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by Mark Zuehlke


  breaking of, 295–300

  defences of, 235–40

  May 19 probe of, 215–30, 2

  2 CIB attacks, 273–294

  Hockin, Lt. Neil, 330–31, 363–66

  Hoffmeister, Maj. Gen. Bert, 16, 59–60, 67–68, 71–74, 85, 226, 233, 265, 312, 327–28, 360–61, 381, 383–84, 386–87, 390, 392–93, 402–3, 419–20

  Holton, Lt. Col., 266

  Homer-Dixon, Lt., 303

  Horsey, Maj. Rowland, 217, 296–97

  Howe, Capt. Cyril, 116–17

  Hurley, Sgt. Ron, 9–14, 356, 359–60, 370–71

  Illi, Feldwebel Fritz, 107

  International Ridge, 9–11, 13–16, 75, 78

  Inverarity, Sgt. T., 412

  Irving, Lt. H.D., 174

  Isoletta Reservoir, 374, 377, 391

  Jackson, Gen. Sir William, 130

  Jefferson, Lt. Col. Jim, 67

  Jewell, Lt. Ron, 330, 401

  Johns, Tpr. A.M., 340

  Johnson, Cpl. Charles Monroe, 283–84

  Johnson, Lt. D.C., 56

  Johnson, Pte. Herbert, 286

  Johnston, Lt. Col. Ian, 169, 191–94, 250–59, 309

  Johnston, Pte. S., 174

  Jones, Cpl. Cecil, 212

  Jones, Cpl. Gwilym, 101–2, 121, 163, 166–67

  Jones, Lt. Jim, 383

  Juin, Marshal Alphonse-Pierre, 86, 405

  Kanik, Tpr. Stan, 124–26, 137, 140, 145–46, 158–61

  Keirstead, Maj. Howard, 380, 385–86

  Kennedy, Capt. Jack, 54

  Kennedy, Cpl. Gabe, 418

  Kennedy, Lt. Col. A.A. (Bert), 60–61

  Kennedy, Maj. Burt, 62, 297

  Kenyon, Lt., 268

  Kesselring, Generalfeldmarschall

  Albert, 17–18, 22–23, 25–27, 57–59, 77–78, 103–6, 108, 134–38, 156–57, 164, 177–78, 240, 259–60, 312, 340, 371–73, 404

  Ketcheson, Lt., 355

  Keyes, Gen. Geoffrey, 86

  Kidd, Pte. Edmund Andrew, 279

  King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 31, 43

  Kingsmill, Capt. H.A. (Tony), xi, 115–20, 126–27, 428

  Kingsmill Bridge. See Plymouth Bridge Kinloch, Maj. David, xi, 338–40, 375–76, 394–97, 399–401

  Kirkman, Lt. Gen. Sir Sydney, 86, 149, 231

  Kitching, Brig. Maj. Gen. George, 46, 48, 50–51, 55–57, 64, 67

  Knowles, Lt. R.N., 187

  Kreiger, Sgt. Angus, 363

  Kurbis, Sgt. William, 331

  Lachance, Capt. S.P., 170–71, 234

  Lamberti, Federico, 427–28

  Landell, Lt. Col. K.D., 336

  Lange, Lt. B.P., 279–80

  Langston, Lt. W.B., 279

  Larsen, Cpl., 363

  Lawrence, Lt. D.L., 175

  Leask, Capt. F.P.O. “Paddy,” 80

  Leese, Gen. Sir Oliver, 16, 24–25, 28, 44–46, 63, 66, 70, 87–88, 102, 133, 155–56, 164, 175–77, 180, 204–5, 227, 231, 234, 256–57, 268, 316, 405–6, 418–19

  LePage, Sgt. J.P., 185

  Leslie, Sgt. J., 162

  Letarte, Lt. Alfred, 185–86

  Lind, Lt. Col. J.S., 381, 389

  Linnel, Capt. Bert, 116

  Liri Appendix, 154–55

  Liri River, 93, 97, 136, 154, 158, 164, 171–74, 179, 215, 228, 235–36, 241, 244–45, 256, 260, 311, 315, 328, 360, 377–78, 383–85, 388–92

  Liri Valley, ix, 6, 18, 20–21, 24, 27, 72, 76–79, 82, 84–87, 93, 101, 106, 108, 135–36, 143, 149, 151, 156–67, 164, 166, 178, 180, 226, 228, 231, 244–47, 273, 377, 404, 418, 427–31

