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Authors: Max Hastings
Chitty, Colonel Arthur
ref1Cholitz, General D. von
ref1Churchill, Sir Winston
misgivings over OVERLORD
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ref3operation ROUNDUP
ref1ARCADIA conference
ref1and ability of German army
ref1on the Anzio landings
ref1and command of OVERLORD
ref1and bombing raids on France
ref1and repeated use of certain troops
ref1at Montgomery’s presentation of the plan
ref1and Montgomery’s stress on rapid penetration
ref1and Montgomery
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,
ref5and unconditional surrender
ref1and poor performance of British tanks
ref1Mulberry harbours
ref1civilians
see
French civiliansClark, General Mark
ref1Clarke, Colonel Campbell
ref1COBRA, operation
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ref5Colacicco, Major Frank
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ref4Coleville
ref1Collins, General J. Lawton
at Montgomery’s final briefing
ref1in Cotentin and Cherbourg
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,
ref6turns south
ref1ability
ref1Brittany campaign
ref1moves towards Falaise
ref1Colville
ref1Coningham, Air Marshal Sir Arthur (‘Mary’)
commands
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nd Tactical Air Force
ref1and co-operation with ground troops
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ref2
,
ref3and Montgomery
ref1character
ref1Corlett, Major-General C.H.
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,
ref3COSSAC
outline planning
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ref4Cota, Brigadier-General Norman (‘Dutch’)
ability
ref1briefs men for OVERLORD
ref1captures Isigny
ref1advances inland
ref1respect for
ref1Cotentin peninsula
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,
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,
ref3Cotton, Lieutenant
ref1counter-intelligence operations, British
ref1Courseulles
ref1Courtney, Staff Sergeant William
ref1Coutances
ref1Cranley, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord
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ref3Crepon
ref1Crerar, Lieutenant-General H.D.G.
ref1ability
ref1operation GOODWOOD
ref1dispute with Crocker
ref1sacks Kitching
ref1Crocker, Lieutenant-General J.T.
Crofts, Eric
ref1Culin, Sergeant Curtis G.
ref1Culver, Bill
ref1CULVERIN, operation
ref1Cuthbert, Major Sidney
ref1Davis, Joe
ref1de Guingand, Major-General Sir Francis W.
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,
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,
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,
ref4joins 21st Army Group
ref1on German tanks
ref1and scepticism of the British
ref1de Pew, Captain Jimmy
ref1death announcements
ref1deception
German
ref1Delcazel, Lieutenant
ref1Dempsey, Lieutenant-General Sir Miles
ref1character
ref1D-Day
ref1at Villers-Bocage
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,
ref2
,
ref3operation EPSOM
ref1and the advance south
ref1operation GOODWOOD
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ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7and operation BLUECOAT
ref1ordered to take Vire
ref1and the Falaise gap
ref1Desert Rats
ref1desertion
ref1Dietrich, General Sepp
D-Day
ref1counter-attack against bridgehead
ref1derisive about hopes of victory
ref1and negotiations with the Allies
ref1and operation GOODWOOD
ref1Hitler ignores advice of
ref1discipline
ref1Dobie, Provost-Sergant James
ref1Dobler
ref1Donovan, William (OSS chief)
ref1Doolittle, Lieutenant-General James H.
ref1Douglas, Keith
ref1Douglas-Home, Lieutenant William
ref1Dowding, Air Marshal H.C.T.
ref1Dunkirk
ref1Dupuy, Colonel Trevor
ref1Dyas, Captain Pat
ref1Dyson, Trooper Stephen
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ref6Eaker, General Ira
ref1Eberbach, General Hans
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ref4Eddy, General Manton
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ref4Eichen, Lieutenant Sidney
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ref4Eisenhower, General Dwight D.
ref1character
ref1selected as Supreme Commander
ref1and width of front
ref1accepts Montgomery’s proposals
ref1and role of air forces
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,
ref2gains control of all Allied air forces
ref1and Marshall’s suggested use of airborne troops
ref1decides invasion to be on 6 June
ref1and Cotentin
ref1and shortcomings of U.S. weapons
ref1on stagnation of First Army
ref1and Montgomery’s tactics at Caen
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,
ref2
,
ref3operation GOODWOOD
ref1and criticism of Montgomery
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,
ref2understanding of the Allied plan in Normandy
ref1remoteness from his troops
ref1and air support for ground troops
ref1and Quesada
ref1flies over enemy lines
ref1and the Falaise trap
ref1assumes direct control in the field
ref1Elbeuf
ref1Ellis-Smith, Mr
ref1Enigma ciphers
ref1Enzerling, Major
ref1Epron
ref1EPSOM, operation
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,
ref4Erskine, Major-General R.R.J. (‘Bobby’)
doubts about his ability
ref1at Villers-Bocage
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,
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,
ref4loss of confidence in
ref1Escoville
ref1Estervez
ref1Evett’s Rates
ref1Evrecy
ref1Evreux
ref1Fairman
ref1Falaise
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,
ref5
,
ref6Falaise gap
closing of
ref1Germans escaping from
ref1cleaning up
ref1failure to close
ref1Falley, Liutenant-General Wilhelm
ref1Feuchtinger, General Edgar
lack of confidence in
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,
ref2Figurski
ref1Forster, Major
ref1Fort St Marcouf
ref1FORTITUDE, operation
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ref8forward air observers/controllers
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ref4Foulkes, General
ref1Free French
ref1French civilians
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ref5Friedrich, Lance-Corporal
ref1Funck, General Hans von
ref1Gacé
ref1Gaffey (Chief of Staff to Patton)
ref1Gale, Humphrey
ref1Gale, General R.N.
ref1Gaulle, General Charles de, role of
ref1Gavin, General James
Leigh-Mallory asks about airborne troops
ref1and the
bocage
ref1in the Cotentin
ref1and British attitudes to the war
ref1and U.S. development of weapons
ref1expects war to end in 1944
ref1Gehlen, Reinhard
ref1Gentian
ref1George VI, King of England
ref1Gerhardt (Commander U.S.Division)
ref1German Air Force
(Luftwaffe)