by Mark Zuehlke
Pistoia, 55
Pius II, Pope, 74
Piuze, Sgt. Yvon, 381
Po Valley, 49, 55, 66, 81, 108, 265–66, 283, 287, 304–5, 337–38, 340–41 344, 366–67, 383, 408, 420, 438, 444, 447, 461–62
Point 204, 174, 190, 194–95, 203, 209–28, 233–38, 254–55, 260
Polack, Generalmajor Fritz, 283
Potenza River, 86
Potts, Lt. Benny, 427
Potts, Lt. Gordon, 121, 130
Potts, Capt. Sam, 448–50
Poulin, Maj. Tony, 232–33, 239–49, 368–73, 376, 392–98, 430, 443–44
Powell, Sgt. H.O.W., 188–89, 355
Powers, Lt. W., 301
Pozzo Alto, 227, 229–31, 250, 260
Price, Capt. O.J., 188–89, 355
Prichard, Maj. E.A.N., 232
Pritchard, Lt. E.J., 279
Proctor, Capt. Gordon, 151, 154–55, 387–88
Qayle, Lt. Jimmy, 25–28, 109, 111, 120–21, 144, 299–300, 310, 405, 418, 427
Querin, Pte. Lloyd, 235
Raapke, Generalleutnant Wilhelm, 132
Rachlis, Lt. J., 114
Ralston, Col. James Layton, 462
Rankin, Lt. Col. G.A., 101
Rankine, Capt. D.F., 309
Ravenna, 462, 467
Rawlings, Maj. Ed, 118–19, 313
Reid, Lt. Stew, 119
Reid, Lt. Col. William, 163–65, 184, 209, 215, 226, 236–37
Riccione, 280, 287–88, 301, 331–33, 366–67, 457–58, 466
Richardson, Lce. Sgt. L.J., 126 Ridge, Capt. Sam, 184–85, 187, 237
Rieti, 62–63
Rimini, 15, 51, 72–75, 78, 174, 194, 230, 262, 266, 283, 287–88, 299, 301, 304, 312, 314, 337, 340, 347, 350, 367, 383, 388, 390, 405, 408, 417–18, 426–28, 449–51, 456–57, 461, 466–67
Rimini Line, 386, 416, 420, 467
Ritchie, Lt. Col. Jim, 91, 121–23, 130, 137, 139, 155, 300–1, 307, 311–12, 330, 332, 338, 390, 405, 417–18
Roberts, Sgt. Thomas, 440
Roberts, Pte. Willie, 313
Robertson, Lt. A.W.D., 184
Robertson, Tpr. Roy, 361
Robertson, Sgt. Tom, 317, 322–24
Robinson, Lt. Col. George, 253, 317, 324, 360
Robson, Maj., 380–81
Romanow, Lt. Tony, 210, 212–13
Rome, 11, 14–15, 26, 28, 31, 49–50, 53, 55, 57, 61, 67, 73
Rommel, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin, 67
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 51–54
Ross, Maj. Alan, 129, 294, 311
Ross, Lt. Alexander, 100
Ross, Sgt. Bill, 439
Ross, Maj. G.R.H., 202, 317
Rosser, Lt. Col. David H., 113–14, 136, 143, 153–54, 190, 394
Röttiger, Generalleutnant Hans, 59, 132, 447
Rowe, Sgt. K.M. “Blackie,” 186–87, 229–30, 234–35, 237–38
Roxburgh, Capt. W.G., 149–50, 161
Roy, Co. Sgt. Maj. Irénée, 241, 243, 247–48
Ruff, Cpl., 296
Runkel, Oberst Henning Warner, 59
Russell, Lt. H. J., 204–5
Ryan, Lt. D.F., 112
Salò, 71
Saltara, 114, 121–22
San Andrea, 289, 336–37, 342
San Clemente, 280, 287, 289, 349
San Fortunato Ridge, 287, 304, 321, 336, 341, 366–67, 382, 384–86, 392, 394, 397–98, 408, 416–17, 420–21, 425–26, 429–30, 432–34, 438–40, 442, 444–49, 453–54, 458
San Giovanni in Marignano, 262, 264, 271, 275–77, 279, 289–90, 296, 342, 364
San Lorenzo in Corregiano, 366–68, 373–79, 383
San Lorenzo in Monte l’Abate, 426, 433, 435–38, 444–46
San Lorenzo in Strada, 332–33, 338, 465
San Marino, Republic of, 77, 81, 350
San Martino, 344, 367, 376, 379, 382–84, 386–89, 392–95, 398–403, 408–11, 413–15, 419, 428–29, 441, 445, 454, 458, 465
