New York Times 406
New Zealanders 295
Newton, Lieutenant Sam 124
Niesmayr, Leutnant 524
Niort 226
Nixon, Captain Lewis 186
Noise Investigation Bureau 99
Normandy 9, 10, 13, 19, 22, 48; Allied airfields 284, 318–19; concrete emplacements 53; mines 18, 20, 21, 22, 47, 53, 54, 57; post-war 539; see also bocage
Norrey-en-Bessin 317, 332
North Africa 3, 11, 14, 16, 17, 21, 29, 31, 32, 33, 42, 46, 75, 113–14, 157, 254, 311, 419, 489
North African Tactical Air Force 34
Norway 13
OB West (Oberbefehlshaber) 15, 17, 19, 103, 128, 189, 225, 441, 502; order of battle xiv
Oberbauleitung Cherbourg (OBL Cherbourg) 53
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 128–9, 189, 202, 215, 280, 284, 285, 288, 308, 360, 362, 442, 444, 462, 501, 506, 522, 530
O’Connor, Lt-General Dick liii, 317, 336, 356, 357–8, 399, 438, 450, 451, 481, 487, 489, 490
Odon, River 318, 336, 337, 338, 339, 350, 352, 354, 355, 357–8
Office of Strategic Service, American 72
Oger 273
Ohrdruf 428, 429
‘Oil Plan’ 30, 35, 95
Oise, River 95
OKW see Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Omaha Beach 57, 61, 62, 115, 137, 138, 142, 149, 153, 155–6, 157, 158, 160–67, 175, 182, 192–6, 200, 201, 206–9, 217, 219, 229, 230, 231, 235–7, 247, 251, 256, 275, 305, 446, 473, 500, 539; map xviii–xix
Ondefontaine 493, 494, 525
‘173 Judge’, Trooper 517
Oppeln-Bronikowski, Oberstleutnant Hermann 56, 203, 217, 488, 490
Oradour-sur-Glane: massacre 293
Orléans 36, 37
Ormel, Mont 531, 540
Orne, River 12, 22, 51, 54, 111, 115–16, 134–5, 151, 203, 272, 310, 313, 317, 357, 436, 449, 525; bridge (HORSA) 123, 125, 135, 136, 182, 204
‘Oropesa sweep’ 84
Ostendorff, Brigadeführer 263, 286
Ouistreham 48, 54, 182, 185
OVERLORD, Operation 2–5, 26–7, 29, 30, 32–3, 35–6, 47–50, 69, 72, 73, 82, 86, 89, 103, 111, 114, 534
P-38s, P-47s, P51s see under United States Army Air Forces
Padgett, Staff Sergeant Odell 164
Parfouru-sur-Odon 251, 266
Paris 16, 52, 59, 102, 129, 189, 533
Park, Air Vice-Marshal Keith 32
Pas de Calais 10, 15, 17, 97, 102, 103, 284, 285, 308, 441, 500, 501
Passy, Colonel 498
Patton, General George S.: personality 311–12, 472–3; sacked by Eisenhower 473; and tank destroyer battalions 419; advises against Pershing M26 tanks 426; and Bradley 74, 472, 499; as commander of Third Army 51, 69, 435, 441, 472, 485, 498, 499, 500, 502, 521–2, 526; death 539
Paul (member of Maquis Surcouf) 121
Paumann, Kanonier 466
Peel, Major Bobby 337
Peenemünde 36
PEGASUS see Bénouville Bridge
Pelican (member of Maquis Surcouf) 498
Pemsel, General Max 130, 145, 190, 191, 281, 361, 483, 505
Penny, Corporal 402, 489
PERCH, Operation 274
Périers 363, 364, 482
Perriers Ridge 491–2
Pétain, Maréchal Philippe 9, 67
Petrie, Captain Christopher 257, 258
Petterssen, Dr Sverre 76, 77
Phillips, Colonel Charles 197, 243
‘Phoenixes’ 86–7, 257, 258, 315
Picauville 144
Piers, Lt Commander Desmond ‘Debby’ 119
Pilvédière, La 121, 136, 137
Pinçon, Mont 354, 481, 486, 494, 523
Pine-Coffin, Lt-Colonel Richard 126, 135, 204, 205
Pingenot, Lieutenant Leo 164
‘Pintails’ 139
Plessis-Lastelle, Le 403
Ploesti, Romania 30
Plumetôt: airfield (B-10) 438
PLUTO (pipeline) 81, 86, 535
