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The Men of World War II

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by Stephen E. Ambrose


  Gutekunst, Martin, 281

  Gutowsky, Chester, 439

  Haas, Hyman, 439

  Haig, Douglas, 50

  Hall, Fred, 348–49, 447

  Hall, John L., 272n, 389

  Hamlett, Warner, 334–35, 425–26

  Handy, Thomas, 386, 438, 474

  Hangsterfer, Hank, 440

  Hanks, Clayton, 347

  Hansen, Charles, 436

  Hardelay, Michel, 459

  Harding, 264–65, 385, 386, 393–94, 438, 459, 466, 474

  Harris, Arthur, 93, 94, 95, 239

  Harris, Charles, 243–44

  Harris, Claude, 59

  Harrison, Gordon, 36, 99, 115

  Harwood, Johnathan, 413, 414

  Hastings, Max, 52, 303

  Havener, J. K., 242, 243, 245–46

  Hawkes, Bill, 335

  Head, Charlie, 572

  Healey, Robert, 484–85

  Heaney, Gerald, 400, 403

  “hedgehogs,” 109, 125, 136, 520

  Heintz, André, 101–2, 528, 529

  Hemingway, Ernest, 478–79

  Henderson, Joe, 232

  Hendrix, Bill, 439

  Hendry, Cyril, 160, 542, 543

  Hendry, James, 511

  Henry, Private, 546

  Henry V (Shakespeare), 171, 550

  Hersh, Martin V., 314

  Heydte, Frederick von der, 116, 190, 217, 218, 238, 247, 300–302, 304, 305–6, 579

  Hickey, Jim, 331

  Hicks, George, 504

  Hicks, Herb, 348, 349

  Higgins, Andrew Jackson, 45–46, 47n, 57, 286, 406, 487, 498

  Higgins boats, 46–47, 111, 136–37, 149, 170, 183, 252, 260, 263, 268, 271, 274, 275, 277, 285, 325, 326, 342, 346, 371, 376

  Higgins Industries, 45–46, 487

  Hilfswilligen (auxiliaries), 33–34

  Hill, Jacob, 415

  Hill, O. B., 311

  Hillberg, Ernest, 385–86

  Hilscher, Lieutenant, 334

  Hilton-Jones, Major, 560

  Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 46

  Hiroshima bombing, 97, 405

  Hitler, Adolf, 46, 191, 195, 238, 262, 338, 426, 508, 583

  Allied forces as viewed by, 26, 28–29

  conspiracy against, 70

  D-Day activities of, 191, 302, 480–82, 483

  details remembered by, 37–38, 86

  directives of, 28–29, 36

  Fortitude plan and, 80, 82, 85

  military strategy of, 27–33, 35, 36–38, 116, 118, 250, 454, 578–79, 587

  Overlord as viewed by, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88–89, 164

  panzer units commanded by, 69, 114, 218, 302, 481, 518

  Rommel and, 60, 63, 64, 68, 69, 70, 82, 96, 117, 118, 179

  Wehrmacht as viewed by, 26, 35

  Hitler Youth, 35, 146, 523

  Hobart, Percy, 54, 510

  “Hobart’s Funnies,” 54, 510, 520, 541–43, 551

  Hoffman, Lieutenant Commander, 266

  Hoffner, Barnett, 144, 378

  Holdy, 301, 302

  Honan, Josh, 532–37, 580

  Honour, George, 509, 512–14

  Hooper, John, 462

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 146

  Horsa gliders, 19, 173, 197, 308, 573, 574

  House of Commons, British, 502–4

  House of Representatives, U.S., 496

  Hoving, Walter, 493

  Howard, John, 20, 50, 102, 141, 153, 185, 218, 219, 228, 230, 264, 504, 516, 554, 564, 568–70, 579, 581

  Howell, Raymond, 345

  Huebner, Clarence, 144, 405, 416, 436, 438, 467

  Hummle, Ray, 311

  Hutch, Lieutenant, 444–45

  Ireland, Alfred, 314

  Irving, Bill, 231, 232, 233

  Irwin, Don, 369–71

  Isaacs, Jack, 308

  Italy, Allied offensive in, 39, 40, 51, 60–61, 112, 113, 117, 172, 179, 194, 346, 503, 506–7, 560