San Savino, 288, 336, 355
San Severino, 86
San Stefano, 269, 272
Sanford, Pte. “Slim,” 312
Sant’ Angelo, 132, 138, 161
Santa Maria di Scacciano, 302–4, 307, 311–13, 331, 384
Saunders, Lt. Col. A.L., 460
Saunders, Pte. R.D., 238
Saville, Lt. Jack, 210, 213
Schumacher, Feldwebel Heinz, 63
Schumacher, Leutnant Heinz, 282
Schumacher, Unteroffizier Reinhard, 63
Scislowski, Pte. Stan, v, 163–66, 184–87, 197–99, 229–30, 233–34, 237
Sellars, Capt. Richard, 205, 228
Senio River, 462
Serrungarina, 106, 114, 136
Sheppard, Cpl. H., 251–53
Shuter, Capt. Ted, 122–23, 418–19, 427
Siena, 27, 48
Simard, Capt. Côme, 245, 248, 373, 380
Skinner, Lce. Cpl. D.G., 441–42
Skorzeny, SS Hauptsturmführer Otto, 28
Smith, Sgt. Basil, 347, 349
Smith, Padre Crawford, 199
Smith, Brig. Desmond, 35
Smith, Pte. H.G., 126
Smith, Maj. Jack, 255, 363
Smith, Capt. Jack Birnie, 300–1, 338, 465
Smith, Capt. Lloyd G., 152–53, 313–14, 335, 387–89, 419, 450–51
Smith, Capt. S.D., 192 Smith, Chaplain Waldo, 267–68
Snelgrove, Maj. Harold, 184, 188
Snell, Sgt. Frederick William, 143, 153
Sogliano, 76
Somerville, Lt. Col. Boyd, 181–83, 188–89, 357
Southby, Capt. Frank, 203, 361–62
Spencer, Lt. Bill, 253
Spencer, Lt. Wayne, 236
Spry, Brig. Dan, 43–44
Stephens, Capt. R.S., 24
Stevens, Tpr. Charlie, 324–26, 328–29
Stevenson, Sgt. C.M., 325–26, 329
Stohart, Maj. C.W., 378
Stokes, Lt. Edward Samuel, 302
Stone, Maj. Jim, 23–25, 128, 412–13, 438–39, 454, 460
Stoneberg, Pte. A.J., 126
Strickland, Lt. Col. E.V., 400–1
Stuart, Lt. Gen. Ken, 33–38
Stubbs, Capt. Raymond E., 216, 222–23
Stursberg, Peter, 456
Sullivan, Cpl. E.G., 391
Sutherland, Adjutant Capt. R.J., 290
Swan, Cpl. W.J., 273
Sweeney, Sgt. C.R., 339
Swinton, Lt. Robert K., 400
Symmes, Maj. Lee, 289, 292
Taplin, Lt. L.E., 434
Telfer, Lt. Donald, 275
Tellier, Maj. Henri, 368–73, 375, 379, 382, 430–32, 435, 443, 466
Thexton, Maj. R.G., 378
Thirwell, Lt. John, 127
Thomas, Cpl. Murray Percy, 335
Thomas, Pte. Walt, 187, 197
Thompson, Lt. D.L., 171, 184
Thomson, Lt. Col. Sydney, 124–27, 230–31, 250, 271, 346, 348, 384–86, 395, 398, 400–1, 405–6, 410, 440–41, 456
Tiber Valley, 60
Tiberius, 74
Till, Lt. George, 187, 238
Tipler, Maj. Jack, 187
Tomba di Pesaro, 81–82, 167–68, 183, 190, 194–95, 201, 211–12, 217, 221, 223, 230, 251–52, 254, 258–60, 263, 277, 280–81
Torre Muchia, 13
Torre Pedrera, 74
Trudeau, Maj. Fernand, 373, 380–81, 430, 432
Turnley, Maj. Jack, 89, 208–10, 212–13, 215–17, 221–23
Ultra, 52
Van Straubenzee, Lt. Col. H.H., 155, 261, 270
Vaugeois, Capt. Guy, 247
Veillette, Cpl., 246
Venice, 54
Verona, 54, 71
Vézina, Sgt. Roméo, 244–45
Vicchio, 70
Vickers, Maj. Charles, 273
Villa Belvedere, 425, 430–32, 442, 445, 466
Villa Grande, 138
Villa Potenza, 87
Villa Rogatti, 13
Vokes, Maj. Gen. Chris, 35–36, 41–43, 48, 84, 97, 102–3, 117, 131–32, 139–41, 1
48, 172–74, 178, 189–90, 193–95, 224, 229–30, 260, 279, 287–88, 304, 309–10, 331, 345, 366, 398, 406–8, 420, 425–26, 458
Vokes, Lt. Col. Fred, 195–96, 209, 214–16, 227
