Armoured Divisions: 7th (Desert Rats) 274, 275, 276, 277, 283, 456, 457, 481, 488–9, 492, 493; 11th 175, 321, 336, 354, 355, 358, 450–51, 453, 456, 490, 491–2; see also 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry; 79th 175; Guards 451, 456, 481
80th Assault Squadron 175
5th Black Watch 274
4th County of London Yeomanry 275
4th Dorset Regiment 321, 339, 353, 356, 357, 393, 399–402, 472, 488, 490, 493, 494, 525
4th/7th Dragoon Guards 261
5th Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 356–7
5th East Yorkshires 171
Essex Yeomanry 181, 210
6th Green Howards 171, 173, 200
6th Guards Brigade 487
1st and 7th Hampshire Regiment 173–4, 472, 488
2nd Household Cavalry 490–91
13th/18th Hussars 213, 274, 487, 494
22nd Independent Parachute Company 123
Infantry Brigades: 8th 211, 212, 260; 53rd 260–61; 56th 248; 69th 298; 185th 211, 213
Infantry Divisions: 3rd 61, 181, 182, 206, 211, 229, 239, 387, 456; 15th (Scottish) 329, 330, 355, 465–6, 481, 487, 490, 491, 492; 43rd (Wessex) 321, 339, 353, 355, 399, 400, 471–2, 487–8, 489, 490, 494; 49th 298; 50th (Northumbrian) 60, 61, 171, 196, 261, 487, 492; 51st (Highland) 273, 431, 509
6th King’s Own Scottish Borderers 296, 297, 329, 331–2, 333–4, 338–9, 353, 465–6, 486, 487, 491, 492
24th Lancers 486–7
Lord Lovat’s Commandos 183–4, 199, 206, 211
1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry 297, 355–6, 386–9, 394, 508, 509–10, 512–15, 518, 530
2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry 321–2, 336–8, 394, 456, 457–9, 465, 492, 528
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 115–18, 121–3, 125, 204–6, 272
1st Rifle Brigade 275
148th Royal Armoured Corps 431
Royal Army Medical Corps 180
Royal Marines Commandos 181, 183, 196–7, 243–6
1st Royal Norfolk Regiment 213
Royal Scots Fusiliers 334, 338
8th Royal Scots Regiment 332, 334
3rd Royal Tank Regiment 453, 456
SAS 42, 71, 112, 139, 141, 292, 397
Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 60–61, 92–3, 173, 174–5, 180–81, 197, 210, 248–9, 251, 261, 265, 297–8, 299, 314, 317, 326–7, 333, 353–4, 357, 392, 394, 465, 486–7, 494, 530, 533–4, 537
1st Special Service Brigade 181–2, 183
Staffordshire Yeomanry 211–12, 213, 217
1st Suffolk Regiment 59, 61, 182, 239; Pioneer Platoon 59–60, 61, 182–3, 212–13, 239
4th and 5th Wiltshire Regiment 472, 494
Brittany 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 74, 84, 301, 426, 441, 473, 480, 485, 486, 498, 499, 501, 502, 525–6
Broadhurst, Air Vice-Marshal Harry lvi, 439, 440, 447
Broadmayne, Dorset 62
Brooke, General Sir Alan 288, 460
Brotheridge, Lieutenant Herbert ‘Den’ 118, 121, 122, 123, 135
Browne, Jimmy (Canadian soldier) 524
Browning, Sergeant ‘Ajax’ 466
Bucknall, Lt-General Gerard 481, 489, 492, 493
Buffalo, Lieutenant Paul 464
BULBASKET (mission) 292
Buron 240–42, 276
Butcher, Harry C. (naval aide) 270, 271, 458
C-47s see under United States Army Air Forces
Caddick-Adams, Dr Peter 536
Caen 9, 16, 22, 54; as Allied objective 51, 190; Allied attack and capture 211–13, 217, 228, 229, 230, 272, 274, 275, 282, 283, 301, 310, 316–17, 325, 331, 354, 355, 365, 366–7, 373–5, 384, 386–9, 431–2, 433, 455, 531; German defences 117, 202–4, 206, 217, 227–8, 230, 240, 272, 275, 276, 283, 299, 334–5, 350, 361, 377, 387, 389–90, 398, 399, 431, 432, 434; Abbey d’Ardenne 228, 239, 240, 276, 387, 537
