The War Against Germany and Italy: Mediterranean and Adjacent Areas The War Against Germany: Europe and Adjacent Areas The War Against Japan Index Aachen, Germany, 217, 218–19 Aerial bombardment. _See_ Bombardment, aerial. Air attacks Allied, 8, 24, 26, 33 briefing for, 39 German, 34 Air bases. _See_ Airfields. Aircraft, Allied, 35 bombers, heavy, 8, 13, 19, 26, 32, 33, 59, 202, 399 bombers, light, 104, 116 bombers, medium, 76, 203 burning, 26 damaged, 399 fighters, 9, 48, 49, 59, 105, 338, 399 gliders, 29, 94, 95, 214, 390, 391, 393 identification of, 76, 95 liaison planes, 42, 248, 294 naval, 24 on fire, 105 transport planes, 94, 214, 345, 404, 435 wrecked, 393 Aircraft, German, 400 Airfields construction of, 18, 105 France, 391 Germany, 404 “Alligators,” 22. _See also_ Landing craft. Ambulances, 317 converted jeep, 204 American Red Cross, 25 Ammunition .30-caliber, 160 .50-caliber, 338 240-mm. howitzer shells, 316 German, 263 mortar shells, 182, 245, 310 Ammunition dump, 160 Amphibian trucks, DUKW’s, 68, 257 Amphibious landings. _See_ Landing operations. Andernach, Germany, 350 Antiaircraft guns 40-mm., 60 90-mm., 61, 102, 243 German, 343, 366 Antitank guns 3-inch, 102 57-mm., 151, 217 British, 6, 115 damaged, 154 German, 154, 168, 348, 397 Ardennes Forest, 269, 270, 284 Argentan, France, 177 Armored vehicles, 198, 200. _See also_ Vehicles. German, 350 Army Post Office, England, 41 Artificial harbor, OMAHA Beach, 118 Artillery 8-inch guns, 192, 206, 371 8-inch howitzer, 192 75-mm. howitzer (pack), 292 105-mm. howitzers, 23, 42, 43, 114, 186, 232, 250, 327, 363 155-mm. guns, 42, 43, 193, 299 155-mm. howitzers, 103, 125, 270, 293 240-mm. howitzer, 186 German, 366 mortars. _See_ Mortars. observation planes, 42, 248, 294 Artillery barrage, 364 Assault boats, 7, 428. _See also_ Landing craft. Assault guns, German, 215, 397 Autobahn, 384 Avranches, France, 156, 158–59 Azimuth instrument, 353 Bailey bridges, 193, 369 Ball-bearing factory, on fire, 31 Bangalore torpedo, 28 Barbed wire, 28, 110, 191, 207, 278, 302 Barrage balloons, 77, 92, 97, 107, 123 Bastogne, Belgium, 280–81, 308 “Bazookas,” 53, 185. _See also_ Rocket launchers. Beaches British sector, 76 OMAHA, 78–79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 106, 118, 119 UTAH, 86–87, 88, 89, 97 Belfast, Northern Ireland, 3, 4 Beurig, Germany, 330–31 Big Ben, V-E night, 436 Bingen, Germany, 364 Bitche, France, 372, 318–19 Bivouac area, 288