The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (195 page)

Thompson, R. W.

Thorpe, John M.

Thorson, Brig. Gen. Truman C. “Tubby”

Three Kingdoms of Indo-China
(Roosevelt)

THUNDERCLAP
, Operation

TIGER
, Exercise

Time

Timmermann, Lt. Karl H.

Tipton, Lattie

Toklas, Alice B.

Tongres

TORCH
, Operation

Torgau, Red Army meets U.S. Army at

Toulon

Trafalgar, Battle of (1805)

TRICYCLE
(British double agent)

Trier

Trieste

Tripoli

Trois-Ponts

Truman, Harry S.

Trun

Truscott, Maj. Gen. Lucian K., Jr.

Truscott, Sarah

tuberculosis

Tucker, Col. Reuben H.

Tulle massacre

Tunis

Tunisia

TURCO

Tuscaloosa
, U.S.S.

Twain, Mark

U-boats

Ukraine

Ultra (British decryption)

decrypt XL 9188

unconditional surrender

United Nations

Security Council

United States

costs and consequences of war and

elections of 1944

German scientists and

industrial production

repatriation of remains from Europe

U.S. First Army

advance to German border

ammunition shortfalls and

Bulge and

COBRA
and

Eisenhower’s birthday and

Falaise Pocket and

final days of war and

GOODWOOD
and

Hodges and command problems

Hürtgen and

January 1945 position of

media and

meets Third Army at Houffalize

Montgomery and

OVERLORD
and

QUEEN
and

Rhine crossing and

Ruhr and

Spa HQ

VERITABLE
and
GRENADE
and

victory position of

winter campaign and

U.S. 1st Infantry Division

U.S. 2nd Armored Division

U.S. 2nd Infantry Division

U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion

U.S. 3rd Armored Division

U.S. Third Army

advance into Germany

advance to Rhine

ammunition shortfalls

Brittany and

Bulge and

concentration camps and

created

DRAGOON
forces and

Falaise and

final days of war and

January 1945 positions

meets First Army at Houffalize

Metz and

Mortain and

OVERLORD
and

Rhine crossing and

Ruhr and

Siegfried Line and

victory position of

U.S. III Corps

U.S. 3rd Infantry Division

U.S. 4th Armored Division

U.S. 4th Infantry Division

U.S. 5th Armored Division

U.S. Fifth Army

U.S. V Corps

Bulge and

U.S. 5th Infantry Division

U.S. 6th Armored Division

U.S. 6th Army Group

U.S. VI Corps

U.S. 7th Armored Division

U.S. Seventh Army

advance into Germany

advance on Rhine

advance up Rhône

Bulge and

DRAGOON
and

January 1945 positions

NORDWIND
and

Rhine crossing and

Staff Memorandum X-376

Vosges and

U.S. VII Corps

U.S. Eighth Air Force

U.S. VIII Corps

U.S. 8th Infantry Division

U.S. Ninth Air Force

U.S. Ninth Army

Bulge and

British command of

Bradley command of, for attack into Germany

final days of war and

Margraten cemetery and

Rhine crossing and

Ruhr and

VARSITY PLUNDER
and

VERITABLE
and
GRENADE
and

victory position of

U.S. 9th Armored Division

U.S. 9th Infantry Division

U.S. IX Tactical Air Command

U.S. 10th Armored Division

U.S. 11th Armored Division

U.S. 12th Army Group

advance to German border

Bulge and

commanders relieved

created

final days of war and

January 1945 positions

Luxembourg HQ and

QUEEN
and

Rhine crossing and

Ruhr and

victory position of

U.S. XII Corps

U.S. 12th Infantry Regiment

U.S. XIII Corps

U.S. 14th Armored Division

U.S. 14th Cavalry Group

U.S. 14th Engineers

U.S. Fifteenth Air Force

U.S. Fifteenth Army

U.S. XV Corps

U.S. 15th Infantry Regiment

U.S. XVI Corps

U.S. 16th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 17th Airborne Division

U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps

U.S. 18th Infantry Regiment

U.S. XIX Corps

U.S. XX Corps

U.S. XXI Corps

U.S. 23rd Infantry Division

U.S. 26th Infantry Division

U.S. 27th Armored Infantry Battalion

U.S. 28th Infantry Division (Pennsylvania National Guard, Bloody Bucket)

Bastogne and

Bulge and

Colmar Pocket and

Hürtgen and

Slovik execution and

U.S. 29th Infantry Division

U.S. 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory)

Aachen and

Mortain and

U.S. 32nd Field Artillery Battalion

U.S. 35th Infantry Division

U.S. 36th Infantry Division (Texas National Guard)

U.S. 37th Tank Battalion

U.S. 42nd Infantry Division

U.S. 44th Infantry Division

U.S. 45th Infantry Division

U.S. 47th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 52nd Troop Carrier Wing

U.S. 60th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 65th Infantry Division

