INDEX
GENERAL
RANKS AND DECORATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS ARE AS OF
THE DATE OF COMPILATION OF THIS VOLUMEA
Abbeville: 10, 80.
Abbott, Hon. D. C.: 235, 306.
ABERCROMBIE, Operation: 53-4.
Abrial, Admiral: 11.
Achterveld: 268.
Acquafondata: 132.
Adak: 288, 290.
Aderno or Adrano: 100-05.
Admiralty: 6, 38, 81.
Adolf Hitler Line: 133-4; Canadian attack upon, 138-41; illustration facing p. 140; see also 142, 310.
Africa. Canadians in, 87-8, 295; see also 41, 51, 100, 169.
Agira: 101, 103-05.
Alamein, El: 51, 152.
Alanbrooke, Field Marshal The Viscount, K. G., G.C.B., O.M., D.S.O.: 13-15, 40, 91.
Alaska: 288-91.
Alban Hills: 133, 144.
Albert Canal: 221.
Alberta: 43.
Aldershot: 1st Cdn. Div. in, 7-9, 12-15, 18; see also 5, 26, 39, 44.
Alençon: 186-7, 201, 204.
Aleutian Is.: 44, 288-91, 297, 311.
Alexander, Maj.-Gen. R.O., C.B., D.S.O.: 43, 316.
Alexander, Field Marshal The Rt. Hon. The Viscount, of Tunis and Errigal, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., C.S.I., D.S.O., M.C.: commands Canadians in BUMPER, 32; Sicily, 96, 101; Southern Italy, 115, 130, 134, 139; Gothic Line, 144, 146, 151, 153; Northern Italy, 158, 166; appointments, 127, 162; farewell message to Foulkes, 167; Germans surrender to, 270.
Alexandria: 51.
Alfonsine: 161.
Algeciras, Bay of: 38.
Algeria: 51, 87, 95.
Algonquin, H.M.C.S.: 187.
Allard, Brigadier J. V., C.B.E., D.S.O.: 260.
Aller River: 262.
Allfrey, Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles W., K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C.: 115, 118.
Almelo: 262.
Altamura: 125.
Alter Rhein: 253.
Amblie: 187.
Amchitka: 288-9.
Amersfoort: 266, 268.
Amiens: 10, 67, 211.
Anagni: 144.
Anchorage (Alaska): 289.
Ancona: 146.
Andalsnes: 9.
Anderson, Lt.-Gen. Sir Kenneth A. N., K.C.B., M.C.: 87.
Anderson, Maj.-Gen. T. V., D.S.O.: 28, 315.
Andrews, Lt.-Col. J. G.: 64, 76.
ANGEL MOVE: 12.
Annette I.: 289.
Antelope, H.M.S.: 35.
Anthony, H.M.S.: 35.
Anti-aircraft guns: 32, 38, 99, 174, 215, 258.
Anti-tank guns: Canadian, 32, 89, 102, 118, 123, 139, 154, 239; German, 77, 123, 133, 135, 188-9, 193, 198-9.
Antonia, S.S.: 5.
Antwerp: captured, 211; opening of port, 212, 219-22, 226, 228-9; AntwerpTurnhout Canal, 221, 228; see also 217, 231, 236.
ANVIL, Operation: 129, 146-7; see also DRAGOON.
Anzio: bridgehead, 128-30, 132-4, 142, 144; see also 115, 297-8.
Apeldoorn: 264, 266.
Apennine Mts.: operations (1944), 144-6, 148, 150, 152, 154; see also 108, 110, 126, 128, 130.
Aquino: 133, 139-41, 143; Aquino-Pontecorvo Road, 138-9.
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Aquitania, transport: 5-6, 307.
Archangel: 34-6.
Arctic: 34.
Ardenne, France: 188.
Ardennes Forest, Belgium: German counter offensive, 231-2, 236-7, 254; Canadian Forestry Corps, 305.
Arezzo: 145.
Argentan: 201, 203-05.
Arielli River: 116, 125.
Armentières: 10.
Armistice: Belgium, 12; France, 18.
Armoured Personnel Carriers. See "Kangaroos".
Arnara: 143.
Arnhem: battle (1944), 214, 217-19; capture (1945), 264-5; see also 230, 260-61.
Arno River: 145, 156.
Arques-la-Bataille: 57, 65, 67, 81.
Artillery: Sicily, 98, 102; Italy, 121, 123, 135, 139, 148, 152; France, 177, 185, 196-7, 202, 215; Holland and Germany, 225, 238-40, 246, 257; see also 7, 28, 32, 59, 278, Anti-aircraft guns, Anti-tank guns, and Units, Artillery.
Asperden: 238, 243.
Aspromonte: 108.
Assen: 262.
Assoro: 101-02.
ASTONIA, Operation: 213.
Athena, S.S.: 1.
Atlantic: ocean transport, 31; air transport, 43; Battle of the Atlantic, 304.
Atlantic Command: 43, 316.
ALANTIC, Operation: 188, 194.
Atlantic Wall: 86, 177, 180.
Atomic bomb: 292.
Attu: 44, 288-90.
Augusta: 99.
Aurich: 270.
Aurora, H.M.S.: 35-6.
Aurunci Mts.: 133, 136.
Australia, Canadians in: 292. See also Part II.
Authie: 182, 188.
AVALANCHE, Operation; 107.
Avezzano: 115, 128.
Avranches: 187, 200, 201.
A.V.R.E.: 85, 178, 197, 213, 245.
Awatea, transport: 276.
B
Bad Zwischenahn: 271, 308.
Badoglio, Marshal: 106.
Bagnacavallo: 160-61.
Bahama Is.: 43.
Bailey bridge: 135, 224.
Baillie-Grolunan, Vice-Admiral H. T., C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E., R.N.: 59.
Balberger Wald: 247, 249-51.
Balkans: 166.
Baltic Sea: 270, 304.
Barentsburg: 35-6.
Bari: 125.
Barneveld: 266.
Barry: 305.
Battalions. See Part II under Units.
"Battle drill": 88.
Battle of Britain: 18-24, 26.
Bayeux: 175, 181, 185, 212.
BAYTOWN, Operation: 107.
Bazooka: 251.
"Beach maintenance": 56, 86, 95, 169.
Bedburg: 244.
Belgium: invasion (1940), 10; liberation (1944), 211, 213, 225; Ardennes counteroffensive, 231; see also 303, 305.
Bennet's Hill: 286-7.
Beny-sur-Mer: 180.
Bergen, Norway: 8.
Bergen op Zoom: 230.
Berkeley, H.M.S.: 80.
Berlin: 236, 261, 267-8, 270.
Bermuda: 43.
Bernatchez, Brigadier J. P. E., C.B.E., D.S.O.: 137, 165.
Berneval: 56, 64, 67, 69-70.
Bernhard Line: 110, 115.
Bernières-sur-Mer: 176, 179-80.
Bessin: 180.
Bevano River: 155.
Beveland: Canal, 226; Isthmus, 223; North, 226; South, 220-21, 225-6.
Bieler, Maj. G. D. A., D.S.O., M.B.E. 300301.
Bienen: 260.
Biervliet: 223.
Biferno River: 111-12.
Bingham, Col. J.F., C.B.E.: 202.
Blackader, Brigadier K. G., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., ED.: 176.
Blaskowitz, Col.-Gen. Johannes: 239, 267, 271.
BLOCKBUSTER, Operation: 247-53.
Blumentritt, Gen. Gunther: 22, 181, 258, 261.
Bochholt: 260.
"Boforce": 109.
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Bofors guns: 32, 197, 278; illustration facing p. 40.
Bogert, Col. M. P., D.S.O., O.B.E.: 109, 162.
Bois des Vertus: 212.
Bologna: 14", 155, 158, 162, 164.
Bombardment: Dieppe, 62, 75, 84-5; Normandy, 177, 185, 187; by V weapons, 214; see also 171 and Artillery.
Bombing: U.K., 21, 27, 30, 60; Dieppe, 57-8, 62, 75, 79; Italy, 128, 152; preinvasion, 172, 176-7; Normandy, 188, 196, 198, 203-04; Channel Ports, 214-16; Walcheren, 227-8; see also 171, 257 and Royal Air Force.
Bonifica, Canale: 162.
Bonninghardt: 251.
Booth, Brigadier E. L., D.S.O., E.D.: 112, 174, 202, 249.
Borden. See Camp Borden.
Borghetto: 162.
Borgo San Lorenzo: 156-7.
Borgo San Maria: 150.
Borken: 260.
Botwood: 43.
Boulogne: capture of (1944), 213-16, 224; see also 54, 65.
Bourguébus: 189, 191.
Boys rifle: 32, 139.
Braakman: 220, 223-4.
Bradley, Gen. Omar N.: Normandy, 185-6, 190, 194; see also 170, 175, 261, 268.
Breda: 230-32.
Bremen: 261, 268-9.
Bremse: 36.
Bren guns: 7, 32, 89; illustration facing p. 140.
Brereton, Lt.-Gen. Lewis H.: 221.
Breskens: 223-5, 228.
Brest: 13-17.
Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse: 179, 183-4.
Bretteville-sur-Laize: 198, 201.
Bridport: 59.
British Broadcasting Corporation: 270.
British Columbia: 43-4, 291, 304.
British Guiana, Canadian troops in: 43.
Brittany: 14, 81, 187, 190, 201.
Brocklesby, H.M.S.: 79.
Brockville: 296.
Brooke, Sir Alan. See Alanbrooke.
Brown, Air Vice-Marshal L. O., C.B., C.B.E., D.S.C., A.F.C.: 194.
Browne, Maj.-Gen. B. W., C.B., D.S.O., M.C.: 315.
Bruges: 213, 220.
Brussels: 211.
Bucknall, Lt.-Gen. G. C., C.B., M.C.: 175.
"Buffaloes": 224, 226, 242, 244, 258.
BUMPER, Exercise: 31-2.
Burma: 302.
Burns, Maj.-Gen. E. L. M., D.S.O., O.B.E., M. C.: interview with Brigadier Mallaby, 45-6; Southern Italy, 126, 137-8, 143, 173; Gothic Line, 150, 152, 156; see also 88, 316-17.
Buron: 182, 188.
Butcher, Capt. Harry C.: 204.
C
Cabeldu, Brigadier F. N., C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D.: 246.
Cabinet. See Government.
Caen: battle, 179-90, 193-6, 200; illustration facing p. 186; captured, 188; see also 152, 169, 175, 210, 214, 272.
Caesar Line: 133, 142.
Cagny: 189.
Cairo: 95.
Calabria : 107-08.
Calais: (1940), 10-11; captured (1944), 213-17.
Calcar: 238, 240, 245-9, 252.
Calder, Brigadier J. A., E.D.: 151.
Calpe, H.M.S.: 65-6, 78-80.
Caltagirone: 101.
Calvados: 180.
Camp Borden: 29-30.
Campobasso: 110-14, 116; illustration facing p. 110.
Canada House, London: 4, 5, 24.
Canadian Manufacturers' Association: 2.
Canal de Dérivation de la Lys: 220.
Canale Naviglio: 160-61.
"Canloan" officers: 294-6.
CANNONSHOT, Operation: 266.
Canterbury: 38.
Cantlie, Lt.-Col. S.S.T., E.D.: 192.
Cape Blanc Nez: 216.
Cape Gris Nez: 216-17, 224.
Capua: 132.
Carentan: 184.
Carovilli: 113.
Carpiquet: 186-8.
Casa Berardi : 117, 120, 125.
Casablanca Conference: 97.
Caserta : 132.
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Casino (Dieppe): 75, 77-8.
Cassino, Italy: 128, 130, 136-7, 152.
Castel di Sangro: 113.
Casualties--
Allied: 213, 228.
Canadian: "Canloan", 295; convoys, 31, 98; Dieppe, 60, 79-80, 179; First Special Service Force, 298-9; France, 179, 184, 190, 193, 209, 217; Holland and Germany, 228-9, 254, 272; Hong Kong, 287-8; Italian Theatre, 165; Liri Valley, 140, 143-4; North Africa, 87; Northern Italy, 152, 159; North-West Europe, 272; N.R.M.A., 235; Sicily, 99, 105-06; Southern Italy, 113, 124-5; Total, 309; Wastage Rates, 91, 233-5.
German: Dieppe, 71, 81; Italy, 141, 151, 162; North-West Europe, 206-09, 228, 232, 254-5, 272.
Japanese: 286-7, 289.
Catania: 95, 99-101, 104.
Catanzaro: 108.
Catenanuova: 104.
Catto, Lt: Col. D. E., D.S.O., E.D.: 64, 72.
Caucasus Mts: 52.
Caumont: 185, 187, 195.
Celle: 259.
Cemeteries, Canadian Military: 180, 212.
Centuripe: 104.
Ceprano: 138, 142-3.
Cervia: 154-5, 163.
Cessna: 154.
Cesenatico: 154.
Chambois: 204-05; illustration facing p. 206.
Chaplains: 78, 94.
Charlottesville: 303.
Chartres: 205.
Ch‰teaubriant: 15.
Cheltenham: 24.
Cherbourg: 170, 186-7.
Chester, P. A., Esq.: 316.
CHESTERFIELD, Operation: 138-42.
Cheux: 184-5.
Chiang Kai Shek, Generalissimo: 274.
Chiefs of Staff Committee: 34, 46, 56, 59, 61, 91.
Chiltern Hills: 32.