  Jackson, Charles “Chuck,” 286, 287, 293

  Jahnke, Arthur, 118–19, 207–10, 246–247, 277, 291

  James, Herbert, 307

  Japan:

  Allied invasion planned for, 152n

  armed forces of, 34

  military strategy of, 117, 587

  Pearl Harbor attacked by, 257, 496, 587

  women in, 489n

  Jarreau, Charles, 162, 167, 168, 326–327, 395

  Jefferson, Thomas, 67

  Jeziorski, Edward, 154–55, 185

  Jodl, Alfred, 63, 99, 114, 150, 292, 302, 469, 481

  Johnakin, Seaman, 390

  Johnson, Clarence “Kelly,” 251

  Johnson, Howard “Jumpy,” 192, 236, 304, 306, 319

  Johnson, L. “Legs,” 193, 297

  Johnson, Sigie, 538–39, 543

  Johnston, Ronald, 537–38, 542

  Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), U.S., 86

  Jones, David, 214, 310–11

  Jones, James Elmo, 196, 220

  Jones, Ralph, 500

  Juno Beach, 531–48

  air bombardment of, 534, 548

  Allied military forces assigned to, 77, 119

  casualties at, 537, 538, 539, 541

  defenses of, 112, 517, 532, 534, 535, 536, 539–40, 544, 546, 548, 577

  French civilians at, 537, 544, 547

  gap between Sword Beach and, 551, 552, 564, 576

  German counterattack at, 517–18, 539, 545, 546, 548

  houses at, 519

  invasion front at, 577

  landing craft for, 170, 263, 533–36, 538–39, 540–41, 542

  machine guns at, 545, 546, 547

  Mike sector of, 533

  military objectives for, 119, 547, 548

  mining of, 532, 536, 537, 538

  mortar attacks at, 550

  naval bombardment of, 534, 548

  naval reconnaissance for, 75

  obstacles at, 517, 532, 533, 536, 537, 539

  Omaha Beach compared with, 539, 541, 544, 548

  pillboxes at, 536, 539, 541, 543, 546

  plan for, 136, 534

  prisoners at, 546–47, 548

  seawall at, 541, 544–45

  tanks for, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541–544, 546, 547

  trench system at, 539–40, 544

  Utah Beach compared with, 515

  Kampfgruppe Meyer, 342, 469, 524–25

  Kasserine Pass, Battle of, 60, 71, 130, 361

  Keating, Jack, 427

  Keegan, John, 164, 202, 532, 548

  Keeler, Owen, 384–85, 387

  Kelly, Edward, 363

  Kelly, James, 316

  Kelly, Lieutenant, 425

  Kemp, John, 233

  Kenser, Thomas, 337

  Kerchner, George, 186, 407, 408–9, 410, 411–12

  Kieffer, Philip, 553

  Kimmel, Husband, 496

  Kindersley, Hugh, 568–69

  King, Ernest J., 497

  King, Mackenzie, 499

  King, W. M., 440–41

  Kirk, Alan G., 434

  Knight, James, 389

  Kobe, George, 343

  Koenig, Pierre Joseph, 97

  Koischwitz, Max Otto, 55

  Kortenhaus, Werner, 570

  Kraiss, Dietrich, 176–77, 342–43, 469–70, 524–25

  Krancke, Theodor, 85, 177, 259–60, 265

  Kratzer, Weldon, 134–35

  Krause, Edward, 223, 236–37, 313, 314, 317

  Kriegsmarine (German navy), 86, 100, 136–40, 163, 259–60, 265–266, 292, 578

  Krone, Sergeant, 322

  Kuhn, Jack, 415–16

  Kursk offensive, 28, 33, 34

  L-5, 172, 472, 473, 474

  La Barquette, 234, 304, 306, 319

  Lacy, Joe, 429

  La Fière, 308, 309, 312

  La Guardia, Fiorello, 494

  Laird, Sergeant, 328

  Lalonde, Maurice, 499

  La Madeleine, 112, 118–19, 207–10, 246–47, 276

  landing craft:

