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Index
Aachen, viii, 187–9, 193, 196, 198
Alençon, 46–7, 57, 103, 147, 149, 150–2, 154
Amiens, 6, 10, 84, 107, 178, 180–1, 186
American Army 12th Army Group, 27, 175
Armies:
US 1st Army, 25–7, 76, 205
US 3rd Army, 27,148,160-1,189,198, 203
US 9th Army, 203, 205
US 15th Army, 205
Corps:
US V (5th) Corps, 182
US VII (7th) Corps, 203
US XII (12th) Corps, 25, 153
US XV (15th) Corps, 72, 103, 147, 150–1, 153–4, 161, 183
XIX (19th) Corps, 79
US XX (20th) Corps, 153
Armoured Divisions:
US 2nd Armored Div, 55, 80, 101, 136, 138, 144, 177, 189, 205
US 3rd Armored Div, 55, 133–4, 160, 203, 205
US 4th Armored Div, 137
US 5th Armored Div, 81, 103, 147, 151–2, 154, 190
US 6th Armored Div, 201
Infantry Divisions:
US 1st Div, 13
US 4th Div, 55, 78, 103, 183, 190
US 5th Div, 190
US 9th Div, 52, 55, 78, 133
US 28th Div, 190–1, 196
US 30th Div, 51, 102, 133, 138, 144
US 35th Div, 138
US 39th Div, 51
US 44th Div, 202
US 47th Div, 51
US 65th Div, 215
US 79th Div, 78, 133, 161
US 83rd Div, 133
US 90th Div, 147
US 100th Div, 202
US Army Air Force:
9th Air Force, 8, 103, 196
Antwerp, 181, 184, 190, 196
Argentan, 11, 27–8, 46, 103, 147, 154, 160, 162, 171
Arnhem, viii, 59, 113, 192–6, 198
Arnswalde, viii, 208–9
Arras, 180
Atlantic, Operation, 111, 231
Avranches, 6, 16, 25, 27–8, 72, 101–2, 137–8, 146
Bachmann, Lieutenant Colonel, 202
Bagration, Operation, viii, 20
Barkmann, Sergeant Ernst, 133–5, 137
Bastogne, viii, 199–201
Bayeux, ix, 9, 12, 13, 49, 50, 62, 77, 97
Bayerlein, General Fritz, 45, 47–8, 50–1, 54–5, 132, 134, 144, 158, 201, 228
Becker, Major Alfred, 32, 42–3
Behr, Major Winrich, 193
Belchem, Colonel David, 174
Bittrich, General Wilhelm, xi, 113–14, 155, 162, 165, 192–3, 197, 228
Blaskowitz, General Johannes, 4, 29, 56, 132, 205
Blauensteiner, Colonel Ernst, 168
Blumentritt, General Günther, xi, 7, 9, 23, 205
Bluecoat, Operation, 25, 232
Bourguébus ridge, 25, 43–1, 108–11, 214
Bradley, General Omar N, 25, 76, 148, 154, 156
Braun, Hans Erich, 97–9, 166, 167
Brest, 137
British Army 21st Army Group, 203
Armies:
2nd Army, 15, 19, 21, 26, 110, 203
Corps:
I (1st) Corps, 11, 176
VIII (8th) Corps, 65, 68, 114
XXX (30th) Corps, 50–1, 65, 196, 204
Armoured Divisions:
7th Armoured Div, 19, 41, 50–1, 82, 84–5, 87–8, 109, 121, 127, 156
11th Armoured Div, 41, 44, 67–8, 91, 109–10, 121–2, 172, 178, 180–1
Guards Armoured Div, 41, 43, 91, 110, 121
Infantry Divisions:
3rd Division, 36, 38, 68
15th (Scottish) Div, 67, 114, 122
43rd (Wessex) Div, 67, 6, 178, 198
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9th (West Riding) Div, 65, 156
50th (Northumbrian) Div, 50–1, 61, 88
51st (Highland) Div, 19, 71, 156
53rd (Welsh) Div, 44
59th (Staffordshire) Div, 68, 70, 93
Airborne Divisions:
1st Airborne, 41, 192, 194, 195
6th Airborne, 19, 33–8
Brussels, 181
Buenau, General von, 231
Caen, 2, 9, 12, 15, 19–21, 23, 25, 30–1, 34–6, 41, 60–1, 65, 68, 82, 84, 105, 107, 109, 143, 214–15
Canadian Army
Armies:
1st Army, 154, 160, 176, 203
Corps:
II (2nd) Corps, 154, 160, 176
Armoured Divisions:
3rd Armoured Div, 180
4th Armoured Div, 70–1, 91, 160, 174, 180
Infantry Divisions:
2nd Div, 71, 111, 180
3rd Div, 36, 39, 61–2, 64–5, 68, 108
Carentan, 61, 74, 77–8
Carpiquet airfield, 38, 61, 68, 70
Caumont, 19–21, 26, 51, 85, 87, 97
Celles, 200–1
Chambois, 139, 160–1, 163–4, 166, 168–9, 170, 172, 176
Charnwood, Operation, 21, 68, 88, 108, 231
Cherbourg, 2–3, 7, 20, 23, 78
Chevallerie, General Kurt von der, 4, 74–5
Choltitz, General Dietrich von, xi, 24, 51–2, 54, 56, 132, 143–4, 182
Churchill tank, xiv, 18, 19, 89, 90, 110, 164
Cobra, Operation, 16, 23, 25, 41, 53–4, 56, 79, 101, 134, 137, 143, 232
Collins, General J Lawton, 25, 203
Cologne, 201, 203
Cook, General Gilbert R, 153
Cromwell tank, xiv, 18, 84, 85, 86,91, 99,110, 122
Dauntless, Operation, 65, 231
Dawans, General Ritter von, 14
Dieppe Raid, 1, 5, 19
Dietrich, General Josef ‘Sepp,’ xi, 2, 26, 42, 58, 75, 105, 108, 113, 162, 176–7, 180, 207, 209–13
Dollmann, General Friedrich, xi, 2, 4, 9, 10, 14, 23, 46, 115 Domfort, 103, 149, 150, 155
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