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Adams, Godfrey,
137
aerial bombing of invasion beaches,
257
–
59
,
266
–
67
airborne forces,
250
Aitken, Max.
See
Beaverbrook, Lord
Alanbrooke, Viscount.
See
Brooke, Alan
Alexander, Harold,
172
Algiers, Allied landings at,
88
–
89
Altmark
(German supply ship),
187
American soldiers in Britain,
122
–
45
,
185
numbers (table),
124
Ancon
(USN command ship),
284
,
286
–
87
ANCXF.
See
Ramsay, Bertram Home
Anglo-American partnership,
8
–
12
,
13
–
16
differing cultural views of,
54
–
56
,
73
–
75
,
101
–
2
,
117
–
18
,
130
,
133
,
136
,
142
–
45
,
190
–
91
,
211
,
218
,
229
,
311
,
351
Gymnast vs. Sledgehammer,
67
–
70
See also
individual conferences
: ABC;
Arcadia; Argentia; Casablanca;
Quadrant; Tehran; Trident
anti-aircraft fire
German,
265
Anvil (invasion of southern France),
178
–
84
Anzio landings,
164
–
65
,
181
map,
116
Arkansas
(USN battleship),
235
in attack on Cherbourg,
340
,
342
,
344
–
47
and strategic bombing,
36
artificial harbors.
See
Mulberry
Augusta
(USN cruiser)
described,
285
in Exercise Tiger,
219
in Torch,
83
Avalanche (invasion of Italy),
117
map,
116
Avonmouth,
128
AVRE (Assault Vehicle, Royal Engineers),
208
Badoglio, Pietro,
115
Bagration, Operation,
353
Baker, Charles,
346
Baldwin
(USN destroyer),
298
Balkoski, Joseph,
266
Barneville-sur-Mer,
336
Barth, Armond,
228
Barton
(USN destroyer),
345
Barton, Raymond “Tubby,”
226
and Cherbourg,
348
and the Normandy landings,
284
Battery Hamburg (at Cherbourg),
340
–
43
,
344
,
347
Battle of the Atlantic,
36
,
55
,
82
Bayfield
(USN command ship),
211
,
230
off the Normandy beaches,
284
,
330
beach masters,
224
,
276
,
297
,
310
,
315
–
16
Beardall, John R.,
21
Beaver.
See
Exercise Beaver
Beaverbrook, Lord,
27
–
28
,
30
–
31
,
31n
at Arcadia conference,
37
–
40
,
42
–
43
Bellona
(RN light cruiser),
264
Bernadou
(USN destroyer),
92
Bernal, J. D.,
206
Bieri, Bernhard,
193
Bingham, Sidney,
301
Bischoff, Karl,
361
Bismarck
(German battleship),
20
Bolero (plan for 1943 invasion),
52
–
54
,
59
,
70
bombing of beaches.
See
aerial bombing
Boyd, Clarence,
296
Black Prince
(RN cruiser),
259
Bradley, Omar,
185
,
202n
,
209
,
211
,
340
–
42
concern for ammunition,
309
,
310
–
11
,
327
and Omaha Beach,
284
–
85
,
289
,
299
–
300
,
302
,
305
,
335
Britannia
(RN training ship),
174
Britannia Royal Naval College,
223
–
24
at Casablanca conference,
99
–
104
death of,
358
postwar,
358
relations with Churchill,
103
,
121
relations with George Marshall,
48
,
57
–
59
,
64
–
65
,
101
–
4
,
119
–
20
,
182
–
84
at Trident conference,
111
Bryant, Carleton F.,
235
,
263
,
290
,
299
in attack on Cherbourg,
340
,
343
,
345
–
46
,
347
–
48
Bulolo
(RN command ship),
312
Butler
(USN destroyer),
298
Byrnes, James (Jimmy),
165
Capa, Robert,
xiii
Carmick
(USN destroyer),
291
,
295
,
298
,
301
Casablanca
Allied landings near,
89
Centurion
(RN dreadnought),
320
,
322
aerial bombing of,
338
campaign for,
334
–
39
,
348
–
50
, (map,
337
)
damage to,
350
described,
339
naval attack on,
339
–
48
(map,
341
)
Chiefs of Staff (British),
181
Churchill, John,
264