The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Snow, C. P.
Somme River
“Song of the Bayonet, The” (Patton)
Sosabowski, Gen. Stanislaw
southern France. See also DRAGOON; and specific locations
Soviet Union. See also Red Army; Stalin, Joseph
Alliance with
Allied forces meeting in Germany and
Berlin and
Budapest and
casualties and
Churchill and
Eastern Europe and
Eisenhower and
FDR and
German concentration camps and
German conscripts from
German fear of
German invasion of
German retreat from
German surrender and
HERBSTNEBEL and
Hitler’s defeat and
Model and
oil and
Pacific war and
Poland and
postwar German occupation zone and
POWs
summer offensive of 1944
UN and
V-E Day and
women kidnapped by Germans
Yalta and
Spa
Bulge and
First Army HQ at
Spaatz, Lt. Gen. Carl A. “Tooey”
Speer, Albert
Spender, Stephen
Stagg, Capt. J. M.
Stalag 17B
Stalin, Joseph
death of Hitler and
Elbe and
Red Army meeting with Western Allies and
V-E Day and
Yalta and
Stalingrad, Battle of
Staller, Bernie
Stars and Stripes
State Department
Stauffenberg, Col. Claus von
Stavelot fuel dump
St.-Barthélemy crossroads
St.-Côme-du-Mont
St.-Cyr
St.-Dié
Stein, Gertrude
Steinbeck, John
Ste.-Marie-du-Mont
Ste.-Mère-Église
St.-Gilles
Stiles, Bert
Stiller, Maj. Alexander C.
Stimson, Henry L.
St.-Lambert
St.-Lô
St.-Malo
St.-Mandrier
St.-Marcouf
Stolberg
Stormy Weather (film)
Stoumont, Battle of
St.-Privat, Fort
Strachner, Myra A.
Strasbourg
retreat resisted by French
Strasbourg, University of
Strong, Maj. Gen. Kenneth W. D.
St.-Tropez
Student, Gen. Kurt
Stuttgart
bombing of
capture of
St.-Vith, Battle of
Sudentenland
“Summaries of the Military Use of the Roer River Reservoir System” (Army Corps of Engineers)
Summersby, Kay
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF)
Antwerp and
army discipline and
becomes USFET
bombing of Germany and
Bradley vs. Montgomery and
Bulge and
Bushy Park and
casualties and
Cherbourg and
Churchill and
combat exhaustion and
De Gaulle and
Devers and
Eisenhower and
Eisenhower vs. Montgomery and
final days of war and
fraternization and
French and
German atomic program and
German officers and
German postwar governance and
German surrender and
GOODWOOD and
intelligence and
liberation of Paris and
logistics and
Malta and
manpower shortages and
MARKET GARDEN and
Merkers treasure and
OVERLORD and
Paris post-liberation and
Patch and
Patton’s Third Army created by
POW and slave labor camps and
pozit shells and
Red Army and
Reims HQ
Rhine bridges and Alsace campaign
Ruhr and
Saar and
Soviets and
tensions among
valor awards and
V-E Day and
Versailles HQ
winter campaign and
Swartz, Luke S.
Swedish YMCA
Switzerland
Sword Beach
Tannenberg, Battle of
Target: Germany (U.S. AAF)
Tate Gallery
Taunus Hills
Taylor, Col. George A.
Taylor, Maj. Gen. Maxwell D.
Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W.
Teheran Conference
Terence
ter Horst, Kate
Texas, U.S.S.
T Force intelligence units
Theresienstadt concentration camp
Thompson, R. W.
Thorpe, John M.
Thorson, Brig. Gen. Truman C. “Tubby”
Three Kingdoms of Indo-China (Roosevelt)
THUNDERCLAP, Operation
TIGER, Exercise
Time
Timmermann, Lt. Karl H.
Tipton, Lattie
Toklas, Alice B.
Tongres
TORCH, Operation
Torgau, Red Army meets U.S. Army at
Toulon
Trafalgar, Battle of (1805)
TRICYCLE (British double agent)
Trier
Trieste
Tripoli
Trois-Ponts
Truman, Harry S.
Trun
Truscott, Maj. Gen. Lucian K., Jr.
Truscott, Sarah
tuberculosis
Tucker, Col. Reuben H.
Tulle massacre
Tunis
Tunisia
TURCO
Tuscaloosa, U.S.S.