  air support for, 244
, 246–47, 248, 252

  barrage balloons of, 184, 258, 372, 475, 580

  channel crossing of, 256–58, 260

  departure of, 181–82

  deployment of, 43–45, 71, 76, 80

  German naval attacks against, 86, 136–40, 292

  landings of, 271–74

  loading of, 168–73, 260–62

  Luftwaffe threat to, 184, 186

  naval support for, 244, 252

  number of, 80, 83, 88, 257–58

  preparation of, 86

  sinking of, 267–68, 276

  training on, 134, 138–40, 168–69

  troops on, 168–73, 182, 184–86

  Lane, George, 126–27

  Lane, Mrs. H. M., 497

  Lang, Daniel, 506–7

  Langdon, Allen, 226

  Langrune-sur-Mer, 551, 552

  La Rivière, 519, 522, 524

  La Roche-Guyon, 303, 480

  Larson, Devon, 368

  Laval, Pierre, 505

  Law, Robert, 309

  LCA (landing craft assault), 325, 327, 400, 405–6, 407, 429, 519, 535, 536, 540–41, 550, 552, 553, 555

  LCC (landing craft control), 257, 262, 267–68, 276

  LCC 60, 262, 267–68, 276

  LCI (landing craft, infantry), 44, 124, 134, 169, 257, 258, 268, 286, 327, 371, 377, 390, 392, 395, 429, 436, 439, 448, 475, 479, 484, 553, 554, 557, 566

  LCI 91, 173, 340–41

  LCI 94, 168, 327, 340

  LCM (landing craft, medium), 44, 134, 138, 173, 257, 258, 261–62, 360, 396, 448, 514, 522

  LCT (landing craft, tank), 43, 47, 121, 124, 127–28, 138, 139, 169, 173, 181, 182, 256, 258, 268, 271–74, 276, 360–65, 371, 373, 382–84, 391–92, 436–39, 448–49, 472–78, 510, 514, 519–21, 534, 538, 539, 542, 550, 551

  LCT 535, 184, 272–74

  LCT 600, 271–72

  LCT 607, 184, 272

  LCT 614, 369–71

  LCT 713, 256, 362

  LCT (R) (landing craft, tank with rocket launcher), 121, 138–39, 152, 186, 270–71, 273, 275, 323, 392, 400, 514, 520, 534, 557

  LCT (R) 450, 270–71

  LCVP (landing craft, vehicle and personnel), 44, 45, 46–47, 86, 124, 134, 138, 173, 258, 260, 262, 267, 268, 325, 339, 371, 406, 436, 439, 448, 476, 478, 479

  Lebenson, Leonard, 220, 295

  Lee, J. C. H., 148

  Lees, Howard, 278

  Le Hamel, 519, 523, 524, 530

  Le Havre, 72, 549

  Leigh-Mallory, Trafford, 69, 94, 95, 138, 178–79, 183, 187, 189, 221–222, 228, 239, 241, 319

  Les-Dunes-de-Varreville, 275, 278

  Les Forges, 287–90

  Les Moulins, 321, 331, 419, 453, 461

  LeSueur, Larry, 504

  Leveque, Charles, 363

  Levers, G. W., 540–41, 546–47

  Levy, Lewis, 309, 310

  Lewis, John Robert, 258

  Lewis, William, 344, 345, 456

  Liebling, A. J., 322, 392

  Life, 395

  Lindo, R. J., 366

  Lindquist, Roy E., 24

  Lindsay, William, 404

  Lion-sur-Mer, 551–52

  Lipton, Carwood, 48, 49, 162, 204, 304

  Littke, Al, 376–77

  Lomell, Leonard, 415–16, 417

  London, German bombing of, 31, 248, 482

  Longest Day, The (film), 210, 343, 569

  Longest Day, The (Ryan), 371–72

  Longues-sur-Mer, 111, 119, 527–29

  Lord, Kenneth, 125–26, 128

  Lovat, Lord, 142, 550, 556–57, 559, 561, 562, 569–70, 571–72

  Lovelace, Roger, 240, 241, 242, 245

  Low, Rex, 581

  LST (landing ship, tank), 43, 45, 47, 54n, 72, 86, 111, 124, 134, 139, 144, 149, 151, 163, 169–70, 244, 252, 257–58, 260, 261, 360, 487, 490, 497, 553

