Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings (73 page)

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characterized,
203

5

death of,
355

56

and Exercise Tiger,
210

18

off Utah Beach,
286
,
313

14

Morgan, Frederick,
xvi
,
142

44
,
307

characterized,
105

6

as COSSAC,
106

9
,
117

18
,
118

20

and COSSAC shipping needs,
164

65
,
177

superseded by Eisenhower,
166

67
,
172

Morganthau, Henry,
6

Morison, Samuel Eliot,
91
,
270
,
317

Mountbattan, Louis,
xvii
,
121
,
187

characterized,
62

63

and Dieppe,
75

76

retreat at Largs,
118

19

visit to U.S.,
6

Mulberry

construction of,
318

23

damaged by storm,
324

26
,
328
map,
321

origins of,
206

7

Munich crisis,
175

Murphy
(USN destroyer),
343

naval bombardment of Normandy beaches,
258

66
,
267

68

and shore spotting,
265

66
,
298

99

Naval Combat Demolition Units (NCDU),
224

25
,
251

on Omaha Beach,
272

75
,
276
,
304

Nelson
(RN battleship),
82
,
192

Nelson
(USN destroyer),
314

Nelson, Donald,
159

Neptune, Operation

crossing the Channel,
233

36
,
245

48
,
249

51
(map,
247
)

landings in Normandy,
270

82

loading of landing craft,
222

30

naming of,
121

naval bombardment of beaches,
258

66
,
267

68

number of ships involved,
248

49

planning for,
171

94

Neptune (Roman god),
xiv

Nevada
(USN battleship),
235
,
245

in attack on Cherbourg,
340
,
342
,
343

44

off Normandy beaches,
262

63
,
265

New York
(USN battleship),
82

New Zealand
(RN battlecruiser),
174

Niedermair, John,
154

Nimitz, Chester,
41n

Norfolk House

as COSSAC HQ,
106

9

described,
76

as SHAEF HQ,
175

as Torch HQ,
76

77

North Africa

Allied campaign in,
92

95

Churchill’s advocacy of,
32

33
,
35

36

planning for invasion of,
41

42
,
53
,
65

66
,
67

70
,
73

75

See also
Gymnast; Torch

Nutley, Donald W.,
201

O’Brien
(USN destroyer),
345

O’Neill, William,
246
,
276

77

O’Shaughnessy, Patrick J.,
255

56

Oceanway
(RN landing ship, dock),
303

Okinawa,
355

Omaha Beach,
xiii
,
188
,
197
,
202

aerial bombing of,
266

buildup of supplies on,
308

11
,
314

15
,
317

18
,
322
,
323

24
,
327

28
(table,
328
),
350

casualties on,
305
,
329

30

congestion on,
276

81
,
284

85

crisis on,
284

89
,
300

304

defenses of,
272
,
275

fire support from destroyers,
290

300

geography of,
251

52
,
272

landings on,
253
,
272

76
map,
292

naval gunfire on,
265

68

obstructions on,
273

75

Orange, War Plan.
See
Plan Orange

Osprey
(USN minesweeper),
244

Outerbridge, W. W.,
345

Overlord, Operation,
121

ground force needed,
177

78

naming of,
121

shipping needed,
177

78

See also
Neptune

Patton, George,
100
,
115
,
129

30
,
139

40
,
173

in Europe,
354

in North Africa,
83

84
,
92
,
94

Paulus, Friedrich von,
103

Pearl Harbor,
3

7

Pegasus Bridge,
282
,
352

Pershing, John “Black Jack,”
9
,
72

Philippines,
28
,
41

Phoenix units for Mulberry,
207
,
318
,
320
,
322

Podolak, Felix,
298

Poe, George,
276

Pointe du Hoc,
293

94
,
352

poison gas,
223
,
229

Poland,
8

Port-en-Bessin,
334

Portal, Charles,
30
,
100

101

Pound, Dudley,
30
,
40
,
99

100

Potomac
(presidential yacht),
19

20

Plan Dog Memo,
11

12

Plan Orange,
7

8
,
12

13

Plunkett
(USN destroyer),
346

Pluto (pipeline under the ocean),
208

Prince of Wales
(RN battleship),
29

at Argentia,
20

22

prisoners of war, Axis,
331

32

Quadrant conference (Quebec),
xiv
,
119

20
,
206

Queen Elizabeth
(British transport),
124

25

Queen Mary
(British transport),
124

25

Querqueville Batteries (at Cherbourg),
340

43
,
346

47

Quincy
(USN cruiser)

