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Caen-Bayeux railway, 64, 102, 194, 235
Caen Canal, 24
Caen-Falaise plain, 146–48, 229
Calais, 215
Cambes, 23, 259–60
Camilly, 75
Cameron, S/L Lorne Maxwell, 46
Campbell, Lt. Fraser, 30, 90
Campbell, Rfn. J., 349
Campbell, Pte. W.A.P., 185, 187, 189
Canadian Anti-Acoustic Torpedo, described, 217
Cap d’Antifer, 214
Cap de la Hague, 215
Cape Breton, HMCS, 216
Capraru, Sgt. George, 270
Carentan, 145, 148
Carnie, Rfn. Gil, 203
Carpiquet Airport, 13, 24, 28, 44, 46, 63, 86–88, 91, 93, 126, 148, 195, 259, 265, 292, 312
Carruthers, Lt. Brian, 187
Casselman, Gnr. Ronald, 258
Chaddock, Pte. Bill, 135–36, 140, 356–57
Chaffey, Lt. Charlie, 60
Chapman, Tpr. A., 233
Charron, Tpr. Albert, 346
Château d’Audrieu, 172–73
Château St. Côme, 352
Chaudière, HMCS, 216
Cheney, F/O Don, 226–27
Cherbourg, 48, 146, 212
Cherbourg Peninsula, 146, 215
Cheshire, W/C Leonard, 226–27
Cheux, 127, 173, 277–78, 280–83, 289, 297, 299, 311–12
Chevalier, Roger, 250–51
Chiromme River, 77
Christiansen, Lt. Col. G.H., 119, 122, 261, 263
Church, Pte. Jack, 135
Churchill, Winston, 25
Clark, Pte. M.M. “Pop,” 135
Clark, Sandy, 237
Clark, Gnr. Weldon, 176
Clarke, Lt. Bernard, 238
Clarke, Capt. D.L., 90
Clarke, Lt. Col. L.G., 83–84
Clifford, Lt. Col. F.P.T., 210
Colombiers-sur-Seulles, 68
Colomby-sur-Thaon, 31, 252
Colwell, Lt. Col. Ray, 156, 281, 297–99, 311, 313–15, 319–20, 329, 333–35, 340
Comeau, Pte. Gilbert, 135–36
Cook, Rfn. Albert, 170
Cook, Cpl. J.E., 349
Cooper, Tpr. Alf, 331, 339–40
Corry, Lt. Geoffrey D., 182–83, 190–91
Côté, Lt. Col. Ernest, 279
Cote, Capt. G.W., 34
Cotentin Peninsula, 21
Couper, Lt. J.S., 118
Courseulles-sur-Mer, 13, 27, 70, 119
Crabb, Sgt. E.H., 301, 304–05
Cranfield, Rfn. E.W., 349
Creelman, Padre H.C., 349
Crerar, Lt. Gen. Harold, 67, 122
Creully, 228
Cristot, 173, 231
Crocker, Lt. Gen. John, 284, 293, 296
Crofton, Maj. Desmond, 70, 182
Crowe, Pte. Ivan, 126
Cunningham, Brig. Douglas Gordon “Ben,” 65–66, 73, 91, 121, 147, 258, 260–61, 294
Cunningham, Rfn. Ernie, 16
Cunningham, Brig. J.C., 147
Curtin, Lt. F.J., 308–09
Cussy, 44, 92, 93
Cybulski, Tpr. Albert Joseph, 346–47
Daily Express, 26
Dalton, Maj. Charlie, 321, 335
Dalton, Maj. Hume Elliott, 16–17, 321, 334–35
Dalzell, George, 16
Daubs, Pte. Jack, 188
Daughney, Maj. Ralph, 81–82
Davidson, F/S R.D., 47
Davidson, Cpl. Thomas, 116
Davies, Lt. Norman, 103–04
Davies, Pte. T., 270
Dempsey, Gen. Sir Miles, 27, 76, 146, 258, 283, 293, 296–97, 311
Desbiens, Cpl. P., 350
Desjarlais, Rfn. Arthur, 176
DeWolf, Cmdr. Harry, 219, 223–25
Dickson, Sgt. Bob, 187
Dieppe, 15, 39–40, 65
