Panzerkorps: I. 500; II. 500; XLVII 504
Panzer-Lehr-Division 17, 20, 55, 189–90, 202–3, 216, 219, 240, 249–51, 261, 265–6, 274, 275, 277, 281, 286, 287, 314, 327, 335, 350, 360, 396–7, 434, 463, 469, 475, 480, 533
Panzer-Lehr-Regiment 130. 298–9
Panzer-Regiment 22. 56, 203–4
snipers 47, 199, 205, 235, 237, 259, 260, 295, 300, 305, 323, 334, 337, 338, 377, 382, 383, 493, 524
Schwere Panzerabteilung 101. 513; 503 (21. SS Panzer-Division) 428, 429, 432, 452, 453–4
SS-Panzer-Divisionen: 1. 20, 285, 334–5, 350, 356, 456, 459, 481, 506; 2. ‘Das Reich’ 20, 285, 292–3, 334–5, 350, 356, 463, 482, 483, 492, 515, Panzer-Regiment 3. 483; 9. ‘Hohenstaufen’ 285, 334–5, 350, 399, 445, 492; 10. 285, 350, 399, 482, 492; 12. ‘Hitlerjugend’ 20, 117, 189–90, 203, 215, 216, 227, 228, 230, 237–8, 240–42, 250, 275, 276, 287, 314, 326, 327, 339–42, 350–51, 352–3, 358, 359, 384, 386, 389–90, 441, 442, 456, 501, 511, 516, 524
SS-Panzergrenadier-Division: 17. 20, 263, 284, 285, 286–7, 402–3, 463, 482, 484, 523
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment: 1. 354; 25. 227, 384, 387, 390, 511; 26. 333, 384; 38. 402
I. SS-Panzerkorps 250, 284, 286, 333, 384, 441, 462
II. SS-Panzerkorps 333, 350, 354, 356, 357, 361–2, 491, 501
German Air Force see Luftwaffe
German Navy (Kriegsmarine) 83; coastal batteries 149–50, 279–80; S-boats 103, 157, 257, 271; U-boats 257, 276, 277, 280, 313, 374; midget submarines 352
German railways and marshalling yards 23, 30, 35, 36, 37, 95, 96, 97, 149, 226, 227, 293, 302, 397, 455
Gerow, Major-General Leonard 446
Gersdorff, Generalmajor Rudolf-Christoph Freiherr von 505, 506
Geyr von Schweppenburg, General Leo Freiherr: as panzer commander 18–19, 20, 216, 334–5; and Rommel 19, 280, 281; critical of some divisions 286–7; plans counter-attack 356, 357, 359; dismissed by Hitler 362–3, 390; captured 538–9
Giberville 429–30, 455
Gibson, Guy 538
Gilbertson, Major 332, 334
gliders: Allied 112, 114, 116–18, 121–3, 128, 130, 135, 144, 145–6, 153, 190, 231–2, 261, 273, 303, 498; German 112; German defences against 22, 54
Gockel, Gefreiter Franz liv, lvi; as young recruit 12; defends WN62 56–8, 137, 149, 150, 158, 159, 161, 162, 192–3, 207; escapes 217–18, 220; post-war 536–7
Gold Beach 60, 61, 89, 93, 149, 170–75, 180–81, 196–7, 200, 209, 257, 258, 297, 539
‘Goliaths’ 55, 138, 159, 178–9
Gondrée, Georges 134
Goodson, Lieutenant Bob 99
GOODWOOD, Operation 431, 436, 437, 438, 449–60, 461, 465, 468, 471, 481, 496, 510; map xxxvi–xxxvii
‘Gooseberry’ harbours 258, 315
Göring, Reichsmarschall Hermann 37, 72
Goth, Oberst Ernst 200, 299–300
Graf Spee 119
Graham, Captain Chet 381
Grainville-sur-Odon 339, 340, 350, 353, 355
Grand Chemin, Le 186
Grandcamp 22, 259, 302
Granville 502
Great Ashfield, Suffolk 96
Grigg, James 288
Grimme, Hauptmann 138
Gröger, Kononier Ludwig 466
Grosley-sur-Risle 98–9
Gross, Captain Jerre 235
Guarnere, Sergeant 187
Guay, Le 256
Guderian, Generaloberst Heinz 18, 19, 228, 428–9, 491
‘H-Hour’ 88–9
Hall, Private John 188
Halloran, Corporal Walter lii, lvi, 155–6, 159, 162, 538
Hamburg, bombing of 451
Hamel, Le 174, 196, 197
