Supreme Commander (116 page)

  
1.
Eisenhower to CCS, December 29, 1942, EP, No. 742; Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe
, pp. 125–37. Fredenhall’s force was redesignated II Corps.

  
2.
Eisenhower to CCS, January 4, 1943, EP, No. 756.

  
3.
Eisenhower to Gailey, January 1, 1943, EP, No. 751.

  
4.
Eisenhower to Hartle and others, Jamuary 15, 1943, EP, No. 770.

  
5.
Eisenhower to Hartle and others, January 15, 1943, EP, No. 770.

  
6.
Churchill to Eisenhower, January 1, 1943, EP, No. 745, fn. 2.

  
7.
See note 1, Eisenhower to BCOS, December 31, 1942, EP, No. 747.

  
8.
Macmillan,
The Blast of War, 1939–1945
(New York, 1968), p. 173.

  
9.
Churchill to Eisenhower, January 2, 1943, EP, No. 750, fn. 4. A good discussion is Funk,
De Gaulle
, pp. 89–91; see also Murphy,
Diplomat Among Warriors
, pp. 115–21.

10.
U. S. Dept. of State,
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1943
, 6 vols. (Washington, 1963–65), Vol. II,
Europe
, p. 24.

11.
Eisenhower to Smith, January 3, 1943, EP, No. 755.

12.
Eisenhower to Gailey, January 1, 1943, EP, No. 751.

13.
Bryant,
Turn of the Tide
, pp. 442–43; interview with Sir Ian Jacob, May 8, 1968.

14.
Albert N. Garland and Howard M. Smyth,
Sicily and the Surrender of Italy
, in Conn (ed.),
U. S. Army in World War II
(Washington, 1965), p. 11; Albert C. Wedemeyer (New York, 1958),
Wedemeyer Reports!
, p. 192.

15.
Eisenhower to Handy, January 28, 1943, EP, No. 796.

16.
Bryant,
Turn of the Tide
, p. 448; Sir Ian Jacob diary.

17.
Bryant,
Turn of the Tide
, pp. 452–55.

18.
Ibid., p. 447.

19.
See EP, No. 811, fn. 2.

20.
Eisenhower to Marshall, February 8, 1943, EP, No. 811.

21.
Howe,
Northwest Africa
, pp. 376–83.

22.
Eisenhower memo for G-3, January 19, 1943, EP, No. 781.

23.
Eisenhower memorandum of January 21, 1943, EP, No. 787.

24.
Eisenhower to King, January 25, 1943, EP, No. 789; Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe
, p. 149.

25.
Butcher,
My Three Years
, pp. 246–48.

26.
Summersby,
Eisenhower Was My Boss
, p. 59.

27.
Butcher,
My Three Years
, pp. 254–58.

  
1.
Eisenhower to CCS, February 3, 1943, EP, No. 805.

  
2.
Eisenhower to Fredendall, February 4, 1943, EP, No. 808.

  
3.
Martin Blumenson,
Kasserine Pass
(Boston, 1967), pp. 86–87.

  
4.
Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe
, p. 141.

  
5.
Eisenhower to Fredendall, February 4, 1943, EP, No. 808.

  
6.
Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe
, p. 146.

  
7.
Ibid., pp. 141, 147.

  
8.
Blumenson,
Kasserine Pass
, pp. 94–95.

  
9.
Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe
, p. 142.