Chinese: 278, 282.
Christmas Day: (1939), 6; (1940), 25, 304; (1941), 52, 286; (1942), 51; (1943), 123, 169; (1944), 161, 298.
CHUCKLE, Operation: 159.
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston L. S.: announces arrival of Canadians, 6; France (1940), 11-12; warns of invasion, 12, 18, 22; speaks at Mansion House, 45; visits Washington (1941), 52; Dieppe, 55, 6061; importance of Rome, 110, 129; capture of Pas de Calais, 217; see also 127, 175.
"Churchill" tanks: Dieppe, 56, 75-7, illustration facing p. 76; Italy, 140, 151, 153, 156, 163, illustration facing p. 140; see also 30, 33, 183, 245.
Ciano, Count: 23.
"Civil Affairs": 302-03.
Civitavecchia: 131.
Clair Tizon: 202.
Clark, Gen. Mark W.: 107, 155-6, 158, 162.
CLEANSER, Operation: 266.
Cleve: 238-40, 243-5.
Clyde River: 6, 25, 30, 35-6, 95-6.
COBRA, Operation: 193.
Colle d'Anchise: 111.
"Collingwood, General". See King, H.M. the.
Cologne: 250.
Colombelles: 188-9.
Combined Training Centre: 34, 171.
Compulsory service: in Britain, 2; in Canada, 4, 28, 49, 233, 235.
Conca River: 150-51.
Conferences of Allied leaders: 97, 129, 291.
Conventello: 162.
Convoys: Atlantic, 5-6, 31, 48; Dieppe, 65, 68-9, 81-2; Mediterranean, 95-6, 98, 108; to Russia, 91.
Coral Sea: 51.
Coriano Ridge: 150-51.
Corlett, Maj.-Gen. C. H.: 290.
Cosens, Sgt. Aubrey, V.C.: 248-9.
COSSAC: 169, 171.
Cotignola: 161-2, 164.
Courcelette: 120.
Courseulles-sur-Mer: 176, 178, 180.
Coutances: 193.
Cranborne, Rt. Hon. The Viscount (Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs): 37.
Crawley: 39.
Crerar, Gen. H. D. G., C.H., C.B., D.S.O.: arrives England (1939), 5; on proposed expeditions (1940), 9, 11, 12; C.G.S., 289, 41; to command 1 Cdn. Corps, 40, 42; raid under Lovat, 53; Dieppe raid, 57, 62, 65; significance of Dieppe, 84-5; visits Africa, 88; SPARTAN, 89; to command First Cdn. Army, 93; arrives Sicily, 113; congratulates Foulkes, 159; Canadians leave Italy, 164; report from Keller, 184;
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operations in France, 194-5, 213; reports to Minister of National Defence, 196, 207, 209, 247, 264-5, 269; importance of Channel ports, 212; illness, 221; resumes command, 230-31; Rhineland, 237-53; letter from Eisenhower, 254; Rhine crossing, 257; letter from Montgomery, 272; German surrender, 270-72; Hong Kong, 275, 278; see also 170, 315-17.
Crete: 30.
Creully: 179.
Crocker, Lt.-Gen. Sir John T., K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C.: 171, 175, 207, 212, 221.
"Crocodiles": 156, 161, 213, 245, 252.
CROMWELL code word: 22.
Crotone: 108.
Crowe, Lt.-Col. Ralph M.: 103.
Cumberland, Brigadier I. H., D.S.O., O.B.E., E.D.: 153.
"Cumberlandforce": 153-4.
Cunningham, Brigadier D. G., C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D.: 179.
Currie, Lt.-Col. D. V., V.C.: 205.
Cussy: 188.
Cuxhaven: 262, 268.
Czechoslovakia: 2. See also Part II.
D
"D.D." tanks (amphibious): 176-8.
Darling, Lt.-Col. W. W. G., D.S.O., E.D.: 150.
Daser, Maj.-Gen. Wilhelm: 228-9.
Debert: 29.
Decorata: 111.
Delfzijl: 264, 270.
Demerara River: 43.
Demobilization: 306.
Dempsey, Gen. Sir Miles C., K.G.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C.: France, 170, 186, 190, 194, 207, 211; Holland and Germany, 221-2, 237, 256-60, 269; see also 106, 112, 175, 181.
Den Heuvel: 242; illustration facing p. 246.
Denmark: 8, 10.
Departments, Government. See by name.
"Desert Rate": 113.
Destroyers: Dieppe, 75, 79-80, 85; see also 6, 35, 177.
Deventer: 263-4, 266.
Devil's Peak Peninsula: 279, 281.
Dewing, Maj.-Gen. R. H., C.B., D.S.O., M.C.: 12, 16.
De Witt, Lt.-Gen. J. L.: 289.
Dieppe: raid (1942), planning, 55-63; plan, 64-6; enemy, 66-70; the operation, 63, 70-82, illustration facing p. 76; lessons of, 83-6, 95, 171-2, 176, 179-80; captured (1944), 207, 211-12; see also viii, 52, 54, 94, 168, 189, 228, 301.
Diersfordt Wood: 258-9.
Dietrich, Oberstgruppenführer or Col.-Gen. Josef: 200.
Dill, Field Marshal Sir John G., G.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.: 12, 16, 34, 40.
Dittaino River: 101-02, 104.
Dives River: 207.
Dodecanese Is.: 301.
Don José, S.S.: 276.
Dorset: 59, 171.
Dorsten: 258.
Doudeville: 67.
Douvres-la-Délivrande: 184.
Dover: 2nd Division at, 173-4; straits of, 212, 195; see also 11, 13, 54, 214-15.
"Dover Dash": 13.
Dowding, Air Chief Marshal The Lord, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., C.M.G.: 21.
Downs, The. See North Downs and South Downs.
DRAGOON, Operation: 147, 298.
Duchess of Bedford, transport: 5.
Duff, Rt. Hon. Sir Lyman P.: 275-6.
Duffelward: 244.
Dunfermline: 9.
Dunkerque (battleship): 6.
Dunkirk: evacuation (1940), 10-13, 18; investment (1944-5), 213-14, 229-30; see also 168-9.
Dilren: 247.
Durnford-Slater, Brigadier J. F., D.S.O.: 64, 70.
Dilsseldorf: 250, 253.
Dutch Harbor: 288-9.
E
East Anglia: 32.
Eberbach, Gen. Hans: 206, 211.
Eberding, Maj.-Gen.: 224-5.
Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony, M.C.: 6.
Education, Army: 47, 94.
Egypt: 51, 62, 95.
Eindhoven: 218-19.
Eire: 173.
Eisenhower, General of the Army Dwight D.: interview with McNaughton (1942), 47; Mediterranean Theatre, 127, 158,
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168; appointed Supreme Commander A.E.F., 169; on air superiority (D Day), 172; inspects Canadians, 174; decision on D Day, 175; bridgehead strategy, 190, 193; German losses in Normandy, 209; assumes personal control of ground forces, 213; "broad front policy", 217-18; comments on Scheldt, 229; Rhineland, 236-7; letter to Crerar, 254; Rhine crossing, 256; decision re Ninth U.S. Army, 261; on factors insuring victory, 271.
El Alamein. See Alamein.
Elbe River: 259-62, 268, 270.
Elbeuf: 208.
ELEPHANT, Operation: 232.
Elkins, Maj.-Gen. W. H. P., C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.: 43, 316.
Emden: 263-4, 270.
Emerald, H.M.S.: 6.
Emmerich: 238-9, 245, 257, 260-61.
Empoli: 145.
Empress of Australia, transport: 5.
Empress of Britain, transport: 5.
Empress of Canada, transport: 35-6.
Ems River: 264, 268-70.
Enna: 100-101.
Ensor, Lt: Col. J. P., D.S.O., M.B.E.: 53.
Envermeu: 65.
Equipment: situation in 1939, 2; Canadian divisions, 4, 32-3, 113; left in France (1940), 12, 16, 18; see also 43, 52, 55, 88-9 (Canadian production) and equipment by types.
Erebus, H.M.S.: 213.
Erle: 259.
Esschen: 223.
Estevan Point: 44.
Etna, Mount: 100-101, 104-05.
Eu: 67.
Evans, Maj.-Gen. Roger, C.B., M.C.: 19.
Exercises: 31, 59, 63, 279, 290; see also exercises by name.
F
Faenza: 160.
Fagalde, General: 11.
Fairlight Church, Sussex: 40.
Falaise: Falaise Road, 188, 191, 194-203; capture, 203; the Gap, 203-07, illustration facing p. 206; see also 181, 18990, 214, 234, 271.
Falmouth: 13-14.
Far East: 51, 273-4, 300, 302.
Faubourg de Vaucelles: 188-9.
Feltrino River: 116.
Ferme, H.M.S.: 65.
Feuchtinger, Lt.-Gen. Edgar: 181.
Fifth Column: 15, 281.
First Great War. See War of 1914-18.
Fiumi Uniti: 158-9.
Fiumicino River: 153.
"Flail" tanks: 213, 252.
Florence: 145-7, 151, 156, 164.
Flossenberg: 300.
Flushing: 224, 228.
Flying Fortresses: 80.
Foggia: 109-10.
Foglia River. 148, 150.
Foligno: 147.
Folkestone: 23.
Fontenay-le-Marmion: 189, 191-2, 197.
Foote, Hon. Maj. J. W., V.C.: 78.
Foreign Office (British): 300-301.
Forêt de la Londe: See La Londe.
Forli: 155, 157, 164.
Forme d'Aquino : 137.
Formosa I.: 278.
Foro River: 116.
Fort Cataraqui, S.S.: 229.
Forte. See by name.
Fortunate Feature. See San Fortunate.
Fosse Munio: 160-61.
Fosse Vecchio: 160.
Foster, Maj.-Gen. H. W., C.B.E., D.S.O.: Kiska, 289; Italy, 156, 159; North-West Europe, 176, 183, 220, 266; see also 317.
Fougères: 187.
Foulkes, Lt.-Gen. C., C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.: to command 2nd Cdn. Inf. Div., 156, 173; commands 1st Cdn. Corps in Italy, 156, 159, 231; message from Alexander, 167; Normandy, 189; Acting G.O.C. 2nd Cdn. Corps in Scheldt operations, 221; commands 1st Cdn. Corps in Holland, 257, 264-7; surrender of German TwentyFifth Army, 271; see also 316-17.
Frankfurt: 256.
Frederick, Maj.-Gen. Robert T.: 297.
Frederik Hendrik, Fort: 225.
French Indo-China: 302.
Fresnes: 300.
Freyberg, Lt.-Gen. Sir Bernard C., V.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O.: 19.
Friesoythe: 263.
Frinton: 38.
Frosinone: 115, 143.
Führer. See Hitler.
Furious, H.M.S.: 6.
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Godo: 159.
FUSILADE, Operation: 211.
G
Gaeta, Gulf of: 133.
Gambalesa: 110.
Gander: 43.
Ganong, Maj.-Gen. H. N., C.B.E., E.D.: 44.
Ganong, Brigadier J. E., E.D.: 189.
Gari River: 128, 130, 134-5, 137; see also Rapido River.
Garigliano River: 110, 128-9, 133.
Gauvreau, Brigadier J. G., D.S.O.: 226.
Gela: 99.
Geldern: 238, 251.
"General Lee" tanks: 33.
"General Stuart" tanks: 33.
Gennep: 238, 241, 243-4.
Genoa: 145.
Georges, General: 15.
Gestapo: 299-301.
Ghent: 224.
Giarratana: 100.
Gibraltar: 37-8, 311.
Gibson, Maj.-Gen. R. B., C.B., C.B.E., V.D.: 315.
Gibson, Brigadier T. G., C.B.E., D.S.O.: 112-13, 120, 138.
Ginderich: 253.
Gin Drinkers Bay: 281.
Gin Drinkers Line: 281.
Glasgow: 34.
Goch: 239-40, 243-6.
GOLDFLAKE, Operation: 165.
GOODWOOD, Operation: 188, 190, 196.
Goose Bay: 43.
Gort, Field Marshal The Viscount, V.C., G.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.V.O., M.C.: 8, 11, 13.
"Gort's Hospital": 37.
Gostling, Lt.-Col. A. C.: 64, 74.
Gothic Line: 144-5, 148; attack upon, 14650, 156-7, illustration facing p. 150.
Government, British: crisis (1940), 12-13, 24; Iceland, 25; requests Canadian Tunnellers for Gibraltar, 37; Newfoundland, 43; Mr. King's visit (1941), 44-5; disposition of Canadian Forces (1941), 46; Canadians in Sicily and Italy, 92-3, 113; cross-Channel invasion, 168; requests Canadians for Hong Kong, 273; Cdn. Forestry Corps, 303; see also 5.
Government, Canadian: mobilization, 3, 4; changes in Ministry, 28, 235; dispositions of Canadian forces (1939-40), 4, 8, 24-5, 37; dispositions (1942), 45-7; Army organization (1942), 42, 44, 48; Newfoundland, 43; C.WA.C., 50; compulsory service, 49, 233-4; "manpower ceiling" (1943), 91; Sicily, 92-3; Italy, 113; Hong Kong, 273-4; C.A.P.F., 291; "Canloan", 295; C.A.O.F., 308.
Government, Dutch: 10, 264-5.
Government, U.S.: 168.
Government, Vichy: 16.
Graham, Brigadier H.D., C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D.: 102.
Grammichele: 101.
Granarolo: 162.