Hamel-au-Prêtre 195
Hamm, Ruhr Valley 97
Handley, Flight Sergeant Ken Handley liii, 147, 255, 374, 451, 537
Hansen, Major Chester ‘Chet’ B. lii, lvi, 74–5; as Bradley’s aide aboard USS Augusta 75, 93–4, 153–4, 163, 207–8, 229; in Carentan 302; on MacKelvie 303; and the weather 313; annoyed by reporter 406; insulted by Montgomery 432–3; and Quesada 440; and COBRA 468, 469, 470; and Allied breakthrough 480; takes down Hartdegen’s testimony 484–5; on Bradley and Patton 499, 522; ghosts Bradley’s memoir 539
Hansen, Marjorie 75
Harding, USS 196
Harris, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’ 4, 25–6, 29, 30, 36, 364, 373, 451
Harris, Lance Corporal 493
Hartdegen, Hauptmann Alexander 250, 475, 484–5
Hausser, Obergruppenführer Paul 357, 362, 462, 482, 483, 500, 522, 528
Havant, Hampshire 60
Havre, Le 66, 84, 85, 98, 101, 103, 370; S-boat pens 271
Hawkins, Buck (Canadian soldier) 455–6
Haye-du-Puits, La 380, 404
Head, Lieutenant Laurence 265
Hébécrevon 475
Heeresgruppen see under German Army
Heinze, Leutnant Hans liv, 10–11, 59, 137, 138, 207, 209–10, 260, 299–300, 392, 467–8
Heller, Leutnant 260
Hennecke, Konteradmiral Walter 348
‘Henry III’ (member of Maquis Surcouf) 324
Hérouvillette 272
Hester, Captain Clarence 186, 188, 234
Heydte, Oberst Friedrich Freiherr von der 58, 262, 263, 285, 286, 376–7
Hicken, Stan ‘Hickie’ (tank driver) 387, 389, 512, 513
Higgins, Andrew 83
‘Higgins Boats’ 83, 156, 161, 194
Hill, Brigadier James 115–16, 126–7
Hitler, Adolf: as military leader 13, 14, 48, 280, 362, 501; and Rommel 15, 18, 19–20, 21, 55, 59, 102, 284, 285, 306, 307–9, 360, 362, 431, 441, 461–2, 534; and the Luftwaffe 26, 37, 41, 309; misunderstands Allied invasion plans 103, 129, 215; and assassination plot 104, 460, 461–3, 536, 538; orders troops not to retreat 248, 282, 285, 306, 357, 365, 385, 444, 484–5, 501, 526, 528; dismisses Geyr and von Rundstedt 362–3; and Soviet Union 374; and von Kluge 441, 462, 502; and Operation LÜTTICH 502, 505, 506, 507, 515; orders destruction of Paris 533
Hobart, Major-General Percy 175
Hobson, Lieutenant 337
Hodges, General Courtney 75, 485, 499, 503
Hofacker, Oberstleutnant Caesar von 536
Hoffmann, Konteradmiral Karl 129
Hogan, Lieutenant 321
Hogey, Kerry (American soldier) 233
Hoike, Feldwebel 443
Hollis, Company Sergeant-Major Stan 173
Hood, HMS 119
Horley, Lieutenant Monty 174–5
Horrocks, Lt-General Brian 493
HORSA see Orne, River
Horst, Dr 103–4
Howard, Major John 116, 117, 118, 121, 123, 126, 134, 135, 204
Howden, Lieutenant Mike 261
Hubert-Folie 453, 456
Huebner, Major-General Clarence Ralph 503
Hughes-Hallett, Commander John 85
Hunt, Michael (British tank driver) 355–6
intelligence: Allied 26, 27, 50, 69, 71, 72–3, 99, 111, 274–5, 316, 356, 434, 505; German 71–2, 103, 128–9, 285, 441
Isigny 22, 231, 247, 290, 302
Italy 14, 29, 32, 34, 46, 48, 109, 140, 163, 300, 316, 364, 439, 489; see also Sicily
‘Jabos’ 38, 200, 210, 260, 273, 281, 298, 326, 356, 440, 457, 484
Jackson, Corporal Rex 517
Jahnke, Leutnant Arthur 159, 160
Japan/Japanese 29, 45, 48, 72, 82, 103, 302, 320, 436, 538