  Lloyd, Lce. Sgt., 268

  Logan-Vencta, Chaplain Jock, 207

  Lucas, Gen. John P., 25

  MacDonald, Maj. Archie, 279–80

  MacDougall, Maj. Robert, 54

  Mace, Capt. O.H., 413–14

  Macey, Sgt. Clifford, 343–46, 409–10

  Mackenzie, Maj. Don, 252, 254

  MacKinnon, Lt. Angus, 346

  MacKinnon, Lt. Jock, 361, 368

  MacLachlan, Maj. Tony, 374

  Maclean, Capt. A.H., 302

  MacLean, Tpr. George, 117–20, 126–27

  Macmillan, Harold, 405

  Mahony, Maj. John, 347, 349–60, 362, 364, 430

  Malkin, Capt. Bill, 395, 400

  Malone, Maj. Richard, 36–37, 41–42

  Mancini Farm, 328–29, 331–32, 338, 341–42, 357

  Marchant, Sgt. Rolly, 124–25, 158–60

  Massey, Vincent, 31

  Mathers, Lt. Col. Bill, 69, 171–72, 174, 241, 248–49, 414

  Matthews, Brig. Bill, 67

  Matthews, Cpl. J.B., 410

  Mayne, Lt. Jock, 175

  McBride, Maj. L.M., 286–87

  McCarter, Brig. G.A. “Nick,” 315–16, 392, 419

  McCord, Lt. Keith D., 211

  McCowan, Sgt. Norman, 292

  McCrae, Tpr. R.K., 416

  McCusker, Brig. Emmet, 92

  McDonald, Pte. H.A., 413

  McDougall, Maj. F.H., 280

  McGowan, Sgt. Rod, 285

  McGrath, Lt. William, 296

  McGregor, Sgt. Gordon, 335–37

  McIndoe, Maj. D.H., 209

  McKinnon, Sgt., 153

  McLaughlin, Lt. Don S., 282–83

  McLean, Maj. John, 285

  McNaughton, Lt. Gen. Andrew, 29–33, 43

  McRorie, Sgt. Pete, 380

  McWithey, Cpl. Bill, 122–24, 128

  Melfa River, 136, 156, 311, 319, 327–30, 334, 337, 340, 383–84, 418, 430

  Battle for, 341–375

  Michaud, CSM. B., 185–86

  Millard, Maj. John, 301–2, 305–7

  Millen, Maj. Harry, 210–12

  Miller, Lt. Art, 356, 359

  Milroy, Maj. Bill, 348

  Mitchell, Capt. Howard, 293

  Mitchell, Maj. George, 307

  Mitchell, Maj. Sandy, 248–49, 416

  Moffett, Lt. Donald W., 296

  Monte Cairo, 10, 79–80, 83, 86, 92–93, 164, 427

  Monte Cassino, 5–6, 9–10, 18–21, 24, 27, 75, 78–80, 83–84, 86, 92–93, 106, 131, 133, 149, 156, 163–64, 176–78, 196, 205–7, 425–26, 429

  Monte Cifalco, 10, 13

  Monte Majo, 27, 149

  Monte Radicino, 414–15

  Monte Trocchio, 72, 80, 85, 92–93

  Montgomery, Gen. Bernard Law, 33–37, 41–43, 45, 63, 88

  Moore, Lloyd, 109

  Morgan, Lt. Jack, 174

  Mortenson, Lt. Gordon Lyle, 396

  Moser, Maj. A.H.S., 252–53

  Mulcaster, Lt. R., 155

  Munro, Sgt. Hamish, 389

  Murphy, Brig. Bill, 65, 142

  Murphy, Lt., 333–34

  Murphy, Pte. Frank, 175

  Nayler, Lt. J.J., 173

  Needham, Sgt. Jim, 283

  Neroutsos, Lt. Col. Cyril H., 61, 115–17

  Newell, Capt. Peter, 131–32

  Nichol, Capt. J.I., 211

  Nikiforuk, Pte. Dan, 39–40, 90, 350–52, 356

  Nostrand, Dr. Fred Van, 41–42

  O’Brien, Cpl., 303

  O’Dell, Lt. J.M., 162

  Ogilvie, Maj. W.W., 56

  O’Grady, Co. Sgt. Maj. M. A., 56

  Olsen, Tpr. A.E., 339

  Operation Chesterfield, 234, 240–41, 247, 251, 256–57, 262, 265–66, 269, 296–97, 300, 318, 327

