Brown, Trooper John ref1
Brown, Corporal ‘Topper’ ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Bruce, Captain Hendrie ref1
Brussels, Guards Armoured Division reaches ref1
Bryant, Major Randall ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
BUCCANEER, operation ref1
Bucknall, Lieutenant-General G.C.
lack of ability ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
attack on Villers-Bocage ref1, ref2, ref3
sacked ref1, ref2
operation BLUECOAT ref1, ref2
Bull, General ‘Pinky’ ref1
Burnell, Sergeant ref1
Burrell, Jimmy ref1
Butcher, Commander ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Caen ref1, ref2, ref3
Germans flood area around ref1
German armour deployed around ref1
advance to D-Day ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
assaults on ref1, ref2, ref3
operation EPSOM ref1
failure to capture ref1
fall of ref1, ref2, ref3
bombing raid on ref1, ref2
Caen Canal bridge ref1, ref2
Cagny ref1
Cahagnolles ref1
Calvados ref1
Cambes ref1
Cambes Wood ref1
Cambry ref1
Canadian First Army ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Americans in ref1
advance on Argentan ref1, ref2
at Falaise ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
losses ref1
undermanning handicap ref1
Corps
II
operation GOODWOOD ref1, ref2
attack on Bourgébus Ridge ref1
operation TOTALIZE ref1
Divisions
2nd Infantry
operation TRACTABLE ref1
captures Falaise ref1
Falaise gap ref1
3rd Infantry
recruitment ref1
D-Day ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Caen offensive ref1, ref2
operation ATLANTIC ref1
operation TOTALIZE ref1
operation TRACTABLE ref1
closes the Falaise gap ref1
4th Armoured
at the Falaise gap ref1, ref2
commanding officer relieved ref1
Brigades
7th ref1, ref2
8th ref1, ref2
9th ref1
10th ref1
Regiments
Algonquin Regiment ref1
British Columbian Regiment ref1
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa ref1
Canadian Scottish Regiment ref1
Regina Rifle Regiment ref1
Royal Winnipeg Rifles ref1
South Saskatchewan Regiment ref1
Canaris, Admiral ref1
Canisy ref1
Cap de la Hague ref1
Carentan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Carpiquet ref1, ref2
Carr, Major ref1
Carroll, U.S.S. ref1
Carver, Lieutenant-Colonel Michael ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Casablanca conference ref1, ref2
casualties ref1, ref2, ref3
Caumont ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Cerbeck ref1
Chambois ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Channel Islands ref1
chaplains ref1
CHARNWOOD, operation ref1
Châteaubriant ref1
Cherbourg ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Chitty, Colonel Arthur ref1
Cholitz, General D. von ref1
Churchill, Sir Winston
misgivings over OVERLORD ref1, ref2, ref3
operation ROUNDUP ref1
ARCADIA conference ref1
and ability of German army ref1
on the Anzio landings ref1
and command of OVERLORD ref1
and bombing raids on France ref1
and repeated use of certain troops ref1
at Montgomery’s presentation of the plan ref1
and Montgomery’s stress on rapid penetration ref1
and Montgomery ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
and unconditional surrender ref1
and poor performance of British tanks ref1
Mulberry harbours ref1
civilians see French civilians
Clark, General Mark ref1
Clarke, Colonel Campbell ref1
COBRA, operation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Colacicco, Major Frank ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Coleville ref1
Collins, General J. Lawton
at Montgomery’s final briefing ref1
in Cotentin and Cherbourg ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
turns south ref1
ability ref1
operation COBRA ref1, ref2, ref3
Brittany campaign ref1
moves towards Falaise ref1
Colville ref1
Coningham, Air Marshal Sir Arthur (‘Mary’)
commands ref1nd Tactical Air Force ref1
and co-operation with ground troops ref1, ref2, ref3
and Montgomery ref1
character ref1
Corlett, Major-General C.H. ref1, ref2, ref3
COSSAC
outline planning ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Montgomery and ref1, ref2
Cota, Brigadier-General Norman (‘Dutch’)
ability ref1
briefs men for OVERLORD ref1
D-Day ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
captures Isigny ref1
advances inland ref1
respect for ref1
Cotentin peninsula ref1, ref2, ref3
Cotton, Lieutenant ref1
Coudehard ref1, ref2, ref3
counter-intelligence operations, British ref1
Courseulles ref1
Courtney, Staff Sergeant William ref1
Coutances ref1
Cranley, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord ref1, ref2, ref3
Crepon ref1
Crerar, Lieutenant-General H.D.G. ref1
ability ref1
Montgomery and ref1, ref2
operation GOODWOOD ref1
dispute with Crocker ref1
sacks Kitching ref1
Cristot ref1, ref2
Crocker, Lieutenant-General J.T.
