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
   Janu
ary 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
   Bulge and
   commanders relieved
   created
   final days of war and
   January 1945 positions
   Luxembourg HQ and
   QUEEN and
   Rhine crossing and
   Ruhr and
   victory position of
   U.S. XII Corps
   U.S. 12th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. XIII Corps
   U.S. 14th Armored Division
   U.S. 14th Cavalry Group
   U.S. 14th Engineers
   U.S. Fifteenth Air Force
   U.S. Fifteenth Army
   U.S. XV Corps
   U.S. 15th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. XVI Corps
   U.S. 16th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 17th Airborne Division
   U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps
   U.S. 18th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. XIX Corps
   U.S. XX Corps
   U.S. XXI Corps
   U.S. 23rd Infantry Division
   U.S. 26th Infantry Division
   U.S. 27th Armored Infantry Battalion
   U.S. 28th Infantry Division (Pennsylvania National Guard, Bloody Bucket)
   Bastogne and
   Bulge and
   Colmar Pocket and
   Hürtgen and
   Slovik execution and
   U.S. 29th Infantry Division
   U.S. 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory)
   Aachen and
   Mortain and
   U.S. 32nd Field Artillery Battalion
   U.S. 35th Infantry Division
   U.S. 36th Infantry Division (Texas National Guard)
   U.S. 37th Tank Battalion
   U.S. 42nd Infantry Division
   U.S. 44th Infantry Division
   U.S. 45th Infantry Division
   U.S. 47th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 52nd Troop Carrier Wing
   U.S. 60th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 65th Infantry Division
   U.S. 69th Infantry Division
   U.S. 70th Infantry Division
   U.S. 75th Infantry Division
   U.S. 78th Infantry Division
   U.S. 79th Infantry Division
   U.S. 80th Infantry Division
   U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
   Bulge and
   BOSTON and
   GRENADE and
   MARKET GARDEN and
   U.S. 83rd Infantry Division
   U.S. 84th Infantry Division
   U.S. 85th Reconnaissance Squadron
   U.S. 86th Infantry Division
   U.S. 90th Infantry Division
   U.S. 95th Infantry Division
   U.S. 99th Infantry Division
   U.S. 100th Infantry Division
   U.S. 101st Airborne Division
   ALBANY and
   Bulge and
   MARKET GARDEN and
   U.S. 102nd Infantry Division
   U.S. 103rd Infantry Division
   U.S. 104th Infantry Division
   U.S. 106th Infantry Division
   Bulge and
   Schnee Eifel surrender of
   U.S. 109th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 110th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 111th Field Artillery Battalion
   U.S. 112th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 115th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 116th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 117th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 119th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 120th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 132nd Field Artillery Battalion
   U.S. 141st Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 143rd Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 157th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 275th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion
   U.S. 309th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 313th Troop Carrier Group
   U.S. 319th Bombardment Group
   U.S. 358th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 359th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 394th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 411th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 422nd Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 423rd Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 424th Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment
   U.S. 705th Bombardment Squadron
   U.S. Army
   demographics of
   discipline and desertions in
   GI clubs
   hardening of
   looting by
   manpower needs of
   matérial and
   Paris life and
   postwar search for missing
   strengths of, after Normandy
   tactical doctrine
   U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF)
   COBRA and
   DRAGOON and
   manpower needs of
   U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
   U.S. Army Effects Bureau
   U.S. Congress
   U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
   U.S. Marine Corps
   U.S. military cemeteries
   U.S. military tribunals
   U.S. Navy
   U.S. Selective Service
   U.S. Signal Corps
   U.S. Strategic Air Forces
   U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey
   Urft
   Urquhart, Maj. Gen. Roy
   USFET (U.S. Forces in the European Theater)
   USO performances
   Utah Beach
   V-1 rocket
   V-2 rocket
   U.S. finds components in Germany
   Valenciennes coal fields
   Valkhof
   Van Dyck, Anthony
   Van Fleet, Col. James A.
   Van Gogh, Vincent
   VARSITY PLUNDER, Operation
/>   Vauban
   Verdun
   December 19 meeting at
   VERITABLE
   Vermeer, Johannes
   Versailles
   Treaty of (1919)
   Vichy France
   Victoria, Queen of England
   Victory in Europe Day (May 8, 1945)
   Vielsalm
   Vienna
   Vierville
   Villers-Bocage
   Vire
   Vire River
   Vittel
   Eisenhower, Devers, and Bradley meet at
   Vlaminck, Maurice de
   Voice of SHAEF, The (radio program)
   Voltaire
   Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.
   Vosges Mountains
   Vossenack
   Vouilly
   Waal River
   Walcheren Island
   Waller, Fats
   Walters, Bucky
   Wandry, Lt. June
   war crimes
   War Department
   brochures
   manpower shortages and
   Warsaw
   uprising
   Waterloo, Battle of
   Waters, Lt. Col. John Knight (POW no. 4161)
   Waugh, Evelyn
   Weigley, Russell F.
   Weinberg, Gerhard L.
   Weiss, Lt. Robert L.
   Weizäcker, Carl Friedrich von
   Wellard, James
   Werbomont
   Werewolf movement
   Wesel
   Westerbouwing Heights
   Westphal, Gen. Siegfried
   Westphalian Plain
   West Wall. See Siegfried Line
   White, Austin
   White, Osmar
   Whitehead, Don
   Whiteley, Maj. Gen. J. F. M.
   “Why Americans Seem Childish” (Mead)
   Wierzbowski, Lt. Edward L.
   Wiesbaden
   Wiese, Gen. Friedrich
   Wilck, Col. Gerhard
   Wilder, Billy
   Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany
   Williams, Brig. Edgar T.
   Williamson’s probability
   William the Conqueror
   Willmott, H. P.
   Wiltz
   Winant, John G.
   Wismar, fall of
   Wittmann, SS Capt. Michael
   Wöbbelin concentration camp
   Wolfe, Charles
   Wolfsschlucht II (Hitler HQ)
   Wood, Maj. Gen. John S. “P.”
   World War I
   armistice and
   World War II
   costs and consequences of
   veterans of
   Wren, Christopher
   Wright, Elton E.
   Wright, Sgt. Frank H.
   Wright, Harold B.
   Wright, Henry A.
   Wuppertal
   Wurm River
   Xanten
   Yalta Conference
   Yamamoto, Adm. Isoruku
   Yank (GI magazine)
   Young, Norwood
   Ypres
   Y program (German atomic bomb)
   Yugoslavia
   Zangen, Gen. Gustav-Adolf von
   Zeiss company
   Zuider Zee
   Zutphen, Battle of (1586)
   Zyklon B
   * * *
   Unless specified, all photos are from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Additional photos can be found at liberationtrilogy.com.
   * * *
   The supreme commander of Allied forces in western Europe, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, crossing the English Channel en route to Normandy from southern England on June 7, 1944. President Roosevelt chose Eisenhower to command Operation OVERLORD as “the best politician among the military men. He is a natural leader who can convince other men to follow him.”
   
 
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