Jean l’Abbé (member of Maquis Surcouf) 498
‘Jedburghs’ 70–71, 139, 292, 397
Jenson, Lieutenant Latham B. ‘Yogi’ liii, 118–19; aboard HMCS Algonquin 119, 153, 168, 175, 471; and the ‘Great Storm’ 313, 315; has lucky escape 319–20; post-war 538
Jodl, General Alfred 13, 15, 19, 309, 530
Jones, Captain George 265
Jünger, Ernst 103–4
Juno Beach 61, 78, 89, 118, 168, 170, 175–8, 197–9, 210–11, 217, 219, 313, 321, 539
JUPITER, Operation 399
Jurques 489
Juvigny-le-Tertre 506
K-rations 393–4
Kaiser, Captain Arthur 405, 526–7
Kalb, Obergefreiter Paul 247, 304, 466–7
Karalin, Pfc Wes 156
Kean, General Bill 163, 207–8
Keitel, Feldmarschall Wilhelm 13, 285
Kellam, Major Fred 213, 214
Kesselring, Feldmarschall Albert 14
Kharkov, Battle of (1943) 216, 241
Kieffer, Capitaine Philippe 183–4, 185, 199–200
Kirk, Rear-Admiral Alan 75, 84
Kirkman, Private 252
Klauz, Lieutenant 479
Kluge, Feldmarschall Günther von lvi, 363, 535; and Rommel 363, 441, 462; bitterly complains about OKW 442; and German collapse 482, 483–4, 485, 491, 500, 501–2; and Operation LÜTTICH 502, 504, 506, 522; attacked by Jabos 528; orders withdrawal 528, 530; sacked by Hitler 530; suicide 538
Koenig, Général Pierre 68, 69, 70, 71, 498
Königsborn: V-1 factory 371
Koryciak, Private Stanley 394
Kraiss, Generalleutnant Dietrich 11, 12, 57, 102–3, 206, 247–8, 457
Krakowiak (Polish destroyer) 245
Krick, Dr Irving 76, 77
Krug, Oberst Ludwig 54, 182, 212, 213, 219, 228
Kursk, Battle of (1943) 345, 428
Kurz, Major 454–5
Kuter, Brigadier-General Larry 34
Laize, River 529
Lamm, John R. 62
Lampen, Lt-Commander Ambrose 86–7, 257–8, 315, 538
landing craft 49, 82–3, 92, 154, 158, 161, 165–7, 175, 194, 156–7
Landrum, Major-General Eugene 303, 493
Lang, Hauptmann Hellmuth 16, 17, 443
Lang, Obergefreiter 161–2, 165, 209
Lange (Pionier-Bataillon) 402, 403
Larkin, Sapper Claude 123
Larkin, Sapper Cyril 123
Laval, Pierre 67
Laycock, Major Mike 265
Lébisey Wood 386, 387
Leblanc, Claudine 121
Leblanc, Denize 66
Leblanc, Robert liv, lvii, 66, 68, 70, 71, 120–21, 136–7, 290–92, 323–5, 497–8, 539
Leclerc, Général Philippe 69, 499, 533
Leconfield, RAF 146–7
Lecroix, Private 178
Lefèbvre, Monsieur 199
Lefèvre, Madame 120
Leigh-Mallory, Air Marshal Sir Trafford 30–31; lack of ability and vision 27, 31–2; and OVERLORD 4, 32, 33, 34, 35; and Montgomery 64; opposes US airborne operation 73–4, 77, 79, 111, 142, 231; sidelined by Tedder and Coningham 254; opposes WILD OATS 274; his plan to use heavy bombers cancelled 364; unwanted as C-in-C of the AEAF 365; agrees to support Montgomery with heavy bombers 373; warned against it by Tedder 373; thought by Tedder to be plotting behind Coningham’s back 458; and COBRA 458, 474; death 539
Letson, Major 490
Life magazine 345
Lindquist, Colonel Roy 380, 381
Lion, Dr 200
Lion-sur-Mer 56
Lipton, Sergeant Carwood 188
Lisieux 190
Litton, Lieutenant Steve 446
Livarot 443
Loire, River 52, 287–8, 398
Lomell, Sergeant Leonard 191–2
London: Blitz 49, 91, 95, 146; St Paul’s School meeting (May 1944) 1–5, 50, 100, 366; V-1s 269, 270–71, 318, 325, 372, 433; SHAEF HQ 76, 270, 318