  Operation Diadem, 22, 24–25, 27, 74, 86–87, 135, 164, 404, 418

  Oxford Bridge, 113, 115, 117, 120, 122–24, 150–51

  Panaccioni, 93, 123, 127–28, 138–39, 141–43, 151, 154

  Pasfield, Tpr. Bill, 311

  Patterson, Cpl., 363–64

  Payne, Capt. L.S., 346

  Peach, Pte. Walter, 306

  Peebles, Cpl. Bob, 284

  Perkins, Capt. Edward J., 341–47, 350, 354, 369, 408

  Phillips, Tpr. Jack, 211

  Piché, Lt. Roger, 222

  Pignataro, 98, 136, 151, 155, 157–58, 161–65, 171–73, 177–79, 183, 191

  Plow, Brig
. E.C. “Johnny,” 228, 281

  Plymouth Bridge, 117, 120–22, 124–26, 128, 138, 428

  Pofi, 393, 395, 397–99, 402–3, 406

  Point 106, 250, 254–55, 259, 310–11

  Poitras, Sgt. Gérard, 221

  Pontecorvo, 136, 175, 191, 215, 226, 228, 233, 235, 239–41, 248–50, 256, 260–61, 296, 304, 311–12, 315, 317, 330–32, 335–36, 428

  Pope, Lt. Harry, 223

  Potts, Lt. Gordon, 170, 416

  Potvin, Capt. Pierre, 182–86, 191–201, 217–21, 223–26, 229–30, 241–43, 421

  Price, Tpr., 122

  Prieur, Charles, 246

  Purves, Lt. Col. Bob, 209

  Quebec Bridge, 169

  Quinn, Lt. Jim, Calgary Tank Reg., 125–28, 137, 158–59, 208

  Ralston, Col. James Layton, 43

  Ramsay, Lt. D.P., 408–9

  Range, Sgt. W.J., 339

  Rankin, Maj. G., 278

  Rankin, Sgt. Harry, 282

  Rapido River, 10

  Rawlings, Maj. Ed, 191–93, 255, 257–58

  Rennison, Maj. George, 166, 169

  Rhodes, Capt. J.K. “Dusty,” 188, 305

  Riccio River, 48, 52–53, 55–58, 64

  Rice, Capt. D.I., 187–88

  Rich, Lt. Bill, 317–18, 416

  Richardson, Pte. E.M., 289

  Ridge, Capt. Sam, 47, 51–52, 55, 378

  Riley, Cpl. Richard A., 258

  Ritchie, Lt. Col. Jim, 414, 416–17

  Ritchie, Maj. Frederick, 114–15, 138–39, 142

  Robb, Pte. Douglas, 279

  Roberts, Maj., 145

  Robinson, Capt., 224

  Robinson, Lt. Col. George, 385

  Robitaille, C.A., 224

  Rochon, Lt. Laurent, 54

  Romanica, Gunner J., 131

  Rose, Capt. D.W., 248, 416

  Rosser, Maj. D.H., 293

  Russell, Maj. Gen. Dudley “Pasha,” 14–15, 47, 51, 53–56

  Russell, Maj. G.P., 286

  Sacco River, 383, 391, 393, 396

  St.-Onge, Lt. R.L., 186, 220–21

  San Angelo, 93, 112–13, 120–22, 129, 139–42, 149, 151, 155, 164, 178–79, 427–28

  San Apollinare, 121, 127

  San Giorgio a Liri, 171–72, 179, 191

  San Martino River, 244, 297, 304, 330, 332

  San Michelle, 79

  Saunders, Capt. Keith, 221

  Schachter, Pte. Lou, 359–60, 371

  Schoolhouse, Lt. Col., 116

  Scislowski, Pte. Stan, 14–15, 47, 51, 53–56, 58–59, 378–79, 383, 386–87, 403–4

  Scott, Lance Cpl., 175

  Scott, Tpr. A., 408–9

  Secord, Maj. Ira, 396

  Seibert, Pte. T., 284

  Senger Riegel. See Hitler Line Sewel, Sgt., 333–34

  Seymour, Tpr. Ian, 116, 118–20, 126–27

  Shaw, Sgt. Robert James, 194–95

  Shears, Tpr. Cecil D., 338

