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Liberation of Paris : How Eisenhower, De Gaulle, and Von Choltitz Saved the City of Light (9781501164941)

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by Smith, Jean Edward


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  Index

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  Abetz, Otto, 13, 75–76, 151

  Adenauer, Konrad, 148n

  Africa, see North Africa

  Afrika Korps, 34

  Algeria, 9, 17, 35, 39, 40, 40, 55, 145n, 196n, 202 Algiers, 35, 39, 40, 50, 52, 96, 145n, 177

  Allen, Lev, 137

  Allied forces, 203–4 advance in France, 45–63, 100, 101

  advance toward Paris, 54, 108, 129–45, 156, 159–61

  Combined Chiefs of Staff, 47–48, 52, 59, 116–21, 201

  D-Day landings and invasion of France, 42–43, 47, 50–52, 90, 91, 115, 129, 132n

  in Normandy, 51, 56, 68–70, 86, 90–95, 133, 160

  in Operation Dragoon, 100, 118

  in Paris after liberation, 194–96

  SHAEF, 49, 51, 117–18, 190–91

  Alsace, 196

  Ambrose, Stephen, 114

  American Military Government in Occupied Territories (AMGOT), 46

  anti-Semitism, 10, 14. See also Jews

  Arc de Triomphe, 149, 183, 185, 186, 193, 198, 198

  Ardennes, 4–6, 5, 118, 203, 204

  Arletty, 20

  Armoux, Max, 124

  Arnim, Dankwart von, 74, 159, 167

  Aulock, Hubertus von, 158, 159, 163, 173

  Barton, Raymond, 168, 169

  Bastille Day, 93–94

  Battle Monuments Commission, 111, 113, 114, 193

  Battle of the Bulge, 204

  Bayeux, 52, 53, 54

  Bayeux Tapestry, 52, 82

  BBC, 15–16, 26–27, 100, 136, 176, 188

  Beevor, Anthony, 37

  Belgium, 2, 6, 18

  Bender, Emil “Bobby,” 124–25, 157

  Bidault, Georges, 141, 142, 175, 179, 180, 186, 199, 200

  Billotte, Pierre, 136–38, 163, 166

  Bir Hakeim, 34, 34, 41–42

  Bismarck, Otto von, 205

  Blum, Léon, 4, 18

  Blumentritt, Günther, 6n, 75, 76, 155–56, 159

  Bock, Fedor von, 1, 2, 14n

  Boineburg-Lengsfeld, Hans von, 66, 72–74, 137, 158

  Boissieu, Colonel, 181

  Bouthillier, Yves, 20–21

  Bradley, Omar, 54, 101, 109, 110, 118, 121–26, 122, 130, 133, 137, 192–94, 197–99, 203–4 at Arc de Triomphe, 198, 198

  Eisenhower and, 111, 192–93, 197

  Branet, Jacques, 166

  Britain, see Great Britain

  British Expeditionary Force, 6

  British Foreign Office, 27

  Brot, Monsignor, 189, 189

  Bruce, David, 134, 136, 173

  Burgdorff, Wilhelm, 66, 68

  Camus, Albert, 182

  Canada, 33

  Carlowitz, Adolf von, 85

  Casablanca, 41, 59

  Casablanca Conference, 37, 38

  Catholic Church, 9, 10, 113, 188, 188n

  Chaban-Delmas, Jacques, 91, 92, 94–96, 101–2, 105, 107, 143, 157, 164, 168, 175, 186 de Gaulle and, 91–92, 175

  Chanel, Coco, 20

  Chautemps, Camille, 25

  Chevallier, Georges, 139

  Chicago Daily News, 32, 190

  Choltitz, Dietrich von, 66–87, 69, 103–4, 107, 124–25, 137, 145, 147–62, 163–73, 169 Boineburg-Lengsfeld and, 72–74

  death of, 203, 204

  Ebernach and, 161–62

  and German female office workers in France, 158–59

  Hitler and, 66–72, 74–75

  Model and, 78–79

  Nordling and, 79–82, 86–87

  ordered to destroy Paris, 76–79, 86–87, 125, 147–51, 159, 161–62, 164, 201

  public statement issued by, 153–55

  Resistance and, 81–82, 84–85, 89, 100, 164

  surrender of, 157, 158, 161, 164, 166–72, 171, 175–76, 203

  truce and, 82–86, 115

  Unger and, 152–53

  Choltitz, Uberta von, 72, 85

  Churchill, Winston, 9, 15, 16, 23–25, 27, 28, 34, 42, 96, 111 at Casablanca Conference, 37, 38

  de Gaulle and, 23–24, 27, 28, 29–34, 36–38, 41, 42, 48

  Eisenhower and, 48

  at Quebec Conference, 41

  Roosevelt and, 33, 36–38, 40–42, 50–51

  Civil War, 204–5

  Clay, Lucius D., 126n

  Clemenceau, 186

  Cobb, Matthew, 159

  collaborationists, 16, 18, 19, 20, 100, 173–74, 174, 201

  Collins, J. Lawton, 94–95

  Collins, Larry, 159

  Combat, 105, 155

  Combined Chiefs of Staff, 47–48, 52, 59, 116–21, 201

  Comité Parisien de la Libération (CPL), 96, 175, 177–80, 186, 199

  Communists, 3, 10–11, 12, 17, 33, 39, 42, 58, 59, 61, 91–95, 98–100, 103, 104, 175, 176, 178, 182, 183, 188, 191, 199, 200