ability ref1
D-Day ref1
on the Canadian ref1rd Division ref1
dispute with Crerar ref1
Crofts, Eric ref1
Culin, Sergeant Curtis G. ref1
Culver, Bill ref1
CULVERIN, operation ref1
Cuthbert, Major Sidney ref1
Davis, Joe ref1
de Guingand, Major-General Sir Francis W. ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
joins 21st Army Group ref1
on German tanks ref1
and scepticism of the British ref1
de Pass, Lieutenant ref1, ref2
de Pew, Captain Jimmy ref1
death announcements ref1
deception
Allied ref1, ref2
German ref1
Delcazel, Lieutenant ref1
Dempsey, Lieutenant-General Sir Miles ref1
character ref1
D-Day ref1
at Villers-Bocage ref1, ref2, ref3
operation EPSOM ref1
and the advance south ref1
operation GOODWOOD ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
and operation BLUECOAT ref1
ordered to take Vire ref1
and the Falaise gap ref1
Desert Rats ref1
desertion ref1
D’Este, Carlo ref1, ref2, ref3
Dieppe raid ref1, ref2
Dietrich, General Sepp
D-Day ref1
counter-attack against bridgehead ref1
derisive about hopes of victory ref1
and negotiations with the Allies ref1
and operation GOODWOOD ref1
Hit
ler ignores advice of ref1
discipline ref1
Dobie, Provost-Sergant James ref1
Dobler ref1
Dollman, General F. ref1, ref2
Donovan, William (OSS chief) ref1
Doolittle, Lieutenant-General James H. ref1
Douglas, Keith ref1
Douglas-Home, Lieutenant William ref1
Dowding, Air Marshal H.C.T. ref1
Dunkirk ref1
Dupuy, Colonel Trevor ref1
Dyas, Captain Pat ref1
Dyson, Trooper Stephen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Eaker, General Ira ref1
Eberbach, General Hans ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Eddy, General Manton ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Eichen, Lieutenant Sidney ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Eisenhower, General Dwight D. ref1
character ref1
selected as Supreme Commander ref1
and width of front ref1
accepts Montgomery’s proposals ref1
Montgomery and ref1, ref2
and role of air forces ref1, ref2
gains control of all Allied air forces ref1
and Marshall’s suggested use of airborne troops ref1
decides invasion to be on 6 June ref1
and Cotentin ref1
and shortcomings of U.S. weapons ref1
on stagnation of First Army ref1
and Montgomery’s tactics at Caen ref1, ref2, ref3
operation GOODWOOD ref1
and criticism of Montgomery ref1, ref2
understanding of the Allied plan in Normandy ref1
remoteness from his troops ref1
and air support for ground troops ref1
and Quesada ref1
flies over enemy lines ref1
and the Falaise trap ref1
assumes direct control in the field ref1
Elbeuf ref1
Ellis-Smith, Mr ref1
Enigma ciphers ref1
Enzerling, Major ref1
Epron ref1
EPSOM, operation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Erskine, Major-General R.R.J. (‘Bobby’)
doubts about his ability ref1
at Villers-Bocage ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
loss of confidence in ref1
sacked ref1, ref2
Escoville ref1
Estervez ref1
Eterville ref1, ref2
Evett’s Rates ref1
Evrecy ref1
Evreux ref1
Fairman ref1
Falaise ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Falaise gap
closing of ref1
Germans escaping from ref1
cleaning up ref1
failure to close ref1
Falley, Liutenant-General Wilhelm ref1
Fertée, Nicole ref1, ref2
Feuchtinger, General Edgar
lack of confidence in ref1, ref2
D-Day ref1, ref2, ref3
Figurski ref1
Flint, Colonel Paddy ref1, ref2
Forster, Major ref1
Fort St Marcouf ref1
FORTITUDE, operation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
forward air observers/controllers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Foulkes, General ref1
Free French ref1
French civilians ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Frerking, Lieutenant ref1, ref2
Friedrich, Lance-Corporal ref1
Funck, General Hans von ref1
Gacé ref1
Gaffey (Chief of Staff to Patton) ref1
Gale, Humphrey ref1
Gale, General R.N. ref1
gas weapons ref1, ref2
Gaulle, General Charles de, role of ref1
Gavin, General James
Leigh-Mallory asks about airborne troops ref1
and the bocage ref1
in the Cotentin ref1
and British attitudes to the war ref1
and U.S. development of weapons ref1
expects war to end in 1944 ref1
Gehlen, Reinhard ref1
Gentian ref1
George VI, King of England ref1
Gerhardt (Commander U.S.Division) ref1
German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
effect of Mustangs on ref1, ref2