Caen Canal 51, 111, 115–16, 122–3, 125, 170, 449; see also Bénouville Bridge
Cagny 451, 453, 454 and n, 456
Cahagnes 488, 489
Caines, Sergeant Walter liii; arrives in Normandy 321; relieves 6th KOSB 339, 353; takes over from 5th DCLI 356, 357; does his washing 393; in assault on Hill 112 399–402, 472; and capture of Cahagnes, Jurques, Ondefontaine and Proussy 488, 489–90, 493–4, 525
Calais 16, 99
Cambes 241, 242
Cameron, Captain James 464
Campbell, Corporal Cleeve 177–8
Campigny 497
Canadian forces 47, 50, 51, 60, 61, 88, 282, 320, 426, 447, 471; Juno landings 89, 118, 152, 168–9, 175, 176, 179, 197, 210, 229, 366; and 12. SS ‘Hitlerjugend’ 227, 238, 273, 276, 278, 314, 332, 358, 384, 471; and lack of anti-tank guns 239; makes advances 239–42, 274, 282, 429; POWs killed 240, 241, 242, 537; and Operations CHARNWOOD 387, 388, 436, 447, 449, GOODWOOD 437, 455, 456, and TOTALIZE 511, 516; criticized 507–8, 533; and TRACTABLE 525, 528–9; losses 472, 511, 524; tanks 421, 423, 509; weaponry 412, 416
First Canadian Army 471, 481, 486, 508
2nd Armoured Brigade 509
4th Armoured Division 511, 518
Infantry Brigades: 7th 197; 8th 384, 385, 392, 509, see also Martin, Sergeant-Major Charlie and Roberts, Corporal Eldon ‘Bob’
Infantry Divisions: 1st 118; 2nd 456, 509; 3rd 169
New Brunswick Regiment 176
North Nova Scotia Highlanders 239
1st Parachute Battalion 127, 273
Queen’s Own Rifles 175, 176, 384, 455, 524
see also RAF; Royal Canadian Navy
Canham, Colonel Charles 165, 195
Canisy 480
Cap de la Hague 101, 355
Capa, Robert 345, 346, 347, 348
Carentan 12, 22, 115, 124, 132, 231, 234, 235, 262, 263, 264, 265, 281, 285–6, 302
Carmick, USS 256
Carpiquet 228, 240, 275, 385, 386, 392; airfield 215, 239–40, 354, 384, 385–6
Carver, Brigadier Michael 400
Cass, Private Lewis 393
Cassino, Italy 364, 373
Caumont 250, 272, 276, 477–8, 481, 486, 487, 491
Cauquigny 214, 232, 262
Cerisy-la-Salle 483
CFLN (Comité français de libération nationale) 68, 69, 70
Chambois 531
CHARNWOOD, Operation 373, 387; map xxxii
CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO, Operation 23, 25, 37
Chef-du-Pont 213, 232
Cherbourg: as Allied objective 48, 51, 52, 85, 100, 111, 283, 301, 310; German defences 22, 53, 58, 302, 306, 307, 308, 344, 345, 348, 360, 361; OBL 53; mines 84; radar installations 99; US drive on and capture 302, 310, 311, 312, 344–8, 355, 360, 366, 412, 440, 445, map xxviii
Cheux 317, 333, 336–7, 339, 350, 351, 356–7
Choltitz, Generalleutnant Dietrich von 475–6, 483
Christopherson, Lt-Colonel Stanley liii, lvi, 60–61; embarks for Gold Beach 92–3, 174; lands 181; takes Ryes 197, 210, and Bayeux 210, 248–9; in battle for Saint-Pierre 261, 265; and death of friends 265, 354; takes command of Sherwood Rangers 297–8; and counter-attack from Panzer-Lehr 298; in Operation MARTLET 326, 333, 335, 354, 419; believes in need for better communications 447; on Major-General Thomas 487–8; on Seleri 494; and capture of Berjou 530; post-war 537; see also Sherwood Rangers under British Army
Churchill, Clementine 44