  Shelton, Capt. R., 278

  Sherman, Lt. G.L., 279

  Shumaker, Cpl. E.D., 339

  Sidenberg, Capt., 160

  Simard, Capt. F.W., 161

  Simms, Lt. E.M., 412

  Simonds, Lt. Gen. Guy, 33–34, 36, 38, 40–43, 46, 59, 67

  Singbeil, Sgt. Edmund, 363, 366

  Singh, Maj. Gudari, 129

  Singh, Maj. Sujohn, 113

  Slessor, Air Marshal Sir John Cotesworth, 104–5

  Smith, Brig. Desmond, 327–29, 340, 361, 392, 394, 410

  Smith, Capt. Don, 61–62, 295–96

  Smith, Chaplain Waldo, 207–8, 213–14

  Smith, Lt. C.H., 188, 307

  Smith, Lt. Heber, 349, 352

  Smith, Lt. J., 346

  Smith, Maj. George Carrington, 375–76

  Smith, Maj. Herschell A., 67

  Smitheram, Sgt. H.A. (Butch), 361, 366–68, 375, 399

  Snelgrove, Maj. Harold, 385, 387

  Snell, Cpl. Frederick William, 276

  Snell, Lt. Herb, 406–7

  Snively, Lt. Doug, 192, 254, 309

  Snow, Brig. Eric, 68, 74, 327, 360–61, 374, 377, 381–85, 388–90, 393, 402–3, 410, 419–20

  Somerville, Maj. Boyd, 388, 408, 410

  Spalla Bassa, 179–80, 187, 189–90, 191, 195

  Spry, Brig. Dan, 60, 68–69, 168–70, 191, 195, 203, 234–35, 241, 247–51, 253, 310, 414, 417

  Stanyer, Gunner A., 255

  Stobbart, Sgt. John, 141

  Stone, Maj. Jim, 265, 411–12, 414

  Street, Pte. Lou, 321

  Stursberg, Peter, 109–10, 141, 205–6

  Sullivan, Lt. C. Malcolm, 208–10

  Swinton, Lt. R.K., 290–91

  Symms, Maj. G.L., 345

  Symons, Lt. J., 211

  Szeler, Tpr. Tony, 160

  Taylor, Lt. Nigel, 338–39

  Taylor, Maj. Don, 123–24, 128–29, 160

  Tellier, Capt. Henri, 183–86, 222, 307–8

  Thompson, Sgt. G., 340

  Thomson, Lt. Col. Sydney, 262–65, 285, 287–88, 290–92, 320–21, 413

  Thrasher, Cpl. J.A., 351

  Tollo, 60, 66

  Toye, Cpl. Lawrence, 140–41

  Trembley, Sgt. Fernand, 221

  Trudeau, Maj. Fernand, 200, 308

  Truscott, Maj. Gen. Lucien, 87–88

  Tuck, Lt. Don, 284

  Tuker, Maj. Gen. F. S., 21

  Turcott, Tpr. Kelly, 212

  Turnley, Maj. Jack, 340, 361–64, 366–69, 375, 399

  Upton, Co. Sgt. Maj. Earle, 297

  Usher, Capt. Jock, 408

  Vallerotonda, 12

  Valmontone, 24–25, 87–88, 373, 404, 406

  Vanier, Georges-Philéas, 421

  Vaugeois, Capt., 308

  Veitch, Maj., 336–37

  Velletri, 312

  Venafro, 20

  Viau, L/Cpl. F.T.D., 185

  Vokes, Lt. Col. Fred, 328, 330, 340, 361, 375, 394–97, 400–401

  Vokes, Maj. Gen. Chris, 35–38, 41, 43–44, 48–50, 57, 58–59, 61–62, 64–66, 71–72, 88, 92–93, 165–66, 179, 195, 203–4, 223, 227–28, 231–35, 240–41, 248–49, 251–52, 256–57, 263–64, 269–71, 281, 296, 299, 312, 314–17, 323, 334–35, 418–19

  von Lüttwitz, Generalleutnant Smilo, Baron, 389

  von Mackensen, Generaloberst Eberhard, 260, 318

  von Senger und Etterlein, Gen. Der Infanterie Frido, 20, 106

  von Vietinghoff, Generaloberst Heinrich, 58–59, 106, 137, 177, 259, 318, 340, 371–72, 389

