Merkers treasure
Merriman, Henry Seton
Messina
Metz
Battle of
Meuse-Escaut Canal
Meuse River. See also Maas River
Bulge and
GREIF and
HERBSTNEBEL and
Meyer, Col. Kurt
Middleton, Drew
Middleton, Maj. Gen. Troy
Bulge and
Rhine crossing and
Milburn, Maj. Gen. Frank W.
Miller, Maj. Glenn
Miller, Lee
Millett, Allan R.
Millikin, Maj. Gen. John
Millin, Sgt. Bill
mines
Mission No. 17. See Yalta Conference
Model, Field Marshal Walter
Allied Rhine crossing and
Bulge and
Ruhr and
suicide of
Molotov, Vyacheslav
Monet, Claude
Monsabert, Gen. Joseph de Goislard de
Monschau
Mons Pocket
Montélimar, Battle of
Montgomery, Gen. Bernard L. “Monty”
Antwerp and
assessment of
BODENPLATTE and
Bradley and
Brittany and
Bulge and
Churchill and
COBRA and
D-Day and
De Gaulle and
Eisenhower and
Eisenhower assumes command of ground assault and
Eisenhower shifts attack to Bradley from
Eisenhower vs., and Bulge
Eisenhower vs., and Churchill
Eisenhower vs., and MARKET GARDEN
Eisenhower vs., and showdown at Maastricht
Eisenhower vs., and single- vs. multipronged strategy
Eisenhower vs., and war’s end date
Elbe crossing and
Falaise and
German surrender and
GOODWOOD and
Horrocks and
January 1945 position of
Malta and
MARKET GARDEN and
Mortain and
Normandy and
North Africa and
OVERLORD and
Patton and
personality of
promoted to field marshal
Rhine crossing and
Ruhr and
SHAEF tensions and
Siegfried Line and
VARSITY PLUNDER and
VERITABLE and GRENADE and
victory position of
Yalta and
Montjoie (Hill 314)
Mont-St.-Michel
Mook
Moon, Rear Adm. Don P.
Moore, Henry
Moorehead, Alan
Moran, Charles
Morgan, Lt. Gen. Frederick E.
Morgenthau, Henry, Jr.
Morocco
Mortain, Battle of
Moselle River
Mosel River
MOVCO
Muirhead, John
Mulberry A (synthetic harbor)
Mulberry B (Port Winston, synthetic harbor)
Mulhouse
Munich
Munich Conference
munition supplies
Münster
Murphy, Lt. Audie Leon
Murphy, Robert
Murray, Williamson
Murrow, Edward R.
Mussolini, Benito
mustard gas
Namur
Nancy
napalm
Naples
Churchill at
Napoléon Bonaparte
National Redoubt
National Velvet (film)
Natzweiler concentration camp
Nazi Party
Neder Rijn (Lower Rhine)
Neffe
Nelson, Adm. Horatio
Netherlands
liberation of
MARKET GARDEN and
V-2 rockets and
Neuf-Brisach
Neufchâteau
Nevada, U.S.S.
New Yorker
New York Herald Tribune
New York Sun
New York Times
Ney, Marshal Michel
Nicholas II, Czar of Russia
Nijmegen
MARKET GARDEN and
Niven, David
Nordhausen concentration camp
Nordling, Raoul
NORDWIND, Operation
Normandy. See OVERLORD; and specific battles and locations
gains and losses at end of
July advance and fears of stalemate
June advance
map of assault on
terrain and bocage
North African campaign. See also specific battles and countries
Norway
“Notes on Command in Western Europe” (Montgomery memorandum)
Noville, Battle of
NOVOCAINE (commando team)
Nuremberg
war-crimes tribunals
Nutting, Conrad J., III
Nutting, Katherine
O, Task Force
Oberkassel crossing
Obersalzberg
O’Brien, Capt. Thomas F.
Obstfelder, Gen. Wolgang von
O’Connor, Gen. Sir Richard
O’Daniel, Maj. Gen. John W. “Iron Mike”
Oder River
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
“Field Manual No. 3”
Oflag XIII-B (German POW camp)
Oflag 64 (German POW camp)
Oflag 79 (German POW camp)
Ohrdruf concentration camp
oil. See also fuel supplies
Okinawa, Battle of
OKW. See German Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia
Olivier, Laurence
Omaha Beach
synthetic harbor
O’Malley, Patricia
O’Malley, Maj. Richard James
O’Neill, Col. James H.