Poett, Brigadier Nigel 135
POINTBLANK Directive 26, 35, 255
Pointe de la Percée radar station 101
Pointe du Hoc 140–41, 142, 146, 159, 163, 191–2, 218, 235, 236, 237, 248, 259
Poland/Poles 215, 241, 363; with Allied troops 12, 28–9, 509, 511, 516, 517–18, 524, 525, 529, 531; with German troops 11, 123, 201; in RAF 100; ships 83, 245
Pont-Audemer 324; Château de la Bivellerie 71, 120–21
Pontaubault 485
Pöppel, Oberleutnant Martin liv, 132, 133, 235, 262–3, 377–8
Popplewell, Joel 25
Porsche, Ferdinand 420
Port, Le 204–6
Port-en-Bessin 169, 170, 196, 197, 243, 246, 315
Portal, Sir Charles 27, 31, 458
Portsmouth: Fort Southwick 84–5; Southwick House 76–7, 78–9
Potigny 529
Pouppeville: airfield 255
Powle, Captain Dickie 490–91
Pratt, Brigadier-General Don 145
Prieuré, Le 454
Prince Baudouin, HMS 142, 154
Prinz, Sturmbannführer Karl-Heinz 529
Prosper (member of Maquis Surcouf) 121
Proussy 250, 525
Pyle, Ernie lii, 91–2, 246–7, 311, 345, 346–8, 473–4, 476, 477, 538
Queen of Thanet (paddle-steamer) 257
Quesada, Brigadier-General Elwood ‘Pete’ lii, lvii, 33, 34, 89–91, 148; arrives in Normandy 255–6; sets up HQ at Criqueville 256, 319; takes Eisenhower on tour of Saint-Lô battlefield 439–40; relations with Bradley and Hansen 440, 447; develops Armored Column Cover 447–9, 480; and COBRA 468, 469, 474, 475, 476; and destruction of 7. Armee 484; postwar 539
Quesnay Wood 524
Quiberon Peninsula 501
Raaen, Captain John lii, 139–40, 142, 154, 159, 163, 167, 193–5, 235–7, 247, 248, 259, 536
radar stations/systems: Allied 75, 83, 103, 148, 255, 256, 448; German 26, 54, 95, 99, 101, 239, 258, 281, 469
RAF 46, 88, 439, 448
Bomber Command 4, 25–6, 27, 29, 36–7, 96, 118, 123–4, 127, 146, 147–8, 153, 271, 373–5, 386–7, 449, 451, 510, 529
Desert Air Force 33
Fighter Command 31; 11 Fighter Group 31, 32; 12 Fighter Group 31
Second Tactical Air Force 89, 33, 99, 148, 243, 244, 254, 499, 519, 528–9; 198 Squadron 519; 602 Squadron 294, 295–6, 368–9
609 Squadron 99–101, 219, 226, 385, 438–9, 519–21, 532, 537
617 Squadron (Dam Busters) 30, 215, 271
Australian airmen 146–7, 255, 295, 374, 451
Canadian airmen 100, 118, 295, 443
French airmen 69, 294–6, 368–9
315 Polish Squadron 29
Spitfires 27, 29, 32, 294, 296, 368–9, 370, 418, 443, 520
Typhoons 32, 99–101, 148, 170, 174, 219, 227, 243, 244, 385, 399, 418, 439, 491, 520–21, 529, 537
Rambo, Sergeant Carl lii, 156–8, 160, 213, 343, 344, 378–9, 440, 480, 522–3, 538
Ramoutcho (member of Maquis Surcouf) 324
Ramsay, Admiral Bertram 4, 64, 77, 79, 83–4, 86, 88, 89, 229, 256–7, 539
Ranville 125, 126, 127, 135–5, 145, 206, 217, 273; churchyard 135n
Raspail (member of Maquis Surcouf) 498
Rauch, Oberst Josef 238; Kampfgruppe Rauch 238–9, 240
Rauray 333, 339, 353, 354, 419, 420
Rauray Ridge 317, 326, 327, 339, 353–4
Raymond (member of Maquis Surcouf) 498
Raynsford, Captain Wyvell 337
Reichert, Generalmajor Josef 129
Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) 16, 72
Remlinger, Jacques 294, 295
Rennes 16, 130, 499, 502, 503, 531
Renown, HMS 119
Reynolds, Phyllis 433
‘Rhinos’ (barges) 83, 315
‘Rhinos’ (hedge-cutters) 446–7, 480
Richardson, Brigadier Charles 434
Richter, Generalmajor Wilhelm 228
