Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings (72 page)

landings in Normandy,
252
–
53
,
270
–
76

problems with,
91
–
92

repair of,
316

in Torch landings,
88
–
91

utility of,
200

Hitler, Adolf,
4
,
7
–
8
,
27

declares war on U.S.,
28
–
29

forbids retreat,
338
–
39
,
348
–
49
,
353
–
54
,
357

Hobart, Percy,
208
–
9
,
210
Hobson
(USN destroyer),
346

Hoffler, Jackson,
304

Hopkins, Harry,
xvii
,
33
,
60

at Arcadia conference,
37
–
42

diplomatic efforts of,
53
–
54
,
57
–
59
,
67
–
70
,
98

and Lend Lease,
27
–
28

and Pearl Harbor,
3
–
4
,
25

Hopkins, Robert,
99

Hornet
(USN carrier),
77

Hughes-Hallet, John,
206
,
208

Hull, Cordell,
23

Husky (invasion of Sicily),
102
map,
116

Iceland, American troops in,
35
–
36

Ickes, Harold,
6

India,
56

Ingersoll, Royal E.,
8

Ireland, American troops in,
35
–
36
,
128

Irwin, Donald,
263
,
278
,
315
–
16

Isigny,
336

Ismay, Hastings “Pug,”
67

isolationist lobby in the U.S.,
4
–
6

Japan

conquests by,
37

and Pearl Harbor,
3
–
7

U.S. war plans concerning,
7
–
8
,
21
–
22

Jean Bart
(French battleship),
92

Jellicoe, John,
174

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

and Anvil operation,
180

established,
49
–
50

and landing craft production,
159

Jomini, Antoine-Henri,
194

Joseph Hewes
(U.S. transport),
92

Joyce, William,
319n

Juno Beach,
188
,
202
,
227

DD tanks at,
257

landings on,
281

K rations,
230
,
246
,
316
,
331

Kasserine Pass, battle of,
94
,
104

Kean, Benjamin,
309

Kearny
(USN destroyer),
5
,
19

Kerr, Philip, see Lothian, Lord

Kieffer, Philippe,
282

King, Ernest J.,
xvii
,
19
,
35
,
37
–
39
,
43
,
50
,
60
,
168
,
191
,
203
,
217
–
18
,
244

opposition to Gymnast,
64
–
65
,
68
–
69

and shipbuilding priorities,
147
–
48
,
157
–
58

Kirk, Alan G.,
189
,
355

characterized,
189
–
90

and Cherbourg,
339
,
342

and Exercise Tiger,
211
,
218

and the Normandy invasion,
237
–
38
,
241

and Omaha Beach,
284
–
86
,
289
,
298
,
311
,
326

relations with Ramsay,
189
–
91
,
218
–
20
,
288
,
339

Kneupfer, George,
312

Knox, Frank

death of,
217

and Pearl Harbor,
3
,
23

and shipbuilding priorities,
147
–
48
,
165
–
66

and strategic planning,
12

Laffey
(USN destroyer),
299
,
345

Laine, Richard G.,
240

Lakehurst
(early USN tank transport),
80
,
92

Land, Emory Scott,
160

landing craft

construction priorities of,
79

history of,
78

needed for invasion,
164
,
179

on Omaha Beach,
272
–
76

See also
specific types of landing craft

Landing Craft, Control (LCC),
235
,
295

Landing Craft, Infantry (LCI),
163
,
211
,
225

landings on Omaha Beach,
279
–
81

production of,
155
,
158

shortage of,
181
–
82

See also
specific LCI(L) below

Landing Craft, Mechanized (LCM or Mike boat),
80
,
91
,
163

described,
150

Landing Craft Obstacle Clearing Units (British),
225

Landing Craft, Personnel (LCP), see Higgins boats

Landing Craft, Tank (LCT),
80
,
163

crossing the Channel,
246

damaged by storm,
325
–
26

described,
150
–
51

landing on Omaha Beach,
276
–
79

loading procedures of,
228
–
29

officers needed for,
196

offloading procedures of,
199
–
200

training program of,
196
–
97
,
211

Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel (LCVP), see Higgins boats