Oosterbeek
Oppenheim, Patton crosses Rhine at
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
Oran
Orléans
Orne River
Ortona, Battle of
Orwell, George
Osnabrück, bombing of
Osthelmer, Sgt. Werner
Ott, Mel
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
Our River
OVERLORD
advance into Normandy and
airborne drop
armada on eve
Brittany ports and
Cherbourg and
COBRA and
costs of
D-Day landings and
De Gaulle and
DRAGOON and
Falaise and
German defenses and
GOODWOOD and
Hitler and German response to
launched
Montgomery and
Mortain and
Patton and
planned
synthetic harbors and
weather delays and
Overy, Richard
Pacific campaign
Pact of Steel
Paderborn
Panter-Downes, Mollie
Paris
Bulge and
COMZ and
demolition fears and
liberation of
logistics and
Patton’s push toward
post-liberation
V-E Day and
Parker, Capt. James E.
Pas de Calais
Pash, Col. Boris T.
Passchendaele, Battle of (1917)
Passierschein (safe-conduct pass)
Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander McCarrell, Jr. “Sandy”
death of son and
DRAGOON and Rhone campaign and
final days of war and
NORDWIN
D and
personality of
Rhine crossing and
Strasbourg and
victory position of
Patch, Capt. Alexander M. “Mac”, III
Patch, Julia
Patton, Beatrice
Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr,
XV Corps and
arrives in France to head Third Army
Bastogne and
black soldiers and
Bradley and
Brittany vs. Paris and
brothels and
Bulge and
casualties and
concentration camps and
Devers and
diary of
Eisenhower and
Eisenhower vs. Montgomery and
Falaise and
final days of war and
German campaign of
German surrender and
January 1945 position of
Lee and
Linz and
logistics and
manpower shortages and
Marlene Dietrich and
media and
meets First Army, in advance to Germany
Merkers treasure and
Metz and
Montgomery and
NORDWIND and
OVERLORD and
personality of
pozit shell and
rescue of son-in-law attempted by
Rhine advance by
Rhine crossing and
Ruhr and
Siegried Line and
son of
victory position of
Vosges and Alsace campaign and
Pearl Harbor
Peenemünde project. See also V-1 rocket; V-2 rocket
Peiper, Lt. Col. Joachim
PENGUIN, Operation
Périers road
Périers-sur-le-Dan
Pershing, Gen. John J.
Philippines
Philips company
Picasso, Pablo
Pilgrim’s Progress, The (Bunyan)
Pilzen
PINWE (“Problems of the Invasion of Northwest Europe”)
Pissaro, Camille
Plainsman, The (film)
Plan 4–44
Plokhy, S. M.
PLUNDER, Operation
PLUTO (Pipeline Underwater Transport of Oil)
Pogue, Sgt. Forrest C.
poison gas
Poland
Yalta and
Polish 1st Armored Division
Polish 10th Dragoons
Polish armed forces
POWs
Porch, Douglas
Po River
Portal, Air Chief Marshal Charles F. A.
potassium mines
Poteau
Pouppeville
pozit shells (VT device)
Pratt, Brig. Gen. Don F.
“Preparation for Overseas Movement” (booklet)
Preston, Corp. William
Prettyman, Arthur
Priester, Marion
prostitution
Puerto Rico
Pyle, Ernie
Quebec Conference
QUEEN, Operation
Queen Elizabeth (British ocean liner)
Queen Mary (British ocean liner)
Queen of Angels (airplane)
Quesada, Maj. Gen. Elwood “Pete”
Quiberon Bay
Quincy, U.S.S.
racial segregation
radar jamming
radio communications
Radio Luxembourg
Radio Stuttgart
railroads
Ramsay, Adm. Sir Bertram H.
Rapido River, Battle of
Rasp, Gen. Siegfried
Rastatt, Rhine crossing at
Rebecca (du Maurier)
Red Army
Anglo-American forces meet, in Germany
atrocities and
Berlin and
casualties and
Czechoslovakia and
Denmark and
Germans flee
Oder River and
Poland and
victory position of
Red Army 173rd Rifle Regiment
Red Army 175th Rifle Regiment
Red Ball Express
Red Cross
Red List plan
Reims
German surrender at
SHAEF HQ at
Reinhardt, Maj. Gen. Emil F.
Remagen, Rhine crossing at
Rembrandt
Rennes
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste
Retonfey, Third Army wings meet at
Reuters
Rheinberg, Churchill, Eisenhower, Bradley and Simpson meeting at
Rhineland, French occupation zone in
Rhine-Marne Canal
Rhine River. See also Neder Rijn
Allied advance on
Allies cross, at Remagen
Allies reach
Antwerp and Aachen and
Bulge and
campaign in Germany after crossing
Churchill and crossing of
Colmar Pocket and
crossing delayed, to sweep west of
Devers’ crossing at Rastatt, rejected by Eisenhower
French cross
German retreat from
Malta and
MARKET GARDEN and
Montgomery and
NORDWIND and
Patton crosses, at Oppenheim
QUEEN and
Roer and
Siegfriend Line and
Stolberg crossing and
Strasbourg and
VARSITY PLUNDER and
VERITABLE and GRENADE and
Vosges campaign and
Yalta and
Rhine River Flood Prediction Service
Rhône River
Ribbentrop, Joachim von
Ridgway, Maj. Gen. Matthew B.