Grasett, Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Edward, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C.: 278.
Grave: 218-19, 245.
Grave-sur-Mer: 178.
Grebbe Line: 266-7.
Greece: 30.
Green Bay (Spitsbergen): 35-6.
Green Line. See Gothic Line.
Greenock: 6.
Gregson-Ellis, Maj.-Gen. P.G.S., C.B., O.B.E.: 56.
GRENADE, Operation: 237, 243, 247, 250, 253-4.
Grim, Maj. F. P.: 192-3.
Groesbeek: 241, 245.
Groningen: 263, 269.
Guadalcanal: 51.
Guam I.: 280.
Guildford: 19.
Guinea: 216.
Guingand, Maj.-Gen. Sir Francis de, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O.: 218.
Gustav Line: 129, 134, 136-7.
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Haase, Lt.-Gen. Conrad: 66.
Hague, The: 214.
Haislip, Lt.-Gen. Wade H.: 203.
Halifax: 5, 6, 235, 307.
Hamburg: 259-60, 262, 268, 270.
Hamm: 218.
Hamminkelm: 258.
Hampshire: 26, 39, 40.
Harbours, artificial: 169, 186.
Hardelot: 54.
Harderwijk: 266.
HARDGATE, Operation: 104.
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"Harley Street", Gibraltar: 37.
Harmel, Brigadeführer or Maj.-Gen. Heinz: 205.
Hastings: 40.
Havet, General Achille d': 98, 100.
Havre. See Le Havre.
Hay, Lt.-Col. A. J.: 199.
Hazebrouck: 10.
Headley Court: 19, 42.
Hees, Die: 253.
Heidrich, Lt.-Gen. Richard: 109-10, 121-2, 139.
Heim, Lt.-Gen. Ferdinand: 215.
Helena: 297.
Hennessy, Col. P., D.S.O., M.C.: 275, 285.
's Hertogenbosch. 222.
Hertzberg, Maj.-Gen. H. F. H., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C.: 315.
Hickson, Lieut. G. A., D.C.M., M. M.: 75.
Highways--
No. 6: 128, 1334, 139, 142-3.
No. 7: 134, 136.
No. 9: 156.
No. 16: 155, 159, 162-3.
No. 67: 157.
No. 121: 101, 104.
No. 124: 101.Hillary, H.M.S.: 98.
Hill, Capt. A. C., M.C.: 75
"Hill 736": 104.
Hiroshima: 292.
Hitler, Adolf: seizes European countries, 2, 10, 30; plans invasion of U.K., 12, 18, 20-23; Italy, 107, 112, 129, 133; Normandy, 182, 187, 199-201 (Mortain counter-offensive), 204, 210; Ardennes, 231; Siegfried Line, 243; suicide, 270; see also 47, 94, 144, 213.
Hitler Line. See Adolf Hitler Line.
Hoch Elten: 260.
Hochwald: battle, 236, 238, 245-7, 249-51; see also 305, 310.
Hodges, Gen. Courtney H.: 194.
Hoffmeister, Maj.-Gen. B. M., C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D.: Mediterranean, 114, 127, 140, 143, 162; North-West Europe, 266; to command C.A.P.F., 292; see also 317.
Home, Brigadier W. J., M.C.: 275.
Hong Kong: defence of, 273-88; see also viii, 30, 302.
Honolulu: 276.
Horrocks, Lt.-Gen. Sir Brian G., K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C.: 238.
HORSE, Operation: 232.
HORDSESHOE (Sant' Angelo): 136.
House of Commons, British: 22, 55.
House of Commons, Canada: 4, 235, 291, 306, 308.
Hudleston, Air Vice-Marshal E. C., C.B., C.B.E.: 194.
Hughes-Hallett, Capt. J., C.B., D.S.O., R.N.: Dieppe, 59, 61-2, 65, 79, 84; COSSAC planning, 169, 171.
HUSKY, Operation: 92, 97.
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Icarus, H.M.S.: 35.
Iceland: 25, 31, 35.
Ijsselmeer: 263, 266-7.
Ijssel River: 262, 264-6.
Imola: 156-7.
India. See Part II.
Industry: Canadian, 2, 28, 88-9; German, 172.
INFATUATE, Operation: 221, 225-9.
Inveraray: 34-5.
Irak: 30.
Ironside, Field Marshal The Lord, of Archangel, G.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.: 10-11.
Isigny: 184.
Isle of Wight: 59-60, 81, 175.
Issel River: 258, 260; see also Ijssel.
J
Jamaica: 24, 43, 275.
Japan: Canadian defensive measures against, 42-4, 49; Hong Kong operation, 273-88; Canadian prisoners in, 288; Aleutians operations, 288-91; see also vii, 292, 295.
Japanese Language School,Vancouver: 302.
Jardine's Lookout: 284.
Jasperson, Lt: Col. F. K., D.S.O., E.D.: 64, 76.
Jefferson, Brigadier J. C., C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D.: 174, 249.
Jever: 269, 270.
Johnston, Brigadier I. S., C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D.: 123, 159.
Jones, Col. C. E. F., O.B.E.: 305.
JUBILEE, Operation: 62, 171; see also Dieppe.
Juin, General: 139.
Jillich: 247.
K
Kai Tak aerodrome: 281.
"Kangaroos" (Armoured Personnel
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Cariers): described, 213; Normandy, 196-7, 202-03; see also 215, 246.
Kap Linne: 35.
Kapelsche Veer: 232.
Kassel: 256.
KATE, Exercise: 208.
Keefler, Maj.-Gen. R. H., C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D.: 221, 248, 260, 317.
Keller, Maj.-Gen. R. F. L., C.B.E.: commands 3rd Cdn. Inf. Div., 170; lands in France, 179; letter from Dempsey, 181; report to Crerar, 184; wounded, 198; see also 317.
Kempetai: 299.
Kennedy, Maj.-Gen. H., C.B.E., M.C.: 315.
Kent: 20, 29, 32, 39, 173.
Keppeln: 248.
Kesselring, Field Marshal Albert: Liri Valley, 133, 136; Gothic Line, 144, 148, 150, 155; see also 162, 174.
Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet The Lord, of Zeebrugge and of Dover, G.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G., D.S.O., R.N.: 54.
King, H.M. the: 6, 13, 142, 174.
King of the Belgians, H. M. Leopold III: 12.
King of Norway, H.M. Haakon VII: 8.
King, Fleet Admiral Ernest J.: 52.
King, Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie, O.M.: on compulsory service, 4, 234-5; dispatch of 2nd Cdn. Inf. Div., 8; announces formation of Cdn. Corps, 26; at Ogdensburg, 29; Army programme (1942), 41; in U.K., 44-5, 174; retirement of McNaughton, 93; see also 308.
Kingston, Ont.: 16, 303.
Kiska: occupied by Japanese, 44, 288; U.S.-Canadian expedition, 273, 289-91, 297; N.R.M.A. troops, 233, 308.
Hitching, Brigadier G., C.B.E., D.S.O.: 125, 173, 198, 317.
Kluge, Field Marshal Wolfgang von: 195, 199-201, 204.
Knocke-sur-Mer: 225.
Kota Bharu: 278.
Kowloon: 278-9, 281.
Kranenburg: 243.
Kasten Canal: 263, 269.
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Labatt, Lt: Col. R. R., D.S.O., E.D.: 64.
Labrador: 43.
La Hogue: 195, 197.
Laison River: 198-9, 202-03, 249.
Laize River: 201.
La Londe, Forêt de: 208.
Lamone River: 157-60.
Lapin, Fort (Calais): 216.
Larino: 126.
Laval: 14-15, 187, 200.
Law, Lt.-Col. A. T., D.S.O.: 74.
Lawson, Brigadier J. K.: 2T5, 279, 282-5.
Laycook, Maj.-Gen. R. E., C.B., D.S.O.: 99.
Leatherhead: 19.
Leclerc, Rear Admiral: 11.
Leclerc, General Jacques: 209.
Leclerc, Maj.-Gen. P. E., C.B.E., M.M., E.D.: 44.
Leda River: 263, 269.
Leer: 270.
Leese, Lt.-Gen. Sir Oliver W. H., Bart., K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.: commands 30 Corps, 95, 99, 101; letter to Simonds, 106; to command Eighth Army, 127; Liri Valley, 134, 138, 139-43; Gothic Line, 146, 153.
Leeuwarden: 263.
Leghorn: 165.
Le Havre: 207-08, 212-14.
Leigh-Mallory, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford L., K.C.B., D.S.O.: Dieppe Raid, 59, 62, 85; Air C.-in-C. Allied Expeditionary Air Force, 169; Normandy, 188; on Seine crossing, 208; see also 174-5.
Leighton Hill: 286.
Leine River: 262.
Leipzig: 261, 268.
Lek River. See Neder Rijn.
Le Mans: 1st Cdn. Div. (1940), 14-15; breakout of American forces (1944), 1867; Americans enter, 201.
Lembeck: 259.
Le Mesnil-Patry: 184.
Lens: 309.
Leonforte: 100-03.
Leopold Canal: 220-21, 224-5.
Les Buissons: 182.
Le Tréport: 87, 212.
Letson, Maj.-Gen. H. F. G., C. B., C.B.E., M.C., E.D.: 295, 315.
Lett, Brigadier Sherwood, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., E.D.: 59, 79, 189.
Leuth: 242. Levant I.: 298.
Lewis machine guns: 7, 38.
Liane River: 215.
Licata: 95-6.
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Lind, Brigadier J. S. H., D.S.O., E.D.: 148.
Lion-sur-Mer: 182.
Lippstadt: 261.
Liri River: battles, 128-43; see also 114.
Lisieux: 207.
Liska, Maj.-Gen. A.: 214.
Little Hong Kong: 286.
Locust, H.M.S.: 79.
Loire River: 172, 187, 201, 210.
Lombard Plain: 145, 157, 166.
London, Eng.: C.M.H.Q. established, 5; bombing, 22; V-1 attacks, 213; V-2 attacks, 214; Dutch Government in, 264; see also 52, 89, 172-3.
Longueville-sur-Scie: 81.
Longyearby: 36.
Lovat, Lt.-Col. The Lord, D.S.O, M.C.: ABERCROMBIE, 53-4; Dieppe Raid, 64, 71.
Low Countries: 21, 24, 27, 261.
Lübeck: 270.
Lugo: 169.
LUMBERJACK, Operation: 254.
Luneburg Heath: 270, 311.
LÜTTICH, Operation (German). 200.
Luttwitz, General Heinrich von: 205.
Lye Mun Passage: 278-9.
Lyme Regis: 23.
M
McCarthy, Hon. L. G. (Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.A.): 46.
McCreery, Lt.-Gen. Sir Richard L., K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C.: 153, 155, 164.
Mackenzie, Hon. Ian A.: 3, 4, 315.
Mackenzie, Maj.-Gen. J. P., C.B., D.S.O., E.D.: 315.
McNaughton, Gen. The Hon. A. G. L., C.H., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.: Pres. National Research Council, 2, 4; to command 1st Cdn. Div., 4-6; Norway (1940), 9, (1942), 91; France (1940), 10-17; to command 7th Corps, 19-20, 32; to command Cdn. Corps, 26, 32; Spitsbergen (1941), 30, 34; illness (1941), 40; organization First Cdn. Army, 40-42, 48; employment of Canadian troops, 45-6; visits Washington (1942), 46-7, 168; Lovat raid, 53-4; Dieppe raid, 57, 62, 83; Canadians in North Africa, 87; SPARTAN, 89, 170; Sardinian project, 91-2; leaves Canadian Army Overseas, 92-3; early preparations for invasion, 170-71; Minister of National Defence, 235, 242; see also 315-17.
McQueen, Col. J. G., E. D. 296-7.
MacQueen, Maj.-Gen. J. H., C.B.E.: 316.
Maas River: "Watch on the Mass", 230-32, 257; illustration facing p. 234; Rhineland battle, 237, 240, 243-4; see also 10, 21819, 222, 264.
Macey, Sgt. C. N., D.C.M.: 141.
Machine Gun Battalions: 17, 279; see also Part II under Units.
Maczek, Maj.-Gen. S.: 198.
Magdeburg: 260.
Maginot Line: 10.
Mahony, Maj. J. K., V.C.: 141-2.
Maiella Range: 116.
Mainz: 256.
Malaya: 274, 280, 282, 302.
Mallaby, Brigadier A. W. S., C.I.E., O.B.E.: 45-6.
Malta: 95, 98, 164.
Maltby, Maj.-Gen. C. M., M.C.: 276, 278, 280-83, 287.
Manfredonia: 112.
Manila: 276.
Manion, Dr. R. J., M.C.: 4.
Mann, Maj.-Gen. C. C., C.B.E., D.S.O.: 65.
Manoeuvres. See Exercises.
Mansion House, London: 45.
Mantes-Gassicourt: 205.
"Maple Leaf City". See Campo-basso.
Maquis: 301.
Marano: 151 2.
Marecchia River: 152.
Margate: 23, 39.
Mariana Is.: 292.
Maritime Provinces: 29, 42.
MARKET GARDEN, Operation. 218-19.
Marradi: 157, 163.
Marsala: 99.
Marseilles--165.
Marshall, General of the Army George C.: 52, 97, 183, 233.
Massey, Rt. Hon. Vincent, C.H.: 6, 37, 94.
Massey, Mrs. V.: 94.
Materborn: 244.
Matese Mts.: 111.
