Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings (73 page)

characterized,
203
–
5

death of,
355
–
56

and Exercise Tiger,
210
–
18

off Utah Beach,
286
,
313
–
14

Morgan, Frederick,
xvi
,
142
–
44
,
307

characterized,
105
–
6

as COSSAC,
106
–
9
,
117
–
18
,
118
–
20

and COSSAC shipping needs,
164
–
65
,
177

superseded by Eisenhower,
166
–
67
,
172

Morganthau, Henry,
6

Morison, Samuel Eliot,
91
,
270
,
317

Mountbattan, Louis,
xvii
,
121
,
187

characterized,
62
–
63

and Dieppe,
75
–
76

retreat at Largs,
118
–
19

visit to U.S.,
6

Mulberry

construction of,
318
–
23

damaged by storm,
324
–
26
,
328
map,
321

origins of,
206
–
7

Munich crisis,
175

Murphy
(USN destroyer),
343

naval bombardment of Normandy beaches,
258
–
66
,
267
–
68

and shore spotting,
265
–
66
,
298
–
99

Naval Combat Demolition Units (NCDU),
224
–
25
,
251

on Omaha Beach,
272
–
75
,
276
,
304

Nelson
(RN battleship),
82
,
192

Nelson
(USN destroyer),
314

Nelson, Donald,
159

Neptune, Operation

crossing the Channel,
233
–
36
,
245
–
48
,
249
–
51
(map,
247
)

landings in Normandy,
270
–
82

loading of landing craft,
222
–
30

naming of,
121

naval bombardment of beaches,
258
–
66
,
267
–
68

number of ships involved,
248
–
49

planning for,
171
–
94

Neptune (Roman god),
xiv

Nevada
(USN battleship),
235
,
245

in attack on Cherbourg,
340
,
342
,
343
–
44

off Normandy beaches,
262
–
63
,
265

New York
(USN battleship),
82

New Zealand
(RN battlecruiser),
174

Niedermair, John,
154

Nimitz, Chester,
41n

Norfolk House

as COSSAC HQ,
106
–
9

described,
76

as SHAEF HQ,
175

as Torch HQ,
76
–
77

North Africa

Allied campaign in,
92
–
95

Churchill’s advocacy of,
32
–
33
,
35
–
36

planning for invasion of,
41
–
42
,
53
,
65
–
66
,
67
–
70
,
73
–
75

See also
Gymnast; Torch

Nutley, Donald W.,
201

O’Brien
(USN destroyer),
345

O’Neill, William,
246
,
276
–
77

O’Shaughnessy, Patrick J.,
255
–
56

Oceanway
(RN landing ship, dock),
303

Okinawa,
355

Omaha Beach,
xiii
,
188
,
197
,
202

aerial bombing of,
266

buildup of supplies on,
308
–
11
,
314
–
15
,
317
–
18
,
322
,
323
–
24
,
327
–
28
(table,
328
),
350

casualties on,
305
,
329
–
30

congestion on,
276
–
81
,
284
–
85

crisis on,
284
–
89
,
300
–
304

defenses of,
272
,
275

fire support from destroyers,
290
–
300

geography of,
251
–
52
,
272

landings on,
253
,
272
–
76
map,
292

naval gunfire on,
265
–
68

obstructions on,
273
–
75

Orange, War Plan.
See
Plan Orange

Osprey
(USN minesweeper),
244

Outerbridge, W. W.,
345

Overlord, Operation,
121

ground force needed,
177
–
78

naming of,
121

shipping needed,
177
–
78

See also
Neptune

Patton, George,
100
,
115
,
129
–
30
,
139
–
40
,
173

in Europe,
354

in North Africa,
83
–
84
,
92
,
94

Paulus, Friedrich von,
103

Pearl Harbor,
3
–
7

Pegasus Bridge,
282
,
352

Pershing, John “Black Jack,”
9
,
72

Philippines,
28
,
41

Phoenix units for Mulberry,
207
,
318
,
320
,
322

Podolak, Felix,
298

Poe, George,
276

Pointe du Hoc,
293
–
94
,
352

poison gas,
223
,
229

Poland,
8

Port-en-Bessin,
334

Portal, Charles,
30
,
100
–
101

Pound, Dudley,
30
,
40
,
99
–
100

Potomac
(presidential yacht),
19
–
20

Plan Dog Memo,
11
–
12

Plan Orange,
7
–
8
,
12
–
13

Plunkett
(USN destroyer),
346

Pluto (pipeline under the ocean),
208

Prince of Wales
(RN battleship),
29

at Argentia,
20
–
22

prisoners of war, Axis,
331
–
32

Quadrant conference (Quebec),
xiv
,
119
–
20
,
206

Queen Elizabeth
(British transport),
124
–
25

Queen Mary
(British transport),
124
–
25

Querqueville Batteries (at Cherbourg),
340
–
43
,
346
–
47

Quincy
(USN cruiser)