U.S. 69th Infantry Division

U.S. 70th Infantry Division

U.S. 75th Infantry Division

U.S. 78th Infantry Division

U.S. 79th Infantry Division

U.S. 80th Infantry Division

U.S. 82nd Airborne Division

Bulge and

BOSTON
and

GRENADE
and

MARKET GARDEN
and

U.S. 83rd Infantry Division

U.S. 84th Infantry Division

U.S. 85th Reconnaissance Squadron

U.S. 86th Infantry Division

U.S. 90th Infantry Division

U.S. 95th Infantry Division

U.S. 99th Infantry Division

U.S. 100th Infantry Division

U.S. 101st Airborne Division

ALBANY
and

Bulge and

MARKET GARDEN
and

U.S. 102nd Infantry Division

U.S. 103rd Infantry Division

U.S. 104th Infantry Division

U.S. 106th Infantry Division

Bulge and

Schnee Eifel surrender of

U.S. 109th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 110th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 111th Field Artillery Battalion

U.S. 112th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 115th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 116th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 117th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 119th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 120th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 132nd Field Artillery Battalion

U.S. 141st Infantry Regiment

U.S. 143rd Infantry Regiment

U.S. 157th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 275th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion

U.S. 309th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 313th Troop Carrier Group

U.S. 319th Bombardment Group

U.S. 358th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 359th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 394th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 411th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 422nd Infantry Regiment

U.S. 423rd Infantry Regiment

U.S. 424th Infantry Regiment

U.S. 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment

U.S. 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment

U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

U.S. 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment

U.S. 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment

U.S. 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment

U.S. 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment

U.S. 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment

U.S. 705th Bombardment Squadron

U.S. Army

demographics of

discipline and desertions in

GI clubs

hardening of

looting by

manpower needs of

matérial and

Paris life and

postwar search for missing

strengths of, after Normandy

tactical doctrine

U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF)

COBRA
and

DRAGOON
and

manpower needs of

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Army Effects Bureau

U.S. Congress

U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. military cemeteries

U.S. military tribunals

U.S. Navy

U.S. Selective Service

U.S. Signal Corps

U.S. Strategic Air Forces

U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey

Urft

Urquhart, Maj. Gen. Roy

USFET (U.S. Forces in the European Theater)

USO performances

Utah Beach

V-1 rocket

V-2 rocket

U.S. finds components in Germany

Valenciennes coal fields

Valkhof

Van Dyck, Anthony

Van Fleet, Col. James A.

Van Gogh, Vincent

VARSITY PLUNDER
, Operation

Vauban

Verdun

December 19 meeting at

VERITABLE

Vermeer, Johannes

Versailles

Treaty of (1919)

Vichy France

Victoria, Queen of England

Victory in Europe Day (May 8, 1945)

Vielsalm

Vienna

Vierville

Villers-Bocage

Vire

Vire River

Vittel

Eisenhower, Devers, and Bradley meet at

Vlaminck, Maurice de

Voice of SHAEF, The
(radio program)

Voltaire

Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.

Vosges Mountains

Vossenack

Vouilly

Waal River

Walcheren Island

Waller, Fats

Walters, Bucky

Wandry, Lt. June

war crimes

War Department

brochures

manpower shortages and

Warsaw

uprising

Waterloo, Battle of

Waters, Lt. Col. John Knight (POW no. 4161)

Waugh, Evelyn

Weigley, Russell F.

Weinberg, Gerhard L.

Weiss, Lt. Robert L.

Weizäcker, Carl Friedrich von

Wellard, James

Werbomont

Werewolf movement

Wesel

Westerbouwing Heights

Westphal, Gen. Siegfried

Westphalian Plain

West Wall.
See
Siegfried Line

White, Austin

White, Osmar

Whitehead, Don

Whiteley, Maj. Gen. J. F. M.

“Why Americans Seem Childish” (Mead)

Wierzbowski, Lt. Edward L.

Wiesbaden

Wiese, Gen. Friedrich

Wilck, Col. Gerhard

Wilder, Billy

Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany

Williams, Brig. Edgar T.

Williamson’s probability

William the Conqueror

Willmott, H. P.

Wiltz

Winant, John G.

Wismar, fall of

Wittmann, SS Capt. Michael

Wöbbelin concentration camp

Wolfe, Charles

Wolfsschlucht II (Hitler HQ)

Wood, Maj. Gen. John S. “P.”

World War I

armistice and

World War II

costs and consequences of

veterans of

Wren, Christopher

Wright, Elton E.

Wright, Sgt. Frank H.

Wright, Harold B.

Wright, Henry A.

Wuppertal

Wurm River

Xanten

Yalta Conference

Yamamoto, Adm. Isoruku

Yank
(GI magazine)

Young, Norwood

Ypres

Y program (German atomic bomb)

Yugoslavia

Zangen, Gen. Gustav-Adolf von

Zeiss company

Zuider Zee

Zutphen, Battle of (1586)

Zyklon B

Unless specified, all photos are from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Additional photos can be found at
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.

The supreme commander of Allied forces in western Europe, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, crossing the English Channel en route to Normandy from southern England on June 7, 1944. President Roosevelt chose Eisenhower to command Operation
OVERLORD
as “the best politician among the military men. He is a natural leader who can convince other men to follow him.”