Read Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings Online
Authors: Craig L. Symonds
Morgan, Frederick,
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,
142
–
44
,
307
and COSSAC shipping needs,
164
–
65
,
177
superseded by Eisenhower,
166
–
67
,
172
Morganthau, Henry,
6
Morison, Samuel Eliot,
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,
270
,
317
Mountbattan, Louis,
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,
121
,
187
visit to U.S.,
6
Mulberry
damaged by storm,
324
–
26
,
328
map,
321
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),
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–
25
,
251
Nelson
(USN destroyer),
314
Nelson, Donald,
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Neptune, Operation
crossing the Channel,
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–
36
,
245
–
48
,
249
–
51
(map,
247
)
loading of landing craft,
222
–
30
naming of,
121
naval bombardment of beaches,
258
–
66
,
267
–
68
number of ships involved,
248
–
49
Neptune (Roman god),
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Nevada
(USN battleship),
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,
245
in attack on Cherbourg,
340
,
342
,
343
–
44
off Normandy beaches,
262
–
63
,
265
New York
(USN battleship),
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New Zealand
(RN battlecruiser),
174
Niedermair, John,
154
Nimitz, Chester,
41n
Norfolk House
described,
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as SHAEF HQ,
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North Africa
Churchill’s advocacy of,
32
–
33
,
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–
36
planning for invasion of,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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,
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–
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,
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–
75
See also
Gymnast; Torch
Nutley, Donald W.,
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O’Brien
(USN destroyer),
345
O’Shaughnessy, Patrick J.,
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–
56
Oceanway
(RN landing ship, dock),
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Okinawa,
355
aerial bombing of,
266
buildup of supplies on,
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–
11
,
314
–
15
,
317
–
18
,
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,
323
–
24
,
327
–
28
(table,
328
),
350
fire support from destroyers,
290
–
300
Orange, War Plan.
See
Plan Orange
Osprey
(USN minesweeper),
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Outerbridge, W. W.,
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Overlord, Operation,
121
naming of,
121
See also
Neptune
Patton, George,
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,
115
,
129
–
30
,
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–
40
,
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in Europe,
354
Paulus, Friedrich von,
103
Pershing, John “Black Jack,”
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,
72
Phoenix units for Mulberry,
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,
318
,
320
,
322
Podolak, Felix,
298
Poe, George,
276
Poland,
8
Port-en-Bessin,
334
Potomac
(presidential yacht),
19
–
20
Plunkett
(USN destroyer),
346
Pluto (pipeline under the ocean),
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Prince of Wales
(RN battleship),
29
Quadrant conference (Quebec),
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,
119
–
20
,
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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
,
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off Normandy beaches,
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,
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,
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race relations
in U.S. shipbuilding yards,
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rainbow plans,
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Ramillies
(RN battleship),
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,
264
,
305
Ramsay, Bertram Home,
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,
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,
355
death of,
357
described,
174
and Dunkirk,
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and Neptune,
192
–
93
,
207
–
8
,
231
,
236
–
37
,
241
,
243
–
44
,
288
,
309
relations with Eisenhower,
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,
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–
84
relations with Kirk,
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–
91
,
218
–
20
,
288
,
339
relations with Marshall,
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relations with Montgomery,
175
and training exercises,
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,
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,
220
Repulse
(RN battlecruiser),
29
Reuben James
(USN destroyer),
5
,
19
Reynolds, David,
137
Rich
(USN destroyer),
313
Rieve, Friedrich,
106
Rockwell, Dean,
248
Robb, James,
172
Roberts
(RN monitor),
264
Robin Moor
(U.S. ship),
17
Rogers, Kelly,
44
Roosevelt, Elliot,
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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
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,
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at Casablanca conference,
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–
99
,
103
–
4
foreign policy of,
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–
7
,
10
–
11
,
21
–
22
and Germany-first strategy,
12
–
13
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,
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–
19
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr.,
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–
72
Roundhammer,
107
Rudder, James A.,
293
Rundstedt, Karl von,
354
Ryder, Charles,
96
Sabin, Lorenzo,
287
Sainte-Mere-Eglise,
335
Saipan, U.S. landings on,
192
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
Seatrain New Jersey
(USS
Lakehurst
),
80
Sertell, John R.,
256
Services of Supply (U.S.),
129
SHAEF.
See
Eisenhower, Dwight David
Shaw, Horace,
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Sheffield
(RN cruiser),
192
Shingle (invasion of Anzio).
See
Anzio
shipbuilding
Allied priorities,
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–
48
,
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–
60
table,
161
shipping
Allied weaknesses in,
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–
xv
,
45
–
46
,
55
,
77
convoy protection,
147