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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945

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by Rick Atkinson


  Snow, C. P.

  Somme River

  “Song of the Bayonet, The” (Patton)

  Sosabowski, Gen. Stanislaw

  southern France. See also DRAGOON; and specific locations

  Soviet Union. See also Red Army; Stalin, Joseph

  Alliance with

  Allied forces meeting in Germany and

  Berlin and

  Budapest and

  casualties and

  Churchill and

  Eastern Europe and

  Eisenhower and

  FDR and

  German concentration camps and

  German conscripts from

  German fear of

  German invasion of

  German retreat from

  German surrender and

  HERBSTNEBEL and

  Hitler’s defeat and

  Model and

  oil and

  Pacific war and

  Poland and

  postwar German occupation zone and

  POWs

  summer offensive of 1944

  UN and

  V-E Day and

  women kidnapped by Germans

  Yalta and

  Spa

  Bulge and

  First Army HQ at

  Spaatz, Lt. Gen. Carl A. “Tooey”

  Speer, Albert

  Spender, Stephen

  Stagg, Capt. J. M.

  Stalag 17B

  Stalin, Joseph

  death of Hitler and

  Elbe and

  Red Army meeting with Western Allies and

  V-E Day and

  Yalta and

  Stalingrad, Battle of

  Staller, Bernie

  Stars and Stripes

  State Department

  Stauffenberg, Col. Claus von

  Stavelot fuel dump

  St.-Barthélemy crossroads

  St.-Côme-du-Mont

  St.-Cyr

  St.-Dié

  Stein, Gertrude

  Steinbeck, John

  Ste.-Marie-du-Mont

  Ste.-Mère-Église

  St.-Gilles

  Stiles, Bert

  Stiller, Maj. Alexander C.

  Stimson, Henry L.

  St.-Lambert

  St.-Lô

  St.-Malo

  St.-Mandrier

  St.-Marcouf

  Stolberg

  Stormy Weather (film)

  Stoumont, Battle of

  St.-Privat, Fort

  Strachner, Myra A.

  Strasbourg

  retreat resisted by French

  Strasbourg, University of

  Strong, Maj. Gen. Kenneth W. D.

  St.-Tropez

  Student, Gen. Kurt

  Stuttgart

  bombing of

  capture of

  St.-Vith, Battle of

  Sudentenland

  “Summaries of the Military Use of the Roer River Reservoir System” (Army Corps of Engineers)

  Summersby, Kay

  Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF)

  Antwerp and

  army discipline and

  becomes USFET

  bombing of Germany and

  Bradley vs. Montgomery and

  Bulge and

  Bushy Park and

  casualties and

  Cherbourg and

  Churchill and

  combat exhaustion and

  De Gaulle and

  Devers and

  Eisenhower and

  Eisenhower vs. Montgomery and

  final days of war and

  fraternization and

  French and

  German atomic program and

  German officers and

  German postwar governance and

  German surrender and

  GOODWOOD and

  intelligence and

  liberation of Paris and

  logistics and

  Malta and

  manpower shortages and

  MARKET GARDEN and

  Merkers treasure and

  OVERLORD and

  Paris post-liberation and

  Patch and

  Patton’s Third Army created by

  POW and slave labor camps and

  pozit shells and

  Red Army and

  Reims HQ

  Rhine bridges and Alsace campaign

  Ruhr and

  Saar and

  Soviets and

  tensions among

  valor awards and

  V-E Day and

  Versailles HQ

  winter campaign and

  Swartz, Luke S.

  Swedish YMCA

  Switzerland

  Sword Beach

  Tannenberg, Battle of

  Target: Germany (U.S. AAF)

  Tate Gallery

  Taunus Hills

  Taylor, Col. George A.

  Taylor, Maj. Gen. Maxwell D.

  Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W.

  Teheran Conference

  Terence

  ter Horst, Kate

  Texas, U.S.S.

  T Force intelligence units

  Theresienstadt concentration camp

  Thompson, R. W.

  Thorpe, John M.

  Thorson, Brig. Gen. Truman C. “Tubby”

  Three Kingdoms of Indo-China (Roosevelt)

  THUNDERCLAP, Operation

  TIGER, Exercise

  Time

  Timmermann, Lt. Karl H.

  Tipton, Lattie

  Toklas, Alice B.

  Tongres

  TORCH, Operation

  Torgau, Red Army meets U.S. Army at

  Toulon

  Trafalgar, Battle of (1805)

  TRICYCLE (British double agent)

  Trier

  Trieste

  Tripoli

  Trois-Ponts

  Truman, Harry S.

  Trun

  Truscott, Maj. Gen. Lucian K., Jr.

  Truscott, Sarah

  tuberculosis

  Tucker, Col. Reuben H.

  Tulle massacre

  Tunis

  Tunisia

  TURCO

  Tuscaloosa, U.S.S.