Twain, Mark
U-boats
Ukraine
Ultra (British decryption)
decrypt XL 9188
unconditional surrender
United Nations
Security Council
United States
costs and consequences of war and
elections of 1944
German scientists and
industrial production
repatriation of remains from Europe
U.S. First Army
advance to German border
ammunition shortfalls and
Bulge and
COBRA and
Eisenhower’s birthday and
Falaise Pocket and
final days of war and
GOODWOOD and
Hodges and command problems
Hürtgen and
January 1945 position of
media and
meets Third Army at Houffalize
Montgomery and
OVERLORD and
QUEEN and
Rhine crossing and
Ruhr and
Spa HQ
VERITABLE and GRENADE and
victory position of
winter campaign and
U.S. 1st Infantry Division
U.S. 2nd Armored Division
U.S. 2nd Infantry Division
U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion
U.S. 3rd Armored Division
U.S. Third Army
advance into Germany
advance to Rhine
ammunition shortfalls
Brittany and
Bulge and
concentration camps and
created
DRAGOON forces and
Falaise and
final days of war and
Janu
ary 1945 positions
meets First Army at Houffalize
Metz and
Mortain and
OVERLORD and
Rhine crossing and
Ruhr and
Siegfried Line and
victory position of
U.S. III Corps
U.S. 3rd Infantry Division
U.S. 4th Armored Division
U.S. 4th Infantry Division
U.S. 5th Armored Division
U.S. Fifth Army
U.S. V Corps
Bulge and
U.S. 5th Infantry Division
U.S. 6th Armored Division
U.S. 6th Army Group
U.S. VI Corps
U.S. 7th Armored Division
U.S. Seventh Army
advance into Germany
advance on Rhine
advance up Rhône
Bulge and
DRAGOON and
January 1945 positions
NORDWIND and
Rhine crossing and
Staff Memorandum X-376
Vosges and
U.S. VII Corps
U.S. Eighth Air Force
U.S. VIII Corps
U.S. 8th Infantry Division
U.S. Ninth Air Force
U.S. Ninth Army
Bulge and
British command of
Bradley command of, for attack into Germany
final days of war and
Margraten cemetery and
Rhine crossing and
Ruhr and
VARSITY PLUNDER and
VERITABLE and GRENADE and
victory position of
U.S. 9th Armored Division
U.S. 9th Infantry Division
U.S. IX Tactical Air Command
U.S. 10th Armored Division
U.S. 11th Armored Division
U.S. 12th Army Group
advance to German border
Bulge and
commanders relieved
created
final days of war and
January 1945 positions
Luxembourg HQ and
QUEEN and
Rhine crossing and
Ruhr and
victory position of
U.S. XII Corps
U.S. 12th Infantry Regiment
U.S. XIII Corps
U.S. 14th Armored Division
U.S. 14th Cavalry Group
U.S. 14th Engineers
U.S. Fifteenth Air Force
U.S. Fifteenth Army
U.S. XV Corps
U.S. 15th Infantry Regiment
U.S. XVI Corps
U.S. 16th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 17th Airborne Division
U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps
U.S. 18th Infantry Regiment
U.S. XIX Corps
U.S. XX Corps
U.S. XXI Corps
U.S. 23rd Infantry Division
U.S. 26th Infantry Division
U.S. 27th Armored Infantry Battalion
U.S. 28th Infantry Division (Pennsylvania National Guard, Bloody Bucket)
Bastogne and
Bulge and
Colmar Pocket and
Hürtgen and
Slovik execution and
U.S. 29th Infantry Division
U.S. 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory)
Aachen and
Mortain and
U.S. 32nd Field Artillery Battalion
U.S. 35th Infantry Division
U.S. 36th Infantry Division (Texas National Guard)
U.S. 37th Tank Battalion
U.S. 42nd Infantry Division
U.S. 44th Infantry Division
U.S. 45th Infantry Division
U.S. 47th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 52nd Troop Carrier Wing
U.S. 60th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 65th Infantry Division
U.S. 69th Infantry Division
U.S. 70th Infantry Division
U.S. 75th Infantry Division
U.S. 78th Infantry Division
U.S. 79th Infantry Division
U.S. 80th Infantry Division
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
Bulge and
BOSTON and
GRENADE and
MARKET GARDEN and
U.S. 83rd Infantry Division
U.S. 84th Infantry Division
U.S. 85th Reconnaissance Squadron
U.S. 86th Infantry Division
U.S. 90th Infantry Division
U.S. 95th Infantry Division
U.S. 99th Infantry Division
U.S. 100th Infantry Division
U.S. 101st Airborne Division
ALBANY and
Bulge and
MARKET GARDEN and
U.S. 102nd Infantry Division
U.S. 103rd Infantry Division
U.S. 104th Infantry Division
U.S. 106th Infantry Division
Bulge and
Schnee Eifel surrender of
U.S. 109th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 110th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 111th Field Artillery Battalion
U.S. 112th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 115th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 116th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 117th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 119th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 120th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 132nd Field Artillery Battalion
