Beetle: The Life of General Walter Bedell Smith

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1053 Index Aachen, fall of, 745 Acheson, Dean, 34, 54 Adams, Sherman, 44, 69 Adenauer, Konrad, 97 Alexander, Harold, 375, 388, 390, 405, 486, 488, 521, 832, 848, 860, 862 Churchill’s high opinion of, 396–97, 833, 870 debates concerning his appointment to SHAEF, 864, 866, 867, 876–77 Eisenhower’s opinion of, 104, 397–98, 400, 463, 538–39, 545 as ground forces commander in the Mediterranean, 376, 392–95, 398– 400, 406, 408–10, 441, 451–52, 454, 459, 461–62, 527–28, 541 in Italian surrender, 492, 498, 504 and Montgomery, 395–96 Allen, Leven, 813 Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ). See Italy; Operation Husky; Operation Torch; Trident Conference; Smith, Walter Bedell (WBS), as Eisenhower’s chief of staff in the Mediterranean Allied Military Government of Occupied Territory (AMGOT), 420, 423, 456, 511, 518–19, 531, 576, 578, 629, 996n40, 997n77 Ambrosio, Vittorio, 470, 480–81, 487–88, 511 Anderson, K. A. N., 322, 345, 352, 356– 57, 368, 374, 387–88, 391–92, 407, 536 Angleton, James Jesus, 39 Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), 51 Antwerp. See Eisenhower, Dwight David, as supreme commander in northwest Europe; Smith, Walter Bedell (WBS), as Eisenhower’s chief of staff in northwest Europe Arcadia conference, 233–40 Ardennes offensive (Battle of the Bulge), 808–9, 850–51 aftermath of, 847–54 Allied counteroffensive against, 820– 28, 834–35 Allied response to the initial German attack, 810–20 German goal of securing Antwerp, 809 reasons for German failure in, 819–20 Armas, Carlos Castillo, 54 Army Air Service (later Army Air Corps), 1 70, 1 77, 221–22 Army Service Forces (ASF). See Lutes, Leroy; Somervell, Brehon Arnold, Henry, 220–22, 231, 233, 236–37, 248, 251–52, 260, 263, 277, 282, 302, 353, 377, 379, 395, 458, 51 7, 589, 603, 632, 719, 728, 827, 863 Aurand, Henry, 752–53, 757, 795–60, 768, 811, 840, 906, 959n24, 1026n45, 1026n65 ammunition crisis and criticism of SHAEF and ETO, 758, 761–63 firing of by WBS, 763–64 Australia, 61, 67, 69, 75, 80, 83, 87, 243, 259, 941–42n33 Austria, 801, 882–83, 896, 904–5, 1039–40n48 Badoglio, Pietro, 454–55, 469–70, 480, 484–85, 487, 489–90, 497–98, 502–4, 510–11, 522, 532, 559 Baker, Newton, 133–34, 140 Balkans, the, 228, 236, 426, 455, 470, 505, 51 7, 523, 532, 737, 1007n43 Barker, Raymond, 545, 554, 572, 653, 662, 789, 839, 840, 842, 845 Baruch, Bernard, 1 7, 215–1 7, 245 Battle of the Bulge. See Ardennes offensive (Battle of the Bulge) 1054  Index Bedell, Ida Frances (mother of WBS), 109–10, 112, 114 Bedell, Paul (uncle of WBS), 110, 112, 115 Belgium, 576, 701–2, 729, 749, 815, 829, 852, 1005n100 relief of, 750–51 Benton, William, 38 Beria, Lavrenti, 29 Berlin, 9, 29, 33, 59, 101, 594, 696, 701, 784, 856, 882, 891. See also Eisenhower, Dwight David, as supreme commander in northwest Europe; Smith, Walter Bedell (WBS), as Eisenhower’s chief of staff in northwest Europe; Smith, Walter Bedell (WBS), postwar career as diplomat and director of CIA Bernhard (prince of Orange), 99–100, 909–10, 912 Bess, Demaree, 534 Béthouart, Émile, 303, 338 Betts, Thomas, 402, 406, 561, 570, 572– 73, 594, 662, 700, 807, 810, 814–15, 81 7, 955n16, 1003n69 Bevin, Ernest, 27, 620, 786 Bidault, Georges, 63, 66–67, 74, 76–77, 79–80, 85–86 Blaskowitz, Johannes, 714, 866, 887–88 Blessé, Frederick, 466 Bohlen, Charles, 24 Bolté, Charles L., 122, 210, 955n16 Bonesteel, Charles, II, 403, 838, 905 Bonesteel, Charles, III, 403–4, 983–84n53 Bradley, Omar, 4, 15, 34, 102–3, 197, 201, 206, 208, 403, 416, 540, 568, 607, 620, 728, 733, 762, 765, 778, 839, 851–52 acquaintance of WBS at Infantry School, 168, 1 73–73, 200 commands First Army in Overlord, 538, 608, 632–33, 644–46, 654, 663, 669, 672–75, 680, 687–89, 691 commands Twelfth Army Group, 698–99, 710–11, 713–16, 737, 745, 797, 806–8, 830, 853, 857, 872–75 engineers WBS’s appointment under Marshall, 200–201, 206 lackluster performance in the Ardennes, 806, 808–9, 811–14, 818 opposes alteration in commands, 690– 91, 715, 722–24, 745, 783, 815–16, 822 relations with Lee, 615–1 7, 619, 624–25, 641–43, 649, 653, 655–56, 658, 663, 684, 692, 716, 725, 739–40, 742, 759, 768–69 relations with Montgomery, 640, 652, 679–80, 683–85, 730, 821...