Matthews, Maj.-Gen. A. B., C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D.: 173, 231, 262, 317.
Matthews, Maj.-Gen. H. H., C.M.G., D.S.O.: 315.
Mayenne: 187, 200.
May-sur-Orne: 191-3, 197.
Mediterranean: Sicilian operation, 95, 97-8, 108; "Canloan" officers, 296; First Special Service Force, 298, 300-301; Civil Affairs,
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303; see also viii, 52-3, 113, 168-9.
Megill, Brigadier W. J., D.S.O.: 222, 248.
Melfa River 138, 141-2.
Melo River: 151.
Ménard, Col. D., D.S.O.: 64, 78.
Menzelen: 252.
Meppel: 262.
Meppen: 263.
Merchant Marine: 31, 81.
Merritt, Lt.-Col. C. C. I., V.C., B.D. 64, 73, 75.
Merxem: 221.
Mesnil Val: 67.
Messin: 99-100, 104-05, 107.
Metauro River: 146-8.
Meuse River. See Maas.
Meyer, Maj.-Gen. Kurt: 195, 198, 206-07.
Mézidon: 194, 207.
Mezzano: 159.
Middelburg: 229.
Middle East: 46.
Middlesex: 65.
Midway I.: 51.
Mignano: 132.
Military Government: 302; American School of, 303.
Millingen, Germany: 260.
Millingen, Holland: 244.
Minden: 259.
Misano: 151.
Mobile reserve: 3.
Mobilization, Canadian: 2-4, 27.
Model, Field Marshal Walter: 204, 210.
Modica: 100.
Monarch of Bermuda, transport: 5.
Moncel, Col. R. W., D.S.O., O.B.E.: 249.
Montague, Lt.-Gen. The Hon. P. J., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C., V.D.: 5, 28, 235, 316.
Montgomery, Field Marshal The Viscount, of Alamein, K.G., G.C.B., D.S.O.: G. O.C.-in-C. S. E. Command, 40, 42, 53; Dieppe raid, 56-7, 60, 62; Sicily, 95, 10001,. 107; Italy, 108-12, 115, 127, 170; invasion preparations, 169, 174, 181; France, 185-8, 190, 194-6, 201, 204; directive to Bradley and Dempsey, 186; strategy after the Seine crossing, 217-18, 231; directive re capture of Dieppe (1944), 207; Holland, 228-9; directive to Army Commanders re Scheldt, 222; writes Simonds, 229; Rhineland, 241, 244, 254, 256; directive to Army Commanders re Rhineland, 237; final phase, 260, 262, 265, 267; German surrender, 270; letter of thanks to Crerar, 271-2; see also 18, 88, 93, 213.
Montargis: 300.
Montecchio : 150.
Monte Cairo: 133.
Monte d'Oro: illustration facing p. 140.
Monte Grande: 164.
Monte la Difensa: 298.
Monte Ia Remetanea: 298.
Monte Luro : 148, 150.
Mont Lambert: 215.
Montons River: 158-9.
Mont Pinçon: 196-7.
Montreal: 311.
Mock: 241, 243.
Morgan, Lt.-Gen. Sir Frederick E., K.C.B.: 169, 171.
MORNING GLORY: 121.
Moro River: 116-18, 121, 138.
Mortain: 187; German counter-offensive at, 199-201, 204-06, 231.
Moscow: 61,
Moselle River: 211, 256.
Motta Montecorvino: 110.
Mount Butler: 284-5.
Mount Cameron: 286-7.
Mount Parish: 287.
Mount Parker: 283.
Mountbatten, Admiral The Earl, of Burma, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., D.S.O., R. N.: 53-4, 56, 59, 65.
Movement Control: 15-16, 165, 276.
Moyland Wood: 245-6.
Mue River: 184.
MULBERRY harbours. See Harbours.
München-Gladbach, Germany: 250.
"Munich Crisis": 2.
Munitions and Supply, Department of: 296.
Murchie, Lt.-Gen. J. C., C.B., C.B.E.: 93, 315.
Murphy, Brigadier W. C., C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D.: 156, 163.
"MUSK-OX", Exercise: 296.
Mussolini, Benito: 23, 106, 231.
Mussolini Canal: 298.
N
Nagasaki: 292.
Namsos: 9. Nantes: 14.
Naples: 107-09, 113, 298.
Narvik: 8-9.
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National Defence, Department of: 3, 235. National Research Council: 2, 4, 296. National Resources Mobilization Act: terms, 28; amendment, 49; controversy, 233-5; N.R.M.A. troops in Aleutians, 290; sent overseas, 235; casualties, 235; numbers serving, 233, 308.
Neder Rijn River: 218-19, 230-31, 264-6.
Nerissa, S.S.: 31.
Netherlands Indies: 287.
Netherlands, The: invaded, 10; liberated, 262-9; Civil Affairs, 303; see also Low Countries.
Neuss: 250.
New Brunswick: 43.
Newfoundland: 43, 275.
New Guinea: 51.
Newhaven: 26, 55, 62.
"New Territories" (Hong Kong): 278.
New Zealand. See Part II.
Nicklin, Lt.-Col. J. A., O.B.E.: 258.
Nicosia: 100.
Nieulay, Fort (Calais): 216.
Nigeria, H.M.S.: 35-6.
Nijmegen: salient, 218-19; 230-31, 237; Cleve road, 240-42, 244; see also 165, 253, 265; illustration facing p. 222.
Nissoria: 103.
Norrey-en-Bessin: 183-4.
North Africa: landings in, 38, 51-3, 61, 87, 168; and Sicilian invasion, 97-8; see also 30, 233, 298, 301 and Africa.
Northampton: 12-14.
North Beveland. See Beveland.
North Cape: 311.
North Downs: 19, 23.
Northern Ireland: 173.
North Pole: 34, 37.
North Sea: 20, 38, 227.
North-West Territories: 43, 296.
Norway: invasion, 8-10; "Little Norway", 24; plans of 1942, 91, 296; see also Spitsbergen.
Norwich: 214.
Nova Scotia: 43, 311.
Nursing Sisters: 50, 279.
O
Oder River: 236, 261.
Odium, Maj.-Gen. V. W., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., V.D.: 24, 40, 317.
Odon River: 185, 189.
Ogdensburg Agreement: 29.
Oldenburg: 263, 269.
OLIVE, Operation: 146, 148, 152.
Oliver, Rear-Admiral G. N., C.B., D.S.O., R.N.: 171, 177.
Oostburg: 225.
Operations. See by name.
Orléans: 201, 205.
Orne River: 175, 184, 188-98.
Orsogna: 117, 120, 126.
Ortona: battle, 120-27; illustration facing p. 122; see also 116-17, 140, 174.
Osborn, W. O. II (C.S.M.) J. R., V.C.: 285.
Oslo: 8.
Ottawa: 40, 309.
"Otterloo, Battle of": 286.
Ouistreham: 169.
Ouville-la-Rivière: 67, 74.
OVERLORD, Operation: plan, 85, 169-73; see also 129, 184.
Oxford: 18-19.
"Oxford" bridge: 135.
P
Pachino: 96, 105, 107; frontispiece.
Pacific: operations, ix, 273-93; situation (1940), 25; (1942), 51; Pacific Command established, 41-3.
Padua: 145.
Paestum: 108.
Page, Maj.-Gen. L. F., C.B., D.S.O.: 25, 316-17.
Paget, Gen. Sir Bernard C. T., G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C.: 40, 53.
Palermo: 95.
Panaccioni: 136.
"Panther" tanks: Liri Valley, 141; Gothic Line, 148, 151; Savio River, 155; description, 183; Normandy, 183-4; illustrations facing pp. 140 and 150.
Parcé: 14.
Paris: fall, 15; liberation, 209; see also 14, 186, 205, 207.
Parliament, British: 172; see also House of Commons.
Parliament of Canada: declares war, 1; compulsory service, 235; see also 49, 309 and House of Commons.
Pas de Calais: invasion plan, 173; flying bombs, 213; see also 172, 190, 195, 213, 217.
Patton, Gen. George S., Jr.: Sicilian invasion, 96; Normandy, 194, 200-01, 203-4; France, 205; views on strategy, 218; Rhine crossing, 256.
Peacehaven: 39.
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Pearkes, Maj.-Gen. G. R., V.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C.: commands 1st Cdn. Div., 19; to be G.O.C.-in-C. Pacific Command, 44; see also 40, 88, 289, 316-17.
Pearl Harbor: 280, 282.
Penhale, Maj.-Gen. M.H.S., C.B.E.: 104.
"Pepper Pot": 239.
Perkins, Capt. E. J., D.S.O.: 141.
Permanent Joint Board on Defence: 29.
Perugia: 147.
Pesaro: 148, 150.
Pescara: Caesar line, 133; see also 115-16, 124, 128.
Petit Appeville: 74.
Petrol: German shortage, 200; see also 57.
Philippine Is.: 51, 274, 276, 280.
Phillipps, Lt.-Col. J. P., Royal Marines: 64, 78.
PIAT: 139, 141, 155, 251.
Piazza Armerina: 101.
Piazza Municipale. See Ortona.
Pico: 139.
Pignataro: 137-8.
PIRATE, Exercise: 85, 171.
Pisa: 144-5, 148.
Pisciatello River: 154.
Pistoia: 145.
Plebiscite on compulsory service: 49.
PLOUGH, Operation: 296-7.
PLUNDER, Operation: Rhine crossing, 256-9.
Plymouth: 13-16.
"Plymouth" Bridge: 135.
Po River: 152-3.
Pofi: 143.
"Point 59": 125.
"Point 159": 203.
"Point 195": 199.
"Point 253": 150.
Poland: 1, 3, 7.
Pont l'Évêque: 207.
Pontecorvo: 133, 137-40.
Pope, Lt.-Gen. M. A., C.B., M.C.: 47, 315.
Port Cros: 298.
Porteous, Capt. P. A., V.C.: 71.
"Porterforce": 155, 158-9.
Portslade: 38.
Portsmouth: 23, 63, 65, 82.
Potenza: 109-10.
Potigny: 188, 198.
Potts, Maj.-Gen. A. E., C.B.E., E.D.: 34-5, 44.
Pourville: Dieppe planning, 55-6, 58;
Dieppe raid, 64, 87, 69, 73-4, 81-2.
Power, Hon. C. G., M.C.: 43.
Pozzallo: 96.
Prenestini Mts.: 133.
Price, Maj.-Gen. C. B., D.S.O., D.C.M., V.D.: commands 3rd Cdn. Div., 30; see also 317.
"Priests": 177, 196.
Prime Minister of Canada. See King, Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie.
Primosole bridge: 100.
Prince Edward Island: 43.
Prince of Wales, H.M.S.: 282.
Prince Robert, H.M.C.S.: Hong Kong, 276.
Prince Rupert: 289.
Princess Astrid, H.M.S.: 60.
Princess Josephine Charlotte, H.M.S.: 60.
Prisoners of War, Canadian: France (1940), 15-16; Dieppe, 67, 70-72, 80; 1st Cdn. Para. Bn., 179; murdered by S.S., 181; Hong Kong, 287-8; total, 309.
Prisoners of War, German: Italy, 141, 1512, 162; Falaise, 203, 205-06; Channel Porte, 216-17; Belgium and Holland (1944), 225-6, 228-9, 232; Rhineland, 242, 253-4; final phase, 266, 268, 270; total taken by First Cdn. Army, 272.
Puits: See Puys.
Putot-en-Bessin: 179, 183.
Puys: Dieppe planning, 55-6, 58; Dieppe raid, 64, 67, 69, 71-3, 77, 82.
Q
QUADRNT Conference: 169.
Quatre Vents Farm (Pourville): 73.
Quebec: Province, 43, 49;
Queen, H.M. the: 13.
Quesnay Wood: 199.
Quiberville: 55-6, 71.
QUICK ANGER, Operation: 265-6.
R
Radar or R.D.F.: at Dieppe, 57, 65, 66, 69, 73; station at Douvres, 184; Canadian personnel to Australia, 292.
Ragusa: 100, 106.
Ralston, Col. The Hon. J. L., C.M.G., D.S.O., E.D.: appointed Minister of National Defence, 28; visits England, 29, 46; and Army organization, 42; receives reports, 174, 196, 209; reinforcement crisis, 234-5; resignation, 235; Hong
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Kong, 274; see also 315.
"Ram" tanks: 33, 89.
Ramsay, Admiral Sir Bertram H., K.C.B., K.B.E., M.V.O.: 169, 174-5.
Randazzo: 100.
Rapido River: 128, 133; see also Gari River.
Ravenna: 156, 159, 164.
Recruits, recruiting: 48-9, 233-5; see also Compulsory service.
Rees: 256, 258, 260.
Refugees: 113.
Regalbuto: 104, 106.
Reggio di Calabria: 107-09.
Regiments. See Part II under Units.
Reichswald Forest: 165, 238-44, 305.
Reigate: 19.
Reinforcements: calculations, 91; infantry crisis, 232-5, 298.
Remagen: 252-3, 256.
Renault tanks: 30.
Renkum: 264, 266.
Rennes: 14-15.
Reno River: 162-3.
Repatriation: 306-08.
Repulse Bay: 283-4.
Repulse, H.M.S.: 6, 282.
Resolution, H.M.S.: 6.
Revenge, H.M.S.: 6.
Reykjavik: 25.
Rheims: 271.
Rheinberg: 251, 256.