U.S. 141st Infantry Regiment
U.S. 143rd Infantry Regiment
U.S. 157th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 275th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion
U.S. 309th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 313th Troop Carrier Group
U.S. 319th Bombardment Group
U.S. 358th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 359th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 394th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 411th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 422nd Infantry Regiment
U.S. 423rd Infantry Regiment
U.S. 424th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
U.S. 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
U.S. 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
U.S. 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
U.S. 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
U.S. 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
U.S. 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment
U.S. 705th Bombardment Squadron
U.S. Army
demographics of
discipline and desertions in
GI clubs
hardening of
looting by
manpower needs of
matérial and
Paris life and
postwar search for missing
strengths of, after Normandy
tactical doctrine
U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF)
COBRA and
DRAGOON and
manpower needs of
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Effects Bureau
U.S. Congress
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. military cemeteries
U.S. military tribunals
U.S. Navy
U.S. Selective Service
U.S. Signal Corps
U.S. Strategic Air Forces
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey
Urft
Urquhart, Maj. Gen. Roy
USFET (U.S. Forces in the European Theater)
USO performances
Utah Beach
V-1 rocket
V-2 rocket
U.S. finds components in Germany
Valenciennes coal fields
Valkhof
Van Dyck, Anthony
Van Fleet, Col. James A.
Van Gogh, Vincent
VARSITY PLUNDER, Operation
/> Vauban
Verdun
December 19 meeting at
VERITABLE
Vermeer, Johannes
Versailles
Treaty of (1919)
Vichy France
Victoria, Queen of England
Victory in Europe Day (May 8, 1945)
Vielsalm
Vienna
Vierville
Villers-Bocage
Vire
Vire River
Vittel
Eisenhower, Devers, and Bradley meet at
Vlaminck, Maurice de
Voice of SHAEF, The (radio program)
Voltaire
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.
Vosges Mountains
Vossenack
Vouilly
Waal River
Walcheren Island
Waller, Fats
Walters, Bucky
Wandry, Lt. June
war crimes
War Department
brochures
manpower shortages and
Warsaw
uprising
Waterloo, Battle of
Waters, Lt. Col. John Knight (POW no. 4161)
Waugh, Evelyn
Weigley, Russell F.
Weinberg, Gerhard L.
Weiss, Lt. Robert L.
Weizäcker, Carl Friedrich von
Wellard, James
Werbomont
Werewolf movement
Wesel
Westerbouwing Heights
Westphal, Gen. Siegfried
Westphalian Plain
West Wall. See Siegfried Line
White, Austin
White, Osmar
Whitehead, Don
Whiteley, Maj. Gen. J. F. M.
“Why Americans Seem Childish” (Mead)
Wierzbowski, Lt. Edward L.
Wiesbaden
Wiese, Gen. Friedrich
Wilck, Col. Gerhard
Wilder, Billy
Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany
Williams, Brig. Edgar T.
Williamson’s probability
William the Conqueror
Willmott, H. P.
Wiltz
Winant, John G.
Wismar, fall of
Wittmann, SS Capt. Michael
Wöbbelin concentration camp
Wolfe, Charles
Wolfsschlucht II (Hitler HQ)
Wood, Maj. Gen. John S. “P.”
World War I
armistice and
World War II
costs and consequences of
veterans of
Wren, Christopher
Wright, Elton E.
Wright, Sgt. Frank H.
Wright, Harold B.
Wright, Henry A.
Wuppertal
Wurm River
Xanten
Yalta Conference
Yamamoto, Adm. Isoruku
Yank (GI magazine)
Young, Norwood
Ypres
Y program (German atomic bomb)
Yugoslavia
Zangen, Gen. Gustav-Adolf von
Zeiss company
Zuider Zee
Zutphen, Battle of (1586)
Zyklon B
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Unless specified, all photos are from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Additional photos can be found at liberationtrilogy.com.
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The supreme commander of Allied forces in western Europe, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, crossing the English Channel en route to Normandy from southern England on June 7, 1944. President Roosevelt chose Eisenhower to command Operation OVERLORD as “the best politician among the military men. He is a natural leader who can convince other men to follow him.”