in attack on Cherbourg,
340
,
343
,
347

off Normandy beaches,
259
,
262
,
336

race relations

in Britain,
137
–
139
,
138n

in U.S. shipbuilding yards,
163

rainbow plans,
8

Ramey, Ralph,
295
–
96

Ramillies
(RN battleship),
235
,
264
,
305

Ramsay, Bertram Home,
xvii
,
351
,
355

and Anvil,
179
–
80

death of,
357

described,
174

and Dunkirk,
175

and Neptune,
192
–
93
,
207
–
8
,
231
,
236
–
37
,
241
,
243
–
44
,
288
,
309

relations with Eisenhower,
175
,
179
–
84

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

relations with Marshall,
183

relations with Montgomery,
175

and training exercises,
205
,
209
,
220

Ranger
(USN carrier),
77
,
84

Rangers, U.S. Army,
291
,
293
–
94

Repulse
(RN battlecruiser),
29

Reuben James
(USN destroyer),
5
,
19

Reynolds, David,
137

Rhea, Powell,
245
,
344

rhino ferries,
200
,
205

crossing the Channel,
235
,
24

unloading,
309
–
10

Rich
(USN destroyer),
313

Richer, John B.,
256
–
57

Rieve, Friedrich,
106

rocket firing LCTs,
267
–
68
,
287

Rockwell, Dean,
248

and DD tanks,
254
–
56

Robb, James,
172

Roberts
(RN monitor),
264

Robin Moor
(U.S. ship),
17

Rogers, Kelly,
44

Rommel, Erwin,
94
,
348

Roosevelt, Elliot,
99

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
xvii
,
351

administrative style of,
33
,
50

at Argentia conference,
19
–
20

at Casablanca conference,
98
–
99
,
103
–
4

death of,
357
–
58

foreign policy of,
5
–
7
,
10
–
11
,
21
–
22

and Germany-first strategy,
12
–
13

and North Africa,
35
–
36
,
69
–
70

and Pearl Harbor,
3
–
4
,
23
–
24

relations with Churchill,
20
–
22
,
27
–
28
,
33
–
34
,
41
,
63
–
67
,
100
–
101
,
142
,
284

relations with George Marshall,
47
–
49
,
51
–
53
,
66
,
98
,
167
–
69

and shipbuilding priorities,
157
,
160

and undeclared naval war vs. Germany,
16
–
19

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr.,
271
–
72

Roundhammer,
107

Roundup,
52
–
54
,
157

Rudder, James A.,
293

Rundstedt, Karl von,
354

Ryder, Charles,
96

Sabin, Lorenzo,
287

Safi (French Morocco),
92
,
93

Sainte-Mere-Eglise,
335

Saipan, U.S. landings on,
192

Saladin
(RN destroyer),
212
,
216

Sanders, Harry,
291

Sangermon
(USN carrier),
77n

Santee
(USN carrier),
77n

Satterlee
(USN destroyer),
291
,
294

Sattler, Robert,
349

Sawyers, Frank,
26

Schliebben, Karl von,
338
–
39
,
348
–
49

Schnellbooten
(E-boats or S-boats),
213
,
244
,
283
,
314

Schweppenberg, Leo Geyr von,
354

Scimitar
(RN destroyer),
212
,
219

Scylla
(RN cruiser),
220
,
245

Seabees,
xvii
,
235
,
310
,
313

Seatrain New Jersey
(USS
Lakehurst
),
80

Sertell, John R.,
256

Services of Supply (U.S.),
129

SHAEF.
See
Eisenhower, Dwight David

Shaw, Horace,
279

Sheffield
(RN cruiser),
192

Shingle (invasion of Anzio).
See
Anzio

shipbuilding

Allied priorities,
147
–
48
,
158
–
60

described,
162
–
63

manpower demands,
162
–
63

table,
161

shipping

Allied weaknesses in,
xiv
–
xv
,
45
–
46
,
55
,
77

convoy protection,
147

and the Mediterranean,
98
,
100
–
2
,
112