Volturno Valley, 15, 42 von Vietinghoff, Generaloberst Heinrich, 59–60, 115, 134, 280, 283, 305, 365, 409, 446
Waddell, Lt. J.C.R., 273
Waddell, Pte. Rex, 118
Waldron, Sgt. Eric, 208–9
Walsh, Maj. Gen. George, 340
Warlimont, Oberkommando der
Wehrmacht Gen. Walter, 61
Warrington, Sgt. Al, 30
Waterman, Lt. Col. Ron, 174, 177–80, 189, 193, 373–75, 377, 406–8, 460
Watkins, Sgt. D.I., 360
Watson, Lt. D., 389
Watson, Lt. H.L., 300
Webb, Lt. Col. Ted, 86–87
Weber, Sgt., 205–6 Weir, Maj. Gen. C.E., 383
Welsh, Pte. Ray, 187
Wentworth, Lce. Cpl. John, 325–26, 328–29
Wentzell, Generalmajor Friedrich, 59, 115–16, 119, 132–33, 416, 447
Wheatley, Bob, 237
Wheeler, Capt. Gerry, 347–48 “Whipcord,” 384, 392–98, 413
White, Maj. T.H., 188
Whitfield, Maj. Gen. John, 265, 306–7
Wildfang, Lt. E.K., 25
Wilkes, Padre Maj. Rusty, 122
Wilkins, Lt. Col. R.E.,
Williams, Lt. Fred, 402
Wilmot, Capt. Laurence Frank, 180–81
Wilson, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland, 51, 54
Wilson, Sgt. “Tug,” 251–52, 361
Winning, Lce. Cpl. Gordie, 30
Winslow, Pte. William, 468
Wood, J.S., 434
Wood, Maj. Gordon, 342
Worton, Sgt. Bill, 29–30
Wright, Lt. Geoff, 98
Ziegler, Brig. Bill, 104, 309
INDEX OF FORMATIONS, UNITS, AND CORPS
CANADIAN
RCA=Royal Canadian Artillery
RCE=Royal Canadian Engineers
I Canadian Corps, 13–14, 17, 30–31, 47, 55, 59–60, 80, 83, 85, 88, 91, 96, 98, 139–41, 167, 184, 189, 194, 197, 245, 250, 263, 265, 268, 281, 283, 306–7, 331, 335, 340–41, 352, 383, 417, 445, 447, 458–59, 462, 467
DIVISIONS
1st Canadian Infantry Division, 12–14, 21, 31, 41, 47, 84, 86, 96–98, 104, 117, 148, 162, 167–68, 173, 177, 194, 229, 230, 250, 262, 287, 290, 304, 331, 334–35, 340, 343, 345, 366–67, 392, 406, 410, 416, 458, 460, 462
3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 35
5th Canadian Armoured Division, 13–14, 31, 38–43, 48, 84, 86, 97, 100, 104, 140, 167–68, 173, 181, 193, 227, 229, 251, 254, 263, 267, 287, 305, 315, 337, 340–41, 366, 383, 408, 459, 462
BRIGADES
1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, 12–14, 41, 43
1st Canadian Infantry Brigade, 22, 99, 105, 117, 125, 135–37, 139–40, 144, 156, 161, 288, 302, 330–31, 367, 376, 383, 388, 398, 408, 459
2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 14, 22, 24, 102, 105, 117, 124, 126, 135, 139–40, 144, 161, 189, 194, 229–30, 271, 288, 367, 384, 395, 401, 408, 420, 424–25, 429, 445, 454–55, 459
3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 14, 23, 140, 169, 174, 288, 309, 339, 367, 374, 384, 395, 407–8, 424–25, 429, 459
5th Canadian Armoured Brigade, 39, 89, 140, 172, 194, 209, 263, 288–89
11th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 38–39, 48, 140, 163, 168–69, 173, 194, 251, 254, 263, 337, 342, 345–46, 350, 355, 364
12th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 41, 43, 172–73, 254, 263, 280, 288, 337
ARMOURED UNITS
8th Princess Louise New Brunswick Hussars, 173, 181–85, 188, 197, 199–203, 238, 250–53, 258–60, 289, 293, 297, 315–17, 321–22, 345, 357–62