Churchill, Winston lvi, 279, 435; and Montgomery 2, 432; suggests airborne arm of Army 112; at ‘final review’ of invasion plans 1, 4, 5; backs Coningham 33; opposes bombing near French cities 35; and de Gaulle 68, 70, 288–9; arms the Résistance 70; suggests floating piers 85; and V-1s 270; visits the front 308, 507; checks with Tedder on progress 367; praises Bradley 507; incredulous at logistics 535
Churchills see under tanks
‘Cicero’ (Elyesa Bazna) 103
Clark, Lieutenant Bob 99
Clostermann, Flight Lieutenant Pierre liv, lvi, 294–6, 368–9
COBRA, Operation 434, 437, 447, 448–9, 464, 468, 469–70, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475–80; map xxxviii–xxxix
Colleville 54, 57, 160, 161, 163, 207, 217
–18, 251, 260
Collins, Major-General ‘Lightning Joe’ 75, 302, 492; demands action from 90th Division 302–3, 304, 493; at meeting with Bradley and Montgomery 302, 310; asks Quesada for help 440; and COBRA 469, 470, 474, 476, 479–80, 503
Colombelles 203, 272, 288, 429, 437, 451, 455
COMAC (Commission militaire d’action) 67, 68, 69
Combattante, La (French destroyer) 289
Compton, Lieutenant Buck 187, 188
Coningham, Air Marshal Sir Arthur ‘Mary’ lv, 33–4, 254; takes command of Second Tactical Air Force 33, 34, 255; becomes Commander, Advanced AEAF 254; and Leigh-Mallory 254, 364, 365; clashes with Montgomery 367, 368, 373, 437; relations with Quesada 447; at meeting to discuss COBRA 468; death 539
‘Conundrum’ 81
Cormeilles 38
Cormelles 509
‘Corncobs’ 87
COSSAC (Chief of Staff Supreme Allied Commander) 50, 85
Cota, Brigadier-General Norman ‘Dutch’ 193–4, 195, 236
Cotentin Peninsula 22, 50, 51, 52, 61, 73, 77, 79, 95, 111, 125, 129, 130, 144, 151, 156, 188, 232, 306, 310, 311, 343, 366, 376, 445
Courseulles-sur-Mer 54, 55, 137, 168, 169, 177, 178–9, 197, 251, 289, 313
Cousins, Captain Terence 245
Coutances 478, 480, 483, 500, 502, 531
Couvains 300, 301, 305
Cowie, Lt-Colonel 321
Crawley, Sergeant 504
Crépon 200, 207, 210
Crerar, Lt-General Harry 471
Creully 321, 386; Château de Creullet 248–9, 288, 289, 306
Cricqueville 256, 259; airfield A-2 318–19, 369, 370
Cristot 298, 299
‘Crocodiles’ see under tanks
CROSSBOW, Operation 36, 269, 367, 373
Culin Jr, Staff Sergeant Curtis G. 446
Cuverville 429
Danbuoys 84, 168
Daniel, Gefreiter 442–3
Darby, Captain William 140
Dawans, General Sigismund Ritter und Edler von 281
Dawson, Lt-Colonel Robert 184, 185
de Guingand, Major-General Freddie 229, 367, 432
Démouville 456
Dempsey, Lt-General Miles lvi, 182; D-Day plan 50, 189, 206; criticized 211, 212; meeting with Montgomery 230; worried about slow unloading rate 230, 239, 316; and Operation PERCH 274; rethinks plans 316; and Operation EPSOM 322, 325, 327, 356, 357–8, 399; confers with Bradley 355; meeting with Montgomery and Bradley 434; and Operation GOODWOOD 436–7, 438, 449–50, 451, 457, 458, 459; and Operation BLUECOAT 481–2, 486, 489; sacks Bucknall and Erskine 492–3
Denmark 10, 15
Depew, Captain James 446
desertions 112–13, 218, 392, 444, 464
Deutsche Wochenschau newsreels 276
Deuve, Father 497
Devers, Lt-General Jacob 49–50
Diadem, HMS 168
DIADEM, Operation 128
Dietrich, Oberstgruppenführer Sepp lvi, 250, 284, 384–5, 386, 389, 442, 450, 462, 500, 522, 528
Dinard 526, 527–8