Rhine River: early plans for crossing, 21718, 230-32; Battle of Rhineland, 236-55; the crossing, 256-80; see afro 261, 271-2 and Waal.
Rhone River: 165.
Riccio River: 125.
Riccione: 151.
Riiser-Larsen, Rear Admiral: 24.
Rimini: 148-53.
Rindern: 244.
Roatti. See Villa Roatti.
Roberts, Brigadier J. A., D.S.O.; 271.
Roberts, Maj.-Gen. J. H., C.B., D.S.O., M.C.: in France (1940), 15-16; Dieppe raid, 59, 62, 65, 77-9; appointments, 40, 88, 317.
Robinson, Brigadier G. W., C.B.S.: 269.
Rome: importance, 108, 110; Allied objective, 107, 115, 128-9; battle for, 134-44, 162; captured, 144; see also 131, 145, 298.
Rockingham, Brigadier J. M., C.B.E., D.S.O.: 223.
Rocquancourt: 191-2, 197.
Rodger, Maj.-Gen. N. E., C.B.E.: 174.
Roer River: 237, 239, 243, 247.
Rogers, Hon. Norman McL.: 28, 315.
Romagna: 153.
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin: 51, 174, 176, 181.
Ronco River: 155.
Roosevelt, President Franklin D.: confers with Mr. King at Ogdensburg, 29; visited by McNaughton, 46-7, 94; confers with Mr. Churchill, 52.
Rose, Col. H. B., M.C.: 285.
Ross Rifles: 24.
Rostov: 52.
Rouen: 66-7, 181, 207-08.
ROUNDUP, Operation: 52.
Route Nationale No. 158 (Falaise Road) 188-9, 194-203, 207.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police: 124.
Royal Commission on Hong Kong: 273-6.
Royal Military College (Canada): 5, 303, 310.
Rubicon River: 153.
Rugby (England): 89.
Ruhr: 218, 237, 256, 259, 261, 268.
Rundstedt, Field Marshal Karl von: to direct invasion, 22; Dieppe raid, 65-6, 68, 81-2; defence plans, 181-2; advises peace, 195; reinstated, 210; Ardennes, 231-2; Rhineland, 239, 254.
Russi: 159.
Russia: enters war, 29, 34, 168; fighting in, 40, 45, 51; "Second Front", 52, 61, 69; convoys to, 91; German Divisions withdrawn from, 185; declares war on Japan, 292; Russians in Spitsbergen, 35; see also Part II, Soviet forces.
RUTTER, Operation: 59, 61-2; see also Dieppe.
Rye (Sussex): 39.
S
Saane River: 55-6.
Saar River: 256.
Sablésur-Sarthe: 15.
Sacco River: 115, 128, 142-3.
Sant' Agata: 132.
Sant' Alberto: 162.
Sant' Angelo: 135-6.
St. André-sur-Orne: 192.
St. Aubin (near Dieppe): 56-7.
St. Aubin-sur-Mer: 176, 178, 180.
San Benedetto Alps: 156.
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San Fortunate: 152-3.
St. Lambert-sur-Dives: 205-06.
San Leonardo: 117-18.
St. Lô: 190.
St. Made: 15.
San Marino: 152.
St. Martin-de-Fontenay: 192.
San Martino: 152.
St. Nazaire: 55, 60.
San Nicola: 125.
Sant' Oliva: 133.
St. Paul's School, London: 174.
St. Pierre-sur-Dives: 207.
St. Quentin: 300.
St. Sylvain: 198.
San Tommaso: 125.
St. Valéry-en-Caux: 67, 207.
San Vito Chietino: 116, 125.
Saito, Captain: 288.
Salerno: battle, 107-12, 131.
Salmon, Maj.-Gen. H. L. N., M.C.: 88, 95, 317.
Salisbury Plain: 6, 30.
Salso River: 104-06.
"Samaria", S.S.: 6.
Sangatte: 216.
Sangro River: 110, 112-16, 124.
Sansom, Lt.-Gen. E. W., C.B., D.S.O.: 9, 30, 89, 317.
Santerno River: 156-8.
Sardinia: 91-2.
Savio River: 154-5.
"Savojaards Plaat". See Braakman.
Scheldt River: battle of, 212, 220-29; see also 156, 230-31, 242.
"Schemes". See exercises by name.
Schipbeek Canal: 262-3.
Schlemm, Gen. Alfred: 239-41, 243, 249, 252, 258.
Schmidlin, Maj.-Gen. E. J. C., M.C.: 315.
Schroeder, Lt: Col. Ludwig: 216.
Scie River: 56, 73-4.
Scolo Rigossa River: 154.
Scolo via Cupa canal: 159.
Scotland: 19, 171, 207, 304.
SEA LIOIN, Operation: 23.
Sebastopol: 52.
"Second Front": 52, 61, 81.
Secqueville-la-Campagne: 197.
Sedan: 10.
Seine River: bridges destroyed, 172, 186; crossings, 204-05, 207-11; see also 169, 187, 195, 199, 201, 254.
Selection Boards: 295.
Selsey Bill: 81; illustration facing p. 40.
Senger and Etterlin, Gen. Fridolin von: 133.
Senio River: 157, 160-63, 165-6.
Seulles River: 176.
Sevenoaks: 19.
SEXTON: 89.
Seyss-Inquart, Artur, Reichskommissar for the Netherlands: 267-8.
SHAEF. See Part II.
Sham Shui Po Camp: 279, 281.
"Sherman" tanks: Italy, 112, 117, 135, 151, 153; frontispiece and illustration facing p. 140; see also 178, 183.
Shing Mun Redoubt: 281.
Shoji, Maj.-Gen. Toshishige: 286.
Shoreham: 62.
Shotover Hill: 19.
Siam: 302.
Sicily: operations, 91-2, 94-106; 1st Cdn. Corps reaches, 113-114; see also vii-ix, 165-6, 303.
Sieckenius, Maj.-Gen. Rudolf: 112.
Siegfried Line: operations, 237-45; see also 217, 261.
Sieve River: 156-7.
Sifton, V., C.B.E.: 316.
Sillaro River: 157.
Simeto River: 105.
Simonds, Lt.-Gen. G. G., C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.: to command 1st Cdn. Inf. Div., 88; visits Cairo, 95; Sicily, 98-9, 103; letter from Leese, 106; Southern Italy, 109; to command 5th Cdn. Armd. Div., 114; to command 2nd Cdn. Corps, 126-7; France, 188, 191, 193, 196-8, 202, 204; Acting G.O.C.-in-C. First Cdn. Army in Scheldt operations, 221-2, 227-8; letter from Montgomery, 229; Rhineland, 245, 247, 249, 257, 260; final phase, 263, 266, 269-70; surrender of General Straube, 271; see also 165, 173, 317.
Simpson, Lt.-Gen. W. H.: 237, 243, 247, 250, 260.
Singapore: 46, 51, 278.
SLEDGEHAMMER, Operation: 52, 56, 61.
Smith, Brigadier A. A., C.B.E., M.C., B.D.: 10, 13, 15.
Smith, Cpl. E. A., V.C.: 155.
Smith, Brigadier J. D. B., C.B.E., D.S.O.: 141, 159.
Snow, Brigadier T. E.: 142.
Sbgel: 263.
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Solent, The: 60.
Somme River: 210-11, 213.
Sonsbeck: 249, 251.
South Africa. See Part II.
South America: 43, 311.
South Beveland. See Beveland.
South Downs: 31, 40.
South-East Asia: 296.
Southam, Brigadier W. W., D.S.O., E.D.: 59, 79.
Southampton: 15, 39, 63, 305.
SPARTAN, Exercise: 89, 170.
Speldrop: 258.
Spitsbergen: 30, 34-7, 311.
Spoy Canal: 244.
Spragge, Brigadier J. G., D.S.O., O.B.E., E.D.: 223.
SPRING, Operation: 190-91, 193-4.
Spry, Maj.-Gen. D. C., C.B.E., D.S.O.: Italy, 123, 137, 148; North-West Europe, 21213, 216-17, 225, 242; see also 317.
Stalin, Marshal Joseph: 61. Stalingrad. 51.
Stanley:
--Fort, 284;
--Mound, 283-4;
--Peninsula, 283-4, 287;
--Prison, 284;
--Village, 283-4, 287.Stapleton, W. O. II (C.S.M.) Cornelius, D.C.M.: 76-7.
Stein, Maj.-Gen. C. R. S.: 89, 317.
Sten machine-carbines: 89.
Stothart, Maj. J. G., D.S.O.: 215-16.
Straube, Gen. Erich: 242, 271.
Stuart, Lt.-Gen. K., C.B., D.S.O., M.C.: C.G.S., 40, 42, 44, 57, 289; Chief of Staff, C.M.H.Q., 93, 174, 234; see also 315-16.
Strength of Canadian Army (overall): 1946, 307; at peak, 308; total intake, 308.
Strength of Canadian Army Overseas: 1940, 6, 25, 27; 1941, 31, 43; 1942, 48, 63; 1943, 48; 1944, 48, 90-91, 127; 1945, 306; see also 50, 308.
Student, Col.-Gen. Kurt: 231-2, 239.
Studland Bay: 171.
Submarines: 31, 44, 68, 98.
Suez: 46.
Sugar Loaf Hill: 284.
Surrey: 19, 26, 39.
Sussex, Eng.: Canadians in (1940), 26; Canadian Corps in (1941-2), 39-40, 42, 53; illustration facing p. 40; see also 29, 34, 36, 38, 173.
Sussex, N. B.: 29.
Sutcliffe, Lt.-Col. B. A., D.S.O., E.D.: 102.
Sutcliffe, Lt.-Col. J. L. R.: 275.
SWITCHBACK, Operation: 221-6.
Syracuse (Sicily): 95-6, 99.
Syria: 30.
T
Tai Tam Gap: 283.
Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir: 283.
Tanaka, Maj.-Gen. Ryosaburo: 287.
Tanks: allied and enemy types, 183; see also under type names.
Taranto: 107, 109.
Tedder, Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord, G.C.B.: 169, 174.
Termoli: 111-12, 174.
Terneuzen: 223-6.
Thames River: 19, 26, 81.
Third French Republic: 13-15, 25.
Third Reich: 198, 232, 270.
Thompson machine carbine: illustration facing p. 140.
Thury-Harcourt: 197.
Tiber River: 145.
Tide Cove: 281.
"Tiger" tanks: 151, 183, 198.
Tilly-la-Campagne : 191, 195.
Tilly-sur-Seulles: 183.
Tilston, Maj. F. A., V.C.: 250.
Times, The (London): 45.
Todt organization: 148.
Tojo, General: 275.
Tokunaga, Colonel: 288.
Tokyo: 280, 290, 292.
Tollo: 125.
Tomba di Pesaro: 148, 150; illustration facing p. 150.
Topham, Cpl. F. G., V.C.: 259.
TORCH, Operation: 52-3.
Torgau: 270.
Toronto: 24, 311.
TOTALISE, Operation: 199, 202, 213.
Toulon: 298.
TRACTABLE, Operation: 202.
Training Centres: 294.
Trasimene, Lake: 145.
Trent River (England): 208.
TRIDENT, Conference: 97.
Trier: 217.
Trigno River: 112.
Triquet, Lt: Col. Paul, V.C.: 120.
Troina: 100, 104-05.
Tromso: 36.
Trondhjem: 8-9.
Trun: 204-07; illustration facing p. 206.
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Turner, Maj.-Gen. G. R., CB., M.C., D.C.M.: 11, 171.
Tunis: 87, 95, 97.
Tunis Conference: 129.
Turin: 145.
Turnhout. See Antwerp--Turnhout Canal.
Tuscany: 145.
Tuschen Wald: 251.
Tweedsmuir, Lt: Col.
The Lord, O.B.E.: 102.
Twente Canal: 262.
Tyrrhenian Sea: 111, 130, 131, 136.
U
Udem: 238, 240, 246-9.
Umnak: 289.
UNDERGO, Operation: 216.
UNDERTONE, Operation: 254.
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA): 302.
United States of America: defence, 29, 42; see also 18, 30, 55, 95.
Urbino: 150, 155.
Uso River: 153.
U.S.S.R. See Russia.
Uxbridge: 65, 77.
V
V-1: 172, 213.
V 2: 172, 214.
Valguarnera: 101.
Valli di Comacchio: 162-3.
Valmontone: 134, 144.
Vancouver: 46, 276.
Varengeville: 56, 64, 67, 70.
VARSITY, Operation: 258-9.
Vasterival: 71.
Vaucelles. See Faubourg de.
Veen: 251-3.
Venice: 145.
Venlo: 231, 239.
VERITABLE, Operation: plan and preparation, 236-40; the battle, 240-47; results, 253-4; illustration facing p. 246.
Verity, H.M.S.: 11.
Verrières Ridge: 189-93, 198.
Versailles: 214.
Vian, Vice-Admiral Sir Philip L., K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., R.N.: 35.
Vichy: 16.
Victoria Cross: Cosens, Sgt., 248; Currie, Maj., 205; Foote, Capt., 78; Mahony, Maj., 141; Merritt, Lt: Col., 75; Osborn, C.S.M., 285; Porteous, Capt., (British), 71; Smith, Pte., 155; Tilston, Maj., 250; Topham, Cpl., 259; Triquet, Capt., 120.
Victoria, Hong Kong: 286-7.
Vienna: 261, 268.
Vietinghoff, Col.-Gen. Heinrich von: 107, 155.
