Fox, Lt Dennis
French Army
2ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (4th SAS)
2ème Régiment de Marche du Tchad
2nd Armoured Division (2ème DB)
landing Utah
transfer to Britain
3ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes
12ème Chasseurs d’Afrique
501ème Régiment de Chars
Spahis marocains
French civilians
and the airborne assault
attitudes to Allied soldiers
casualties
and the landings
looting
at Mortain
under the occupation
revenge on collaboration
French Communist Party ; see also FTP
in Paris uprising
in Resistance
French Navy (Forces Navales Françaises Libres)
La Combattante
Georges Leygues
Montcalm
Friendly bombing
Friendly fire
Fritsch, GenOb Werner Freiherr v.
Fromm, GenOb Friedrich
FTP (Franc Tireurs et Partisans)
Fabien battalion
Funck, Gen d. PzTr Hans Freiherr v.
Furgon, Mont
Gaffey, Maj Gen Hugh G.
Gale, Maj Gen Richard
Garby-Czerniawski, Roman
Gavin, Brig Gen James M.
Gavray
Gavrus
George VI, King
Gerhardt, Maj Gen Charles H.
German Air Force see Luftwaffe
German Army
discipline
losses in Normandy
propaganda and morale
strength
tactics and effectiveness
tensions with the Waffen-SS
training
see also Luftwaffe (for paratroop units); Waffen-SS
German Army, Army Groups
Army Group B
Army Group Centre
German Army, Armies
First Army
Panzer Group Eberbach
Panzer Group West (later Fifth Panzer Army)
Seventh Army
Fifteenth Army
German Army, Corps
XXV Corps
XLVII Panzer Corps
LXXXI Corps
LXXXIV Corps
German Army, Divisions
2nd Panzer
9th Panzer
11th Panzer
21st Panzer
84th Infanterie
85th Infanterie
89th Infanterie
91st Luftlande
116th Panzer
256th Infanterie
266th Infanterie
271st Infanterie
275th Infanterie
276th Infanterie
277th Infanterie
319th Infanterie
326th Infanterie
346th Infanterie
348th Infanterie
352nd Infanterie
353rd Infanterie
708th Infanterie
709th Infanterie
711th Infanterie
716th Infanterie
Panzer Lehr Div
attack on American sector
losses against British
in Operation Cobra
German Army, Brigades, Regiments etc.
7th Mortar Bde
24th Pz-Rgt
30th Mobile Bde
100th Pz Bn
304th Pzgr-Rgt
503rd Heavy Pz Bn
726th Grenadier-Rgt
901st Pzgr-Rgt
902nd Pzgr-Rgt
916th Grenadier-Rgt
1057th Grenadier-Rgt
cossacks
Osttruppen
German massacres in France
German Navy see Kriegsmarine
German occupation
Gerow, Gen Leonard T.
Gersdorff, GenMaj Rudolf Freiherr v.
Gestapo
Geyr v. Schweppenburg, Gen d. PzTr Freiherr Leo
Goebbels, Josef
Goerdler, Dr Carl
Gold beach (map)
Göring, Reichsmarschall Hermann
Gouffern, Fôret de
Gouvernement Provisoire de la République Française
Grandcamp
Granville
‘Great Storm’, the (19-22 June)
Grimbosq, Fôret de
Grimesnil
Ground-air cooperation
Grow, Maj Gen Robert C.
Gruchy
Guderian, GenOb Heinz
Guillebon, Cdt Jacques de
Günsche, Hauptsturmführer Otto
Hall, Admiral John L.
Hardaway, Lt Col Eads J.
Harris, ACM Sir Arthur (‘Bomber’)
Hartmetz, Sdt Rainer
Hase, GenOb Paul v.
Hausser, Oberstgruppenführer Paul
Hébécrevon
Heintz, André
Hellmich, GenLt Heinz
Hemingway, Ernest
Hermanville
Heydte, Maj Freiherr v. d.
Hickey, Brig Gen Doyle O.
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill(Mortain)
‘Hillman’ strongpoint
Himmler, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich
Hinde, Brig Robert (‘Loony’)
Hitler, Adolf
Avranches counter-attack
and Cherbourg
‘fortress’ orders
invasion expectations
July assassination plot
last visit to France
learns of landings
Margival conference
and the Mortain counterattack
and Operation Cobra
and Operation Dragoon
and Operation Lüttich
orders Alençon attack
and Paris
replaces Geyr
replaces Kluge
response to landings
and threat of British Second Army
trust in Waffen-SS
Hiwis (Hilfswillige)
Hobart, Maj Gen Percy
Hodges, Gen Courtney H.
Holbrook, Bradley
Hollis, CSM Stanley
Horrocks, Lt Gen Brian
Howard, Maj John
Howie, Maj Thomas D.
