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Forward |
vii |
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Introductory Note |
viii |
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Preface |
ix |
Chapter |
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I. |
THE ROOTS OF STRATEGY |
1-45 |
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The Common Ground |
1 |
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General Marshall's Project |
13 |
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"Action in 1942--Not 1943" |
21 |
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The Period of Indecision (July-December 1942) |
32 |
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The Casablanca Conference |
38 |
II. |
OUTLINE OVERLORD (JANUARY-JULY 1943) |
46-82 |
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Organization for Planning |
46 |
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Size and Shape of the Attack |
54 |
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Landing Craft Requirements |
59 |
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Allotment of Resources, May 1943 |
63 |
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The COSSAC Plans |
70 |
III. |
OVERLORD IN BALANCE (AUGUST-DECEMBER 1943) |
83-127 |
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Strategy Reviewed: The Quebec Conference |
83 |
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Landing Craft Again |
100 |
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Questions of Command |
105 |
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The Cairo-Tehran Conferences |
117 |
IV. |
THE GERMAN ARMY IN FRANCE, 1940-1943 |
127-157 |
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Organization of the West |
128 |
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Impact of the Russian and Mediterranean Fronts |
140 |
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Rebuilding the Western Defenses |
148 |
V. |
OVERLORD REVISED |
158-197 |
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U.S. Organization and Training for the Assault, January 1944 |
158 |
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The ANVIL-OVERLORD Debate |
164 |
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The NEPTUNE Plans |
173 |
VI. |
PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS |
198-230 |
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The French Resistance |
198 |
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The Combined Bomber Offensive |
207 |
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The Bombing of French Railroads |
217 |
VII. |
GERMAN DEFENSE MEASURES, 1944 |
231-268 |
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OKW Policy in 1944 |
231 |
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Organization for Combat |
236 |
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Command and Tactics |
242 |
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The Defense on the Eve of Invasion |
258 |
VIII. |
THE SIXTH OF JUNE |
269-335 |
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The Invasion is Launched |
269 |
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The Airborne Assault |
278 |
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Hitting the Beaches |
300 |
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The D-Day Beachhead |
321 |
IX. |
THE V CORPS LODGMENT (7-18 JUNE) |
336-385 |
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Securing the Beachheads |
336 |
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Junction Between V and VII Corps |
351 |
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The Caumont Gap |
366 |
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Towards St. Lô |
376 |
X. |
THE CAPTURE OF CHERBOURG (8 JUNE-1 JULY) |
386-449 |
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Securing the North Flank |
386 |
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Attack to Cut the Peninsula |
396 |
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Hitler Intervenes |
408 |
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Advance to the Cherbourg Landfront |
416 |
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The Fall of Cherbourg |
422 |
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End of a Phase |
438 |
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CHARTS |
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1. |
Simplified Command and Planning Organization for European Operations as of May 1942 |
3 |
2. |
German Chain of Command in the West, May 1944 |
244 |
3. |
Luftwaffe Command in the West |
245 |
4. |
German Naval Command in the West |
245 |
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MAPS |
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1. |
Situation in Europe, 6 June 1944 |
268 |
2. |
German Counterattack in the Cotentin |
296 |
3. |
4th Infantry Division, 6 June 1944 |
305 |
4. |
German Counterattack on Carentan, 13 June 1944 |
366 |
5. |
Coumont Gap, Morning 10 June 1944 |
370 |
6. |
The la Fière Bridgehead, 9 June 1944 |