limited capabilities during OVERLORD ref1
loss of will ref1
lack of reconnaissance ref1, ref2
on D-Day ref1, ref2, ref3
beachhead attacks ref1
occasional attacks by ref1, ref2
night raids ref1
insignificance of ref1
non-appearance at Mortain ref1, ref2
Divisions
16th Field Division ref1
Parachute Division ref1
German Army
Russian front ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW)
prepares for invasion ref1
D-Day ref1
Army Group B
Rommel commands ref1
Villers-Bocage ref1
von Kluge replaces Rommel ref1
First Army
losses ref1
regrouped ref1
Seventh Army
fighting power of ref1
predicted build-up ref1
expected resistance ref1
fuel crisis ref1
commanding officers ref1
Hitler’s instructions hamper ref1, ref2, ref3
sense of fatalism amongst ref1
absence of officers on D-Day ref1, ref2
slow response to invasion ref1
D-Day ref1
preparations for invasion ref1
build-up of troops ref1
loyalty to division ref1
tactics in Normandy ref1
shortage of infantry ref1
use of tanks ref1
lack of intelligence reports ref1
ability of ref1
breakdown of logistical machinery ref1
effective use of manpower ref1
weapons ref1
Kampfengruppen ref1
treatment of prisoners ref1
discipline ref1
regional formations ref1
effect of Allied air support on ref1
effect of attrition on ref1
collapse of morale ref1
effect of Hitler assassination attempt on ref1
retreat ref1
use of improvised battle groups ref1
skill in disengagement ref1
loyalty to Hitler ref1
losses in Normandy ref1
Fifteenth Army
and FORTITUDE deception ref1, ref2, ref3
under Rommel ref1
losses ref1
Panzer Group West
under Rommel ref1
Ederbach replaces von Schweppenburg ref1
and operation GOODWOOD ref1
withdrawal ref1
Corps
I SS Pz ref1
II SS Pz ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
XXV ref1
XLVII Pz ref1, ref2, ref3
LXXXIV ref1, ref2, ref3
Brigades
30th ref1
Armoured Divisions
1st SS PZ
Mortain counter-attack ref1, ref2
at Argentan ref1
relieved by 89th Infantry ref1
2nd SS Pz
near St Denis ref1
and operation COBRA ref1, ref2
journey to Normandy ref1
Mortain counter-attack ref1, ref2
and the Falaise gap ref1, ref2, ref3
9th SS Pz
couter-attack in EPSOM ref1, ref2
defence of Bourge´bus Ridge ref1
moved to Mortain ref1
10th SS Pz
counter-attack in EPSOM ref1
morale ref1
12th SS Pz ref1, ref2, ref3
determination and fanaticism ref1
&n
bsp; as the Hitler Jugend Division ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
defence relies upon ref1
defends Caen against the bridgehead ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
at Cristot ref1
shooting of prisoners ref1
at Eterville ref1
morale ref1
and operation TOTALIZE ref1, ref2
and the Falaise gap ref1, ref2
ability ref1
2nd Pz
Villers-Bocage ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
at Caumont ref1
operation COBRA ref1, ref2, ref3
Mortain counter-attack ref1, ref2
at Argentan ref1
9th Pz
Hitler moves towards Avranches ref1
wiped out ref1
21st Pz
preparations for invasion ref1, ref2
D-Day ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
holds Caen against the bridgehead ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
116th Pz ref1
Pas de Calais ref1
and operation COBRA ref1, ref2, ref3
Mortain counter-attack ref1, ref2
at Argentan ref1
regroup in Kampfengruppe Fick ref1, ref2
Panzer Lehr
invasion preparations ref1
arrives at Caen ref1
at Tilly ref1
against the advance on Caen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
operation COBRA ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
losses ref1
U.S. advance south ref1
ability ref1
Infantry Divisions
17th SS Pz grenadier ref1
loyalty ref1
against the U.S. beachhead ref1
and operation COBRA ref1, ref2, ref3
shellshock in ref1
Mortain counter-attack ref1
in the Falaise gap ref1
77th ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
89th ref1, ref2
91st ref1, ref2
243rd ref1, ref2
276th ref1, ref2, ref3
319th ref1
346th ref1
352nd
invasion preparations ref1
D-Day ref1, ref2, ref3
reinforced ref1
at St Lô ref1
353rd ref1
709th ref1, ref2
711th ref1
716th
D-Day ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
pulls back to Caen ref1
defence of Caen ref1
Regiments
3rd Der Führer Pz Grenadiers ref1
6th Parachute Regiment ref1, ref2
22nd Pz ref1, ref2
125th Pz Grenadiers ref1
192nd Pz Grenadiers ref1, ref2
266th Artillery ref1
352nd Artillery ref1
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