Longues-sur-Mer 22, 149–50, 170, 256; airfield 368
Lorenz cipher machines 72
Lorient 526
Lovat, Brigadier Simon Fraser, 15th Lord 183, 199, 206
Luck, Major Hans von liv, lvii, 55–6, 128, 151, 203, 217, 273, 274, 454–5, 456, 529–30, 531, 536
Luftwaffe (German Air Force) 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 37–9, 41, 96, 124, 207, 218, 219, 260, 280, 281, 368, 505–6; air defence system 26; and Battle of Britain 31, 93; losses 28, 40–41, 269, 370–71, 506; Focke-Wulf FW190s 24–5, 37, 38–9, 218–19, 268, 269, 296, 368, 369; FW200s 307; Junkers 88s 268, 296; Messerschmitt Me109s 38, 300, 368, 370–71, 506; Me262s 37, 40, 41, 309
LÜTTICH, Operation 502, 504–5, 507, 515–16, 522, 525, 533; map xlv
Lyons 290
Lyttelton, Oliver 414
McAlpine, Sir Robert 86
Macbeth, Corporal 334
McCanless, Private Ernest 166
McColl, Bobby 389, 508
McEwan, Corporal Tam 334
Mackay, Staff Sergeant 383
MacKelvie, Major-General Jay 303, 493
McMinn, Evan 24
McNair, General Leslie 418, 419, 478, 479
McNarney, General Joe 69
Magdeburg-Rothensee: Brabag complex 40
Mailly-le-Camp 496, 522
Maisy 142, 146–7, 235, 259
Maizières 531
Malarkey, Sergeant 187, 188
Mallory, George 30
Maltbie, Lieutenant Archie lii, 148–9, 219, 439, 480
Maltot 400–1, 442, 472
Mandeville 253
Manneville 453, 454, 456
Mans, Le 36, 37, 189, 249, 281, 521–2
MAPLE, Operation 84
Maquis (maquis) 67, see French Résistance
Maquis Surcouf 66, 68, 70, 71, 120–21, 290–92, 323–5, 496–8
Marcelet 384
Marcks, General Erich 21; reports to Rommel and Ruge 21, 22; predicts Allied invasion 56, 102; scathing about Fallschirmjäger 6. 58; and Allied airborne assaults 129–30; loses his head 150–51, 152; in command of 21. Panzer 152, 191, 204, 206, 240, 248, 280–81; death 281
Margival 307, 309, 431, 534
Marianas, the 82
Marigny 469, 482
Marshall, General George 114
Martin, Sergeant-Major Charlie liv, 169; lands on Juno Beach 169, 175, 176; reaches D-Day objectives 211; sad at company losses 219–20; at Carpiquet 385–6, 390; gets clean underwear 392–3; takes Giberville but loses men 455–6; in Operation TOTALIZE 524; and further deaths 524; survives Allied bombing 529; horrified by scale of destruction 531; post-war 537–8
Martin, Lieutenant 391
Martin, Vi 169, 537
MARTLET, Operation 326–7, 333, 339, 348
Martragny: airfield (B-7) 519, 521
Mather, Captain Carol liii, 42–3, 64, 65, 246, 248, 289
Maybachs 422
Mayne, Major Paddy 141
Meauffe, Château de la 22
Meauffe, La 305
Méautis 377
Meehan, Lieutenant Thomas 131, 186, 234
Meise, Generalleutnant Wilhelm 16, 21–2, 53, 54
Menzies, Rear-Admiral 87
Merderet, River 73, 134, 143, 144, 145, 214, 235
Merrett, Flight Sergeant Norman 438, 520, 521
Merville 115, 127, 140, 146; viaduct 369
Mesnil-Amey, Le 475
Mesnil-Patry, Le 384
Mesnil-Rouxelin, Le 299
Meulan, Abbé 66
Meyer, Oberstleutnant Karl 151, 191, 200–1, 206–7, 210