Riding High (film)
Ritchie, Lt. Gen. Neil
river-crossing schools
Roberts, Maj. Gen. G. P. B. “Pip”
Robertson, Lt. William D.
Robert the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy
Roer River
Rol, Colonel
Roland, Capt. Charles P.
Romania
Ploesti oil facilities at
postwar
Rome
ancient
Battle of
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin
Atlantic Wall and
Caen and
Cherbourg and
D-Day and
Hitler and
near death of, and return to Germany
Normandy and
OVERLORD and
separate peace and
suicide of
Rommel, Lucie-Maria
Rommel Belt
Roosevelt, Anna (daughter of FDR)
Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler Alexander “Bunny” (wife of Theodore, Jr.)
Roosevelt, Eleanor (wife of FDR)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Churchill and
death of
De Gaulle and
DRAGOON and
Eisenhower and
final days of war and
Hitler and
liberation of Paris and
Malta and
manpower shortages and
OVERLORD and
Pacific and
postwar plan of
shift from Berlin to southeast route and
Soviet Union and
Suez meetings and
UN and
unconditional surrender and
Yalta and
Roosevelt, Quentin (son of Ted, Jr.)
Roosevelt, Brig. Gen. Theodore, Jr., “Ted”
death of
Medal of Honor and
OVERLORD and
personality of
Roosevelt, Theodore (president and father of Ted, Jr.)
Rose, Maj. Gen. Maurice
Rostock, bombin
g of
Rotterdam
Rouen
Rubens, Peter Paul
Ruge, Vice Adm. Friedrich
Ruhr
advance toward
bombing of
Eisenhower vs. Montgomery on thrust toward
encircling of (Ruhr Pocket)
HERBSTNEBEL and
postwar plan for
VARSITY PLUNDER and
VERITABLE and GRENADE and
Yalta and
RUMPELKAMMER, Operation 107
Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd von
Aachen and
Allies reach Rhine and
Bulge and
January 1945 position of
Normandy invasion and
relieved of command
Remagen and
restored to command to defend Siegfried Line
Rommel and
Russo-Japanese War
Ryan, Cornelius
Saarbrücken
Saar-Palatinate
Saar River, Third Army reaches
Saar Valley
Sadzot, Battle of
Saipan
Salerno campaign
Salm River
Salzburg
Samuel Chase, U.S.S.
San Pietro, Battle of
Sarrebourg
Saudi Arabia
Savannah, U.S.S.
Saverne Gap
Scannell, Vernon
Schaeffer, Gen. Hans
Scharnhorst Line
Scheldt River, Battle of the
Schill Line
Schlemm, Gen. Alfred
Schleswig-Holstein
Schlieben, Gen. Karl-Wilhelm von
Schmidt
Battle of
Schnee Eifel
Battle and surrender at
Schönberg
Schwammenauel dam
Schwerin, Gen. Gerhard Graf von
SEA LION plan
Sebald, W. G.
Seeger, Alan
Seine, Bay of the
Seine River
Sélune River
Sevareid, Eric
Sevastopol
Seven Years War
SHAEF. See Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Shakespeare, William
Shapiro, Karl
Shaw, George Bernard
Shaw, Irwin
Shirer, William
Short Guide to Great Britain, A
Sibert, Brig. Gen. Edwin L.
Sicilian campaign
Siegen, looted treasures in
Siegfried Line (West Wall)
Aachen and
Allies reach
Bulge and
campaign of 1944 at
First Army breaches, at Stolberg
Hürtgen and
January 1945 positions and
MARKET GARDEN and
mines in
Patton and
Rhine crossing and
Strasbourg and
Silesia
Simonds, Lt. Gen. Guy
Simpson, Louis
Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H.
final days of war and
German surrender and
Roer and
Skorzeny, Otto
Slapton Sands calamity
slave labor
Slovik, Antoinette
Slovik, Eddie D.
Smith, Al
Smith, Lt. Col. Baldwin B.
Smith, Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell “Beetle”
Bulge and
bombing of Germany and
Devers and
Eisenhower and
German surrender and
Malta and
MARKET GARDEN and
Montgomery and
Patton and
Rhine crossing and
Strasbourg and
Smuts, Jan
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