Dietrich, Gen. Oberst. Josef (Sepp), 42–43, 95, 148–49, 291, 293–94
Dives River, 23, 128–29, 146
Dodds, Tpr. I.O., 314, 317–19, 324–26, 343
Doherty, Pte. Walter, 195
Dollman, Gen. Oberst. Friedrich, 42, 291–92
Dönitz, Grosseadmiral Karl, 47–49
Doucette, Pte. Charles, 126
Douglas, Pte. Clifford, 135, 356–57
Douglas, Maj. J.W., 31, 90
Douvres-la-Délivrande, 64, 78–80, 83, 94, 114, 147, 255, 293
Drodge, Cpl. Gordon, 102
Dumas, Sgt. Herman, 199
Dumont, Tpr. John, 346–47
Dunkleman, Lt. Ben, 320, 322, 341
Dunlap, W/C Clarence, 290
Durnford, A/S P., 61
Eberbach, Gen. Pan. Trp. Heinrich, 97
Eckenfelder, Capt. George, 252–54
Edwards, RSM Wally, 203
Eggert, Hstuf. Helmut, 302
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D., 25
Epron, 100
Escoville, 266, 267, 273
Esser, Oscha. Helmut, 104
Evrecy, 228, 229
Fairmiles, described, 58
Fairweather, Lt. Jack, 111–12, 125–26
Falaise, 26, 27, 228
Falaise Gap, 363
Faulknor, HMS, 145–46
Faustpatrone, described, 327–28
Fawcett, Lt. George Malcolm, 84
Fenn, Gnr. Sturmann Hans, 104–05
Ferris, Rfn. Gordon, 176
Feuchtinger, Gen. Lt. Edgar, 41, 267
Fleming, Lt. Bob, 323–24
Fontaine-Henry, 252
Footsie, Third Officer, 61
Forbes, Maj. Bob, 84–85
Forbes, Sgt. Maj. Jack, 346
Foster, Brig. Harry, 66–67, 68–69, 73–75, 150, 153, 156, 158, 166, 171, 180, 257–58, 364
Foster, W/O William P., 56
Fontenay-le-Pesnel, 149
Fox, Sgt. C.R., 258
Foy, Lt. Willy, 350
Franqueville, 87, 93, 100, 101, 113, 149, 194, 231
Fraser, Capt. Hank, 87–89, 91–93, 105–06, 108
Fraser, L/Cpl. H.L., 118
French, Cpl. W.K., 304
Frost, Cpl. A.L., 287
Fuller, L/Cpl. Austin, 174
Fulton, Maj. Lockhart Ross (Lochie), 71–72, 74, 152
Fuss, Ustuf. Reinhold, 199
G-Type MTB, described, 58–59
Gailey, Tpr., 104
Galmanche, 259
Gammon, Sgt. Bill, 108
Gammon, Lt. Jock, 135
Gariépy, Sgt. Léo, 234, 318–22, 336
Gasch, Ostuf. Albert, 104
Gatineau, HMCS, 216
Gauvin, Capt. Michel, 252, 255
Geddes, Pte. Russell, 270
Gibb, W/O Alex, 54–55
Gilbert, Pte., 135
Gill, Tpr. George, 126
Gillan, Capt. J.D.M. “Doug,” 285
Glasgow, Lt. Douglas “Duke,” 169, 172–73
Gold Beach, 23, 27, 71, 127, 167, 231, 348
Gold, Rfn. David, 174
Gonder, Capt. Harold Bertrand, 157, 163–64, 284–86
Goodman, Capt. E.A., 300, 303–05, 307–10
Gordon, Lt. George “Flash,” 341, 361
Gordon, Lt. Col. Melville Kennedy Burgoyne, 73, 105, 113, 120
Gordon, Maj. Neil, 315–17, 319, 323–24, 327, 334
Gosselin, Capt. J.Y., 350
Gould, Pte. Arthur, 109
Gower, Capt. Philip Edwin, 70, 152–53
Grainger, Lt. W.F., 125
Grant, Cpl. Hank, 168
Grant, Capt. Robert D., 261–62
Gravelle, Sgt., 81
Graves, Lt. Bob, 88, 92, 107
Gray, Capt. E.S., 87, 89, 92–93, 106
Greenblatt, M/O Joseph, 247
