Overlord (Pan Military Classics) (76 page)

Magic ciphers
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Maltot
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Marcelot
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Marcks, General E.

invasion preparations
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D-Day
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death
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Marigny
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Marshall, General G.C.
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not to command OVERLORD
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on the level of U.S. generals
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use of airborne troops
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Maser, Sergeant James
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Maurice, Lieutenant-Colonel F.J.
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Mayenne
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medical facilities
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Mediterranean
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Meindl, General Eugene
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Merville Battery
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Metz
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Meyer, Colonel Kurt (‘Panzer’)
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counter-attack at Caen
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replaces Fritz Witt
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and operation TOTALIZE
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escapes the Falaise gap
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MI5
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Michel, Lieutenant-Colonel Roger
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Middleton, Major-General Troy H.

at Montgomery’s final briefing
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Cotentin campaign
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health and ability
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operation COBRA
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in Brittany
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military police
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Miller, Major
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Milner, Captain Christopher
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Minton, Captain Charles
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Mobile Reserve (dog)
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Model, Field-Marshal Walter, replaces von Kluge
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Mont Castre
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Mont Ormel
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Mont Pinçon
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Montgomery, General Sir Bernard
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appointed overall ground commander
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arrives and takes command
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use of 8th Army veterans
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widens front of assault
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character
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ability
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outline proposals for the operation accepted
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retrospective distortion of events
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and plans for Normandy battle
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to hold line north of Caen
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phase line controversy
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credibility
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and Eisenhower
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15 May plan presentation
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and penetration expectation
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morale-boosting visits from
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speeches to troops and factory workers
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animosity and bitterness towards
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impersonation of
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supports landing on
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June
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suggests moving troops from Omaha
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assaults on Caen
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comes ashore
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attempts to surround Caen
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rejects new offensive east of the Orne
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no loss of confidence in by troops
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and operation EPSOM
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criticism of his strategy
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Villers-Bocage
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on the 51st Division
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on tactics
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responsibility for lack of progress
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attempts on Caen
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and Cotentin campaign
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and superiority of German tanks
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warned of shortage of infantry replacements
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and operation GOODWOOD
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effect of GOODWOOD on prestige of
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and influence of casualties on tactics
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and officers for untried divisions
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and COBRA
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sacks Bucknall and Erskine
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and air support
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Coningham and
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and U.S. move into Brittany
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and the Armies’ boundary at Argentan
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and the Falaise trap
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and operation BLUECOAT
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missed opportunity at Vire
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and Crerar
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operation TOTALIZE
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and the Canadian drive to Argentan
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on the British as killers
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invasion objective
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and Eisenhower’s take-over of direct command
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Moore, Sergeant Bill
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Moorehead, Alan
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Morgan, Lieutenant-General Frederick

proposes cross-Channel invasion
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outline planning of OVERLORD
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choice of site for OVERLORD
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and Montgomery
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Morgenthau, Henry
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‘Morris’
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Mortain
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mortars
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Mosse, Lieutenant Richard
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Mulberry harbours
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Mundy, Lieutenant Charles
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Nelson-Smith (CO 1st Hampshires)
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Neumann, Lieutenant
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Nevada
, U.S.S.
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Nieppe
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Normandy

as site for the invasion
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aerial reconnaissance
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tactics in the
bocage
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North African campaign
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Norway, deception plans to invade
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Notre Dame de Cenilly
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operation GOODWOOD
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Octeville
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Ogden, Lieutenant Carlos
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Ogilvie, Major John
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Omaha beach
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Oppeln-Bronikowski, Colonel von
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Orne Bridge
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Ouistreham
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OVERLORD

British misgivings about
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site considerations
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preparations for
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landing plans
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air planning
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training
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German preparations against
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D-Day
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Paris–Orleans gap
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Park, Air Marshal
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Pas de Calais

operation FORTITUDE deception
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rejected for OVERLORD
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aerial reconnaissance
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the anti-Hitler conspirators and
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Patton, Lieutenant-General George S.
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operation FORTITUDE
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invasion plans
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army career
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arrival in Normandy
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on taking prisoners
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on Montgomery’s tactics
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and treatment of battle fatigue
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reputation
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on Colonel Flint’s death
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forms Third Army
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moves into Brittany
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and XV Corps’ advance from Argentan
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and the Falaise gap
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advance to Metz
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PC 1261
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Pearce-Smith, Brigadier K.
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Pearl Harbor
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Pedro
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Pemsel, General Max
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Percy
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phase line controversy
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Phillips, James
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Phillips, LAC Norman
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PIATs
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PIGSTICK, operation
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Plumetot
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PLUTO
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Point 213
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POINTBLANK, operation
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Pointe du Hoc
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Pontaubault
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Port-en-Bessin
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Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles

bombing campaign
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appointment of Leigh-Mallory
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inability to handle Harris
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Portway, Corporal Chris
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press reports
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Preston, Corporal Bill
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Price, Private John
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Priest, Lieutenant David
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prisoners, shooting
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propaganda
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psychiatric casualties
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Pyle, Ernie
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Quebec conference (1943)
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Quesada, General Elwood R. (‘Pete’)

and Leigh-Mallory
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