Huebner, Maj Gen Clarence R
Isigny
Ismay, Lt Gen Sir Hastings (‘Pug’)
Jedburgh teams
Jobourg
Jodl, GenOb Alfred
Johnson, Col Howard R. (‘Jump’)
Jort
Juin, Gen Alphonse
July plot
possible negotiations with Allies
Jünger, Ernst
Juno beach (map)
Jurques
Juvigny-le-Tertre
Keitel, GFM Wilhelm
Keller, Maj Gen Rod
Kennedy, Ludovic
Kenner, Maj Gen Albert W.
Kieffer, Cmdt Philippe
Killing of prisoners
King, Admiral
Kitching, Maj Gen George
Kluge, GFM Günther-Hans v.
andJuly plot
argument with Rommel
becomes OB West
and the Falaise-Argentan gap
and the Mortain counterattack
and Operation Cobra
and Operation Goodwood
and Operation Totalize
orders withdrawl to River Orne
relaunches Operation Lüttich
replaced by Model
suicide
Klu
ge, ObLt v.
Koenig, Gen Pierre
Kraiss, GenMaj Dietrich
Kraminov, Col
Kriegsmarine
Naval Group West
La Fière
La Haye-du-Puits
La Hogue
La Rivière
La Rochelle
Laizon, river
Lammerding, Brigadeführer Heinz
Langlade, Col Paul de
Laval
Laval, Pierre
Le Fresne Camilly
Le Havre
Le Mans
Le Mesnil-Adelée
Le Mesnil-Tôve
Leahy, Admiral William D.
Lebisey
Leclerc, Gen Philippe (comte de Hautecloque)
Lee, Lt Gen John C. H.
Leigh-Mallory, ACM Sir Trafford
Les Ingoufs
Lessay
Liddell Hart, Basil
Lion-sur-Mer
Lisieux
Livarot
Lockett, Lt Col James W.
Longjumeau
Longues, battery
Looting
Lorient
Luck, ObLt Hans v.
Luckett, Col James S.
Luftwaffe
anger against in German army
on D-Day
Third Air Fleet
II Air Corps
II Paratroop Corps
III Flak Corps
Luftwaffe, Divisions
2nd Paratroop
3rd Paratroop
16th Luftwaffe Feld
Luftwaffe, Regiments
5th Paratroop
6th Paratroop
9th Paratroop
15th Paratroop
Luizet, Charles
Lüttwitz, GenLt Freiherr v.
McLain, Maj Gen Raymond
MacMahon, Col Bernard B.
MacMillan, Maj Gen G. H. A.
McNair, Lt Gen Leslie J.
Maczek, Maj Gen Stanislaw
Mahlmann, GenLt Paul
Mahlmann defence line
Maltot
Marcks, Gen d. Art Erich
Margival conference
Marigny
Marks, Leo
Marseilles
Marshall, Brig Gen S. L. A.
Marshall, Gen George C.
Marshall, Sam
Martinville ridge
Mayenne
Mayenne, river
May-sur-Orne
Meindl, Gen d. Fallschirmtruppe Eugen
Melun
Menzies, Sir Stewart (‘C’)
Merderet, river
Mers-el-Kebir
Merville battery
Meyer, ObLt (352nd Inf-Div)
Meyer, Standartenführer Kurt (‘Panzer Meyer’)
Middleton, Maj Gen Troy H.
Midget submarines
Millin, Piper Bill
Minesweepers
Model, GFM Walter
Monnet, Jean
Montebourg
Montgomery, Gen Sir Bernard L.
on thet (Highland) Division
and Bradley
on British tank design
and the broad front strategy
and Caen
Churchill visits
and Crerar
and de Gaulle
and Dempsey
and Eisenhower
and the Falaise Pocket
and the Falaise-Argentan gap
objectives
and Operation Bluecoat
and Operation Charnwood
and Operation Cobra
and Operation Epsom
and Operation Goodwood
and Operation Totalize
and Operation Tractable
and Paris
and Patton
plan to envelop Caen
post-war claims
and precision bombing
reluctance to incur losses
and Tedder
Morgan, Lt Gen Sir Frederick
Mortain
Mortain counter-attack (map),
Moulin, Jean
Moyon
Mulberry harbours
Nantes
National Council of Resistance
Nazi propaganda
Neave, Maj Airey
Neave, Maj Julius
Nordling, Ralph
Nordling, Raoul
Normandy
war damage
Norrey
Norwegian Navy
Svenner
O’Brien, Father John
O’Connor, Lt Gen Sir Richard
Odon, river
Ogden-Smith, Sgt Bruce
OKW, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Omaha beach (map)
assault plan
battle for
bombardment
build-up of forces
casualties
combat demolition units
shock casualties
supplies through
Ondefontaine
Operation Anvil see Operation Dragoon
Operation Atlantic
Operation Bagration
Operation Bluecoat (map)
Operation Charnwood
Operation Cobra
bombing operations
breakout
breakthrough (map)
casualties
Operation Copperhead
Operation Cork
Operation Dragoon
arguments over
Operation Epsom (map)
Operation Foxley
Operation Glimmer
Operation Goodwood (map)
casualties
over-optimism
planning
Operation Jupiter
Operation Lüttich
Operation Neptune
Operation Overlord
Operation Spring
Operation Taxable
Operation Titanic
Operation Totalize (map)
Operation Tractable
Operation Transportation
Operation Windsor
Oppeln-Bronikowski, Oberst Hermann v.
