maj. Gen. William G.: 157, 165, 169. See also Infantry Division, 8th.
Wehrmacht: 337, 385, 460. See also OB WEST; Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW); Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH).
Weidenbach: 201
Weilburg: 348
Weimar: 381-82, 384
Weiskirchen: 245-46
Weisse Elster River: 382, 393-95
Weissenfels: 392-93
Weisserstein: 58, 60, 62, 65, 67, 69, 204
Welborn, Col. John C.: 352
Wenck, General der Panzertruppen Walter: 381, 390, 396, 399, 401-02, 405-06, 435, 444, 459-60, 465
Werra River: 375-76, 379-80, 389
Wesel: 55, 145, 175, 179-81, 183, 295-98, 300-04, 308, 310-11, 313-14, 317-19, 325, 357, 460
Weser River: 335, 338, 358, 375, 379, 400, 461
Weser River crossings: 361, 380, 384-86, 389, 391
Wesergebirge: 385, 400
West Wall: 4, 19, 22, 36, 42, 57, 59-60, 478
West Wall fortifications: 20, 58-59, 66, 68, 85-86, 88, 99-100, 116, 129, 134, 199, 236-41, 243-45, 252-53, 256, 258, 260, 262-63, 284, 321
Westerhausen: 387
Westerwald: 208
Wettlingen: 114
Wetzel, Pfc. Walter C.: 365n
Weygand, Marshal Maxime: 474
Weyland, Brig. Gen. Otto P.: 38
White, Maj. Gen. Arthur A.: 252
White, Brig. Gen. I. D.: 172, 386, 397-98. See also Armored Division, 2d.

White phosphorus: 130, 144, 153, 159-60, 216, 306, 400
Wied River: 233, 345-46
Wiesbaden: 268-69, 272, 279, 290-93
Wietersheim, Generalleutnant Wend von: 126, 467
Wilkin, Cpl. Edward G.: 261n
Will, 1st Lt. Walter J.: 361n
Williams, Brig. Gen. Edward T.: 268
Williams, Col. Laurin L.: 154
Williams, Maj. Gen. Paul L.: 299
Wiltingen: 128-29
Wiltz River: 40, 49-50
Winter, General der Gebirgstruppen August: 445
Winterberg: 353-57, 359-62, 365, 368
Wismar: 458, 464
Wissembourg: 262-63
Wissembourg Gap: 20, 237, 253-54
Withdrawal operations, American: 120, 122-23, 398-99, 417
Withdrawal operations, German. See also Hitler, Adolf.
Ardennes: 31-32, 39-41, 44, 50-54, 59
Eifel and West Wall positions: 108, 239, 242-44, 252, 256, 261
Harz Mountains: 390, 404
Netherlands: 339
Rhine River: 189, 195, 195n, 203, 206, 210, 213-14, 221, 223, 237, 244, 248-49, 251, 257, 259-60, 262-65, 268-69, 272, 279, 285-86, 292, 294, 302, 349-50, 480
Ruhr: 353-54
southern Germany: 206, 411, 434
Weser River: 338-39, 358
Wittenberge: 379, 401, 458, 460
Woergl: 474
Woffelsbach: 73, 78-79
Wofford, Capt. Paul O.: 276
Wogan, Maj. Gen. John B.: 366-67. See also Armored Division, 13th.
Wollersheim: 193
World War I: 15-16, 22
Worms: 237, 241, 258-59, 284-87, 289, 321, 347, 407, 409, 412
Worringen: 187-89
Wuerzburg: 413-14, 418, 420, 422
Wuppertal: 18, 363, 365-67, 370
Wurm River: 136
Wurzen: 448-50, 453, 455
Wyche, Maj. Gen. Ira T.: 167, 173, 306, 308. See also Infantry Division, 79th.
Wyman, Maj. Gen. Willard G.: 380. See also Infantry Division, 71st.

Xanten: 171, 175, 177-79, 183, 295-96, 300, 303, 306, 317
Xanten Forest: 179-80
"XYZ" supply plan: 326

Yalta Conference: 335, 446
Yank magazine: 334
Youngblood, Capt. George L.: 177

Zangen, General der Infanterie Gustav von: 26, 45, 141-42, 154, 159, 163, 165-66, 173, 186, 195, 202-03, 209-10, 226, 339, 345-46, 350, 353-54, 356, 359, 370
Zeitz: 382, 392-93
Zerf: 131
Zones of occupation: 321, 335, 342, 432-33, 446, 476
Zuelpich: 194, 223
Zweibruecken: 253-54, 260-62

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