Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings (71 page)

Churchill, Randolph,
25n
,
99

Churchill, Winston Spencer,
xvii
,
7
,
143
,
187
–
88
,
207
,
232
,
283
,
351

and Anzio landings,
164
–
65

argues for Husky,
103
,
109
–
14

champions Gymnast,
32
–
33
,
64
–
65
,
67
–
70

death of,
359

health of,
183

and Pearl Harbor,
25
–
27

postwar,
359

relations with Eisenhower,
76
–
77
,
114
–
15
,
221

relations with George VI,
232
–
33

relations with Roosevelt,
20
–
22
,
27
–
28
,
33
–
34
,
41
,
63
–
67
,
142
,
284

strategic views of,
21
–
23
,
31
–
32
,
56
–
59

visits to U.S.,
29
–
45
,
63
–
67

Churchill tanks,
75
–
76
,
81n

Clark, Mark Wayne,
76
–
77
,
115
,
117

secret visit to North Africa,
86
–
87
,
87n

Cobra, Operation,
354
–
55

Cohan, George M.,
94

Cole
(USN destroyer),
92

Collins, J. Lawton,
197
,
204
–
5
,
210
,
354

and the Cherbourg campaign,
334
–
39
,
342
,
348
–
49

and the Normandy landings,
284
,
318

color plans,
7
–
8
;
See also
Plan Orange

Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS),
xiv
,
49
–
50
,
103

and Anvil,
179
–
84

established,
42
–
44
,
45

and shipping priorities,
158

at Trident conference,
111
–
14

commandos

at Algiers,
88
–
89

at Dieppe,
75
–
76
,
80
–
81

at Oran,
88

at Safi,
92

on Sword Beach,
282

Connor, Fox,
72

Construction Battalion (CB).
See
Seabees

convoys

to Africa,
83
–
86

convoy protection,
147

to England,
124
–
128

Cooke, Charles M. “Savvy” Jr.,
193
,
201
,
291

corncobs,
207
,
233

Corry
(USN destroyer),
298
,
305

COSSAC, see Morgan, Frederick

Cota, Norman,
300

Courselles-sur-Mer,
334

Crenshaw, Ralph,
332

Cunningham, Andrew,
49
,
189
,
192
,
217

Darlan, Jean-Francois,
93
–
94

Dartmoor,
140

Dartmouth,
140
,
223

DD tanks.
See
duplex drive tanks

DeFrates, Bill,
331

De Gaulle, Charles,
104

Del Guidice, Vincent,
330
–
31

Dempsey, Miles,
185
,
197
,
220

Deprez, E. J. H. L.,
264

destroyers at Omaha Beach,
291
–
300

See also Gleaves
-class destroyers

Destroyer Squadron (DESRON)
18
,
291
–
300

Devon (British county),
140
–
42
,
198

Deyo, Morton,
235
,
238
,
355

and the attack on Cherbourg,
339
–
48

off Normandy beaches,
259
,
262
,
265

Dieppe raid,
75
–
76

landing craft at Dieppe,
80
–
81

Dill, John,
30
,
37
–
38
,
40
,
43
,
49

at Casablanca,
102

Douglas, Lewis W.,
14

Doyle, John,
216
–
17

Doyle
(USN destroyer),
267
,
296

Dragoon, Operation,
356
.
See also
Anvil

Dryad
(RN School of Navigation),
186
–
87

Duke of York
(RN battleship),
29
–
30
,
44
,
82

DUKWs (Allied amphibious trucks),
210
,
210n

in Normandy landings,
257
,
311

Dunkirk, British evacuation of,
9
,
54
,
66
,
74
,
175

duplex drive tanks

at Normandy,
253
–
57

in training exercises,
209
–
10

Dykes, Vivian,
102
–
3

E-boats.
See
Schnellbooten

Eastern Task Force.
See
Vian, Philip

Eckstein, Gene,
214

Eddy, Manton,
349

Eisenhower, Dwight David,
41
,
49
,
59
,
130
,
172
,
174
,
207
,
211
,
218
–
19
,
351