Distelfink radar station 101, 239
Dives, River 22, 51, 111, 115, 127, 145
Dollmann, Generaloberst Friedrich 20–21, 58, 202, 203, 249–50, 281, 361
Doolittle, General Jimmy 34, 474
Douglas, Charles 76
Douglas, Captain Keith 249, 251, 261
Douve, River 22, 262, 264, 303, 304
Douvres 54, 228
Dowding, Air Chief Marshal Hugh 32
dozers see under tanks
Drabich-Wächter, Leutnantgeneral Victor von 487
DRAGOON, Operation 507
DREADNOUGHT, Operation 317
Dring, Sergeant 261, 333, 420, 424
Dubosq, Claude 143, 144
Dubosq, Geneviève liv, 143–4, 214–15, 232–4, 539
Dubosq, Maurice 143, 144, 214
Duke, Sergeant 334
DUKWs 83, 258
Dunes-de-Varreville, Les 159
Dunkirk, evacuation of 83, 86, 269, 426
EAGLE, Exercise 113
Eaker, Lt-General Ira 35
Eberbach, General Heinrich ‘Hans’ lvi, 363; orders withdrawal from Caen 390; and Allied attack on Hill 112 399; commands Panzergruppe West 415; complains about OKW 442; amazed at British failure to attack 457; and tank losses 459; and Rommel 462; and Operation BLUECOAT 486; realizes battle is lost 500, 501, 502; takes over from Funck 504; and Operation TOTALIZE 511; ordered to counter-attack 522, 528; captured 538–9
Edwards, Private Denis liii, 116–18, 122, 135, 136, 204, 205–6, 272, 273, 525, 538
Eineg, Grenadier Martin liv, 170–73
Eisenhower, General Dwight D. ‘Ike’ 29, 44, 49; and Tedder 32, 34; at ‘final review’ of invasion plans 1, 2, 3, 4; and Montgomery 2, 52; and Allied bombing policy 34–6, 123; and Operation ANVIL 49, 507; relations with Bradley 50; watches amphibious exercises 63; and de Gaulle 69–70, 288; and Leigh-Mallory 74, 111; postpones D-Day due to weather 76, 77–8; decides to go 79; begins chain-smoking 78; pleased with D-Day landings 228–9; in Normandy 231; and V-1s 269, 270–71; and Collins 302; and Montgomery 310–11, 318, 327–8, 373, 432, 433; cancels Leigh-Mallory’s plan 364; promises air support for Bradley 434; enthusiastic about GOODWOOD 437–8, 449, 450, 459; has aerial tour of Saint-Lô battlefield 439–40; furious at British tank losses 458; and Patton 473; has no faith in air support of ground troops 479; elated 485
Eitelman, Corporal ‘Chick’ 214
Ekins, Trooper Joe 514
Ekman, Colonel Bill 304
Elfeldt, Generalleutnant Otto 483
Elle, River 306
Elmhirst, Air Commodore Tommy 33, 34
Emerald, HMS 243
Empire Javelin, SS 154
Eon, Colonel Albert 498
Épaignes 71
EPSOM, Operation 317–18, 322, 327, 328, 329–42, 348, 353, 356–9, 366, 384, 394; map xxx–xxxi
Erskine, Major-General George 489, 492, 493
Eschwege, Germany 124
Escoville 217, 453
Esglandis 464
Esquay-Notre-Dame 398
Éterville 398, 399, 400
Étienville 144
Eutrecht, Bombardier ‘Eut’ 372, 476
Evans, Taffy (Commando) 245
Évrecy 398, 523
EXERCISE, Operation 471–2
Falaise/Falaise Pocket 55, 250, 437, 491, 508, 509, 520, 525, 528, 529, 530–31, 532, 534, 535–6, 540; map xlviii–xlix
Falley, Generalleutnant Wilhelm 130, 144–5
Fallschirmjäger see under German Army
Faulknor, HMS 229, 230
Fauré, Lieutenant Hubert liv, 184–5, 199, 200, 273, 525, 538
Fécamp radar station 101
Feuchtinger, Generalmajor Edgar 22, 56, 128, 151, 152, 203, 228, 456
FFI (Forces françaises de l’intérieur) 67–8, 69, 70, 71, 323, 498
Fière, La 143, 144, 213, 214, 215, 232, 261, 380