Ridgway, Ma
jor-General Matthew 74, 110, 114, 142, 234, 304, 380
Ritgen, Hauptmann Helmut liv, lvii, 251; and Prinz von Schönburg-Waldenburg 251, 265–6; commands II. Panzer-Lehr Regiment 130. 250–51, 275, 298–9, 314, 335, 393, 394, 396–7, 422, 463, 478, 479, 480; shocked by Hitler assassination plot 462; retreats 482; survives air attack 484; leaves Normandy 533; survives capture by Soviets 536
Rivière, La 170
Robehomme 145
‘Robert 1’ (member of Maquis Surcouf) 324, 325
Robertmesnil 512
Roberts, Corporal Eldon ‘Bob’ liv, 175–7, 210–11, 239, 509, 536, 537–8
Roberts, Major-General ‘Pip’ 336, 355, 358, 450–51, 492
Roche-Guyon, La 15–16, 17, 19, 22, 102, 103, 129, 190, 219, 284, 307, 360, 362, 363, 441, 528, 530, 535
Roger (member of Maquis Surcouf) 121
Rogers, Captain John lii, 464, 480, 486
Rokossovsky, Marshal Konstantin 441
Rommel, Feldmarschall Erwin: lvii; personality 16, 50, 535; in North Africa 14, 33, 42, 60, 68, 128, 285; in Italy 14, 285; shocked at coastal defences 10, 12; commands Heeresgruppe B 14, 15–16, 17–18; and Ruge 16–17, 284–5, 360–61; and von Rundstedt 18, 19, 284, 361, 362; and Geyr 18–19, 280, 281, 284; and Hitler 18, 19–20, 59; and von Salmuth 20; and Dollmann 20, 21; improves coastal defences 21, 53, 229, 246; meeting with Marcks 21, 22; visits 21. Panzer-Division 55, 56; predicts invasion 56, 58; orders anti-paratrooper defences 125, 134; implores Hitler for control of panzer divisions 102, 285; visits wife at Herrlingen 102, 128, 129, 185, 190; and Hitler assassination plot 104, 461, 462, 463; Speidel fails to tell of invasion 129, 150, 190; returns to La Roche-Guyon 219; desperate for troops and supplies 284, 285, 288, 306, 360–61; and Hitler’s order not to retreat 306, 345, 441, 484; optimistic after Margival meeting with Hitler and von Rundstedt 307–9, 431, 534; fears realized 310; has pointless meeting with Hitler 361–2; relations with von Kluge 363, 441; furious at lack of air support 442; injured in air attack 442–3; suicide 538
Rommel, Lucie 16, 102, 190, 538
Roncey 482, 484, 502
Roosevelt, President Franklin D. 68, 69, 70, 279, 288, 500
Roosevelt, Captain Quentin 160
Roosevelt, Brigadier-General Theodore ‘Teddy’, Jr 159–60
Rose, Lieutenant Billy 98–9
Rosen, Leutnant Richard Freiherr von liv, lvii, 428, 429–31, 451–4, 456–7, 463, 496–7, 522, 536
ROUNDUP, Operation 49
Routot 121
Royal Air Force see RAF
Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) 421
Royal Australian Air Force: 466 Squadron 146–7, 374
Royal Canadian Navy 83, 118–19, 319–20, 538
Royal Navy 46, 59, 83, 170, 256–9, 435; Eastern Task Force 84, 177, 230; Western Task Force 84; and landing on Omaha Beach 154–5; ships 119, 142, 154, 168, 170, 229, 230, 243, 319–20
RSHA see Reichssicherheitshauptamt
Ruckdeschel, Obersturmführer Ludwig 327
Rudder, Lt-Colonel James 141, 163–4, 191, 192, 236
Ruge, Vizeadmiral Friedrich lv, 15–17, 19, 20, 21, 59, 103–4, 190, 284–5, 360, 361
Rundstedt, Feldmarschall Gerd von 14–15, 16; and Rommel 18, 19, 59, 284, 285; and intelligence 128; informed of invasion 129, 189–90; at meetings between Rommel and Hitler 307, 308, 309, 361, 362; sacked 363
‘Ruperts’ 139