advocates early invasion,
50
–
54

appointed to command Overlord,
166
–
68
,
170

characterized,
72
–
73

commands Torch,
73
–
74
,
82
–
83

death of,
359
–
60

and the decision to “go,”
236
–
39
,
240
–
42

and French politics in Africa,
93
–
94

and LST shortage,
178
–
84

and the Normandy invasion,
225
,
231
,
246
–
47
,
282
–
83
,
327

in North Africa campaign,
92
–
95

postwar,
359

and race relations,
138
–
39

relations with Churchill,
76
–
77
,
114
–
15
,
221

relations with Marshall,
72
,
178
,
184
,
283
,
308

visits the invasion beaches,
335

and warship shortage,
192
–
93

El Alamein, battle of,
83
,
172

Elder, Ned,
255

Ellyson
(USN destroyer),
294
,
346

Emmons
(USN destroyer),
298
,
299

Enterprise
(RN light cruiser),
340

Erebus
(RN monitor),
263

Escalvon, Joseph,
256

Eureka boat.
See
Higgins boats

Everitt, Karl,
276
,
301
–
2

Evill, D.C.S.,
49

Exercise Beaver,
205
–
6

Exercise Fabius,
220

Exercise Fox,
210

Exercise Tiger,
210
–
18
,
339

repercussions of,
218
–
20

Fabius.
See
Exercise Fabius

Falaise pocket,
355

Fauks, Paul,
140

Fedala (Mohammedia), Allied landings at,
89
–
90

Finland,
61

Flanigan, Howard A.,
191

food rations

on the beaches,
316

in Britain,
134
–
135
,
134n

on landing craft,
230
,
246
,
314

Forrest, Nathan Bedford,
307

Forrest
(USN destroyer),
238

Fortitude (Allied disinformation campaign),
105
–
7
,
109

Fox.
See
Exercise Fox

Frankford
(USN destroyer),
291
,
293
,
298
–
99

Fraser, Simon.
See
Lovat, Lord

Frietchie, Barbara,
111

Gale, Edwin,
233
–
34
,
239

Gale, Humphrey,
172

Gap Assault Teams (GAT),
272
–
75
.
See also
Naval Combat Demolition

Units (NCDU)

gas.
See
poison gas

Gebelin, Albert,
296

Geddes, George C.,
213
,
215

George VI,
28
,
56
,
186

and Churchill,
232
–
33

and loading for D–Day,
231
–
32

and training exercises,
209
,
220

Georges Leygues
(French cruiser),
264

Gerhardt, Charles,
303

Germany

Allied strategy toward,
4
–
5
,
4n
,
7
–
8
,
11
–
12
,
45
,
50
–
51

defenses at Normandy,
282
,
298

on Eastern Front,
169

in North Africa,
94

special weapons of,
312
–
13

See also
Hitler, Adolf

Gerow, Leonard,
197
,
202
,
205
,
220

at Normandy,
284
,
286
–
87
,
302

Ghormley, Robert L.,
11
,
16

Giguere, Robert,
301
–
2

Giraud, Henri,
93
–
94
,
104

Glasgow
(RN cruiser),
264
,
343

Gleaves
-class destroyers

ammunition of,
297
–
98

described,
290
–
91
,
291n

at Omaha Beach,
291
–
300

Glennon
(USN destroyer),
313

Gold Beach,
188
,
202
,
227
,
315

DD tanks at,
257

landings on,
281

Goodspeed, George,
225

gooseberries,
207
,
233
,
320
,
327

Graves, Frederick,
356

Gray, T. L.,
318

Greer
(USN destroyer),
5
,
19

Guingand, Francis “Freddy”,
203

Gymnast,
41
,
45
,
53
,
64

vs. Sledgehammer,
67
–
70
,
71
–
72

See also
North Africa; Torch

H-hour (on Normandy beaches),
252

Hackett, George,
223
,
249

Hall, John Lesslie Jr.,
193
,
220
,
220
,
319
,
355

characterized,
202
–
3

off Omaha Beach,
286
–
88
,
304
–
4
,
308
,
317

in Operation Neptune,
226
–
27
,
244
,
284

Hambleton
(USN destroyer),
92

Handy, Thomas T.,
168

Hansen, Curtis,
225
,
230
–
31
,
303

Harding
(USN destroyer),
291
,
299

hards (loading platforms),
226
–
27

Harley, Arthur,
208

Harriman, Averell,
25
,
25n

Harriman, Pamela,
25n

Harris, Arthur,
173

Harris, Joel Chandler,
95

Hartland
(RN corvette),
88

Hawkins
(RN cruiser),
212

Hennecke, Walther,
349

Herndon
(USN destroyer),
298

Heubner, Clarence,
227
,
303

Hewitt, H. Kent,
115

in Anvil campaign,
355

in Torch campaign,
83
–
84
,
91
,
202

Hicken, Victor,
263
–
64

Higgins, Andrew Jackson,
78
–
79
,
149
,
163

Higgins boats (LCP, LCVP),
154
,
163

construction program,
159
–
60

described,
78
–
79
,
149
–
50