  Twain, Mark

  U-boats

  Ukraine

  Ultra (British decryption)

  decrypt XL 9188

  unconditional surrender

  United Nations

  Security Council

  United States

  costs and consequences of war and

  elections of 1944

  German scientists and

  industrial production

  repatriation of remains from Europe

  U.S. First Army

  advance to German border

  ammunition shortfalls and

  Bulge and

  COBRA and

  Eisenhower’s birthday and

  Falaise Pocket and

  final days of war and

  GOODWOOD and

  Hodges and command problems

  Hürtgen and

  January 1945 position of

  media and

  meets Third Army at Houffalize

  Montgomery and

  OVERLORD and

  QUEEN and

  Rhine crossing and

  Ruhr and

  Spa HQ

  VERITABLE and GRENADE and

  victory position of

  winter campaign and

  U.S. 1st Infantry Division

  U.S. 2nd Armored Division

  U.S. 2nd Infantry Division

  U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion

  U.S. 3rd Armored Division

  U.S. Third Army

  advance into Germany

  advance to Rhine

  ammunition shortfalls

  Brittany and

  Bulge and

  concentration camps and

  created

  DRAGOON forces and

  Falaise and

  final days of war and

  Janu
ary 1945 positions

  meets First Army at Houffalize

  Metz and

  Mortain and

  OVERLORD and

  Rhine crossing and

  Ruhr and

  Siegfried Line and

  victory position of

  U.S. III Corps

  U.S. 3rd Infantry Division

  U.S. 4th Armored Division

  U.S. 4th Infantry Division

  U.S. 5th Armored Division

  U.S. Fifth Army

  U.S. V Corps

  Bulge and

  U.S. 5th Infantry Division

  U.S. 6th Armored Division

  U.S. 6th Army Group

  U.S. VI Corps

  U.S. 7th Armored Division

  U.S. Seventh Army

  advance into Germany

  advance on Rhine

  advance up Rhône

  Bulge and

  DRAGOON and

  January 1945 positions

  NORDWIND and

  Rhine crossing and

  Staff Memorandum X-376

  Vosges and

  U.S. VII Corps

  U.S. Eighth Air Force

  U.S. VIII Corps

  U.S. 8th Infantry Division

  U.S. Ninth Air Force

  U.S. Ninth Army

  Bulge and

  British command of

  Bradley command of, for attack into Germany

  final days of war and

  Margraten cemetery and

  Rhine crossing and

  Ruhr and

  VARSITY PLUNDER and

  VERITABLE and GRENADE and

  victory position of

  U.S. 9th Armored Division

  U.S. 9th Infantry Division

  U.S. IX Tactical Air Command

  U.S. 10th Armored Division

  U.S. 11th Armored Division

  U.S. 12th Army Group

  advance to German border

  Bulge and

  commanders relieved

  created

  final days of war and

  January 1945 positions

  Luxembourg HQ and

  QUEEN and

  Rhine crossing and

  Ruhr and

  victory position of

  U.S. XII Corps

  U.S. 12th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. XIII Corps

  U.S. 14th Armored Division

  U.S. 14th Cavalry Group

  U.S. 14th Engineers

  U.S. Fifteenth Air Force

  U.S. Fifteenth Army

  U.S. XV Corps

  U.S. 15th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. XVI Corps

  U.S. 16th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 17th Airborne Division

  U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps

  U.S. 18th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. XIX Corps

  U.S. XX Corps

  U.S. XXI Corps

  U.S. 23rd Infantry Division

  U.S. 26th Infantry Division

  U.S. 27th Armored Infantry Battalion

  U.S. 28th Infantry Division (Pennsylvania National Guard, Bloody Bucket)

  Bastogne and

  Bulge and

  Colmar Pocket and

  Hürtgen and

  Slovik execution and

  U.S. 29th Infantry Division

  U.S. 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory)

  Aachen and

  Mortain and

  U.S. 32nd Field Artillery Battalion

  U.S. 35th Infantry Division

  U.S. 36th Infantry Division (Texas National Guard)

  U.S. 37th Tank Battalion

  U.S. 42nd Infantry Division

  U.S. 44th Infantry Division

  U.S. 45th Infantry Division

  U.S. 47th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 52nd Troop Carrier Wing

  U.S. 60th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 65th Infantry Division

  U.S. 69th Infantry Division

  U.S. 70th Infantry Division

  U.S. 75th Infantry Division

  U.S. 78th Infantry Division

  U.S. 79th Infantry Division

  U.S. 80th Infantry Division

  U.S. 82nd Airborne Division

  Bulge and

  BOSTON and

  GRENADE and

  MARKET GARDEN and

  U.S. 83rd Infantry Division

  U.S. 84th Infantry Division

  U.S. 85th Reconnaissance Squadron

  U.S. 86th Infantry Division

  U.S. 90th Infantry Division

  U.S. 95th Infantry Division

  U.S. 99th Infantry Division

  U.S. 100th Infantry Division

  U.S. 101st Airborne Division

  ALBANY and

  Bulge and

  MARKET GARDEN and

  U.S. 102nd Infantry Division

  U.S. 103rd Infantry Division

  U.S. 104th Infantry Division

  U.S. 106th Infantry Division

  Bulge and

  Schnee Eifel surrender of

  U.S. 109th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 110th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 111th Field Artillery Battalion