Finistère 301
Finkelstein radar station 54
Fischer, Leutnant Wolfgang liv, 37–9, 218–19
Flers 528
Florennes 271
Fontaine-Henry 386
Fontenay-le-Pesnel 249, 265, 290, 298, 314, 327, 333, 339, 354
Forces françaises de l’intérieur see FFI
Formigny 252, 253
Forster, Colonel David 509
FORTITUDE, Plan 71, 72–3
Fourmetot 497
Free French 67, 68, 183–4, 294, 348
French, the: airmen 294–6, 268–9; army 277; civilians killed 526; Commandos 183–5, 199–200, 273, 525; SAS 498
French Résistance (Maquis) 27, 66–8, 69, 70–71, 102, 120–21, 128, 139, 290–92, 309, 323–5, 397, 496–8
Frerking, Oberleutnant Bernhard 57
Fromme, Hauptmann Rolf 428, 453, 456, 463
Funck, General Hans Freiherr von 504–5
Füssell, Obergefreiter 265
Gabreski, Lt-Colonel Francis ‘Gabby’ 23, 24
–5, 28–9, 148, 219, 255, 537
Gale, Major-General Richard ‘Windy’ 115, 116, 126, 273, 274
Galland, General der Flieger Adolf 37, 39, 41
Gardes Mobiles de Réserve 67
Gaule, La 334
Gaulle, Général Charles de 67, 68–9, 70, 288–90, 294, 539
Gause, Generalleutnant Alfred 16
Gavin, Brigadier-General Jim 232
Geerts, Manu 438
Gelsenkirchen 271
George VI 1, 306
Gerhardt, Oberst 266
German Army (Wehrmacht) 10, 13, 111, 277–8, 280–82, 435, 444–5, 471, see also Oberkommando der Wehrmacht; losses 238, 241, 260, 350, 358, 397, 441, 459, 471, 475, 484, 485, 524, 535–6
Afrikakorps 56
Armee: 2. 20; 6. 10, 522, 528, 534; 7. 11, 20–21, 54, 129, 130, 190, 202, 250, 281, 361–2, 377, 484, 485, 491, 500, 501, 505, 506, 522, 528, 534; 15. 20, 190, 284, 285, 308, 486, 500, 501
Artillerie-Regiment 90. 189; 277. 397–8, 445, 462; 352. 57–8
Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) units 20, 58, 73, 114–15
Fallschirmjäger-Regiment: 3. 300–1, 305, 383, 406, 441; 6. 58, 132–3, 189n, 191, 234, 235, 262–3, 285, 376–8; 15. 404
Heeresgruppen (Army Groups): A 14; B 14, 15, 18, 128, 129, 151, 306, 441, 502; G 20; Mitte 325, 374, 441; Nord 441
Infanterie-Divisionen: 77. 284, 306, 310; 85. 511, 524; 89. 510–11; 91. 114–15; 265. 303; 272. 442; 275. 475; 276. 335, 350, 491; 277. 397, 399, 523–4; 325. 58–8; 326. 487; 352. 10, 11–12, 15, 149, 151, 161, 200, 235, 247–8, 260, 300, 305, 382, Grenadier-Regiment 914. 149, 218, 259, see also Wegner, Karl, Grenadier-Regiment 915. 151, 210; Grenadier-Regiment 916. 10–11, 200, 207, 299, 392, see also Heinze, Hans; 353. 441; 709. 159, 345; 711. 129; 716. 12–13, 54, 55, 56–7, 206, 220, 228, 238, Grenadier-Regiment 726. 12, 161, 170–73, Panzerjäger-Kompanie 136; 736. 135
Kampfgruppen 238n
Korps: LXXIV. 486; LXXXIV. 12, 21, 59, 150, 151, 203, 263, 280, 475, 483, 484
Leibstandarte-SS ‘Adolf Hitler’ 215–16, 354
91. Luftlande-Division 22, 73, 130, 145
16. Luftwaffen-Felddivision 387, 441, 455, 459
Panzerarmee Afrika 14, 33–4
Panzerdivisionen 23, 27, 51, 59, 111, 220; 2. 19, 485; 6. 462; 9. 20; 11. 20; 21. 19–20, 22, 55–6, 117, 151–2, 191, 203, 204, 211, 217, 228, 230, 237, 238, 240, 242, 250, 276, 280–81, 492, 529–30, 536, Kampfgruppe 488, 493; 116. 19, 285, 485, 504–5; 352. 57, 73, 102–3, 191, 206, 210
Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 901. 482
Panzergruppe West/5. Panzerarmee 18–19, 281, 284, 491, 500, 504, 522, 528, 534
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