in attack on Cherbourg,
340
,
343
,
347

off Normandy beaches,
259
,
262
,
336

race relations

in Britain,
137

139
,
138n

in U.S. shipbuilding yards,
163

rainbow plans,
8

Ramey, Ralph,
295

96

Ramillies
(RN battleship),
235
,
264
,
305

Ramsay, Bertram Home,
xvii
,
351
,
355

and Anvil,
179

80

death of,
357

described,
174

and Dunkirk,
175

and Neptune,
192

93
,
207

8
,
231
,
236

37
,
241
,
243

44
,
288
,
309

relations with Eisenhower,
175
,
179

84

relations with Kirk,
189

91
,
218

20
,
288
,
339

relations with Marshall,
183

relations with Montgomery,
175

and training exercises,
205
,
209
,
220

Ranger
(USN carrier),
77
,
84

Rangers, U.S. Army,
291
,
293

94

Repulse
(RN battlecruiser),
29

Reuben James
(USN destroyer),
5
,
19

Reynolds, David,
137

Rhea, Powell,
245
,
344

rhino ferries,
200
,
205

crossing the Channel,
235
,
24

unloading,
309

10

Rich
(USN destroyer),
313

Richer, John B.,
256

57

Rieve, Friedrich,
106

rocket firing LCTs,
267

68
,
287

Rockwell, Dean,
248

and DD tanks,
254

56

Robb, James,
172

Roberts
(RN monitor),
264

Robin Moor
(U.S. ship),
17

Rogers, Kelly,
44

Rommel, Erwin,
94
,
348

Roosevelt, Elliot,
99

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
xvii
,
351

administrative style of,
33
,
50

at Argentia conference,
19

20

at Casablanca conference,
98

99
,
103

4

death of,
357

58

foreign policy of,
5

7
,
10

11
,
21

22

and Germany-first strategy,
12

13

and North Africa,
35

36
,
69

70

and Pearl Harbor,
3

4
,
23

24

relations with Churchill,
20

22
,
27

28
,
33

34
,
41
,
63

67
,
100

101
,
142
,
284

relations with George Marshall,
47

49
,
51

53
,
66
,
98
,
167

69

and shipbuilding priorities,
157
,
160

and undeclared naval war vs. Germany,
16

19

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr.,
271

72

Roundhammer,
107

Roundup,
52

54
,
157

Rudder, James A.,
293

Rundstedt, Karl von,
354

Ryder, Charles,
96

Sabin, Lorenzo,
287

Safi (French Morocco),
92
,
93

Sainte-Mere-Eglise,
335

Saipan, U.S. landings on,
192

Saladin
(RN destroyer),
212
,
216

Sanders, Harry,
291

Sangermon
(USN carrier),
77n

Santee
(USN carrier),
77n

Satterlee
(USN destroyer),
291
,
294

Sattler, Robert,
349

Sawyers, Frank,
26

Schliebben, Karl von,
338

39
,
348

49

Schnellbooten
(E-boats or S-boats),
213
,
244
,
283
,
314

Schweppenberg, Leo Geyr von,
354

Scimitar
(RN destroyer),
212
,
219

Scylla
(RN cruiser),
220
,
245

Seabees,
xvii
,
235
,
310
,
313

Seatrain New Jersey
(USS
Lakehurst
),
80

Sertell, John R.,
256

Services of Supply (U.S.),
129

SHAEF.
See
Eisenhower, Dwight David

Shaw, Horace,
279

Sheffield
(RN cruiser),
192

Shingle (invasion of Anzio).
See
Anzio

shipbuilding

Allied priorities,
147

48
,
158

60

described,
162

63

manpower demands,
162

63

table,
161

shipping

Allied weaknesses in,
xiv

xv
,
45

46
,
55
,
77

convoy protection,
147

and the Mediterranean,
98
,
100

2
,
112

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