  LST 459, 169–70

  LST 530, 171–72, 258

  Luck, Hans von, 60, 61, 114, 190, 218–19, 567, 570

  Luftwaffe:

  airbases of, 72, 132, 240, 249

  aircraft of, 31–32

  bombardments by, 31, 184, 186, 239

  command of, 68

  defensive strategy of, 92

  ineffectiveness of, 30, 56, 163, 164, 242, 245, 248, 249, 251, 252, 384, 482, 578, 579–80

  minelaying by, 170

  observation planes of, 371–72

  Lutz, Marvin, 400, 404

  Lynn, Bill, 383

  M-1 rifles, 153, 191, 206, 324, 350, 375, 420, 424

  M-7 cannons, 363–65

  Mabry, George L., 132, 283–85, 293, 300

  McAllister, John, 375

  MacArthur, Douglas, 59, 65

  McAuliffe, Anthony, 207, 299

  McCallum, Sidney, 204–5, 296

  McCook, 262, 385–86, 387–88

  Mace, Andre, 211n, 237n

  McKenzie, Dr., 393–94

  McKinney, Benjamin, 338

  McMath, Allen, 375–76

  MacNeely, Carlton, 278, 279

  MacPhee, John, 347

  McQuaid, Sergeant, 539

  Madill, Lawrence, 140, 336–37

  Maginot Line, 109, 230, 322, 577n

  Maimone, Salva, 417

  Maloney, Arthur, 310, 312

  Marcks, Erich, 177, 190, 217, 238, 246, 470, 565

  Marie, Clement, 100, 264

  Marines, U.S., 43, 45, 46

  Markum, Arkie, 159–60

  Marquis, M. C., 476

  Marshall, George C., 40, 96, 419, 495n, 497

  Eisenhower and, 65, 66, 84, 91–92, 94, 319

  Marshall, John, 495

  Marshall, S. L. A., 311–12

  Marshall, W. J., 384

  Martin, Pete, 395

  Masny, Otto, 412

  Mason, S. B., 389–90

  Masters, Peter, 145–46, 150, 154, 156, 560–64, 569, 570–71

  Mather, John, 377, 378

  Mathias, Robert Mason, 22–24, 25, 26

  Mazzara, Buddy, 356

  ME-109, 580

  ME-262, 31–32, 53, 118

  medics, 144, 155, 215–16, 307, 351–352, 390–92, 394, 424, 426, 436–437, 476

  Meehan, Thomas, 204

  Meeks, Lawrence, 425

  Mehaffey, Jay, 429, 458, 461

  Meise, Wilhelm, 63

  Mendez, Louis, 207

  Mercader, Guillaume, 102, 104

  Merderet River, 212–13, 308, 310, 319, 452n

  Merlano, Louis, 207

  Merrill, Dick, 427

  Merville, 119, 227–30, 517, 549, 568

  Meslin, M., 102

  Messerschmitt, Willy, 31

  Metcalfe, John, 421

  Meyer, John, 243, 245

  Meyer, Werner, 235

  Michie, Ian, 269

  Middleton, Charles, 248

  Miller, Capt. Robert, 125

  Miller, Charles, 315

  Miller, Cpl. Robert, 182, 373–74, 388

  Miller, George, 428

  Miller, Henry, 84

  Millin, Bill, 550, 557, 561, 569–70

  mines:

  antennae, 254

  Belgian gate, 109, 125, 476

  box, 377

  contact, 254

  Mark IV antitank, 191

  pressure, 254

  S-, 111, 281–82, 283, 290, 292, 377, 462

  Teller, 109, 126, 339, 340, 376, 377, 444, 535, 538

  Mohrle, Charles, 250

  Mominee, Albert, 354–55

  Montauban, 105–6

  Montgomery, Bernard Law, 76

  Eisenhower and, 66, 69, 187

  as military strategist, 91, 92, 515–516, 525

  offensive strategy of, 50–51

  optimism of, 515–16

  planning by, 119–20, 128–29, 183, 187

  security measures by, 83

  SHAEF communiqué and, 483, 489–90

  Moody, Peter, 251

  Moody, William, 402

  Moon, Ray, 442

  Morgan, Frederick, 71, 76, 83, 86

  Moriarity,
William, 244

  Morison, Samuel Eliot, 42, 170, 259, 269, 270, 388, 389

  morphine, 191, 308, 374, 391, 392, 462, 479, 553

  Morrow, George, 402

  Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 40, 145

  Mouser, George, 161–62

  Mulberry harbors, 54, 566

  Murdoch, Gil, 330

  Murphy, Mike, 220

  Murray, Elmer, 162

  Murrow, Edward R., 491, 504

  Mussolini, Benito, 46, 506

  Myers, Bob, 285

  Nalecz-Tyminski, Romauld, 256, 265–66, 552

  Nance, E. Ray, 329

  Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, 39, 508

  Nash, Leo, 329

  Navy, U.S.:

  boat production by, 45–46, 47

  bombardments by, 156, 158, 183, 189, 262–70, 274, 577

  Bureau of Ships of, 45, 47

  destroyers of, 256, 257, 265, 385–390, 404, 407, 419, 421, 438, 444, 459–60, 479, 497

  medical care by, 390–94

  mines weeping operations of, 125, 170, 254–56

  naval supremacy of, 32, 36, 37, 41, 113, 117, 118, 120–21

  strategy for, 120–21, 163–64, 186–87

  tactical support by, 43, 163–64, 183, 186–87, 247, 252, 253, 254–268, 274, 454, 483

  Nazis:

  indoctrination by, 35, 146, 238, 523

  leadership of, 68, 579

  propaganda of, 150, 508

  racial ideology of, 147, 262

  Rommel’s views on, 70

  Neighbor, Charles, 335n

  Nelson, Donald, 455–56

  Neuville-au-Plain, 206, 314, 315–16, 317

  Nevada, 170, 257, 259, 263, 268, 290

  New York City, 492–94

  New York Daily Mirror, 493

  New York Daily News, 492–93

  New Yorker, 490, 491, 492, 501, 506

  New York Post, 495

  New York Stock Exchange, 493–94

  New York Times, 489, 492, 493, 494, 496, 508

  Nieblas, R. J., 226

  Night Drop (Marshall), 311–12

  Niland, Fritz, 316–17

  Niland, Robert, 316

  Ninth Air Force, U.S., 94, 159, 241

  91st Luftlande Division, German, 127, 178, 299

  915th Infantry Regiment, German, 342, 469, 525

  919th Infantry Regiment, German, 276–77

  Nixon, Louis, 285

  Nomburg, Harry, 146, 559–60

  Norfleet, Willard, 343

  Normandy:

  Calvados coast of, 73–74, 77, 80, 83, 88, 127, 172, 176, 177, 303, 481

  churches in, 445–46, 459, 466

  Cotentin Peninsula of, 34, 72–73, 76, 86, 88, 127, 136, 156, 164, 173, 178–79, 190, 197, 199, 236, 242, 292, 293, 303, 481, 517, 577

  hedgerows in, 130–31, 219–20, 223, 295, 296, 304, 315, 433, 445, 447, 451–52, 454, 455, 457, 463, 470, 517, 524, 577, 578, 581

  population of, 505

  stone houses in, 402–3, 404, 463, 544

  North Africa, Allied offensive in, 26, 39, 40, 59, 60, 61, 71, 130, 346, 361

  Norton, Kenneth, 413, 414

  Norway, 80–82, 83, 84, 164, 491

  No. 4 Commando, British, 142, 554, 555, 572

 

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