10.
Blumenson,
Kasserine Pass
, pp. 128–29; Eisenhower to Marshall, February 15, 1943, EP, No. 819.

11.
Eisenhower to Marshall, February 15, 1943, EP, No. 819.

12.
Blumenson,
Kasserine Pass
, p. 163.

13.
Ibid., pp. 175–76; Eisenhower to CCS, February 15, 1943, EP, No. 818. Howe,
Northwest Africa
, pp. 423–24.

14.
Blumenson,
Kasserine Pass
, pp. 71–112; Eisenhower to CCS, February 15, 1943, EP, No. 818.

15.
Eisenhower to Marshall, February 15, 1943, EP, No. 819.

16.
Same to same, February 21, 1943, EP, No. 832.

17.
Same to same, February 17, 1943, EP, No. 821; Blumenson,
Kasserine Pass
, p. 273.

18.
Eisenhower to Truscott, February 16, 1943, EP, No. 820.

19.
Blumenson,
Kasserine Pass
, pp. 278–79.

20.
Fredendall to Eisenhower, February 19, 1943, EP, No. 830, fn. 1.

21.
Eisenhower to Fredendall, February 20, 1943, EP, No. 830.

22.
Eisenhower to Marshall, February 21, 1943, EP, No. 832.

23.
Blumenson,
Kasserine Pass
, pp. 282–83; Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe
, pp. 145–46.

24.
Blumenson,
Kasserine Pass
, pp. 289–90.

25.
Blumenson,
Kasserine Pass
, pp. 297, 306.

26.
Eisenhower to Patton, March 6, 1943, EP, No. 865.

27.
Eisenhower to Gerow, February 24, 1943, EP, No. 841.

  
1.
Eisenhower to Prichard, March 1, 1943, EP, No. 854.

  
2.
Eisenhower to Marshall, April 5, 1943, EP, No. 927.

  
3.
Eisenhower to Patton, March 6, 1943, EP, No. 865.

  
4.
Farago,
Patton
, p. 253; Arthur Tedder (London, 1966),
With Prejudice
, p. 410.

  
5.
Tedder,
With Prejudice
, p. 411.

  
6.
Eisenhower to Patton, April 5, 1943, EP, No. 928.

  
7.
Tedder,
With Prejudice
, p. 411.

  
8.
Howe,
Northwest Africa
, pp. 590–92.

  
9.
Butcher,
My Three Years
, pp. 285–88.

10.
Marshall to Eisenhower, April 14, 1943, EP, No. 945, fn. 1.

11.
Eisenhower to Marshall, March 29, 1943, EP, No. 910.

12.
Eisenhower to Marshall, April 16, 1943, EP, No. 946.

13.
Eisenhower to Marshall, April 15, 1943, EP, No. 945; and same to same, March 15, 1943, EP, No. 889.

14.
Eisenhower to Marshall, March 8, 1943, EP, No. 870.

15.
Eisenhower to Bradley, April 16, 1943, EP, No. 947.

16.
Butcher,
My Three Years
, p. 289.

17.
Eisenhower to Marshall, April 30, 1943, EP, No. 959.

18.
Eisenhower to Alexander, April 30, 1943, EP, No. 960.

19.
Bradley to Eisenhower, May 7, 1943, quoted in EP, No. 978, fn. 1.

20.
Eisenhower to Arthur Eisenhower, May 18, 1943, EP, No. 1013; Eisenhower to John Eisenhower, May 22, 1943, EP, No. 1016.

21.
Eisenhower to Marshall, May 8, 1943, EP, No. 973.

22.
Eisenhower memorandum of June 11, 1943.

23.
Marshall to Surles, May 8, 1943, COS Decimal File 1942–43, 000.7 Publicity, Modern Military Records, National Archives.

24.
Eisenhower to Marshall, May 13, 1943, EP, No. 992.

25.
Same to same, May 10, 1943, EP, No. 979.

  
1.
Macmillan,
The Blast of War
, pp. 241–43.

  
2.
Murphy,
Diplomat Among Warriors
, p. 180.

  
3.
Macmillan,
The Blast of War
, p. 265.

  
4.
Ibid., p. 250.

  
5.
De Gaulle,
Unity
, p. 95.

  
6.
Macmillan,
The Blast of War
, pp. 250–54.

  
7.
U. S. Dept. of State,
Foreign Relations, 1943
, Vol. II, pp. 111–13.

  
8.
Ibid., p. 113; Viorst,
Hostile Allies
, p. 54; Macmillan,
The Blast of War
, p. 205.

  
9.
Butcher,
My Three Years
, p. 318.

10.
Ibid., pp. 320–22.

11.
De Gaulle,
Unity
, pp. 120–21; Feis,
Churchill-Roosevelt-Stalin
, p. 138; U. S. Dept. of State,
Foreign Relations, 1943
, Vol. II, p. 134.

12.
Eisenhower to Churchill, June 7, 1943, EP, No. 1043.

13.
De Gaulle,
Unity
, pp. 125–27; Eisenhower to CCS, June 10, 1943, EP, No. 1050.

14.
U. S. Dept. of State,
Foreign Relations, 1943
, Vol. II, p. 146.

15.
Butcher,
My Three Years
, pp. 331–34.

16.
Eisenhower to Roosevelt, June 12, 1943, EP, No. 1054.

17.
U. S. Dept. of State,
Foreign Relations, 1943
, Vol. II, pp. 152–55.

18.
Ibid., pp. 156–57.

19.
Ibid., p. 155.

20.
Eisenhower to Roosevelt, June 18, 1943, EP, No. 1057; Eisenhower to Marshall, June 18, 1943, EP, No. 1058.

21.
Eisenhower to Marshall, June 19, 1943, EP, No. 1064, and De Gaulle,
Unity
, pp. 129–31, are in essential agreement on what happened at the meeting.

