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The Liberation Trilogy Box Set

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by Rick Atkinson

Philippines

  Philips company

  Picasso, Pablo

  Pilgrim’s Progress, The (Bunyan)

  Pilzen

  PINWE (“Problems of the Invasion of Northwest Europe”)

  Pissaro, Camille

  Plainsman, The (film)

  Plan 4–44

  Plokhy, S. M.

  PLUNDER, Operation

  PLUTO (Pipeline Underwater Transport of Oil)

  Pogue, Sgt. Forrest C.

  poison gas

  Poland

  Yalta and

  Polish 1st Armored Division

  Polish 10th Dragoons

  Polish armed forces

  POWs

  Porch, Douglas

  Po River

  Portal, Air Chief Marshal Charles F. A.

  potassium mines

  Poteau

  Pouppeville

  pozit shells (VT device)

  Pratt, Brig. Gen. Don F.

  “Preparation for Overseas Movement” (booklet)

  Preston, Corp. William

  Prettyman, Arthur

  Priester, Marion

  prostitution

  Puerto Rico

  Pyle, Ernie

  Quebec Conference

  QUEEN, Operation

  Queen Elizabeth (British ocean liner)

  Queen Mary (British ocean liner)

  Queen of Angels (airplane)

  Quesada, Maj. Gen. Elwood “Pete”

  Quiberon Bay

  Quincy, U.S.S.

  racial segregation

  radar jamming

  radio communications

  Radio Luxembourg

  Radio Stuttgart

  railroads

  Ramsay, Adm. Sir Bertram H.

  Rapido River, Battle of

  Rasp, Gen. Siegfried

  Rastatt, Rhine crossing at

  Rebecca (du Maurier)

  Red Army

  Anglo-American forces meet, in Germany

  atrocities and

  Berlin and

  casualties and

  Czechoslovakia and

  Denmark and

  Germans flee

  Oder River and

  Poland and

  victory position of

  Red Army 173rd Rifle Regiment

  Red Army 175th Rifle Regiment

  Red Ball Express

  Red Cross

  Red List plan

  Reims

  German surrender at

  SHAEF HQ at

  Reinhardt, Maj. Gen. Emil F.

  Remagen, Rhine crossing at

  Rembrandt

  Rennes

  Renoir, Pierre-Auguste

  Retonfey, Third Army wings meet at

  Reuters

  Rheinberg, Churchill, Eisenhower, Bradley and Simpson meeting at

  Rhineland, French occupation zone in

  Rhine-Marne Canal

  Rhine River. See also Neder Rijn

  Allied advance on

  Allies cross, at Remagen

  Allies reach

  Antwerp and Aachen and

  Bulge and

  campaign in Germany after crossing

  Churchill and crossing of

  Colmar Pocket and

  crossing delayed, to sweep west of

  Devers’ crossing at Rastatt, rejected by Eisenhower

  French cross

  German retreat from

  Malta and

  MARKET GARDEN and

  Montgomery and

  NORDWIND and

  Patton crosses, at Oppenheim

  QUEEN and

  Roer and

  Siegfriend Line and

  Stolberg crossing and

  Strasbourg and

  VARSITY PLUNDER and

  VERITABLE and GRENADE and

  Vosges campaign and

  Yalta and

  Rhine River Flood Prediction Service

  Rhône River

  Ribbentrop, Joachim von

  Ridgway, Maj. Gen. Matthew B.

  Riding High (film)

  Ritchie, Lt. Gen. Neil

  river-crossing schools

  Roberts, Maj. Gen. G. P. B. “Pip”

  Robertson, Lt. William D.

  Robert the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy

  Roer River

  Rol, Colonel

  Roland, Capt. Charles P.

  Romania

  Ploesti oil facilities at

  postwar

  Rome

  ancient

  Battle of

  Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin

  Atlantic Wall and

  Caen and

  Cherbourg and

  D-Day and

  Hitler and

  near death of, and return to Germany

  Normandy and

  OVERLORD and

  separate peace and

  suicide of

  Rommel, Lucie-Maria

  Rommel Belt

  Roosevelt, Anna (daughter of FDR)

  Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler Alexander “Bunny” (wife of Theodore, Jr.)