British Columbia Dragoons, 89, 194–97, 203–6, 208–25, 227, 321–22
Lord Strathcona’s Horse, 15, 195, 223, 225–28, 230, 235, 238, 254–57, 289–92, 296, 345, 362–63
Three Rivers Regiment, 13
ARTILLERY UNITS
1st Army Group, RCA, 104
1st Field Regiment, RCA. See Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 2nd Field Regiment, RCA, 347
3rd Field Regiment, RCA, 88, 90, 99, 113, 349
4th Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA, 289
15th (Self-Propelled) Anti-Tank Battery, 367
17th Field Regiment, RCA, 100–2, 112, 173, 349–50, 362
82nd Anti-Tank Battery, 194–95
89th Anti-Tank Battery, 289
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 111, 179, 233, 243, 376
ENGINEER UNITS
1st Field Company, RCE, 86
4th Field Company, RCE, 177–78, 231, 419
10th Field Squadron, RCE, 358–60, 419
12th Field Company, RCE, 86
13th Field Company, RCE, 86
14th Field Company, RCE, 86, 359
INFANTRY BATTALIONS/REGIMENTS
1st Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft Battalion, 41–44, 264, 277–79, 288, 296–98, 315, 321–22
4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, 41–43, 89, 173, 254–58, 263, 294
48th Highlanders of Canada, 22, 43–44, 105–6, 109–10, 114–15, 117–21, 125–26, 128–30, 146, 151–58, 161–62, 309, 311–14, 331, 334–35, 339–40, 383, 386–89, 398, 401–4, 406, 417, 419, 428, 450–51
Cape Breton Highlanders, 44, 170–73, 181–85, 188–90, 197, 200, 202, 250, 254, 258, 342, 345, 355–60, 362, 364
Carleton and York Regiment, 14, 230, 232, 345, 367–68, 408, 413, 415–17, 419–20
Hamilton Light Infantry, 45
Hastings and Prince Edward, 22–23, 105–6, 119, 126, 128–30, 137–39, 145–49, 151, 153, 155–56, 161–62, 294, 299, 302–4, 307–8, 311–12, 331, 347–49, 376, 408, 420–25, 429, 445, 447
Irish Regiment of Canada, 173, 185, 190, 197, 199, 203, 254, 258–60, 320–21, 324–25, 334–35, 341–42, 345–46, 360–62, 468
Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regiment. See 1st Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft Battalion
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, 240
Loyal Edmonton Regiment, 13, 22–23, 46, 106, 110, 114, 117, 127–28, 131, 136–37, 143–45, 165, 149–50, 159–61, 261–62, 270–71, 408, 410–13, 425–26, 433–40, 444–45, 447, 454, 460
Perth Regiment of Canada, v, 163–66, 172–73, 181, 184–88, 194, 197, 200, 203, 209, 214–15, 223, 225–26, 228–30, 236–38, 254, 329, 342, 345, 355, 359
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, 22, 106, 109–10, 113–14, 136, 141–43, 153–54, 189–91, 193, 203–7, 229, 262, 267, 269, 271, 394–96, 398, 408, 413–15, 421, 429, 446–52, 464
Royal Canadian Regiment, 21–22, 25, 90, 98, 105–6, 109–11, 114, 117, 120–25, 130, 137, 139, 144–45, 155–56, 162, 299–301, 303, 307–8, 310–11, 330–34, 338–39, 346, 383, 388–91, 398, 404–5, 408, 417–19, 426–29, 457, 465
Royal Highland Regiment of Canada, 460
Royal 22e Regiment, 174, 177, 193, 229–33, 239–49, 260, 269–70, 272, 274, 277, 368–73, 375–76, 380, 384, 386, 392–98, 408, 413, 425, 429–33, 435, 442–46