Villa Grande: 125.
Vllanova: 160.
Villa Roatti: 117.
Villers Bocage: 185-7.
Vimy: 120.
Vinchiaturo: 110-11, 113.
Vire: 187, 196.
Virginia: 297, 303.
VARSITY, Operation: 221-8.
Vizzini: 101, 106.
Volturara: 110.
Vokes, Maj.-Gen. C., C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.: Sicily, 102; to command 1st Cdn. Inf. Div., 114; Italy, 116-18, 124, 137, 156; final phase, 262-3, 269; commands C.A.O.F., 308; see also 317.
Volturno River: 135, 142, 147.
W
Waal River: 218-19, 230, 241; illustration facing p. 222.
Wadi Akarit: 88.
Wageningen: 271.
Wake I.: 280.
Wakehurst Place (near Crawley): 39.
Walcheren I.: 220-21, 225-9.
Wales: 19.
Walford, Maj.-Gen. A. E., C.B., C.B.E., M.M., E.D.: 315.
Wallis, Brigadier C.: 279, 282-4, 287.
Walsh, Brigadier G., C.B.E., D.S.O.: 174, 261.
Wan Chai Gap: 287.
War Correspondents: 240.
War Establishments: 91.
War Office: 1st Cdn. Inf. Div. to France (1940), 5, 15-16; Trondhjem attack, 9; McNaughton visits, 10-11; and equipment, 12, 32-3; use of Canadian troops (1941), 46; British ancillary troops, 90-91; reinforcement crisis, 233; Hong Kong, 278; see also 4, 20, 303.
War of 1914-18: Canadians serving overseas, 1, 93; equipment, 2, 24; traditions established, 6, 83, 120; comparison of Canada's effort, 308-09.
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Warspite, H.M.S.: 213.
Washington: TRIDENT Conference 97; see also 46, 50, 52, 168, 278.
"Wasp" (flamethrower): 156, 161, 223, 248.
WATERLOO, Exercise: 31.
"Water Rats". See Part II, A, Divisions, Infantry, 3rd.
Wavell, Field Marshal The Viscount, of Cyrenaica and of Winchester, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., C.M.G., M.C.: 210. Weapons: 16, 32, 66, 91; see also weapons by name.
"Weasel" (amphibious vehicle): 156, 226, 242, 296.
Weeks, Maj.-Gen. E. G., C.B., C.B.E., M.C., M.M.: 316.
Weeze: 240, 251.
WELLHIT, Operation: 214.
Wesel: 237, 251-4, 258-9.
Weser River: 262, 268.
West Beach. See Selsey.
West Indies, Canadian troops in: 24, 43, 311.
Westkapelle Dyke: 227-8.
West Wall. See Siegfried Line.
Weygand, Gen. Maxime: 12-13, 15, 18.
White, Maj.-Gen. J. B., C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D.: 304.
White Sea: 36.
Wigle, Lt.-Col. F. E., D.S.O., O.B.E.; 263.
Wilhelmshaven: 263, 269.
William Henry Harrison, Fort: 297.
Williamson, Lt.-Col. D. D.: 297.
Wilson, Field Marshal The Lord, of Libya and of Stowlangtorff, G.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., (formerly Sir Henry Maitland Wilson): 127, 129, 144.
Wimbledon: 303.
Winnipeg: 311.
Winter Line, Italy (1943-4): 110, 113, 115, 128; second Winter Line (1944-5), 163.
Wismar: 259, 270.
Woensdrecht: 222-3.
Wong Nei Chong Gap: 280, 283-6.
Worthing: 23, 26.
Worthington, Lt: Col. D. G.: 199.
Worthington, Maj.-Gen. F. F., C.B., M.C., M.M.: 30, 33, 48, 316-17.
Worth Priory (near Crawley): 39.
Wyler: 242, 243.
Wyman, Brigadier R. A., C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D.: 112, 174, 202.
X
Xanten: 238, 247-53.
Y
Yarmouth Roads (Isle of Wight): 60.
Young, Maj.-Gen. H. A., C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.: 203, 315.
Young, Maj.-Gen. J. V., C.B., C.B.E.: 316.
Young, Sir Mark A., G.C.M.G.: 276, 287.
Young, Brigadier Peter, D.S.O., M.C.: 70.
Yukon: 43.
Yvetot: 67.
Z
Zandpol: 242.
Zeebrugge: 220.
Zoutkamp: 263.
Zuider Zee. See Ijsselmeer.
Zutphen: 264.
Zwolle: 263.
Zyfflich: 242.
Index--Part II
Formations, Units and Corps
A. Canadian Forces
Air Force. See Royal Canadian Air Force.
Armoured Corps. See Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment. See 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment.
Army, First Canadian: formed, 41-2; organization, 48, 90-91; Dieppe, 62; division and change in command, 92-3; planning for Normandy invasion, 127, 170-71; action in Normandy delayed, 187; becomes operational, 194; France, 195, 201, 204-09; Channel Ports, 212, 214; Belgium and Holland, 213, 221, 228-31; Rhineland, 236-8, 247, 252-4, 256-7; reunion with troops from Italy, 164-7, 236, 257; final phase, 260, 262, 264-5, 268, 270-71; casualties, 209, 272; prisoners taken and enemy divisions defeated, 272; composition, 318-22; see also 19, 26, 89, 159, 234, 316.
Army Service Corps. See Royal Canadian Army Service Corps.
Army Groups, Royal Canadian Artillery--
1st: 126, 267, 318.
2nd: 215, 238, 247, 318.Army Troops: 90, 187, 214, 318.
Artillery. See Royal Canadian Artillery.
Atlantic Command: 43-4, 316.
Auxiliary Services: 94, 276.
Battalions. See Units.
Brigades--
Armoured--
1st: Liri Valley, 135, 137; Gothic Line, 145, 156-8, 163. 4; North-West Europe, 164-6, 267; see also 28-9, 116, 143, 322, and Brigades, Army Tank, 1st.
2nd: France, 174-6, 188, 197, 202, 216; see also 48, 247, 269, 322, and Brigades, Army Tank, 3rd.
4th: 174, 199, 249, 321.
5th: 131, 141, 154, 162, 321.
Army Tank--
1st: U.K., 30, 33, 39, 59; Sicily, 92, 95, 96; Italy, 107, 111-12, 126; see also 29, and Brigades, Armoured, 1st.
2nd: 48.
3rd: 48; see also Brigades, Armoured, 2nd.
Infantry--
1st: France (1940), viii, 10-16, 18-19; Sicily, 102-04; Southern Italy, 107, 109-11, 118, 121; Liri Valley, 137-8, 140; Northern Adriatric, 148, 151, 154, 159-60; see also 319.
2nd: Sicily, 102-04; Southern Italy, 11011, 114, 116, 118, 120, 125; Liri Valley, 138-40, 143; Northern Adriatic, 148, 150, 152, 154, 160-62; see also 9, 19, 34, 319.
3rd: Sicily, 104-05; Southern Italy, 107, 109-13, 120-21, 125; Liri Valley, 13740; Northern Adriatic, 150, 152, 154, 159-60, 165; see also 19, 30, 319.
4th: Dieppe Raid, 59, 79, 80; France, 189, 192-3, 208; Rhineland, 246, 250, 252; see also 226, 320.
5th: Normandy, 192; Scheldt, 222; Rhineland, 242, 250, 253; see also 320.
6th: Dieppe Raid, 59, 79, 80; France, 189, 203, 208; Rhineland, 248, 253; see also 226, 260, 320.
7th: Normandy, 176-80, 183-4, 188-9, 193; Channel Ports, 216-17; Holland, 223-5; Rhineland, 242, 245, 253, 260; see also 320.
8th: Normandy, 176-9, 184, 187, 189, 199, 202; Channel Ports, 214, 216; Holland, 223. 4; Rhineland, 242, 249, 260; see also 262, 271, 320.
9th: Normandy, 179, 182-3, 188-9; Channel Ports, 214, 217; Holland, 223-4; Rhineland, 244, 249, 257-8, 260; see also 320.
10th: Scheldt, 224; Kapelsche Veer, 232; Rhineland, 249, 251; see also
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174, 321.
11th: Arielli operation, 125-6; Liri Valley, 142-3; Gothic Line, 150-51, 159, 161, 162; see also 132, 321.
12th: organized, 147-8; Italy, 150-51, 159-60.
13th: 290.
Canadian Active Service Force: 3.
Canadian Armoured Corps. See Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
Canadian Army (Active): designated, 3; transition to peace-time force, 307; achievements summarized, 308-9.
Canadian Army (Active Force): 307.
Canadian Army Occupation Force: 307-08.
Canadian Army Pacific Force: 273, 291-3, 306.
Canadian Chaplain Service: 94.
Canadian Dental Corps: 318.
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-19: 1, 26, 308-10.
Canadian Field Force: 3.
"C" Force (Hong Kong): 276.
"Canadian Force" (England): 12, 18.
Canadian Forestry Corps: 28, 231, 303-05.
Canadian Forestry Group, No. 1: 305.
Canadian Infantry Corps. See Royal Canadian Infantry Corps.
Canadian Intelligence Corps: 323.
Canadian Military Headquarters, London: (1939-43), 5, 28, 50, 93; (1944-5), 172, 234-5; see also vii, viii, x, 316.
Canadian Officers Training Corps: 24.
Canadian Postal Corps: 323.
Canadian Provost Corps: 124, 131, 323.
Canadian Women's Army Corps: 50, 291.
Chaplain Service. See Canadian Chaplain Service.
Corps--
1st: organized, 8, 26, 28, 30; England (1941), 31-2, 39, 40, 42, 45-6, 53; arrives Mediterranean, 93, 113, 126; Liri Valley, 130-32, 134, 136-9, 143-4; Gothic Line, 147-8, 150-53, 155-6, 1589, 161-3; leaves Italy, 164-7; Holland, 261-8; see also 89, 257, 316-17.
2nd: organized, 41-2, 89; invasion preparations, 170, 173-4; France, 187-8, 190, 194-6, 202, 207-08, 211; Belgium and Holland, 213, 221-2, 225, 230; Rhineland, 238, 245, 247, 257, 260; final phase, 261-3, 265, 268-70; see also 317.
Canadian Corps. See Corps, 1st.
Corps Troops: 1st Cdn. Corps, 164, 267, 318; 2nd Cdn. Corps, 173, 214, 319; see also 8, 26, 31-2, 90-91.
Corps of 1915 1918: 1, 26, 308, 310.
Dental Corps. See Canadian Dental Corps.
Divisions--
Armoured--
1st. See Divisions, Armoured, 5th.
4th: U.K., 48, 88, 90, 156, 173-4; France, 195, 198, 202, 204-06, 211; Holland, 220, 221, 223-4, 229-32; Rhineland, 245, 249, 251, 253, 260; final phase, 262-3, 269-70; see also 213, 317, 321.
5th: U.K., 29-31, 33, 43, 46, 89; Southern Italy, 93, 113-14, 125-7; Liri Valley, 130, 132, 138, 140-43; Gothic Line, 147, 150-53; Northern Adriatic, 159-64; North-West Europe, 165, 265-6, 269-70; see also 173, 317, 321.
Infantry--
1st: (1939-40), 4-10, 12-13, 16-17, 19, 26; (1941-42), 31, 38-9, 44; Sicily, 92, 95-6, 104-06; Southern Italy, 107, 110-14, 116; Ortona, 120, 123-4, 1267; Liri Valley, 130-32, 137-40, 142-4; Gothic Line, 147-8, 150-53, 155; Northern Adriatic, 159-61, 164-5; North-West Europe, 266-7, 298; see also 24, 88, 173-4, 292, 317, 319.
2nd: (1939-40), 4, 24-6; (1941-42), 312, 39-40, 53; Dieppe raid, 57, 59, 80, 82, 85; Normandy, 187-9, 191, 1978, 201, 203, 207-08; Channel Ports, 211-14, 216; Belgium and Holland, 221, 225-9, 231; Rhineland, 238-9, 241-3, 245-7; final phase, 250, 252, 261-4, 269; see also 88, 156, 172-3, 317, 319.
3rd: (1939-41), 25, 27-8, 30, 33, 39; trains for invasion, 85, 170-72; Normandy bridgehead, 175, 177, 181, 185, 187-9, 191; Falaise, 195-6, 1989, 202, 206; Channel Ports, 212, 214, 216; Holland, 221, 225, 229; Rhineland, 238-9, 241-5, 247-51, 260; final phase, 262-4, 269-70; see also 43, 208, 211, 317, 320.
3rd (C.A.O.F.): 307-08.
4th: 27-9, 41, 44; converted to 4th Cdn. Armd. Div., 48.
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6th: 44, 292.
6th (C.A.P.F.): 292.
7th: 44, 295.
8th: 44, 295.
Engineers. See Royal Canadian Engineers. 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment: 246, 322.
First Canadian Army. See Army, First Canadian.
"Force 111" (Spitsbergen): 35.
Forestry Corps. See Canadian Forestry Corps.
Holding Units. See Reinforcement Units. Intelligence Corps. See Canadian Intelligence Corps.
Interim Force: 307.
Medical Corps. See Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps.
Military Districts--
No. 11: 43. No. 13: 43.
Navy. See Royal Canadian Navy.
Non-Permanent Active Militia: 2, 3, 27, 307-08, 310.
Ordnance Corps. See Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps.
Pacific Command: 43-4, 289, 316.