ORA (Organisation de Résistance de l’Armée)
Oradour-sur-Glane
Orléans
Ormel, Mont
Orne, river
OSS (Office of Strategic Services)
Ostendorff, Brigadeführer Werner
Otway, Lt Col Terence
Ouistreham
Paris
andJuly plot
advance on
Allied entry into
American intention to bypass
de Gaulle’s victory procession
German forces in
German surrender
liberation of
uprising
Parodi, Alexandre
Partridge, Sgt
Passy, Col (André de Wavrin)
Patton, Gen George S.
and theArmored Division
advance
arrival in France
and Bradley
and Brittany
on civil life
command of ‘1st US Army Group’
at Dreux
and Eisenhower
and the Falaise-Argentan gap
funeral of Brig Gen Roosevelt
given command of VIII Corps
and Leclerc
logistics
and Montomery
and Operation Cobra
and Paris
Patton’s ‘Household Cavalry’
and Saint-Lô
on self-inflicted wounds
Third Army becomes operational
Pays d’Auge
Pemsel, GenMaj Max
Percy
Périers
Périers ridge
Perrier ridge
Peterson, Pte Harold E.
Piaf, Edith
Pickert, GenLt Wolfgang
Pinçon, Mont
Plan Fortitude
Plan Ironside
Podewils, Clem
ens Graf
Pogue, Forrest C.
Pointe du Hoc
Pointe et Raz de la Percée
Polish Army
1st Armd Div
10th Cavalry Bde
10th Dragoons
10th Mounted Rifles
12th Dragoons
24th Lancers
Polish Navy
ORP Blyskewica
ORP Dragon
ORP Krakowiak
ORP Piorun
ORP Slazak
Pontaubault bridge
Pont-Hébert
Pont-l’Evêque
Popov, Dusko
Portal, ACM Sir Charles
Port-en-Bessin
Prisoners of war
the airborne assault
Allied illegal killings
battle of the bocage
Cherbourg
Falaise Pocket
the Kommandobefehl
Omaha beach
Operation Cobra
Operation Goodwood
Operation Totalize
rations
Sword beach
treatment of
war crimes accusations by
Proctor, Cpl.
Pujol, Juan (‘Garbo’)
Putz, Cmdt
Pyle, Ernie
Quesada, Lt Gen Elwood R. (‘Pete’)
Rambouillet
Ramcke, Gen d. Fallschirmtruppe Hermann
Ramsay, Admiral Sir Bertram
Ranville
Rauray
Red Army
Reichert, GenLt Joseph
Reichsarbeitsdienst, the
Remer, Maj Otto
Rennes
Resistance (French)
in Brittany
cynicism about
and de Gaulle
German reprisals
and Operation Cobra
and Operation Dragoon
Patton on
strength
treatment of POWs
Vercors
Résistance Fer
Ribbentrop, Obersturmführer Rudolf v.
Robehomme
Roberts, Maj Gen ‘Pip’
Rol-Tanguy, Col Henri
Romagny
Rome
Rommel, GFM Erwin
and the coastal defences
headquarters
and Kluge
learns of landings
and the Luftwaffe
Margival conference
meeting with Geyr
and Operation Goodwood
orders Carentan counterattack
plan to reinforce the Channel
possible negotiations with Allies
return to Normandy
row with Geyr
and Saint-Lô
supply lines
tactics
and threat of British Second Army
Roncey
Roosevelt, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Brig Gen Teddy Jr
Rose, Brig Gen Maurice
Rouen
Royal Air Force
and airfields in Normandy
and the Mortain counterattack
Royal Air Force, Groups
19 Group
83 Group
Royal Air Force, Wings
121 Wing
123 Wing
Royal Air Force, Squadrons
224 Squadron
329 Squadron
346 Guyenne Squadron
347 Tunisie Squadron
617 Squadron
Royal Canadian Navy
HMCS Algonquin
HMCS Sioux
Royal Navy
Royal Navy, Battleships and Monitors
HMS Erebus