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, 13, 22, 28–34, 43, 106, 117, 124–29, 131, 136, 161, 164–66, 194, 229–31, 250, 261, 271, 277, 279–80, 346–48, 351–52, 384–86, 394–95, 398–401, 405, 408–11, 426, 440–42, 445–46, 454–56, 460, 465
Westminster (Motor) Regiment, 15, 39–41, 195, 263, 279–80, 288–90, 293, 296, 315, 317–21, 345, 351–52, 362–63
West Nova Scotia, 174, 177–81, 184, 189, 191–93, 207, 229, 242, 310, 341, 346, 368, 373–79, 382, 406, 420, 424–25, 429, 445, 460, 468
OTHER UNITS
1st Field General Hospital, 237
Fifth Assault Group, 194–95
No. 5 Field Ambulance, 88
No. 16 Field Dressing Station, 267
No. 24 Field Ambulance, 267
Princess Louise Fusiliers, 258
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 102, 351
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 385
Saskatoon Light Infantry, 26, 43, 169
RECONNAISSANCE UNITS
Governor Gener
al’s Horse Guards, 90, 185, 196, 263, 277, 279–80, 294, 298, 320–21
Royal Canadian Dragoons, 40–41, 174, 229, 269, 271–77, 279, 301–3, 331–33
BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH
Eighth Army, 12–14, 49, 55–59, 80, 82, 97, 104, 111, 115, 171, 264–66, 305, 335, 337–38, 343, 366, 407, 409, 416, 420, 447, 458, 460
CORPS
II Polish Corps, 55, 59, 80, 82–83, 90, 96–97, 104, 131, 141, 184, 230, 245, 263, 287, 428
V Corps, 55, 80–81, 85, 88, 96, 104, 131–32, 141–42, 167, 265–66, 281, 304–7, 340–42
XIII Corps, 41, 56, 58, 97
DIVISIONS
1st Armoured, 55, 80, 265–66, 305–7, 335, 340–41, 355, 364, 420, 458
1st Infantry, 57
2nd New Zealand Armoured, 23, 98, 265, 341, 343, 383, 408, 451–52, 462
3rd Carpathian Rifle, 103, 232
4th Indian, 103, 265, 306, 340
4th Infantry, 104, 340–41, 343, 364, 366–67, 377, 408, 410, 416–17, 420, 458
5th Kresowa Infantry, 103, 144
6th Armoured, 40
6th South African Armoured, 27, 40
46th Infantry, 103, 137, 154, 265, 277, 281, 296, 306, 340, 420
56th Infantry, 265, 306, 340, 420
78th Infantry, 34, 82
ARMOURED BRIGADES/REGIMENTS
2nd Polish Armoured, 103
5th Lancers, 209
7th Armoured, 103
12th Royal Tank, 118, 121, 126, 145, 155–56, 261, 270, 368, 371, 373, 376, 379, 416
21st Royal Tank, 96, 103, 173, 229, 261, 269, 366, 430, 458
25th Royal Tank, 103, 340
48th Royal Tank, 204, 206, 262, 269–70, 272, 277, 299, 303, 308–9, 376, 378, 380, 387, 393, 404, 421–22, 425, 446
145th Royal Armoured Corps, 124, 136, 141, 143, 159, 230, 271, 395–96, 398, 400, 410, 414, 430, 438
North Irish Horse, 262
INFANTRY BRIGADES/REGIMENTS
2nd Hampshire, 296
18th Lorried Infantry, 355
24th Independent Guards, 40
28th Maori, 23
43rd Indian (Gurkha) Lorried, 355
61st Infantry, 40
128th Infantry, 136, 142, 154
OTHER UNITS
3rd Greek Mountain Brigade, 265, 340, 345–46, 366, 383, 390, 428
Brazilian Expeditionary Force, 53
Desert Air Force, 103, 336, 364, 416, 426
UNITED STATES AND FRENCH
II Corps, 58
VI Corps, 14, 50, 58
Corps Expéditionnaire Français, 50, 53
Fifth Army, 14–15, 48–50, 55, 97, 116
Third Army, 54
DIVISIONS