22.
Eisenhower to Marshall, June 19, 1943, EP, No. 1064.

23.
Roosevelt to Eisenhower, June 22, 1943, EP, No. 1058, fn. 5.

24.
Eisenhower to Marshall, June 22, 1943, EP, No. 1069.

25.
Same to same, June 22, 1943, EP, No. 1070.

26.
EP, No. 1070, fn. 5.

27.
Eisenhower to Marshall, June 26, 1943, EP, No. 1075.

28.
Same to same, June 24, 1943, EP, No. 1073.

29.
Macmillan,
The Blast of War
, p. 287.

30.
Funk,
De Gaulle
, pp. 148–50.

31.
Macmillan,
The Blast of War
, p. 282.

32.
Winston S. Churchill,
The Second World War
, 6 vols. (Boston, 1948–53), Vol. V,
Closing the Ring
, pp. 177–79.

33.
Ibid., p. 179.

34.
Roosevelt to Eisenhower, July 8, 1943, EP, No. 1130, fn. 1.

35.
Eisenhower to Marshall, July 22, 1943, EP, No. 1130.

36.
Funk,
De Gaulle
, pp. 158–60; Churchill,
Closing the Ring
, pp. 182–83.

  
1.
Eisenhower to Somervell, March 19, 1943, EP, No. 896.

  
2.
Eisenhower to Handy, March 20, 1943, EP, No. 899.

  
3.
Eisenhower to Marshall, March 15, 1943, EP, No. 889.

  
4.
Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe
, pp. 162–64; Bernard L. Montgomery,
The Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G
. (Cleveland and New York, 1958), pp. 153–65; Tedder,
With Prejudice
, pp. 426–29.

  
5.
Patton’s force remained under the administrative wing of Fifth Army until the night of the invasion, when it was activated as Seventh Army.

  
6.
Eisenhower to CCS, March 20, 1943, EP, No. 898.

  
7.
Garland and Smyth,
Sicily
, pp. 57–59; Omar N. Bradley,
A Soldier’s Story
, (New York, 1951), pp. 102–21.

  
8.
Eisenhower to Marshall, April 5, 1943, EP, No. 927.

  
9.
Eisenhower to CCS, April 7, 1943, EP, No. 942, fn. 1.

10.
Tedder,
With Prejudice
, pp. 429–30.

11.
JCS to Eisenhower, April 9, 1943, and Eisenhower to CCS, April 12, 1943, EP, No. 942.

12.
Montgomery,
Memoirs
, pp. 60–62.

13.
Tedder,
With Prejudice
, p. 433.

14.
Garland and Smyth,
Sicily
, pp. 419–20; Farago,
Patton
, p. 279.

15.
Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe
, p. 163; interview with Eisenhower, October 7, 1965.

16.
Eisenhower to Marshall, April 19, 1943, EP, No. 949.

17.
Marshall to Eisenhower, April 30, 1943, EP, No. 949, fn. 2.

18.
Garland and Smyth,
Sicily
, pp. 22–23.

19.
Maurice Matloff,
Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare, 1943–1944
, U. S. Army in World War II, ed. Kent Roberts Greenfield (Washington, 1959), pp. 152–62.

20.
Garland and Smyth,
Sicily
, p. 24.

21.
Ibid., p. 24; Matloff,
Strategic Planning
, pp. 152–62.

22.
Butcher,
My Three Years
, pp. 319–20.

23.
Bryant,
Turn of the Tide
, p. 637.

24.
Bradley,
A Soldier’s Story
, pp. 118–19.

25.
Garland and Smyth,
Sicily
, p. 24; Matloff,
Strategic Planning
, pp. 152–54.

26.
Eisenhower to Patton, June 4, 1943, EP, No. 1038.

27.
Butcher,
My Three Years
, pp. 322–23.

28.
Tedder,
With Prejudice
, p. 439.

29.
Eisenhower to John Eisenhower, June 19, 1943, EP, No. 1062.

30.
Sir Andrew B. Cunningham,
A Sailor’s Odyssey
(New York, 1951), p. 540.

31.
Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe
, pp. 165–66; Hanson Baldwin,
Battles Lost and Won
(New York, 1966), p. 204.

32.
Eisenhower to Marshall, June 11, 1943, EP, No. 1057.

33.
Interview with Eisenhower, November 7, 1967.

34.
Eisenhower to Marshall, July 1, 1943, EP, No. 1092.

35.
Garland and Smyth,
Sicily
, p. 88.

36.
Eisenhower to Marshall, June 26, 1943, EP, No. 1077.

37.
Butcher,
My Three Years
, p. 343.

38.
Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe
, p. 172; Garland and Smyth,
Sicily
, pp. 108–9.

39.
Eisenhower to Marshall, July 9, 1943, EP, No. 1104.

40.
Interview with Lord Louis Mountbatten, July 9, 1965.