Rupinski, Sergeant Frank 192
Russia see Soviet Union
Ryes 197, 210
Ryley, Captain Geoff 213
Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer 169, 175, 176, 210–11
Saint-Clair-sur-l’Elle 300
Saint-Côme-du-Mont 234, 235, 262
Saint-Denis-le-Gast 484
Sainte-Honorine 272, 273, 274, 430, 431
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont 132, 160
Sainte-Mère-Église 73, 115, 132, 145, 186, 213–14, 302
Saint-Étienne-l’Allier 66, 71, 497
Saint-Georges-d’Elle 382
Saint-Germain-d’Elle 300
Saint-Gilles 478, 480
Saint-Hilaire-de-Briouze 530
Saint-Jores 403
Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive 531, 532–3
Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer 151, 218, 256; airfield (A-21) 473
Saint-Lô 10, 12, 58, 139, 249, 262, 301, 302, 306, 310, 376, 396, 466, 467, 476, 478, 500, 531
Saint-Malo 499, 503, 526, 527
Saint-Manvieu 317, 333, 334, 335, 336, 338, 355
Saint-Martin-de-Varreville 159
Saint-Martin-des-Besaces 490
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 237, 249, 251, 259, 261, 265
Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives 55, 151, 530
Saint-Pois 503, 515
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte 302, 303–4, 306
Saint-Valéry radar station 101
Salmuth, Generaloberst Hans von 20, 129, 190, 308
Saltersgate (steamer) 258
Samson, Robert 66
Sannerville 451
SAS see under British Army
‘sausages’ 60, 61, 92
Scherf, Hauptmann 496
Schleweis, Sturmmann 352
Schlieben, Generalleutnant Karl-Wilhelm von 344–5, 348
Schmid, Generalmajor ‘Beppo’ 39, 41
Schmidt, Major Hans 135
Schneider, Colonel Max 193, 195
Schönburg-Waldenburg, Major Prinz Wilhelm von 251, 265–6
Schöps, Sturmbannführer 340, 341
Scott, Flight Sergeant Jack 147
Scylla, HMS 230
Secqueville 417
Seine, River 15, 17, 102, 139, 500, 501, 502, 533; bridges 36, 37, 95
Seleri, Peter 494
Selun, River 485
Semken, Major John 333, 394, 419–20, 433, 494, 537
Senger und Etterlin, Generalleutnant Fridolin von 128
Senglin, Leutnant von 466
Serpent (member of Maquis Surcouf) 121, 137
Seulles, River 393
Seyton, Lieutenant 338
Shackleton, Ernest 42
SHAEF see Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Sharp, Corporal Jack 237
Shermans see under tanks
Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry see British Army
Shockley, Lieutenant Orion lii, lvii, 311, 312; arrested 311–12; invites journalist to accompany them 345–6, 347; fighting at Cap de la Hague 355; shoots German 412; counter-attacks 463; and death of men 463–4, 530; takes command of company 464; bombed by American planes 478, 479; mops up rearguards 483; wounded 515–16; and German truce 516; survives the war 538
Sicherheitsdienst (SD) 290
Sicily 29, 34, 46, 49, 62, 109, 114, 122, 140, 141, 157, 182, 211, 300, 311–12, 333, 345, 445, 472, 489
Siegel, Obersturmführer Hans lv, lvii, 241, 314, 335, 339–42, 350–51, 352–3, 536
Siegfried Line 501
Simonds, Lt-General Guy 481, 508, 511, 528, 529
Skinner, Marine Brian 244
Skinner, Padre Leslie 180–81
Slaughter, Sergeant Bob lii, 62–3; on the LCA 154–5, 159, 165–6; on Omaha Beach 166, 167, 193; told not to take prisoners 242, 305; and teller mine explosion 259–60; ‘splattered with gore’ 301; in attack on Couvains 305; tends to German soldier 305; and death of father 383; hit by sniper 383, 393; and death of friends 466; wounded 503–4; survives war 536