  Roosevelt, Eleanor (wife of FDR)

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Churchill and

  death of

  De Gaulle and

  DRAGOON and

  Eisenhower and

  final days of war and

  Hitler and

  liberation of Paris and

  Malta and

  manpower shortages and

  OVERLORD and

  Pacific and

  postwar plan of

  shift from Berlin to southeast route and

  Soviet Union and

  Suez meetings and

  UN and

  unconditional surrender and

  Yalta and

  Roosevelt, Quentin (son of Ted, Jr.)

  Roosevelt, Brig. Gen. Theodore, Jr., “Ted”

  death of

  Medal of Honor and

  OVERLORD and

  personality of

  Roosevelt, Theodore (president and father of Ted, Jr.)

  Rose, Maj. Gen. Maurice

  Rostock, bombing of

  Rotterdam

  Rouen

  Rubens, Peter Paul

  Ruge, Vice Adm. Friedrich

  Ruhr

  advance toward

  bombing of

  Eisenhower vs. Montgomery on thrust toward

  encircling of (Ruhr Pocket)

  HERBSTNEBEL and

  postwar plan for

  VARSITY PLUNDER and

  VERITABLE and GRENADE and

  Yalta and

  RUMPELKAMMER, Operation 107

  Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd von

  Aachen and

  Allies reach Rhine and

  Bulge and

  January 1945 position of

  Normandy invasion and

  relieved of command

  Remagen and

  restored to command to defend Siegfried Line

  Rommel and

  Russo-Japanese War

  Ryan, Cornelius

  Saarbrücken

  Saar-Palatinate

  Saar River, Third Army reaches

  Saar Valley

  Sadzot, Battle of

  Saipan

  Salerno campaign

  Salm River

  Salzburg

  Samuel Chase, U.S.S.

  San Pietro, Battle of

  Sarrebourg

  Saudi Arabia

  Savannah, U.S.S.

  Saverne Gap

  Scannell, Vernon

  Schaeffer, Gen. Hans

  Scharnhorst Line

  Scheldt River, Battle of the

  Schill Line

  Schlemm, Gen. Alfred

  Schleswig-Holstein

  Schlieben, Gen. Karl-Wilhelm von

  Schmidt

  Battle of

  Schnee Eifel

  Battle and surrender at

  Schönberg

  Schwammenauel dam

  Schwerin, Gen. Gerhard Graf von

  SEA
LION plan

  Sebald, W. G.

  Seeger, Alan

  Seine, Bay of the

  Seine River

  Sélune River

  Sevareid, Eric

  Sevastopol

  Seven Years War

  SHAEF. See Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force

  Shakespeare, William

  Shapiro, Karl

  Shaw, George Bernard

  Shaw, Irwin

  Shirer, William

  Short Guide to Great Britain, A

  Sibert, Brig. Gen. Edwin L.

  Sicilian campaign

  Siegen, looted treasures in

  Siegfried Line (West Wall)

  Aachen and

  Allies reach

  Bulge and

  campaign of 1944 at

  First Army breaches, at Stolberg

  Hürtgen and

  January 1945 positions and

  MARKET GARDEN and

  mines in

  Patton and

  Rhine crossing and

  Strasbourg and

  Silesia

  Simonds, Lt. Gen. Guy

  Simpson, Louis

  Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H.

  final days of war and

  German surrender and

  Roer and

  Skorzeny, Otto

  Slapton Sands calamity

  slave labor

  Slovik, Antoinette

  Slovik, Eddie D.

  Smith, Al

  Smith, Lt. Col. Baldwin B.

  Smith, Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell “Beetle”

  Bulge and

  bombing of Germany and

  Devers and

  Eisenhower and

  German surrender and

  Malta and

  MARKET GARDEN and

  Montgomery and

  Patton and

  Rhine crossing and

  Strasbourg and

  Smuts, Jan

  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

  January 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

 

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