  concentration camps, 18, 79–80

  Conner, Fox, 113–15

  Coon, Carleton S., 36n

  Corbin, Charles, 23

  Coulet, François, 53, 60

  Crénesse, Pierre, 142

  Crepin, Jean, 172

  Cruse, Lorraine, 157

  Dakar, 29, 31

  Daladier, Édouard, 3–4

  Darlan, Jean, 35–37, 42, 61, 115

  D-Day, 47, 50–52, 90, 91, 115, 129, 132n

  de Gaulle, Charles, 14–16, 23–43, 26, 28, 40, 61, 85, 101–3, 106, 136, 145n, 180, 183–203, 187, 189, 202 in Africa, 30

  in Algeria, 39, 40, 52

  and Allied advance in France, 45–53, 57–63

  in Bayeux, 52, 53

  at Casablanca Conference, 37, 38

  Chaban and, 91–92, 175

  Churchill and, 23–24, 27, 28, 29–34, 36–38, 41, 42, 48

  on Communists, 95

  Dakar and, 29

  Eisenhower and, 23, 42–43, 45–53, 55, 59–63, 61, 113, 115–16, 120, 121, 123, 127, 183, 191–98, 202–3

  Eisenhower’s death and, 202, 203

  Eisenhower’s visit to pay tribute to, 192–96

  as FCNL president, 39–41, 50, 57, 61

  Gaullists, 36, 49, 98, 101–7, 143, 201

  Leclerc and, 131, 133–36, 174–76, 176

  Luizet and, 101

  Massu and, 145n

  at Ministry of War, 176–77, 181, 190, 191, 193

  National Committee of, 34–35

  at Notre-Dame, 188–90, 189

  parade led by, 177–78, 181, 183–88, 187

  Paris liberation and, 164, 171, 174–81, 183, 201

  Parodi and, 92

  as president, 202, 203

  Resistance and, 27, 39, 41–42, 49, 57–58, 85–86, 89–91, 199

  return to France, 59–60

  Reynaud and, 23–25

  Roosevelt and, 29, 32, 35, 37–38, 40, 48–49, 57, 58, 194

  Soviet Union and, 33

  speeches of, 26–27, 51–52, 179–80, 180

  Thorez and, 200

  at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 185–86, 185

  treason charges against, 27–28, 200

  war record of, 45

  de Gaulle, Philippe, 175

  de la Horie, Jean, 166, 167–68

  de Lattre de Tassigny, Jean, 60, 100

  Denmark, 4

  Dessloch, Otto, 150–51, 191

  Devers, Jacob, 203

  Dikran, Lorenian, 139

  Dompaire, 196

  Dronne, Raymond, 138–44, 140, 141, 158, 163–64

  Dulles, Allen, 62

  Dunkirk, 6

  Ebernach, Werner, 77, 161–62

  Eden, Anthony, 30, 32, 38, 53, 136

  Eiffel Tower, 136, 140, 149, 166

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 35, 40, 42, 61, 96, 111–27, 133, 201, 202 Allied invasion of France commanded by, 42–43, 45–63

  at Arc de Triomphe, 198, 198

  on Battle Monuments Commission, 111, 113, 114, 193

  Bradley and, 111, 192–93, 197

  Churchill and, 48

  Combined Chiefs of Staff and, 47–48, 52, 59, 116–21, 201

  Conner and, 113–15


  death of, 202, 203

  de Gaulle and, 23, 42–43, 45–53, 55, 59–63, 61, 113, 115–16, 120, 121, 123, 127, 183, 191–98, 202–3

  de Gaulle tribute visit of, 192–96

  in Foch funeral parade, 112, 112

  French politics studied by, 113

  Gerow and, 132n, 197–98

  MacArthur and, 126

  Paris and, 56–57, 60–63, 111–13, 115–27, 132, 133, 192–99, 201

  Paris residence of, 111–12

  as president, 202

  Roosevelt and, 46–49, 127, 201

  World War II as viewed by, 203–5

  Eisenhower, John, 193

  Eisenhower, Mamie, 111, 112n, 114

  Élysée Palace, 176

  Falaise Pocket, 54, 56, 65, 129, 130, 192

  film industry, 19, 95

  Finland, 3

  Foch, Ferdinand, 112, 112

  France: agriculture in, 20

  Allied forces in, see Allied forces

  Britain and, 9–10, 23–32, 38, 42

  collaborationists in, 16, 18, 19, 20, 100, 173–74, 174, 201

  Communists in, 3, 10–11, 12, 17, 33, 39, 42, 58, 59, 61, 91–95, 98–100, 103, 104, 175, 176, 178, 182, 183, 188, 191, 199, 200

  D-Day landings in, 47, 50, 52, 90, 91, 115, 129, 132n

  division of, 6

  in drôle de guerre or Sitzkrieg with Germany, 3

 

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