Landing Ship, Tank (LST),
80
,
317

beaching protocol,
156

construction of,
153
–
54
,
157
–
60
,
165
–
66

to convoy POWs,
331
–
32

described,
152
–
53
,
154
,
230

drying out,
314
–
16

as hospital ships,
328
–
30

landings on Omaha,
309
–
11

shortage of,
179
–
83
,
191
–
92
,
217
–
18

training in,
155
,
211

typical load of,
226
,
229

Largs (Mountbatten’s Estate),
118
–
19

Largs
(RN command ship),
288
,
305

Leatham, Ralph,
212
,
219

LCI(L)-91,
279
–
80
,
284

LCI(L)-92,
280

LCI(L)-408,
297

LCI(L)-489,
280
–
81
,
361

LCT-25,
277

LCT-271,
216
,
240

LCT-276,
198

LCT-305,
277

LCT-537,
256

LCT-544,
276
–
77

LCT-597,
257

LCT-600,
255
–
56

LCT-612,
279

LCT-614,
263
,
278
,
315

LCT-713,
248

LCT-852,
250

LCT-853,
271

LCT(A)-2227,
264

LCT Flotilla 12,
154
–
55

LCT Flotilla 17,
223

Leahy, William D.,
49
,
99
,
111

and shipbuilding priorities,
157
–
58

Lee, John Clifford Charles,
129
–
30

Leigh-Mallory, Trafford,
175
–
77
,
186
,
209
,
211

death of,
355

described,
173

and the Normandy invasion,
236
,
283

urges cancellation of bombing runs,
225

Lend-Lease,
6
,
18
,
25
,
27
–
28
,
45
,
61

Lewis, Adrian,
304

Liberty ships,
112
–
13
,
160

Lindbergh, Charles,
45

Little, Charles,
49
,
65

Lobnitz, Henry Pearson,
320

Lobnitz piers,
320
,
322
–
23
,
326

Lord Haw Haw,
319
,
319n

Lothian, Lord,
10

Lovat, Lord,
282

Lowe, Frank,
356

LST-75,
315

LST-133,
309

LST-228,
183

LST-235,
153
,
153n

LST-289,
215

LST-309,
309

LST-315,
225
,
250

LST-342,
323

LST-371,
332

LST-393,
153
,
153n

LST-491,
329

LST-498,
227

LST-507,
213

LST-515,
217

LST-530,
228

LST-531,
214
–
15

LST-543,
227
,
317

LST-983,
331

Luftwaffe air attacks,
312
–
13

Lusitania
(British liner),
17

Lyme Bay, action in.
See
Exercise Tiger

MacArthur, Douglas,
28
,
41n
,
72
,
173
,
244

Malcolm
(RN destroyer),
88
–
89

Marcks, Erich,
282

Marshall, George Catlett,
xvii
,
60
,
134
,
284
,
351

as advocate of invading Europe,
48
–
54
,
67
–
70

at Arcadia conference,
37
–
42

at Argentia conference,
22

characterized,
9
–
10
,
47
–
49

at Casablanca,
97
–
99

death of,
358

postwar,
358

relations with British,
57
–
59
,
64
–
65
,
67
–
70
,
183

relations with Eisenhower,
72
,
181
,
184
,
308

relations with Roosevelt,
9
–
10
,
66
–
68
,
98
,
167
–
69

at Trident,
110
–
14

and unified command,
38
–
41
,
168

Marshall, G. J.,
267

Mason, Stanhope,
287
–
88
,
300

Massachusetts
(USN battleship),
8
,
92

Mast, Charles,
86
–
87

McCook
(USN destroyer),
291
,
295
–
96
,
298

McKee, Robert J.,
256

Mediterranean operations,
181

American opposition to,
51
–
54
,
64
–
65
,
68
–
69

Churchill’s advocacy of,
32
–
33
,
35
–
36
,
103
–
4
,
169

See also
Anvil; Avalanche; Gymnast; Husky; Shingle; Torch

Merchant Marine (U.S.),
126
–
27

Merchant Marine Act,
146

Meredith
(USN destroyer),
312

Meredith, Burgess,
127

Mers-el-Kebir,
10
,
74

Mettler, Henry A.,
215

Middleton, Troy,
336

Midway, battle of,
64

Mike boat.
See
Landing Craft, Mechanized

Miller, Robert,
224
–
25
,
274

Milne, Bill,
329
–
30

mines and minesweeping,
201
,
243
–
45

on Omaha Beach,
273

Molotov, V. M., visit to U.S.,
60
–
62

Montcalm
(French cruiser),
264

Montgomery, Bernard Law,
203
,
351

and the battle for Caen,
354

characterized,
172
–
73
,
175
–
77
,
185
–
86

death of,
360

and the Normandy invasion,
236
–
37
,
241
–
42

postwar,
360

Montgomery, Harry,
280
–
81

Moon, Don Pardee

and the Channel crossing,
226
,
230
,
233
–
34
,
236
–
40
,
248