Greenwood, Pte. J.H., 125
Gregory, Dr. Robert, 244–46
Griese, WAG Don, 56
Grieve, Lt. Jock, 90
Griffin, Capt. Peter, 128–29, 132, 134, 269–73
Griffiths, Lt. Col. F.M., 258, 295
Grimmond, CSM, 190
Groos, Lt. Cmdr
. D.W., 216
Grou, HMCS, 216
Guderian, Gen. Oberst. Heinz, 40–41
Haida, HMCS, 218–25
Halcrow, F/L Alexander Foch, 47
Hall, S/L, 47
Hall, Capt. A.C. Vassar, 203–04
Hall, Rfn. Sammy, 16
Hamer, Sgt. J., 56
Hamilton, Maj. Archie, 260
Hancock, Tpr. Arthur, 346
Hanson, Maj. John P., 137–39, 272, 353, 355
Hardy, Lt. Col. C.R., 300, 302, 307, 351
Hargraves, Pte. Jeffrey, 116
Harrison, Capt. Harry, 298, 314–15, 317–21, 323–28
Hartigan, Cpl. Dan, 135–37, 273, 283, 353, 356–57
Harvey, Lt. R.L., 296
Harvie, Pte. G.L., 34
Hedrich, Cpl., 296
Henderson, F/O, 47
Henderson, Maj. Larry, 239, 241
Henne, Lt. August, 162
Henry, Lt. G.K., 233
Henry, Tpr. Thomas, 126
Hermanville, 246
Hewitt, Rfn. Clarence, 203
Hickey, Padre R. Miles, 85
Hill, Brig. James, 131–32, 353
Hill, Capt. Jim, 261
Hillsman, M/O J.B., 246–47
Himmler, RF SS Heinrich, 96
Hitler, Adolf, 36–38, 40–41, 43, 57, 96, 265–66
Hodge, Maj. Fred, 152, 161–62, 167–68, 174
Hodgins, Maj. R.D., 295–96
Holmes, Tpr. R.F.R., 305
Holness, Rfn. Frederick, 176
Hood, Charles Stuart, 345
Hooper, Lt. E.J., 314
Hopkins, Cpl., 189
Howarth, A/S T., 61
Huard, Sgt. C.E., 269
Huckell, 325–26
Hughes, Pte. H.W., 270
Hughes, Sgt. S.S., 90
Huron, HMCS, 218–25
Île de Bas, 220–21, 224
Île de Vierge, 219
Isigny, 145
Ives, Pte. D.W.M., 287
Jackson, Cpl. A., 330
Jacobs, CSM Jimmy, 201, 208–09, 359
James, Lt. Donald, 152–53, 169–70, 172–73
Javelin, HMS, 220
Jeffries, Lt. J.G., 301
Jesionek, Jan, 195
Jodl, Gen. Oberst. Alfred, 38, 265
Johnson, W/C J.E. “Johnnie,” 289
Johnstone, Sgt., 324–25
Jollymore, Pte. Ern, 29
Jones, Cmdr. Basil, 218–19, 221–22, 224
Jones, Lt. H.L. “Hec,” 158
Jones, Maj. Jimmy, 71, 152, 168
Jones, Pte. L.S., 133
Juno Beach, 12, 14, 18, 21, 23, 27–28, 42, 44–47, 60, 63, 79, 93–94, 152, 167, 194, 203, 211, 231, 239, 246, 314, 360–63
Kachor, L/Cpl. John, 102
Keeping, Pte. Reg, 195
Keitel, Gen. Feld. Mar. Wilhelm, 38
Keller, Maj. Gen. Rod, 64–65, 69, 73–74, 76, 122, 148, 157, 252, 256, 258–59, 277–81, 310–12
Kennedy, Maj. C.F., 114–15, 119–21
Kesslau, Oscha. Hans-Georg, 167
Killam, Lt. Dave, 60
Kilner, CSM, 185–86, 189
Kingston, Sgt. Dave, 348
Kirchin, L/Cpl., 189
Kirkpatrick, Lt. J.R.H., 58
Klaehn, Lt. Col. Percy Carl, 46
Kootenay, HMCS, 216
Kraus, Lt. G.A., 86, 92
Krause, Ostubaf. Bernhard, 154–55
la Bergerie Ferme, 156–57, 163–64, 178–82, 184, 192–93, 240–41
la Caine, 291
Lacasse, Sgt. J.A., 270
Ladas, Lt. A.P., 31–32