  von Zangen, General der Infanterie Gustav, 139

  Wallace, Pte. John, 430

  Walsh, Lt. Col. Geoff, 67

  Walsh, Maj. Gen. George, 233–34

  Ward, L/Cpl. Aubrey, 296

  Ware, Lt. Col. Cameron, 262–67, 276–77, 280, 292–93, 412

  Warner, Pte. Vic (Pop), 286

  Waterman, Lt. Col. Ron, 187–88, 301–2, 304–7

  Watling, Capt. L.A., 298

  Watson, Maj. W. (Bucko), 274–75, 280, 293

  Wattsford, Maj. George J., 349

  Weeks, Brig. Ted, 89

  Weir, Lt. Col. Jim B., 56–57, 381–82, 388

  Wells, Lt. Al, 124, 137, 158–60

  Wentzell, Generalmajor Friedrich (Fritz), 106, 134, 156, 240, 312, 319, 373

  Weston, Cpl. E.S., 284–85

  Westover, Tpr. C., 213

  Westphal, General der Kavallerie Siegfried, 372

  White, Maj. T.H., 387–88

  White, Sgt. S.R., 352–53, 355

  Whiteford, Capt. D.C., 161, 303–4

  Whittle, Capt., 346

  Wilkes, Sgt. Jack, 82

  Williams, Lt. Howard, 338

  Williams, Maj. “Badgy,” 81–82

  Williamson, Lt. G.L., 390–91

  Wilson, Capt. Jack, 193, 253, 309

  Wilson, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland, 23

  Windsor, Capt. J.B., 345

  Winning, L/Cpl. Gordie, 321

  Wood, Capt. A.E., 152–53

  Wood, Lt. G.J., 384

  Woolley
, Lt. T.E., 285, 289–90

  Worton, Sgt. Bill, 320–21, 417–18

  Wright, Capt. P.G., 279

  Wright, Lt. Geoff, 174

  Wyman, Brig. Robert Andrew, 64–65

  Yelland, Maj. R.C., 303

  Yelle, Maj. Rolly, 225

  Young, Lt. Y., 384

  Zeal, Sgt. A., 408–9

  Ziegler, Brig. Bill, 68, 269–71, 281, 316–17

  INDEX OF FORMATIONS, UNITS, AND CORPS

  CANADIAN

  (RCA – Royal Canadian Artillery;

  RCE – Royal Canadian Engineers)

  I Canadian Corps, 5, 16, 27–28, 36–38, 40, 44–45, 49, 59, 63, 67, 74–76, 78–80, 86, 88, 91, 105, 112, 136, 157, 164–65, 169, 176–77, 202, 205, 226–27, 249, 256, 261, 314, 327, 335, 404, 418

  II Canadian Corps, 59, 67

  First Canadian Army, 43, 59, 66–67

  Divisions

  1st Canadian Infantry Division, 3, 5, 28, 32–33, 35, 38, 48, 50, 52, 58–59, 61, 63, 67, 75–76, 82, 92, 114, 148, 165, 170, 179, 195–96, 202, 204, 215, 227, 232, 261, 269, 274, 311–14, 316, 322, 328, 334, 374, 391, 399, 403, 418

  3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 421

  4th Canadian Armoured Division, 67

  5th Canadian Armoured Division, 5, 14, 16, 28, 32–34, 36, 38, 41, 45–46, 58, 67–68, 75–76, 85, 148, 165, 226, 233, 265, 294, 299, 312–13, 327, 334, 360, 374, 377, 390–92, 399, 418–19, 431

  Ad Hoc Forces

  Adams Force, 335, 337, 383

  Griffin Force, 328–29, 340–42, 344, 360

  Vokes Force, 328, 330, 341

  Brigades

  1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, 3, 5, 32, 38, 60, 63–65, 85, 101, 120, 142–45, 148, 154, 166, 207, 300, 335

  1st Canadian Infantry Brigade, 68, 165, 168, 175, 179–80, 189, 202–3, 215, 226, 228, 234–35, 240–41, 245, 247–49, 256–57, 263, 295, 300, 304, 309, 311–12, 314, 414

  2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 58, 68, 165, 195, 204, 228, 233–35, 251, 259, 262, 266–67, 269, 295, 297, 299–300, 311, 313–15, 403, 411, 414, 418, 429

  assault on Hitler Line, 273–94

  3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 46, 68, 165, 170, 178–80, 183, 188–89, 199, 201–2, 215, 217, 222–23, 225–26, 235, 240, 251, 259, 290, 296–97, 299–300, 308–9, 311, 327, 335, 383

  4th Canadian Armoured Brigade, 150

  5th Canadian Armoured Brigade, 46, 327, 361, 363, 390, 392–94, 402, 406

  11th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 14, 16, 45–46, 48–50, 58–59, 64, 68, 70, 75, 78, 327–29, 360, 377, 381, 389, 392–93, 398, 402–3

  Armoured Units

  8th Princess Louise New Brunswick Hussars, 46, 329, 360, 374, 377–83, 385–86, 406

  British Columbia Dragoons, 46, 226, 328, 330–32, 334, 338–42, 360–69, 374–76, 392–98, 403, 406

  Calgary Tank Regiment, 60–61, 67, 101, 103, 113–15, 122–29, 137–40, 142–43, 144, 154, 157–61, 207–8, 375

  Lord Strathcona’s Horse, 39, 46, 328, 361, 407–10

  Battle for Melfa bridgehead, 341–57

 

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