Pay Corps. See Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps.
Permanent Force: 1-3, 307, 310.
Postal Corps. See Canadian Postal Corps.
Provost Corps. See Canadian Provost Corps.
Reinforcement Units: 27-8, 50, 88, 295, 307.
Regiments. See Units.
Repatriation Units: 307.
Reserve Army. See Non-Permanent Active Militia.
Reserve Force: 307.
Royal Canadian Air Force: Newfoundland, 43; Dieppe, 80; North-West Europe, 194, 203-04; Aleutians, 289; strength and casualties, 308-09; see also 31, 49, 291.
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps: 28-9, 76, 233, 318-23; see also Units.
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps: 35, 50, 87, 259, 323.
Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps: 35, 294, 323.
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps: 124, 225, 323.
Royal Canadian Artillery: (1940), 11; U.K., 17, 19, 20, 34; Sicily, 103-04, 106; Southern Italy, 111, 123; Gothic Line, 148, 152, 159, 161; Normandy, 177; Rocket Unit, 228, 238; see also 318-23 and Units.
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals: Spitsbergen, 35-6; Hong Kong, 274, 279, 282; in underground war, 301; see also 87, 89, 292, 294, 323.
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: 91, 323.
Royal Canadian Engineers, Corps of (194041), 11, 14, 17, 20, 25, 34-5; Dieppe, 589, 65, 75, 77; Sicily, 106, 113; Southern Italy, 118, 143; Gothic Line, 147, 151, 153-4, 161-2; France, 178, 212-13; illustration facing p. 186; Holland and Germany, 219; 226, 244, 261, 265, 269; see also 37-8, 323.
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps: 124, 126, 318-23; reinforcement crisis, 232-5; see also Units.
Royal Canadian Navy: 49, 291, 298, 309; see also ships by name.
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps: 91, 323.
Royal Military College, Kingston: 16, 303, 310.
Signal Corps. See Royal Canadian Corps of Signals.
Special Service Force, First. See under Inter-Allied Organizations.
Special Wireless Group, No. 1: 292.
Units--(Complete official designations are given on pp. 318-22).
Armoured--
British Columbia Dragoons, The (9th Armd. Regt: 141, 150, 162, 321.
British Columbia Regiment, The (28th Armd. Regt.): 199, 321.
Calgary Regiment, The (14th Armd. Regt.): Dieppe, 59, 64, 76-7, illustration facing p. 76; Italy, 118, 135-6, 157, 163-5; see also 322.
Canadian Grenadier Guards, The (22nd Armd. Regt.): 195, 270, 292, 321.
8th Princess Louise's (N.B.) Hussars (5th Armd. Regt.): 266, 321.
Elgin Regiment, The (25th Armd. Delivery Regt.): 318.
1st Hussars (6th Armd. Regt.): Normandy, 178-9, 184, 193; Rhineland, 248-9; see also 322.
Fort Garry Horse, The (10th Armd. Regt.): 178, 246, 248, 322.
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14th Canadian Hussars (8th Recce. Regt.): 211, 226, 262, 319.
4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards (4th Recce. Regt.): Southern Italy, 108-09, 138, 140, 142; Northern Italy, 147, 150, 159-60; see also 319.
Governor General's Foot Guards, The (21st Armd. Regt.): 202, 249, 321. Governor General's Horse Guards, The (3rd Armd. Recce. Regt.): 142, 321. Lord Strathcona's Horse (R.C.) (2nd Armd. Regt.): 141, 321.
Ontario Regiment, The (11th Armd. Regt.): Southern Italy, 120, 123, 135, 138; Northern Italy, 145, 157, 164; see also 322.
Royal Canadian Dragoons, The (1st Armd. Car Regt.): Italy, 142, 151, 154; Holland, 263; see also 318.
17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars (7th Recce. Regt.): 211, 320; illustration facing p. 222.
Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, The (27th Armd. Regt.): 179, 182, 248, 322.
South Alberta Regiment, The (29th Armd. Recce. Regt.): 205, 232, 321.
Three Rivers Regiment (12th Armd. Regt.): Sicily, 103-04; Southern Italy, 112, 121-2; Liri Valley, 135-7, 140, 142-3; Northern Italy, 145, 157, 164; see also 322.
12th Manitoba Dragoons (18th Armd. Car Regt.): 211, 319.
Artillery--
Anti-Tank Regiments-1st: 319. 2nd: 319. 3rd: 320. 4th: 321. 5th: 321, illustration facing p. 234. 6th: 319. 7th: 318.
Army Field Regiments--11th: 318. 19th: 318.
Field Regiments--1st, R.C.H.A.: 14-16, 319. 2nd: 319, illustration facing p. 122. 3rd: 11, 319. 4th: 319. 5th 319. 6th: 319. 8th(S.P.): 321. 12th: 320. 13th: 320. 14th: 320. 15th: 321. 17th: 266, 321. 23rd:(S.P.) 321. 24th: 290.
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Mobile), 2nd: 318.
Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments--1st (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment): 148, 160, 318. 2nd: 319. 3rd: 38, 319, illustration facing p. 40. 4th: 320. 5th: 321. 6th: 319. 8th: 321.
Medium Regiments--1st: 318. 2nd: 318. 3rd: 318. 4th:318. 5th: 318. 7th: 318.
Rocket Battery, 1st: 238.
Survey Regiments--1st: 318. 2nd: 319.
Infantry--
Algonquin Regiment, The: North-West Europe, 199, 220, 224, 251; see also 321.
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's), The: Normandy, 199, 205; Holland and Germany, 224, 232, 251, 263; see also 321.
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, The: Dieppe, 71-2; Normandy, 190, 192-3, 198; Holland and Germany, 222, 227, 248; see also 320.
Calgary Highlanders, The: Normandy, 192-3, 195; Holland and Germany, 227, 242, 253; see also 320.
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.), The: Iceland, 25; see also 217, 320.
Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), The: 290.
Canadian Scottish Regiment, The, 1st Bn.: France, 178, 183, 216; Scheldt, 223; Rhineland, 246; see also 320.
Cape Breton Highlanders, The: 125, 162, 321.
Carleton and York Regiment, The: Southern Italy, 107, 120, 125; Liri Valley, 137, 140, 142; see also 53, 160, 319.
Edmonton Regiment, The. See Loyal Edmonton Regiment, The.
11th Independent Machine Gun Company. See Princess Louise Fusiliers.
Essex Scottish Regiment, The: Dieppe, 64, 73, 75-9; Normandy, 189-90; Rhineland, 250, 252; see also 320.
First Canadian Army Headquarters Defence Battalion. See Royal Montreal Regiment.
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion: France, 179, 184, 231; Rhine, 258-9; see also 48, 299, 322.
1st Canadian Special Service Battalion: 144, 296-9.
1st Corps Defence Company. See Lorne Scots.
48th Highlanders of Canada: France (1940), 11, 14-15; Italy, 118, 121, 123, 125, 138, 160; see also 103, 319.
Fusiliers Mont-Royal, Les: Iceland, 25; Dieppe, 62, 64, 78, 80; France, 189;
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Rhineland, 248; see also 301, 320.
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, The: France (1940), 10, 15-16; Sicily, 102-03; Italy, 117-18, 120, 123, 15960; see also 319.
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, The: Belgium, 224; Rhineland, 244, 249, 258, 260; see also 320.
Irish Regiment of Canada, The: Italy, 141-2, 150, 153; Holland, 266; see also 321.
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), The: France, 195; Rhineland, 249, 251; Germany, 263, 270; see also 321.
Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment. See Units, Artillery, Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments, 1st.
Lincoln and Welland Regiment, The: 195, 232, 321.
Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment), The: 318.
Loyal Edmonton Regiment, The: Spitsbergen, 34-5; Sicily, 102-04; Southern Italy, 121-4, 139, 143; Gothic Line, 150, 154, 160; see also 9, 174, 319.
New Brunswick Rangers, The (10th Independent Machine Gun Company). 321.
North Nova Scotia Highlanders, The: Normandy, 179, 182, 191; Holland and Germany, 224-5, 258, 260; see also 320.
North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, The: North-West Europe, 178, 251, 260, 262; see also 320.
Parachute Battalion. See 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion.
Parachute Battalion, 2nd Canadian. See 1st Canadian Special Service Battalion.
Perth Regiment, The: 125, 142-3, 162, 321.
Prince Edward Island Light Horse, The (2nd Corps Defence Company): 319.
Princess Louise Fusiliers, The (11th Independent Machine Gun Company). 321.
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry: Sicily, 100, 102-03; Southern Italy, 117-18, 123, 139; see also 9, 34, 154, 319.
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, The: Dieppe, 62, 64-5, 73-4, 79; N.-W. Europe, 192, 248; see also 320.
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, The: France, 178, 184, 217; Holland and Germany, 224, 248, 251; see also 320.
Régiment de Hull, Le: 290.
Régiment de la Chaudière, Le: 178, 251, 262, 320.
Régiment de Maisonneuve, Le Normandy, 193; Walcheren I., 227; Rhineland, 242, 248; see also 300, 320, illustration facing p. 246.
Regina Rifle Regiment, The: France, 178, 181, 183, 216; see also 223, 246, 320.
Rocky Mountain Rangers, The: 290.
Royal Canadian Regiment, The: France (1940), 10, 14-15; Sicily, 100, 103; Italy, 118, 121, 159; see also 319.
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, The: Dieppe, 64, 75, 77-9; Normandy, 192; Belgium, 222; Rhineland, 246, 252-3; illustration facing p. 76; see also 320.
Royal Montreal Regiment: 292, 318.
Royal Regiment of Canada, The: Iceland, 25; Dieppe, 60, 64, 71-2, 77-8; North-West Europe, 192, 227, 246, 253; see also 320.
Royal Rifles of Canada, The: 275, 282-4, 287-8.
Royal 22e Régiment: Sicily, 105; Italy, 120, 138, 140; see also 260, 319.
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, The: France, 178, 181, 183, 187, 216; Belgium, 224; Rhineland, 246; see also 320.
Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), The: 35, 123, 319.
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, The: Sicily, 103-04; Southern Italy, 111, 114, 117, 118, 121-3; Liri Valley, 13940; Northern Italy, 154-5, 160-61; see also 319.
2nd Corps Defence Company. See Prince Edward Island Light Horse.
South Saskatchewan Regiment, The: Dieppe, 64, 73-4; France, 189; Rhineland, 248, 253; see also 320.
Special Service Battalion. See 1st Canadian Special Service Battalion.
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, The: 215, 244, 258, 320.
10th Independent Machine Gun Company. See New Brunswick Rangers.
Toronto Scottish Regiment (M.G.), The: 18, 38, 216, 320.
West Nova Scotia Regiment, The: Sicily,
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104; Italy, 107, 109, 120, 140; Holland, 268; see also 319.
Westminster Regiment (Motor), The: Liri Valley, 141-2; Northern Italy, 147, 151, 160-61; see also 321.
Winnipeg Grenadiers, The: Jamaica, 24; Hong Kong, 275, 281-2, 284-8; Kiska, 290.
Veterans Guard of Canada, The (formerly The Veterans Home Guaidl): 27, 43.
"Z" Force (Iceland): 25.
B. BRITISH AND ALLIED FORCES
BRITISH (UNITED KINGDOM) FORCES
Air Forces
Royal Air Force:
Battle of Britain, 20-22; Dieppe, 55, 57-8, 65, 71, 75, 85; aircraft at Dieppe, 79-80; losses at Dieppe, 81; in Italy, 159, see also Allied Air Forces; Normandy, 85, 176, 188-9, 193, 196-7, 203; Channel Ports, 213-15; Holland, 225, 227-8; Rhineland, 239, 258; attacks by Typhoons, 159, 193, 228; Hong Kong, 278, 281; see also 31, 49, 131, 171, 291. Bomber Command: Normandy, 176-7, 188-9, 196-7, 203-04; Channel Ports, 213-15, 225; Walcheren, 227-8; Rhine land, 239, 258.
Desert Air Force: 159.
No. 11 Fighter Group: 65.
No. 83 Tactical Group: 194.
No. 84 Tactical Group: 194, 239.
2nd Tactical Air Force: 214, 239.Royal Flying Corps: 49.
Army
Anti-Aircraft Command: 38.
Armies--
First: Africa, 87.
Second: invasion of Normandy, 170, 175, 181; France, 186, 190, 194, 196-8, 201, 211; Holland, 218, 222, 230-31, 238; Rhine crossing, 256, 259; Germany, 262, 265, 268-70; see also 213.
Eighth: Montgomery assumes command, 62; Africa, 51, 88; Sicily, 95-6, 99-101, 105; Southern Italy, 106, 108, 110-11; Ortona, 124-5; Leese assumes command, 127-8; Liri Valley, 130, 134, 137, 142-4; McCreery assumes command, 153; Gothic Line, 145-8, 150-53, 155, 158, 162, 164; see also 166, 240.
Fourteenth: Burma, 302.
Army Group, 21st: France, 186, 203, 212, 214; Holland, 217-18, 222; Rhineland, 247, 256-7, 259; final phase, 260-61, 265, 267, 270; see also 90, 169, 230, 234, 272.
Army Groups, Royal Artillery--
4th: 322.
9th: 215.Brigades--
Anti-Aircraft--
31st: 322.
74th: 322.
107th: 322.Armoured (see also Tank)
2nd: 163.
4th: 115-16.