Ladouceur, Pte., 81
la Ferme de Cardonville, 152, 156, 158–60, 203, 358
Panzer attack on, 200–02, 204–07
26th Panzer Grenadier attack on, 207–11
la Folie, 100
Lalonde, Mme., 352
Lalonde, Msr., 352
Lander, Maj. Fred, 122
Langley, Lt. Herb, 88, 92
La Pallice, 49
Lapointe, Maj. Hugues, 32, 351
Lapointe, Rfn. Joe, 203, 361
La Rochelle, 216
la Villeneuve, 75, 151, 154–55, 232, 234, 256–57, 282, 296, 300, 302, 306, 350–52
Law, Lt. Cmdr. C.A. “Tony,” 57–62, 213–15
Learment, Maj. Don, 86–91, 93, 105–06, 113, 115–16, 118, 125–26
Leatham, V/Adm. Sir Ralph, 218–19
Lebisey, 147
Leclaire, Tpr. Joseph, 346
Lecoz, Capt. Georges, 126
le Hamel, 302–03
le Haut-du-Bosq, 173, 175, 297, 299
Le Havre, 57, 62, 131, 213–15
Le Haye du Puits, 146
Lehmann, Staf. Rudolf Dietrich, 43
Leigh-Mallory, A/M Sir Trafford, 229–30
le Mans, 149
le Mesnil crossroads, 128–34, 141, 267, 272, 283, 353–54, 358
le Mesnil-Patry, 76, 162, 165, 169, 173, 176, 197, 231, 285, 299, 312–13, 315, 319
battle for, 321–43
Lendrum, Maj. R.M., 181–82
le Plein–Bois de Bavent ridge, 23, 24, 130, 283
Leroux, Capt. Gérard, 352
les Buissons, 87, 89, 106, 113–14, 118–19, 121–22, 127, 147, 149, 195, 258, 260–64, 294–96, 299, 362
Leseigneur, Leon, 174
le Vey, 294
Lion-sur-Mer, 23, 42
Lockhead, Tpr. Roger, 126
Lockyer, Pte. Mark, 269–71
Loire River, 226
Lorient, 49, 216
Love, Maj. J.V. (Jack), 158
LST 402, 45
Luc-sur-Mer, 42, 231
Lüddemann, Hptm., 232, 234
Lütgens, Pion. Horst, 327–28
MacDonald, Maj. Archie, 262
MacDonald, Pte. Hugh, 195
MacDonald, Lt. I.P., 286–87
Macdonald, Lt. Ronald Joseph, 160
Macdonell, Lt. Gen. Archibald Cameron, 65–66
MacDougall, Rfn. John, 176
MacEwan, Maj. G.T. “Tony,” 164, 183, 185–86, 189
MacIntyre, Pte. Joseph, 126
MacKay, L/Cpl. W.L., 109, 117
Mackie, CSM James, 88
MacLean, Sgt. Dick, 137–40
MacLean, Lt. Ian, 91–92, 104
MacLeod, Maj. Murray, 272
MacNeil, Pte. James, 116
MacPhee, Pte. Lloyd, 33–34
MacPhee, Sgt. M.C. (Mosher), 137, 139–41
MacRae, Pte. Roderick, 126
Madden, Lt. John, 272, 353–55
Magee, Tpr. Len, 331, 338
Mahon, Maj. George, 102–03
Maillard, Mlle. Roger, 264
Mallon, Pte. Eddie, 135, 356–57
Mâlon, 259
Manchester, HMS, 59
Marcks, Gen. Arty. Erich, 41
Marks, Maj. D’Arcy, 298, 317, 331–35
Marshall, Lt. Barney, 60
Marshall, P/O N., 47
Martin, CSM Charlie, 14–18, 349
Martin, Rfn. Jack, 322, 341, 347
Martin, Lt. Jimmy, 318, 321–22, 336
Martin, Vi, 15
Mathane, HMCS, 216
Matheson, Lt. Col. Foster Matheson, 70, 76, 151, 155, 158, 197, 201–04, 209–11
Mathieu, Lt. Col. Paul, 252, 351
Matthews, Capt. W.H.V., 188–90, 237
Mawer, Lt. C.N., 225
Maxwell, Pte. Gordon, 71
May, Gil, 16
Mayfield, Cpl. Bob, 187
McAulley, W/O, 62