Slim, General William ‘Bill’ 64
Smith, Lieutenant Truman ‘Smitty’ 96–7, 226, 271, 371–2, 476, 477, 537
Smuts, Jan 1, 288
snipers, German see under German Army
Snowdon, Corporal ‘Snowie’ 388, 389, 509, 510, 512, 513, 514–15, 516–17
SOE see Special Operations Executive
Souleuvre, River 491
Soviet Union/Russia 45, 55, 56, 69, 82, 286, 292, 374, 441; and BARBAROSSA 15, 48; and Communism 17, 216, 435; and German POWs 536; Jews 20; Red Army 47, 278, 325, 374, 406; Russians in German Army 11, 123, 201
, 207, 209, 345
Spaatz, Lt-General Carl ‘Tooey’ 4, 29–30, 31, 35, 36, 364, 365, 468, 474
Special Operations Executive (SOE) 70, 72
Speidel, Generalleutnant Hans 16, 103–4, 129, 150, 151–2, 190–91, 307, 461, 538
Speidel (Pionier-Bataillon) 402, 403
Speirs, Lieutenant Ronald 188
Spitfires see under RAF
Spittles, Corporal Reg liii, 321–2, 336–8, 394, 416, 456, 457, 458, 465, 492, 528, 538
SPRING, Operation 481, 508
Sprogge, Lt-Colonel Jock 220
SS (Schutzstaffel) 16, 72, 285, 332, 338–9, 399, 462
Stagg, Group Captain James 76–8, 79
Stalingrad, Battle of (1942–3) 10, 20
Stanley, Corporal 512, 513, 517
Stauffenberg, Oberst Claus Graf von 461
Stenglin, Leutnant Freiherr von 462–3
Stiles, Lieutenant Bert liii, 124, 537
Stirling, David 42
Straube, General Erich 486
Strickland, Brigadier-General Auby 254
Stülpnagel, General Carl-Heinrich 16
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) 69, 76, 78, 270, 365, 498, 501
Sutherland, Squadron Leader ‘Max’ 295
Swift, HMS 319–20
Sword Beach 51, 61, 78, 89, 170, 181–5, 199, 211, 217, 237, 539
tanks 394–5, 414–27, 447; Challenger 528; Churchill 172, 175, 198, 330, 331, 395, 399, 400, 472, 487, with ‘Crocodiles’ 175, 198, 335, 399, 416–17, 487, 492; Cromwell 275, 276, 322, 336, 337, 338, 395, 457, 528, 533; Jagdpanther 416, 487; Panthers 238, 379, 395, 414, 416, 433, 459; Pershing M26 426; Sherman 155, 156, 157, 160, 163, 172, 174, 175, 198, 213, 275, 276, 344, 382–3, 395–6, 400, 430, 445–6; Sherman dozers 156, 160, 171, 378–9, 383, 445, 464, 480, 482; and ‘Rhinos’ 446–7, 480; Sherman Fireflies 217, 261, 416, 431, 513, 530; Tigers 275–6, 277, 333, 395, 400, 414, 416, 429–31, 433, 452–3, 459, 513–14; Tiger IIs 496
Tappenden, Lance Corporal Ted 123, 125
Tauber, Oberleutnant Cornelius lv, 55; constructs beach defences 54–5; hears aircraft 127–8; defends against invaders 137–8, 177, 178–80, 197–9, 227; survives war 536
Taylor, Major-General Maxwell 74, 113, 142, 234, 264
Taylor, Bombardier Ross 99
Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur 32; supports Coningham 33, 34; relations with Eisenhower 32, 254; and Spaatz 254; favours ‘Transportation Plan’ 30, 95; coordinates operations 34, 35; and D-Day 77, 79; and Leigh-Mallory 254, 364, 365, 373; opposed to heavy bombing 364, 373; reports on Normandy airfields to Churchill 367, 368; and Montgomery 365, 436, 437, 458, 534; and GOODWOOD 438, 449, 450, 451, 458; at COBRA meeting with Bradley 468
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