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359 Index Aachen Gap: 1st Army attacks, 177–178, 179–186; German counteroffensive, 186–188; as military objective, 75–79; U.S. capture of, 189–190. See also Stolberg Corridor Abrams, Creighton, 224, 227 Adair, Alan, 136 African/African American troops, 25, 290 air support: American vs. German pilots, 266; forward base construction, 53; ground troop safety, 252–253; logistics limitations, 38, 52–53; Luftwaffe, 53, 134, 166, 186, 221, 266; maintenance and repair, 25; Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 288; Operation Cobra, 1–2, 184, 248; weather delays, 184, 236. See also U.S. Army Air Force airborne operations: German forces, 119; German intelligence on, 118–119, 183; Market Garden, 126, 129–138; Operation Cobra, 12; Operation Comet, 121 Allen, Terry, 261 Allied Combined Chiefs of Staff: British political pressures, 5; “Germany First” decision, 237; instructions to SHAEF, 55, 233–234; Montgomery’s influence on, 328–329; northern route decision, 89, 281, 320–321 Allied Combined Intelligence Committee , 81–82 Allied First Airborne Army, 89, 131–134, 176, 271 Alsace campaign, 271, 285, 288, 292, 299–300, 303–304, 312–314, 320, 323. See also Lorraine campaign Ambrose, Stephen, 60, 85, 239–240 American Civil War, 61, 63, 240–241 ammunition requirements: logistics issues, 23; logistics shortages, 176, 184, 196; mismanagement, 234–236; shortages , 28–29, 48–52 amphibious operations, 174–175, 193–194 Antwerp: Canadian Army role in, 119–121; German defense of, 110–119; importance of, 58–59, 75, 80–86; as military objective, 88–98; Montgomery and 21st Army Group, 99–110, 122–125; port of, 5–6, 11, 43–48 Anzio, Italy, 70, 290 Ardennes: Allied advance through, 94–95, 169–171, 202, 223, 247; dividing North & South advance routes, 55–56, 75–79, 89–90, 98; German buildup, 242–245, 255, 267, 273–276, 280–281; German counteroffensive, 73, 159, 177, 314, 323, 325, 329; Huertgen Forest operation, 190–192; role in FWD13765, 96–97; 12th Army Group in, 149–151; in “two thrust” plan, 128, 146–148, 328. See also Battle of the Bulge armored operations: Army doctrine, 64–65; development of, 61; “heavy” division structure, 14; logistics requirements , 34; Patton tactics, 212 army doctrine. See war/warfare doctrine Arnhem, Netherlands, 107, 121, 125–126, 143, 169, 175, 179, 233. See also Operation Market Garden 360 · Index Balck, Hermann, 226–227, 230, 232, 271–278, 292, 296–298, 303–308, 312–315, 324–326 Battle of El Alamein, 57–58 Battle of the Bulge, 53, 139, 242, 246, 276, 281, 288, 326 The Battle of the Generals (Blumenson), 8 Bayeux, port of, 17, 22, 36, 102 Belcham, Ronald Frederick, 134 Belfort Gap, 230, 285–287, 292–296, 299–306, 315, 320–321 Berlin, Germany: Eisenhower and, 55–57, 169, 172, 176–179; logistics requirements, 84–85; as military objective , 20, 28, 281; Montgomery’s obsession for, 37, 62, 71, 88, 90–96, 106–107, 126–127, 130–131, 139, 237; opposing plans for reaching, 77–80 Béthouart, Émile, 291 Blaskowitz, Johannes, 208, 273 blitzkrieg warfare, principles of, 18, 37, 100 Blumenson, Martin, 8 Blumentritt, Günther, 233 Bolling, Alexander R., 269 Bonaparte, Napoleon, 57, 59, 71, 80, 168, 331 Bradley, Omar: as First Army commander , 1–2; as military leader, 147, 167, 281–282; mistakes at Falaise, 7–8; promotion to 12th Army Group, 3–4; relationship with Eisenhower, 66; relationship with Montgomery, 146 Brandenberger, Erich, 160–161, 166–167, 191 Brereton, Lewis, 131–132, 134–135 Brest/Brittany ports, 4, 43–47, 68, 146–147, 149, 196–197, 204, 231 British Army: 8 Corps, 12, 100, 121, 135; 11th Armored Division, 3, 106, 111–115, 117, 123; 15th Infantry Division, 113–114, 121, 123; 30 Corps, 12, 100, 103, 113–114, 121, 125–126, 134–135, 142, 177, 215, 260–261; 50th Infantry Division, 114, 121, 123; logistics requirements, 33–34; personnel shortages, 26–27; Second Army, 2–3, 12, 76–77, 88–89, 93, 97, 100–107, 113–117, 121–129, 135, 138–139, 141–142, 248–249 British Navy, 143 British Royal Marines, 143 British 21st Army Group: advance across Belgium, 100–111; advance to Arnhem vs. Wesel, 138–139; approach to Antwerp, 111–119; Canadian capture of Antwerp, 119–121; continued drive to the Rhine, 122–129; Market Garden, 129–138; Operation Comet, 121–122; securing the Scheldt, 139–143. See also Montgomery, Bernard L. Brittany, Conquest of, 4. See also Brest/ Brittany ports “broad front” plan: as Allied SHAEF plan, 55–59, 65; Bradley’s failure on, 146–157...