McBride, Willie, 16
McCarthy, S/L J.C. “Joe,” 227
McClean, Tpr. R.C., 346
McCormick, Lt. Bill, 318, 331–32, 338–41
McCullough, Rfn. Jim, 349
McDowell, W/O J. “Scotty,” 54–56
McGowan, Lt. Sam, 136, 140, 272, 357
McInnis, Sgt. Jimmy, 29
McIntosh, Rfn. James, 174
McKechnie, Rfn. Jamie, 16
McKeil, L/Cpl. Hollis, 126
McKill
op, Cmdr. A.M., 217–18
McKillop, Sgt. Earl, 109
McKillop, Cpl. Walter, 109
McKinlay, Tpr. G.N., 305
McLaughlin, Sgt. Tommy, 349
McLean, Cpl. Hector, 176
McMasters, Tpr. A.K., 304
McMitchell, Lt. W.E. “Eddie,” 304
McNally, Pte. Andy, 140
McNaughton, Pte. George, 194
McNaughton, Maj. John Archibald “Archie,” 80, 81
McPherson, Lt. D.M., 301, 303–04
McQueen, G.V., 171
McQueen, Lt. Lew, 168–69, 171
Meakin, L/Cpl. Frank, 174
Meakin, George, 174
Meindl, Maj. Jack, 261
Meldram, Lt. Col. John, 71–72, 74, 151–52, 166–67, 171
Meon, HMCS, 216
Mersereau, Lt. Cyril, 81
Metcalfe, Pte. Jack, 116
Meyer, Stubaf. Hubert, 176
Meyer, Staf. Kurt, 44, 94–97, 100–01, 117, 123–27, 149, 194–99, 207, 230–31, 288, 363–64
Milius, Ostubaf. Karl-Heinz, 117, 124
Millar, Pte. George, 195
Millar, Tpr. William Wallace, 331, 338
Milligan, Capt. R.P., 262–63
Minard, Pte. Willard, 137
Mingay, Lt. Col. Don, 64, 311
Missions, Sgt. John, 341
Mitchell, Lt. Bob, 133–34
Mohnke, Ostubaf. Wilhelm, 97, 127, 149–50, 175–76, 194, 196–97, 235, 301
Mokelki, Pte. Ralph, 140, 356–57
Mollison, Lt. J.P.R., 183, 188–89, 236
Mont, Pte. Thomas, 195
Montgomery, Gen. Bernard Law, 26–27, 145–46, 212, 228–30, 248, 266, 282, 284, 290, 293
Moore, F/O Kenneth Owen, 50–57
Moore, Pte. Raymond, 195
Morawetz, Uscha. Alois, 233–34
Moreau, Tpr. Euclid “Frenchie,” 331, 339
Morgan, Sgt. Harvey, 135–37, 270
Morrison, Pte. Colin “Wild Bill,” 135–37
Morrison, Pte. Hank, 237
Morton, Lt. Col. Ronald, 261
Morwood, Capt. Dave, 45
Moss, Pte. James, 126
Moulin, George, 173, 175–76
MTB 459, 57, 60–62, 213
MTB 460, 57, 60–61
MTB 461, 214
MTB 464, 215
MTB 465, 57, 60
MTB 466, 57, 60–61
Mue River, 75, 101, 151, 207, 231, 256–57, 278, 280–84, 296–97, 311, 348
Fort Garry–Commando advance in, 299–310
Mugford, Tpr. Bill, 331
Naylor, Cpl., 162
Nelles, V/Adm. Percy W., 214
Nettleton, Sgt., 187
Neuf Mer, 298, 315
Newman, Pte. Ray, 133–34
New Waterford, HMCS, 216
Nichol, Pte. William, 118
Nixon, Capt. Ben, 165
Nogent-le-Rotrou, 43
Norrey-en-Bessin, 75–76, 127, 151, 154–55, 158, 193–94, 197, 231–33, 248, 256–57, 264, 282, 288–89, 292, 297, 299, 302, 312, 319–22, 329, 331, 334, 336, 340–41, 361
Noval, Pte. W., 270
Noyers, 229
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), 36–38, 265, 291
Ockenden, F/O Gordon F., 47
Odon River, 147, 229