The European Theater of Operations: Cross-Channel Attack

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Foreword......Page 8
Introductory Note on the History of the European Theater of Operations......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
Contents......Page 14
The Common Ground......Page 20
General Marshall's Project......Page 32
"Action in 1942–Not 1943"......Page 40
The Period of Indecision (July–December 1942)......Page 51
The Casablanca Conference......Page 57
Organizations and Planning......Page 65
Size and Shape of the Attack......Page 73
Landing Craft Requirements......Page 78
Allotment of Resources, May 1943......Page 82
The COSSAC Plans......Page 89
Strategy Reviewed: The Quebec Conference......Page 102
Landing Craft Again......Page 119
Questions of Command......Page 124
The Cairo-Tehran Conferences......Page 137
Organization of the West......Page 147
Impact of the Russian and Mediterranean Fronts......Page 159
Rebuilding the Western Defenses......Page 167
U.S. Organization and Training for the Assault, January 1944......Page 177
The ANVIL–OVERLORD Debate......Page 183
The NEPTUNE Plans......Page 192
The French Resistance......Page 217
The Combined Bomber Offensive......Page 226
The Bombing of French Railroads......Page 236
OKW Policy in 1944......Page 250
Organizatoin for Combat......Page 255
Command and Tactics......Page 261
The Defense on the Eve of Invasion......Page 277
The Invasion is Launched......Page 288
The Airborne Assault......Page 297
Hitting the Beaches......Page 319
The D-Day Beachhead......Page 340
Securing the Beachheads......Page 355
Junction Between V and VII Corps......Page 370
4. German Counterattack on Carentan, 13 June 1944......Page 385
Toward St. Lô......Page 396
Securing the North Flank......Page 405
Attack to Cut the Peninsula......Page 415
Hitler Intervenes......Page 427
Advance to the Cherbourg Landfront......Page 435
The Fall of Cherbourg......Page 441
End of a Phase......Page 457
A. Digest of Operation OVERLORD......Page 469
B. Directive to Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force......Page 476
C. Hitler Directive No. 40......Page 478
D. Hitler Directive No. 51......Page 483
E. Chronology of Main Planning Papers from 1 January 1944......Page 487
F. Comparative Fire Power of teh U.S. and German 1944-Type Infantry Divisions......Page 489
G. Divisions Available to Germany on 6 June 1944......Page 490
H. Table of Equivalent Ranks......Page 491
I. Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross......Page 492
J. Basic Miliary Map Symbols......Page 496
Glossary......Page 498
Code Names......Page 504
Bibliographical Note......Page 506
Index......Page 514
1. Simplified Command and Planning Organization for European Operations as of May 1942......Page 22
2. German Chain of Command in the West, May 1944......Page 263
4. German Naval command in the West......Page 264
1. Situation in Europe, 6 June 1944......Page 287
2. German Counterattack in the Cotentin......Page 315
3. 4th Infantry Division, 6 June 1944......Page 324
5. Caumont Gap, Morning, 10 June 1944......Page 389
6. The la Fière Bridgehead, 9 June 1944......Page 416
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill......Page 26
General Marshall......Page 33
U.S. Soldiers in Ireland......Page 39
Casablanca Conference......Page 58
General Morgan......Page 69
British Landing Craft on Beach at Dieppe......Page 74
German Submarine Under Aerial Attack......Page 104
Quebec Conference......Page 108
General Montgomery......Page 136
Tehran Conference......Page 143
Field Marshal von Rundstedt and General Jodl......Page 151
German High Command......Page 153
Enemy Coast Artillery......Page 158
Field Marshal Rommel......Page 169
General Eisenhower......Page 178
Invasion Training in England......Page 180
Assault Training......Page 182
Vauville Beach, Spring 1944......Page 197
Preinvasion Bombing......Page 214
Hitler Leaving Railway Carriage at Compiègne......Page 218
V-Bomb Over London, June 1944......Page 235
Bombardment of Marshaling Yards......Page 245
Results of Air Attacks......Page 248
Antilandng Obstacles......Page 270
German Mobile Infantry......Page 274
Captured German Armor......Page 275
Preinvasion Scenes......Page 290
Allied Invasion Chiefs......Page 292
German Field Commanders......Page 296
Parachute Troops......Page 298
Hedgerow Country......Page 304
Merderet River Crossing......Page 313
Crossing the Channel......Page 318
Troops on Utah Beach......Page 322
Aerial View of Utah Beach on D-Day Morning......Page 325
Aerial View of Omaha Beach on D Plus 1......Page 329
Terrain on Omaha Beach......Page 331
Assault Landings, Omaha Beach......Page 333
First Aid on the Beach......Page 335
Rangers Scaling the Cliffs at Pointe du Hoe......Page 342
Ninth Air Force B-26 Over British Beachhead......Page 350
Troops on Utah Beach Under Artillery Fire......Page 362
Planes and Gliders Circling Les Forges......Page 365
U.S. Commanders......Page 371
St. Côme-du-Mont Area......Page 373
Carentan Causeway......Page 377
Carentan and Hill 30 Area......Page 381
Tank Equipped with Hedgerow Cutter......Page 404
Crisbecq Fortification......Page 408
Azeville Forts......Page 410
Quinéville......Page 413
La Fière Causeway......Page 418
Tank Entering St. Sauveur-le Vicomte......Page 424
Ste. Colombe-Néhou Area......Page 426
Seine River Bridge at Mantes-Gassicourt Under Bombardment......Page 428
Utah Beach During the Build-up......Page 443
Omaha Beach During the Build-up......Page 444
Artificial Port at Omaha Beach......Page 446
American Artillery in Action Against Cherbourg......Page 452
Fort du Roule......Page 454
House-to-House Search in Cherbourg......Page 456
American Infantry Captain with Cherbourg Prisoners......Page 458
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