Meyer, SS-Oberführer Kurt liv, lvii, 215–16; commands 12. SS-Panzer-Division ‘Hitlerjugend’ 215, 216–17, 227–8, 238, 239–40; tanks destroyed 276; at Tilly 314; ammunition and equipment destroyed 326; at Fontenay 327; in a desperate situation 333, 335; hears wife is pregnant 350; counter-attacks towards Cheux 351–2; loses Rauray 353; and arrival of Leibstandarte-SS ‘Adolf Hitler’ 354; in Verson 356; enraged by tactics 357; marvels at destruction 358; loses Carpiquet 384, 385, 386; permits Milius to evacuate Abbey d’Ardenne 387; nearly buried alive 388–9; disobeys orders and pulls out 389–90; astonished at hearing complaints 441–2, 452; and Rommel 442; and Hitler assassination plot 462; at Bretteville 511; orders his men to counter-attack 516, 524; his losses 524; and death of Karl-Heinz Prinz 529; escapes 533; captured 537; post-war 537
Meyer-Detring, Oberst Wilhelm 128
MI5: XX Committee 71, 72
MI6 72
MI14 72
Middleton, General 498–9, 503
Milch, Feld
marschall Erhard 37, 41
Milice française 67, 290, 291
Milius, Obersturmbannführer Karl-Heinz 240, 241, 387, 390
mines/minefields/minesweepers xviii, xxi, xxiii, 18, 20, 21, 47, 54, 83–4, 103, 158, 180, 185, 207, 212, 259, 300, 355, 487
Minton, Captain 464
Mireille (member of Maquis Surcouf) 498
Mitchell, Major Stephen 174
Model, Feldmarschall Walter 530
Mohnke, Standartenführer 511
Monowai, SS 169
Montchauvet 492
Mont Fleury strongpoint 173
Montgomery, General Sir Bernard: lvii; character and personality 43–5, 91, 279, 283, 365, 433; military reputation 43, 46–7, 507; a non-smoker 1–2; plans for invasion 2, 3, 4, 49, 50–51, 52, 73, 431, 445, 489, 534; wants Mather as liaison officer 42–3; visits troops 63, 64; dispels the ‘fog of war’ 64–5; against postponement of D-Day due to weather 77, 78, 79; D-Day objectives criticized 206, 211, 212, 230–31; on board HMS Faulknor 229–30; lands in Normandy 246; chooses TAC HQ 248, 535; worries Eisenhower 271; launches Operation PERCH 274; and failure to capture Caen 283; and de Gaulle 289, 290; meeting with Bradley 301–2; entertains George VI 306; revises plans 310, 316–17, 318, 325; and Operation EPSOM 327, 335, 355, 365–6; meetings with Leigh-Mallory 364, 373; disagreements with Tedder and Coningham 366–7, 368, 373; and changes in plans 431, 432; insults Bradley and Hansen 432–3; his puppies 433; meeting with Eisenhower 433; troubled by casualties 434, 435; and GOODWOOD 436–8, 449–51, 458, 459–60, 461; and COBRA 434, 471; and SPRING 481; takes charge of 21st Army Group 485; and sacking of Erskine and Bucknall 492–3; rates General Simonds 508; writes memoirs post-war 539
Montgomery, Betty 44
Montgomery, David 44
Moody, ‘Ears’ (navigator) 372
Morlaix 498
Morris, Violette 71, 121
Mortain 503, 505, 511, 515, 522
Moulin, Jean 67, 69
Mountbatten, Admiral Lord Louis 49, 64, 85
Moyen 503
Mue, River 240
‘Mulberries’ 85–6, 87, 196, 246, 257, 258, 314–15, 501, 521, 535, 538
Müller, Sturmbannführer 351–2
Müller, Willi (Pionier-Bataillon) liv, 287–8, 402–3, 463, 482, 483, 484, 515, 523, 524, 533, 536
Mulry, Lieutenant Mary lv, 269–70, 312–13, 322–3, 348–9, 391–2, 519, 538
Mulry, Michael 269, 270
Mumberson, Frank (Canadian soldier) 390
Murray, Lieutenant Roger 464
Nebelwerfer see under weaponry
Nécy 528
Nelson, Don 82
NEPTUNE, Operation 2, 50, 73, 83, 84
Neuhaus, Major 443
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