397 |
Maps I-XXV are in inverse order inside back cover |
I. |
Cosmopolitan World Map (Rand McNally and Company). |
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II. |
OVERLORD Area. |
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III. |
The Final OVERLORD Plan. |
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IV. |
Development and Lodgment. |
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V. |
Sealing Off the Battlefield |
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VI. |
Order of Battle OB WEST, 6 June 1944. |
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VII. |
Allied Assault Routes, 6 June 1944. |
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VIII. |
The Airborne Assault, 6 June 1944. |
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IX. |
101st Airborne Division Drop Pattern, 6 June 1944. |
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X. |
82d Airborne Division Drop Pattern, 6 June 1944. |
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XI. |
V Corps D-Day Objectives. |
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XII. |
OMAHA Beach Assault. |
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XIII. |
The Second British Army on D-Day. |
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XIV. |
German Countermeasures, 6 June 1944. |
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XV. |
V Corps, 7-8 June 1944. |
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XVI. |
VII Corps on D+1. |
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XVII. |
Battle for Carentan and Junction of the Beachheads, 8-12 June 1944. |
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XVIII. |
V Corps Advance, 9-13 June 1944. |
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XIX. |
Kampfgruppe Heintz, 6-11 June 1944. |
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XX. |
Toward St. Lô, 14-18 June 1944. |
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XXI. |
Securing the North Flank, 8-14 June 1944. |
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XXII. |
Attack to Cut the Peninsula, 10-18 June 1944. |
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XXIII. |
The Advance North, 19-21 June 1944. |
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XXIV. |
The Attack on Cherbourg, 22-26 June 1944. |
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XXV. |
The Advance Inland, 6 June-1 July 1944. |
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ILLUSTRATIONS |
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1. |
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill |
7 |
2. |
General Marshall |
14 |
3. |
U.S. Soldiers in Ireland |
20 |
4. |
Casablanca Conference |
39 |
5. |
General Morgan |
50 |
6. |
British Landing Craft on Beach at Dieppe |
55 |
7. |
German Submarine Under Aerial Attack |
85 |
8. |
Quebec Conference |
89 |
9. |
General Montgomery |
118 |
10. |
Tehran Conference |
124 |
11. |
Field Marshal von Rundstedt and General Jodl |
132 |
12. |
German High Command |
134 |
13. |
Enemy Coast Artillery |
139 |
14. |
Field Marshal Rommel |
150 |
15. |
General Eisenhower |
159 |
16. |
Invasion Training in England |
161 |
17. |
Assault Training |
163 |
18. |
Vauville Beach, Spring 1944 |
178 |
19. |
Preinvasion Bombing |
195 |
20. |
Hitler Leaving Railway Carriage at Compiégne |
199 |
21. |
V-Bomb Over London, June 1944 |
216 |
22. |
Bombardment of Marshaling Yards |
226 |
23. |
Results of Air Attacks |
229 |
24. |
Antilanding Obstacles |
251 |
25. |
German Mobile Infantry |
255 |
26. |
Captured German Armor |
256 |
27. |
Preinvasion Scenes |
271 |
28. |
Allied Invasion Chiefs |
273 |
29. |
German Field Commanders |
277 |
30. |
Parachute Troops |
279 |
31. |
Hedgerow Country |
285 |
32. |
Merderet River Crossing |
294 |
33. |
Crossing the Channel |
299 |
34. |
Troops on Utah Beach |
303 |
35. |
Aerial View of Utah Beach on D-Day Morning |
306 |
3. |
Aerial View of Omaha Beach on D Plus 1 |
310 |
37. |
Terrain on Omaha Beach |
312 |
38. |
Assault Landings, Omaha Beach |
314 |
39. |
First Aid on the Beach |
316 |
40. |
Rangers Scaling the Cliffs at Pointe du Hoe |
323 |
41. |
Ninth Air Force B-26 Over British Beachhead |
331 |
42. |
Troops on Utah Beach Under Artillery Fire |
343 |
43. |
Planes and Gliders Circling Les Forges |
346 |
44. |
U.S. Commanders |
352 |
45. |
St. Côme-du-Mont Area |
354 |
46. |
Carentan Causeway |
358 |
47. |
Carentan and Hill 30 Area |
362 |
48. |
Tank Equipped with Hedgerow Cutter |
385 |
49. |
Crisbecq Fortification |
389 |
50. |
Azeville Forts |
391 |
51. |
Quinèville |
394 |
52. |
La Fiére Causeway |
399 |
53. |
Tank Entering St. Sauveur-le Vicomte |
405 |
54. |
Ste. Colombe-Néhou Area |
407 |
55. |
Seine River Bridge at Mantes-Cassicourt Under Bombardment |
409 |
56. |
Utah Beach During the Build-up |
424 |
57. |
Omaha Beach During the Build-up |
425 |
58. |
Artifical Port at Omaha Beach |
427 |
59. |
American Artillery in Action Against Cherbourg |
433 |
60. |
Fort du Roule |
435 |
61. |
House-to-House Search in Cherbourg |
437 |
62. |
American Infantry Captain with Cherbourg Prisoners |
439 |