9th: 163.
33rd: 197.Commando--
1st: 258-9.
4th: 322.Infantry--
38th (Irish): 112, 116.
231st (Malta): 103-04, 106.
308th: 322.Special Service, 4th: 214; see also Special Service brigades.
Tank--
21st: 163.
25th: 130, 138, 140.British Expeditionary Force (France 1939-40). 8-10, 12-15, 18, 45.
British Troops in China: 276, 278, 280.
China Command. See British Troops in China.
Combined Operations Headquarters. See under Miscellaneous.
Commandos: 53; see also under Units.
Corps--
1st: France, 171, 175, 185-7, 194, 207, 212; Antwerp sector, 221-3; see also 230, 261.
4th: England, 8, 39.
5th: Southern Italy, 109, 115-16, 126; Liri
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Valley, 130; Gothic Line, 147, 151, 154-5, 164.
7th: formed in England, 19, 20, 22-3; replaced by Canadian Corps, 26; see also 32, 317.
8th: France, 185-6, 188, 195, 212.
10th: Africa, 88; Italy, 130, 134, 153.
12th: England, 26, 89; France, 206; Germany, 260.
13th: Sicily, 99, 104-05; Southern Italy, 106, 108, 110, 126; Liri Valley, 130, 134, 136-7, 139, 143; Gothic Line, 1457, 156-8, 163.
30th: Sicily, 95, 100, 104-06; Normandy, 175, 185, 195; Ardennes, 231; Rhineland, 231-2, 238, 245, 251, 260; see also 308.
Divisions--
Airborne--
1st: 107, 109, 218-19.
6th: 48, 179, 256, 258-9.Armoured--
1st: 13, 18, 19.
6th: 87, 157.
7th: 113, 191.
11th: 189, 244-5, 247, 249.
79th: 213, 215, 224, 238, 246.
Guards: 191.
Infantry--
1st: 157.
3rd: role (in 1940), 13, 18; North-West Europe, 175, 181, 269; see also 94, 322.
4th: 132, 136, 145, 151-2.
5th: 107-08.
15th (Scottish): 241-2, 244-5.
38th: 39.
43rd (Wessex): 244-5, 247, 251-2.
47th: 39.
49th (West Riding): Holland, 223, 229, 230, 265-7; see also 165, 212, 221. 322.
50th (Northumbrian): 175.
51st (Highland): France, 197, 207, 212, 214-15; Rhineland, 241, 243-5, 2578; see also 13.
52nd (Lowland): Holland, 225-9; Rhineland, 244, 252-3; see also 13, 18, 308.
53rd (Welsh): 241, 243, 251.
55th; 39.
56th (London): 162, 164.
78th: Sicily, 100, 104-06; Southern Italy, 110-12, 115-16; Liri Valley, 136, 138, 143; Gothic Line, 157, 164; see also 87, 145.
G.H.Q. Home Forces: role of Canadians, 12, 18-19, 26; issues invasion warning, 22; Paget commands Home Forces, 40; requests Canadians for Commando raid, 53; Dieppe planning, 55-6, 62; Exercise SPARTAN, 89.
Home Guard: 20-24.
Local Defence Volunteers. See Home Guard.
Malta Brigade. See Brigades, Infantry, 231st.
Royal Army Medical Corps: 87.
Royal Army Ordnance Corps: 295.
Royal Artillery: 39, 103, 107, 123, 257, 278-9.
Royal Engineers: 35, 158.
South Eastern Command: 31, 40, 42, 56-7, 60, 62.
Southern Command: 32.
Special Service brigades: cross-Channel raids, 53; Sicily, 98; Termoli, 111-12; see also Brigades, Special Service, 4th.
Units--
Armoured--
County of London Yeomanry: 112.
North Irish Horse: 140.
Royal Tank Regiment, 44th: 117.
Royal Tank Regiment, 51st: 140.Artillery--
7th Medium Regiment, R.A.: 103.
142nd (S.P.) Field Regiment, R.A.: 103.
540th Coast Regiment, R.A.: 215.
See also Royal Marine Siege Regiment.Commando--
No. 3 Commando: 62, 64-5, 77, 82.
No. 4 Commando: 53-4, 64, 82, 228.
No. 10 Commando (Inter-Allied): 63.
See also under Royal Marines.Engineers--
5th Assault Regiment, R.E.: 224.
Infantry--
Cameronians (52nd Div.): 229.
Middlesex Regiment, 1st Bn.: 279, 282, 286.
Royal Scots, 2nd Bn.: 279, 281-2, 286.Miscellaneous
Air Defence of Great Britain: 38.
Combined Operations Headquarters: 53-5, 61, 83-4.
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Special Air Service: 262.
"Special Force" (S.F.): 299-302.
Naval Forces
Commandos. See under Army, Units, and Royal Marines.
Force "A" (Spitsbergen): 35. Force "J" (Normandy): 171. Home Fleet: 171.
Royal Navy: (1940-41), 20-21, 23, 35; Dieppe, 58, 63-6, 73-5, 79, 80, 84-6; Italy, 107-09, 111, 122, 131; France, 171, 177, 214; Holland, 228-9, 265; Far East, 291-2; see also 54, 257, and ships by name.
Royal Marines
"A" Commando: 64.
46th Commando: 184.
47th Commando: 232.
Royal Marines (generally): 78, 98-9.
Royal Marine Siege Regiment: 215.
COMMONWEALTH AND EMPIRE FORCES (OTHER THAN UNITED KINGDOM AND CANADA)
Australian Forces: 45, 51, 292-3.
Hong Kong Forces (and brigades organized at Hong Kong)--
Brigades: East, 282-3; Island, 279, 281;
Mainland, 279, 281; West, 282-5. Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery: 279.
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps: 279, 283, 285.
For other units engaged see by name under Indian Forces; British (United Kingdom) Forces; and Canadian Forces.
Indian Forces: 128, 135-6, 145.
4th Indian Division: 126.
8th Indian Division: Southern Italy, 115, 126; Liri Valley, 135-7; Rome area, 145; Gothic Line, 157, 163, 165.
Frontier Force Rifles, 6th (Royal) Bn.: 136.
14th Punjab Regt., 2nd Bn.: 279, 281-2, 286.
7th Rajput Regt., 5th Bn.: 279, 281-3, 286.
New Zealand Forces: 19, 45, 128, 154, 293.
2nd New Zealand Infantry Division: 19, 132, 152-3.
South African Forces: 45.
6th South African Armoured Division: 143.
UNITED STATES FORCES
Air Forces, U.S. Army: Dieppe, 68, 80, 85; Normandy, 172, 176, 198, 204; see also 43, 292.
Eighth U.S.A.A.F.: 198, 239.
Ninth U.S.A.A.F.: 204, 239.
Armies--
First: France, 170, 184, 186-7, 194, 205; Rhineland, 243, 250, 252, 254, 256; see also 217-18, 231, 261.
Third: France, 193, 203, 218; Rhineland, 254, 256.
Fourth: 289.
Fifth: Southern Italy, 107-10, 115; Battle for Rome, 130, 134, 136, 142, 144; Gothic Line, 145-7, 151, 155-8, 166; see also 129, 298.
Seventh: Sicily, 96, 100, 104; Rhineland, 254.
Ninth: Rhineland, 237, 243, 250-51; Rhine crossing, 256, 259; see also 260-61.
Army Group, 12th: 194, 201, 203-04. 261 268.
Corps--
2nd: 130, 136, 156.
6th: 129, 134, 142.
15th: 203.
16th: 251, 253.
18th Airborne: 256.
Divisions--
Airborne--
17th: 256, 259.
82nd: 218, 230.
101st: 218, 230.
Infantry--
36th: 131.
45th: 100.
90th: 205.
104th: 223, 229.
Ranger Battalion, 1st U.S.: 63.
Special Service Force, First. See under Inter-Allied Organizations.
U.S. Forces: Newfoundland, 43; Algeria, 51; Pacific, 51, 293, 295; Sicily, 95-6, 99-101; Italy, 109, 128; North-West Europe, 190, 193, 195, 201, 217; Aleutians, 288-9.
U.S. Marines: 51.
U.S. Navy: 99, 108, 111, 292.
U.S. Western Defence Command: 289.
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ALLIED FORCES (OTHER THAN U.S.)
Belgian
Belgian Army: 10-11, 214.
Belgian Paratroops (S.A.S.): 262.
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade: 322.
Czechoslovak
1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade Group: 214, 229.
Netherlands
Netherlands Army: 10, 214.
Royal Netherlands (Princess Irene's) Infantry Brigade: 229, 322.
French
Chasseurs Alpins: 9.
Corps Expéditionnaire Français: 130, 136-7, 139, 144, 146.
First French Army: 10.
French Army: (1940), 10, 12, 14-16; see also 209, 262.
French paratroops (S.A.S.): 262.
Moroccan Troops: 136.
2nd French Armoured Division: 205, 209
Greek
Greek Mountain Brigade: 151-2, 154.
Italian
Gruppo Cremona: 163.
Italian formations: 166.
Norwegian
Norwegian Forces: 8, 24, 34-6.
Polish
1st Polish Armoured Division: France, 1989, 203-06; Belgium, 213-14, 221; Holland, 223, 229-30, 232; see also 263, 269-70, 322.
2nd Polish Corps: 134, 136-7, 146-7, 151, 155, 163.
10th Polish Motor Battalion: 205.
10th Polish Mounted Rifle Regiment: 205.
U.S.S.R.
Soviet Forces: advances, 236, 261, 268; junction with Canadians, 259; with Americans, 261, 268, 270; capture Berlin, 270; see also 52, 61. .
INTER-ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS
Airborne Army, First Allied: 217, 221.
Allied Air Forces (generally): Italy, 99, 107, 109, 128, 131, 152, 160; France, 170, 172, 185-6, 200, 202, 204, 208; Rhine, 244, 257-8, 260; see also 80, 169, 268, and under Royal Air Force, and U.S. Army Air Forces.
Allied Armies in Italy: Alexander commands, 127; Battle for Rome, 134, 144; Gothic Line, 158-9; see also 115, 127, 166, and Army Group, 15th.
Allied Force Headquarters: 124, 166.
Army Group, 15th: Sicily, 96; Italy, 129, 162-3, 268.
Commando, No. 10 (Inter-Allied). See under British (United Kingdom) Forces.
SHAEF: 127, 255, 267.
Special Service Force, First: 296-9.
Supreme Headquarters. See SHAEF.
C. ENEMY FORCES
German
Air Force: Battle of Britain, 21-2, 38; Dieppe, 60, 64, 67-9, 80-81; Sicily, 98-9; Normandy, 172; Seine crossing, 208; see also 39, 91.
"Armee Abteilung Straube": 271.
Armies--
First Parachute: 239, 252-4, 258, 261.
Fifth Panzer: 209.
Seventh: Dieppe, 81; Normandy, 200, 204, 206, 209; see also 211.
Tenth: Italy, 107, 129, 133, 146, 148.
Fourteenth: 132-3.
Fifteenth: 66, 68-9, 82, 195.
Twenty-Fifth: 267, 271.
Armoured Group, Eberbach. 206.
Army Group "B": 176.
Army Group "H". 231, 239, 241.
Corps--
Infantry--
81st: 66, 67, 69, 76, 81-2.
86th: 243.
Panzer--
1st S.S.: 200.
2nd S.S.: 185, 206.
14th: 99, 133.
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76th: 124.
Parachute--
2nd: 263, 269.
Divisions--
Infantry--
64th: 224-5.
65th: 116, 118.
70th: 228.
71st: 148.
84th: 241.
85th: 199.
89th: 197.
302nd: 66-9, 81-2.
716th: 181, 183.
Division, Jaeger, 144th: 162.
Panzer--
1st S.S. (Leibstandarte S.S. Adolf Hitler): 185, 189, 195, 200.
2nd--190, 195, 200, 205-06, 209.
2nd S.S.: 200.
9th: 200.
9th S.S.: 185, 190, 195, 206.
10th: 67, 81.
10th S.S.: 185, 205.
12th S.S. (Hitlerjugend): Normandy bridgehead, 181-2, 185; Falaise, 195, 1978, 203, 206-07.
16th: 112.
21st: 181, 195.
26th: 117.
116th: Normandy, 190, 195, 200; Rhineland, 244, 249.
Hermann Göring: 99, 101, 104.
Lehr: 245-6, 250.
Panzer Grenadier--
15th: 99, 102, 244, 250.
16th S.S.: 162.
29th: 99.
90th: 118, 121, 138, 155.
Parachute--
1st: Sicily and Southern Italy, 99, 109-10; Ortona, 121, 124; Liri Valley, 137, 139; Northern Adriatic sector, 150, 152, 155.
6th: 244.
7th: 241, 244.
High Command: 144, 172, 195, 239, 243, 252; see also Hitler.
Luftwaffe. See Air Force.
Navy: Dieppe, 65-6, 68-9; see also 21, 36, 269.
Units--
Fortress Battalion, 923rd: 104.
Infantry Regiment, 571st: 67, 69.
Parachute Army Assault Battalion: 249.
Italian
Army: 98-9, 108, 110.
Coastal Division, 206th: 98.
Japanese
Army, 23rd: 287.
Division, Infantry, 38th: 287.
Forces: Hong Kong, 30, 273, 278-88; South-East Asia, 51, 302; Aleutians, 44, 273, 288-91, 297; submarine shells Vancouver I., 44: see also 41, 311.
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