  U.S. 112th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 115th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 116th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 117th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 119th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 120th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 132nd Field Artillery Battalion

  U.S. 141st Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 143rd Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 157th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 275th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion

  U.S. 309th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 313th Troop Carrier Group

  U.S. 319th Bombardment Group

  U.S. 358th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 359th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 394th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 411th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 422nd Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 423rd Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 424th Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment

  U.S. 705th Bombardment Squadron

  U.S. Army

  demographics of

  discipline and desertions in

  GI clubs

  hardening of

  looting by

  manpower needs of

  matérial and

  Paris life and

  postwar search for missing

  strengths of, after Normandy

  tactical doctrine

  U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF)

  COBRA and

  DRAGOON and

  manpower needs of

  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  U.S. Army Effects Bureau

  U.S. Congress

  U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff

  U.S. Marine Corps

  U.S. military cemeteries

  U.S. military tribunals

  U.S. Navy

  U.S. Selective Service

  U.S. Signal Corps

  U.S. Strategic Air Forces

  U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey

  Urft

  Urquhart, Maj. Gen. Roy

  USFET (U.S. Forces in the European Theater)

  USO performances

  Utah Beach

  V-1 rocket

  V-2 rocket

  U.S. finds components in Germany

  Valenciennes coal fields

  Valkhof

  Van Dyck, Anthony

  Van Fleet, Col. James A.

  Van Gogh, Vincent

  VARSITY PLUNDER, Operation

/>   Vauban

  Verdun

  December 19 meeting at

  VERITABLE

  Vermeer, Johannes

  Versailles

  Treaty of (1919)

  Vichy France

  Victoria, Queen of England

  Victory in Europe Day (May 8, 1945)

  Vielsalm

  Vienna

  Vierville

  Villers-Bocage

  Vire

  Vire River

  Vittel

  Eisenhower, Devers, and Bradley meet at

  Vlaminck, Maurice de

  Voice of SHAEF, The (radio program)

  Voltaire

  Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.

  Vosges Mountains

  Vossenack

  Vouilly

  Waal River

  Walcheren Island

  Waller, Fats

  Walters, Bucky

  Wandry, Lt. June

  war crimes

  War Department

  brochures

  manpower shortages and

  Warsaw

  uprising

  Waterloo, Battle of

  Waters, Lt. Col. John Knight (POW no. 4161)

  Waugh, Evelyn

  Weigley, Russell F.

  Weinberg, Gerhard L.

  Weiss, Lt. Robert L.

  Weizäcker, Carl Friedrich von

  Wellard, James

  Werbomont

  Werewolf movement

  Wesel

  Westerbouwing Heights

  Westphal, Gen. Siegfried

  Westphalian Plain

  West Wall. See Siegfried Line

  White, Austin

  White, Osmar

  Whitehead, Don

  Whiteley, Maj. Gen. J. F. M.

  “Why Americans Seem Childish” (Mead)

  Wierzbowski, Lt. Edward L.

  Wiesbaden

  Wiese, Gen. Friedrich

  Wilck, Col. Gerhard

  Wilder, Billy

  Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany

  Williams, Brig. Edgar T.

  Williamson’s probability

  William the Conqueror

  Willmott, H. P.

  Wiltz

  Winant, John G.

  Wismar, fall of

  Wittmann, SS Capt. Michael

  Wöbbelin concentration camp

  Wolfe, Charles

  Wolfsschlucht II (Hitler HQ)

  Wood, Maj. Gen. John S. “P.”

  World War I

  armistice and

  World War II

  costs and consequences of

  veterans of

  Wren, Christopher

  Wright, Elton E.

  Wright, Sgt. Frank H.

  Wright, Harold B.

  Wright, Henry A.

  Wuppertal

  Wurm River

  Xanten

  Yalta Conference

  Yamamoto, Adm. Isoruku

  Yank (GI magazine)

  Young, Norwood

  Ypres

  Y program (German atomic bomb)

  Yugoslavia

  Zangen, Gen. Gustav-Adolf von

  Zeiss company

  Zuider Zee

  Zutphen, Battle of (1586)

  Zyklon B

  * * *

  Unless specified, all photos are from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Additional photos can be found at liberationtrilogy.com.

  * * *

  The supreme commander of Allied forces in western Europe, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, crossing the English Channel en route to Normandy from southern England on June 7, 1944. President Roosevelt chose Eisenhower to command Operation OVERLORD as “the best politician among the military men. He is a natural leader who can convince other men to follow him.”

 

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