Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
List of Entries.
List of Primary Documents.
List of Maps.
Preface.
Introduction: The Normandy Invasion (D-Day, June 6, 1944) and Campaign.
A.
1: Airborne Forces, British and American.
2: Aircraft, Bombers.
3: Aircraft, Fighters and Fighter-Bombers.
4: Aircraft, Gliders.
5: Aircraft, Transports.
6: Air Warfare, Ground-Attack Aviation.
7: Amphibious Warfare in the European Theater.
8: Antitank Guns and Antitank Warfare.
9: Artillery and Fire Support.
10: Atlantic, Battle of the.
11: Atlantic Wall.
B.
12: Barton, Raymond Oscar “Tubby” (1889–1963).
13: Bluecoat, Operation (July 30–August 7, 1944).
14: Bradley, Omar Nelson (1893–1981).
15: Brooke, Sir Alan Francis (First Viscount Alanbrooke) (1883–1963).
C.
16: Caen, Battle to Secure (June 6–July 18, 1944).
17: Cemeteries, Normandy Invasion.
18: Cherbourg, Capture of (June 22–29, 1944).
19: Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer (1874–1965).
20: Cobra, Operation (July 25–31, 1944).
21: Cole, Robert George (1915–1944).
22: Collins, Joseph Lawton “Lightning Joe” (1896–1987).
23: Command Structure, Allied.
24: Command Structure, German.
25: Coningham, Sir Arthur “Mary” (1895–1948).
26: Cota, Norman Daniel “Dutch” (1893–1971).
27: Cotentin (Cherbourg) Peninsula.
28: Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham (1888–1965).
29: Crocker, Sir John Treddinick (1896–1963).
30: Culin, Curtis Grubb, III (1915–1963).
D.
31: de Gaulle, Charles (1890–1970).
32: Dempsey, Miles Christopher (1896–1969).
33: Dietrich, Josef “Sepp” (1892–1966).
34: Dollman, Friedrich (1882–1944).
35: Doohan, James Montgomery (1920–2005).
36: Double-Cross System.
E.
37: Ehlers, Walter David (1921–2014).
38: Eisenhower, Dwight David (1890–1969).
39: English Channel.
F.
40: Falaise–Argentan Pocket (August 12–24, 1944).
41: Festung Europa.
42: Films Treating the Normandy Invasion.
43: Fortitude, Operation (1944).
44: France, Campaign (June 6–September 15, 1944).
45: French Resistance.
G.
46: Gale, Sir Richard Nelson (1896–1982).
47: Gerhardt, Charles Hunter (1895–1976).
48: Gerow, Leonard Townsend (1888–1972).
49: Geyr von Schweppenburg, Leo Dietrich Franz Freiherr (1886–1974).
H.
50: Hand Grenades.
51: Higgins, Andrew Jackson (1886–1952).
52: Hitler, Adolf (1889–1945).
53: Hobart, Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley (1885–1957).
54: Howard, John (1912–1999).
55: Huebner, Clarence Ralph (1888–1972).
J.
56: Jodl, Alfred (1890–1946).
57: Jubilee, Operation (Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942).
K.
58: Kirk, Alan Goodrich (1888–1963).
59: Kluge, Günther Adolf Ferdinand von (1882–1944).
60: Krancke, Theodor (1893–1973).
L.
61: La Fière Causeway, Battle of the (June 6–9, 1944).
62: Landing Craft.
63: Lee, John Clifford Hodges (1887–1958).
64: Leigh-Mallory, Sir Trafford (1892–1944).
65: LÜTTICH, Operation (Mortain Counteroffensive, August 7–13, 1944).
66: Lyme Bay, Battle of (April 28, 1944).
M.
67: Machine Guns.
68: Marshall, George Catlett (1880–1959).
69: Millin, William “Piper Bill” (1922–2010).
70: Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law (First Viscount Montgomery of Alamein) (1887–1976).
71: Moon, Don Pardee (1894–1944).
72: Morgan, Frederick Edgeworth (1894–1967).
73: Mulberries.
N.
74: Neptune, Operation (June 6–July 3, 1944).
75: Normandy.
O.
76: Overlord, Operation, Planning for.
P.
77: Patton, George Smith, Jr. (1885–1945).
78: Pegasus and Horsa Bridges, Battle for (June 6, 1944).
79: Pluto.
80: Pointe du Hoc, Seizure of (June 6, 1944).
Q.
81: Quesada, Elwood Richard “Pete” (1904–1993).
R.
82: Ramsay, Sir Bertram Home (1883–1945).
83: Ridgway, Matthew Bunker (1895–1993).
84: Rifles.
85: Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen (1891–1944).
86: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882–1945).
87: Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. (1887–1944).
88: Roundup, Operation (1943).
89: Rudder, James Earl (1910–1970).
90: Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd von (1875–1953).
S.
91: Sainte-Mère-Église.
92: Saint-Lô, Battle of (July 11–19, 1944).
93: Simonds, Guy Granville (1903–1974).
94: Sledgehammer, Operation.
95: Smith, Walter Bedell (1895–1961).
96: Stagg, James Martin (1900–1975).
97: Steele, John Marvin (1912–1969).
T.
98: Tanks.
99: Taylor, Maxwell Davenport (1901–1987).
100: Tedder, Sir Arthur William (1st Baron Tedder) (1890–1967).
101: Tehran Conference (November 28–December 1, 1943).
102: Terrain and Tactical Problems on D-Day.
103: Todt Organization.
104: Totalize, Operation (August 7–13, 1944).
105: Tractable, Operation (August 14–21, 1944).
106: U.
V.
107: Vian, Sir Philip Louis (1894–1968).
W.
108: Warships, Allied.
109: Winters, Richard D. (1918–2011).
110: World War II, European Theater: Overview.
Primary Documents.
111: Allied Planning for the Normandy Invasion (July 1943).
112: Anglo-American Combined Chiefs of Staff, Directive to Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force, February 12, 1944.
113: Eisenhower’s Statement in the Event the D-Day Landings Failed, June 5, 1944.
114: Order of the Day and Letter to the Troops, Supreme Commander of the Western Allied Expeditionary Force General Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 6, 1944.
115: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Remarks by Radio, June 6, 1944.
116: Forrest C. Pogue on D-Day, June 6–7, 1944.
117: General Dwight D. Eisenhower to General George C. Marshall, July 5, 1944.
118: General Erwin Rommel, Teletype Message to Hitler, July 15, 1944.
119: U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower on Sergeant Curtis G. Culin’s Invention of the “Rhino” Tank Modification Preceding Operation COBRA (July 25–31, 1944).
Appendix A: Ground Forces Order of Battle on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Appendix B: Number of Troops Killed on June 6, 1944.
Appendix C: Army, Corps, and Division Units Involved in the Battle of Normandy (June 6–August 29, 1944).
Appendix D: Estimated Casualties in the Battle of Normandy (June 6–August 29, 1944).
Chronology.
Bibliography.
Editor and Contributors.
About the Editor.
Index.